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The Big War
by Myrer, Anton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red-black cloth, red topstain. First edition with (1) at last text page. Hint shelfwear/sunning. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly sunned/cockled to spine, slight soil. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 463 pages .
Synopsis
They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45926
- Title
- The Big War
- Author
- Myrer, Anton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Appleton-Century-Crofts
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1957
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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