Junger Ernst Creighton Basil (7 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Third Impression. 319 pages Translated from the German Text 'In Stahlgewittern' [E Mittler& Sohn, Berlin ] by Basil Creighton , 8vo. publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering. With two library stamps 'The Burnham Library ' and 'Pearces' Library, Wheathampstead' plus The Burnham Libarray paper label on blank front endpapers. and a 'Pearces' Library, Wheathampstead' ink stamp on title page. The red cloth is a little sunned with some light marks on front and back covers. Inside besides the libarary stamps already mentioned, it is quite clean. A good solid copy of a rare book. Size 18.5 x14 cm x 3.5 cm thick (7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches).

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. Nice copy. Cover corners are lightly worn. Spine is bumped, but binding is secure. Back endpaper is tanned. Some light foxing on fore edge of text block, not visible on pages themselves. Text is clean, bright, and unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first translated edition, first impression of this First World War memoir from German author Ernst Junger. First translated edition, first impression. The memoir of a German officer's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War, becoming a graphic account of trench warfare. The work was one of the first personal accounts of the war to be published and was largely devoid of editorialization originally, but was heavily revised several times. It can be read affirmatively, neutrally or as an anti-war book. Written by Ernst Junger, a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for this work. Translated by Basil Creighton, a prolific British translator who worked for military intelligence during the First World War and completed over thirty translations during the inter-war period. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards. Silver zigzag pattern and lettering on spine. Silver zigzag on front cover. The silver on the spine is rubbed, but still legible. Rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Some toning towards edges of front cover; light red marks on front cover. Back cover slightly toned towards edges, with small white marks. Corners bumped slightly. Binding square and sturdy. Deckled fore-edge and dark gray/blue topstain. Title page dated 1929. Copyright page dated 1929. First edition. 284 pages. Pages uniformly toned, but clean throughout with no marks or tears. Light blue endpapers with faint square pattern. Former owner inscribed front free endpaper, "James W. Hisley October 17, 1994 Falmouth, Virginia." Binding beginning to crack slightly at half title page, but still sturdy. A first edition in very good condition. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.