The General

C. S. Forester

Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1936

About this Item

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depicted as dutiful yet unimaginative, sending men into mass slaughter at the Somme and Passchendaele while clinging to outdated tactics and struggling to adapt to modern warfare.With four pages of advertisements to the rear.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.

Seller Inventory # 964F50

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The General
• Publisher: Michael Joseph, London
• Publication Date: 1936
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Fiction