George Corporal Thomas (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. No statement of prtg. Hardcover. Light brown boards stamped in brown. 194pp. Owners name/short insc in pencil on ffep else G+ wi/mod spine slant in DW wi/1-2 in. corner splits starting to open; mod staining to dw-mostly at edges; about 1/8+ in. loss to spine ends misses most text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrations apparently by the author who served in the American Army in Australia in WWII.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. "This book is wonderful. It reveals everything about our army in Australia. Corporal St. George. Discloses every detail from his departure. To life in the steaming jungle. No maps, no appendix, no index, and just enough figures to confuse the author." This survivor of WW2 has the original owner's personal label affixed to the inside cover. Paperback edition with dustjacket. B&W illustrations. 194 pages. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York. 1st edition,1943. Multi-Color binding. Dimensions: 6" by 8" 2 Pound Shipping Rate Genre(s): Humor / Comics / Military Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Missing fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Robert Tallon (illustrator). 1st Edition. Laminated Brown pictorial covers. 8vo, 194 pages. The cover spine has a 1-1/2" front edge tear. Contents fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Garden City edition. Brown pictorial covers in a brown pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 194 pages. Dust jacket edges & corners torn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943. Good+/Good+. Clean glossy illustrated boards. Some wear to front spine edge. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with cartoons by the author, the book is filled with humorous tales about life in the Australian military. 194 pgs. Clean dustjacket has chipping to spine area, short closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 12mo. Military Humor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear to edges of dust jacket.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). Former owner's bookplate on fep; Textblock clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of the spine and less so to the corners; Clipped dust jacket small chips to corner at the foot of the spine, creasing to head of spine and corners; 194p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dj has heavy edgewear with several small tears, some rubbing & light soiling. Book has light edgewear. Penciled numbers on inside front cover. Address label attached to front endpage. Has been stamped with a bookstores info on front endpage. Light soiling. Light browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Spine is straight, binding is tight, name sticker inside the book, reading pages are unmarked, some wear.; 9x6x1; 194 pages.

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Former owner's name is on first page. Some tears on the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is taped along spine, has some wear to color on front and a small tear on side and along edges. Pages are yellowing and there is a sticker from owner inside covered by dust jacket. We ship daily from Oregon!

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Ozzie St. George Illustration (illustrator). HARDCOVER. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.SMALL POOKPLATE FTP "MRS. WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER .DENVER 7, COLORADO" ELSE QUITE CLEAN.; Dark Brown spine titles & cover 2x4" art drawing on light tan, textured hardcovers.white endpapers. ; 194pg pages; Apparent first (no additional BOOK printings listed) . Writer/cartoonist's army adventures in Australia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 4th trade printing, near fine hardcover is tight and clean while showing rubbing and bumping to corners and some chipping to fore edge of rear blank, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soiling, rubbing at edges, mild toning along spine and edge wear that includes closed tears and open chips. 194 pages with illustrations by the author. Solid copy in jacket of this semi-autobiographical work that is ".one of the best and funniest soldier books yet written.".

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, xi + 194 pages including cartoon drawings throughout; gently used, tight in binding but spine ends chipped, light to moderate shelf wear to bottom cover edges, ink signature and date "October 1943" on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ rubbed along spine and hinges, numerous chips and short tears. For more American WW2 humour, see also our listing for Bill Mauldin's Army [Greatest World War II Cartoons], and from the British, Spike Milligan's Monty, His Part in My Victory, and from the Germans, H. H. Kirst's Forward, Gunner Asch!

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Illustrated drawings by author. Ex-library copy with usual markings, stamps, pocket card, etc. Moderate wear to edges (rubbing, bumping, dents/dings), light toning to pages, binding still fairly tight, spine not slanted. Dust jacket in library mylar cover, glued to boards, has some faint chipping along edges, with mild toning and fading. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Humorous book with charming illustrations by the author detailing the U.S. Army experience in Australia. Decorated glossy boards with cartoon, bumped and wear on top of spine, otherwise fine condition. Book is unmarked, pp. a little off-color, overall VERY GOOD condition. Dust jacket is intact, wear on top of spine, along edges, a few small pieces missing from top, overall ACCEPTABLE+. A great World War II/Military collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This book is wonderful. It reveals everything about our army in Australia. You don't even have to read between the lines. Corporal St. George (who has been out there a year), discloses every detail from his glamorous departure.to life in the steaming jungle.No maps, no appendix, no index, and just enough figures to confuse the author. Where else could you find firsthand word-and-picture information in the climate.the fauna.and the world of little insects? Where else could you find out what the men are doing to their environment.and vice versa?.We certainly don't know. This book is wonderful.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Great vintage copy. Dust jacket shows heavy wear, chipping and small tears to edges, light stain to bottom of front and back covers. Great pictorial hardcover shows wear to edges otherwise very clean, binding is square. Inside front free endpaper shows price lightly marked in pencil with some slight damage to the top edge of the page. Pages are evenly and lightly age toned with no writing or tears. Intersting and humerous book about the experiences of US troops in Austrailia during World War 2. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book club. Sl. Cocked, about fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. A humorous look at the arrival, impressions, and experiences of US troops in Australia during World War 2, seeking out fun, drink, women, camaraderie, rather boisterous and pugnacious at times, reflecting an amusing clash of cultures between two wartime allies. Edition and printing not given, presumed First. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains cartoons, 194pp., books shows a few abrasions, d.j. shows light edgewear. A nice copy overall, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed. St. George, Thomas R. (illustrator). First Edition. 194pp Illus Wear to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Owner's name on first free page. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book of the Month Club. 8vo. [xi], 194 pp. Line illustrations. Hsrdcover binding, pictorial boards, very good condition. (100517). Book-of-theMonth-Club bulletin laid-in.