The General by Cs Forester, First Edition (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1956 First edition thus. Penguin book number 1117. Condition: Good. Minor edgewear. Age toning. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches / 18 x 11 cm. 234 pages. Weight: 145g.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition Thus. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Mild liquid stain to rear papers and upper text block edge. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Paper stuck to front pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Thus. First published in 1936. This is the first Mermaid Books edition(1953). Hardcover. Flexible laminated boards. Slight wear on board edges. Moderate slant to board spine. Printed price on front pastedown. Previous owner purchase date on front endpaper(September 1953) in ink. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC27.

191 S., ill. OHLwd., Leinenrücken., Taschenbuch-Erstausgabe., papierbedingt gebräunt., Geringe Gebrauchsspuren., gut., [xxx] Sprache: Deutsch 0 300 gr.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. complete and unabridged. the jacket is a bit torn and creased. edge wear on boards. spine is partly torn. 1st omnibus edition. all pages intact. some usage markings. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very clean copy. One owner from new. Protected dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition in Penguin Books, 2=33, (7) pp., paperboard wrappers. Age toning, wear on wrappers, good and tight copy. 18 x 11 cm.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 240 p. : 18 cm. Subjects; Fiction. Penguin books (series). 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Wolf G. Schleder. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag, 323 Seiten. Umschlag leicht gerändert, sonst wohlerhalten. Frakturschrift. Gewicht: 510.

Orig.-Leinenband. Condition: Gut. 8°. 323 S. Gutes Exemplar der deutschen Erstausgabe. Schnitt teil leicht fleckig. BITTE BEACHTEN SIE: VERSAND INS AUSLAND MOMENTAN NUR in die USA, Japan, Großbritannien, Schweiz, Irland, Frankreich, Spanien, Italien, Österreich, Belgien und die Niederlande! PLEASE NOTE: SHIPPING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AT THE MOMENT ONLY to the USA, Japan, Great Britain, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands! Schneller Versand auf Rechnung (Vorauszahlung vorbehalten) mit der Post bzw. DHL. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A bright example of the uncommon first edition of C. S. Forester's critically celebrated novel about a rigidly traditional general's failures in the First World War. The first edition, first impression of this uncommon novel.Forester's novel follows the career of a professional soldier, Herbert Curzon, from his service as a junior officer in the Second Boer War through to his experiences as a senior commander in the First World War.Curzon is depicted as dutiful yet unimaginative, sending men into mass slaughter at the Somme and Passchendaele while clinging to outdated tactics and struggling to adapt to modern warfare.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with back strip lightly age toned, and small mark to head of fore edge of front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First US edition, second printing, hardcover lacking dustjacket. Condition is Very Good: spine shows some fading, some stray marks at head of spine. No interior writing, markings, folds or other issues. An attractive copy. Please see images of the book you will receive.

First U.S. edition: 2000 copies printed. Red top edge stain somewhat moisture spotted, covers lightly marked and slightly rubbed, else a very good copy; lacking the dust jacket. Portrays the career of an English professional soldier from the Boer War through World War I. By the author of THE AFRICAN QUEEN and "The Hornblower Series.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First U. S. Edition. VG/no dust jacket. Light edgewear. Former owners attractive bookplate on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and pages. Light crease in head of first few pages. First U. S. edition. Very nice solid copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The General" by C.S. Forester. London: Michael Joseph, (1936). First UK edition, first printing, a presentation copy to Gillian Mary Bristol, dated July 1935. Publisher's dark orange cloth in dust-jacket. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.75 x 12.25 cm); 283, [1], 4 pp. ads. Small loss to jacket at head of spine, with an additional chip just holding, jacket price-clipped, a very nice copy overall; ". Inscribed by Author.

Hardccover. Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Nice copy of a book in its second printing. Signed by the author on front endpaper with a rather bald presentation inscription to his friend the novelist Hilda Vaughan. Book itself is hard to find and signed copies of any of Forester's books scarce. No other markings. Tight and square. In red boards with nice gold lettering on spine and front board. Spine ends crimped. Tips sharp. Price intact jacket has some shallow chips along top edge, 1" closed tear and is sunned a bit to red portion of spine. Novel was considered by author as his favorite among his books. Based loosely on the career of General Sir Douglas Haig. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

First edition. Octavo. pp 284, [4] adverts. ''The story of a Brass Hat who was human only to himself.'' (from the blurb). The title character sees service in South Africa, India and on the Western Front.Near fine in very good dustwrapper rubbed and slightly chipped at the edges, creased to front panel and with a 2 cm closed tear to top edge of front panel.

Hardccover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy of a book in its first printing. Signed by the author on half-title. Book itself in first is scarce. There are no other signed firsts of this book presently on the market and very few firsts of any kind. Unmarked, tight and square. Well bound in three colors of green, gold and red. Light wear at head of spine but no fraying. Jacket is clipped at head of front flap but $ sign evident and what looks like the bottom of a 2. Red portion of jackets spine lightly sunned. Jacket has been remarkably well preserved given its age. Only light wear at edges. Novel was considered by author as his favorite among his books. Based loosely on the career of General Sir Douglas Haig. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.