Paths Of Glory

New York: Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st edition of his first book.  Fine in fine 1st printing dustjacket.  Signed copies are common, with a dozen out there for sale, but years pass between strictly fine dustjacket like this one being offered for sale. A gritty World War I novel, a war started by the last generation of… Read more about this item

Viking Press, USA, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book Size: 12mo (7 to 8 inches). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine & titling faded. Moderately foxed and browned.throughout. Previous owner's name in ink. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Marks to front and back boards.. … Read more about this item

New York: Avon Books - Bard, 1973. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 221 pp. Avon Bard 16758. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The author was wounded and gassed while fighting in World War I. After the war, he wandered Europe and Africa before… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1935. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good or better in a unclipped very good or better dust jacket. Small and neat owner name on front paste down, mostly hidden by the front flap. Boards somewhat soiled and faded, top edge stain dusty and also faded. … Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very nice, near fine dustwrapper with very slight toning on the spine. One of the great antiwar novels, based on real incidents during WWI. The film rights were purchased two decades later by Kirk Douglas, who hired the relatively unknown Stanley Kubrick to direct. Starring… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. Paths of Glory explores the perilous complications involved in what nations demand of their soldiers in wartime. Humphrey Cobb's protagonists are Frenchmen during the First World War whose nightmare in the trenches takes a new and terrible turn when they are ordered to assault a German position deemed all but invulnerable. When the… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Red and blue cloth covered boards, faded at the top and over the spine. Does not show a lot of edgewear. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Set during WWI, in France. Was made into a movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, and starring Kirk Douglas. Not quite… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Viking Press, 1935. First edition of Cobb's first and only book, one of the more celebrated American novels of the Great War, and the basis for the film starring Kirk Douglas. An exceptionally fine bright copy, with just a hint of rubbing at the extremities. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. An exceptionally fine bright copy, with… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a little rubbed, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with some internal repairs and a scrape on the front panel. Inscribed by the author: "To the Murrays from Humphrey." The author's only book, one of the great anti-war novels, based on real incidents during WWI. The… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with very slight rubbing, and a couple of tiny tears. One of the great antiwar novels, based on real incidents during WWI. The film rights were purchased two decades later by Kirk Douglas, who hired the relatively unknown Stanley Kubrick… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press,, 1935. First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the first blank "To Harry Lichtig, with cordial best wishes, from Humphrey Cobb", the recipient was, in all likelihood, the Hollywood agent from the Lichtig & Englander agency, making this a great association copy. Twenty-two years after its publication, Humphrey Cobb's anti-war masterpiece was adapted… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press,, 1935. First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed from the author, inscribed on the front free endpapeer: "For Louis Greenfield from Humphrey Cobb." Cobb's popular anti-war novel, set in the trenches of World War I, took its title from Gray's Elegy: "The paths of glory lead but to the grave". The book later served… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First edition. Offsetting to front free end paper from an old receipt laid in, cloth a little soiled, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear corners and edges, several small closed tears to spine ends. (30720). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-265 [266: blank], title page printed… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Best-selling antiwar novel about the execution of some French soldiers on false charges of cowardice in World War I. "Paths of Glory" was the Book of the Month Club choice for June 1935. The book also was the basis for Stanley Kubrick's 1957 film of the same name starring Kirk… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition in first issue jacket with no reviews and blank verso. [iv], 265 pp. Two-toned cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with rubbed gilt, small stain to back board, bookplate on paste down, pages toned with age. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 1/2 x 8. Fair/No jacket. 265pp. Cover soiled and worn at edges. Spine ends bumped and there is a sunned area to spine heel. Owner's name in ink to the front endpaper. Front hinge mended with tape. Article about the author taped… Read more about this item

1935. COBB, Humphrey. PATHS OF GLORY. NY: Viking, 1935. Sm. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition of the author's only book, in the earliest dust jacket. Signed presentation from Cobb on front blank page: "To Frog and Alex, from Humphrey." Basis for the critically-acclaimed 1957 motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards faded. Wear & chipping to DJ ; noted antiwar novel set during WWI; 8vo; 263 pages .

New York: Viking, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Sunning and a faint crease on the spine with a bit of the gilt rubbed off, very good, lacking the dust jacket. One of the great anti-war novels, based on real incidents during WWI. The film rights were purchased two decades later by Kirk Douglas, who hired the relatively… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. First Edition. Second issue jacket, with reviews for the book printed on the jacket verso. The author's only book, basis for director Stanley Kubrick's classic 1957 film starring Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Very Good or better in a bright, Very Good plus dust… Read more about this item