From Here to Eternity
James Jones
From Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
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From Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 09 October 2008
About this Item
From Here to Eternity by James Jones (Post 1977 Book-of-the-Month Hardcover in Dust Jacket) ? Author: James Jones (1921?1976) ? Publisher: Charles Scribner?s Sons New York, NY U.S.A. 1951 ?Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death. In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no other the honor and savagery of men.? x + 803pp. Author's acclaimed FIRST book, and winner of the National Book award. Basis for Columbia Picture's 1953 film, director Fred Zinnemann's acclaimed film production which won 8 out of the 13 Oscars it was nominated for at the 1954 Academy awards. James Jones (1921?1976) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the United States Army from 1939 to 1944 and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Hardcover has hunter green cloth boards, gold lettering on spine in a Good complete dust jacket. The jacket?s protected within a glassine covering. Jacket states Book of Month Club Edition and shows 2261 as stock code. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. No ownership markings. ? Size: 8vo ? over 7¾ - 9¾? tall, 813pp. ? Condition: Fine (As New) Hardcover in Good complete Dust Jacket ? Always privately owned. No ownership markings. Book Club Edition. Copyright 1951. No explicit edition nor print-run info found in book, although this copy had to be printed sometime in or after 1977 because the dust jacket dates Jones? death and gives dates of publications after his death. Print code of ?T6? in margin of p 803. Lack of MSR on DJ and statement of Book Club Edition on jacket implies BCE. Manufactured in U.S.A. No ISBN nor LCCN. Seller Inventory # 008285
Bibliographic Details
Title: From Here to Eternity
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: No Ownership Markings
Edition: Book Club Edition
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