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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1960. Riverside Editions A51 85¢. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 4th Printing by Letter Line on page 119. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light suntoning to spine; light edge wear. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 119 pp 8vo. Told from the point of the ordinary soldier this is considered the first modern war novel. Henry Fleming is going to combat in the Civil War for the first time. In his first battle he turns and flees-a coward- but regains and comes back-the hero. A clean very presentable copy.