"G. B. "": A Story Of The Great War by W. F. Morris - 1929-01-01

Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Like New. Book In FINE condition tan boards with red letters and Helmet on front

P. F. Collier and Son. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket. Owner's name on inside. Spine cracked. (Vintage mystery and adventure, mystery, adventure, detective novel, Front Page Mysteries)

Dodd, Mead & Co, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 3rd printing, No DJ, yellow cloth bound boards with red lettering and image of black helmet on front

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. first U.S. edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, dark yellow cloth covers with titles on top and spine in red, and picture of a helmet in black on top cover. 306 pages. Slightly darkened on spine. No names or marks, clean and tight. No dust jacket. Mystery novel set during World War I, originally published in England as " Bretherton: Khaki or Field Grey?." Eric Ambler named it as one of his top five spy stories. 092508C

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1929. English novelist Walter Frederick Morris (1892-1975) wrote this mystery based upon actual events during World War One; it was issued in the UK by Geoffrey Bles with the title "Bretherton." Eric Ambler, the master, thought highly of it. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Third Printing (stated) of the First American Edition, lacking the dustjacket. Despite going to multiple printings, and with a popular edition by Grosset & Dunlap, it is rather an uncommon title. Yellow cloth binding with red titling on the spine and front cover, which is ruled in black witha black German helmet. Clean text; 306 pages; red topstain, others deckle. Very lightly bumped (kissed, really); spine darkened but lettering remains bright and clear. Light rub to head and foot. A solid copy.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. 306pp. Yellow cloth with red lettering in dust jacket. First edition with same date on title and copyright page. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper, newspaper clipping attached to front free endpaper. Name stamp on rear fixed endpaper. Piece out of jacket spine as well as chipping and edgewear. Fading to jacket spine. Jacket is flaps are clipped, original price of $2.00 still present.

First edition. VG/VG-. Dust jacket spine sunned; moderate edge wear and rubbing; price is intact on flap; now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Very light wear to boards. Very light foxing to front matter. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. 306pp + [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in black and red on the front panel and with red lettering on the spine. A mystery set during World War I. Top edge soiled else a bright fine copy in very good dustjacket with three small chips to the upper edges and a short closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel. Dustjacket art by F. H. Horvath.; Octavo.

NY: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Slight spine lean, else a very good hardback in an edgeworn and lightly chipped jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. 306 pages, decorated end-papers. Upper edge tinted, fore-edge uncut. Previous owner's name written in black ink (quite smudged) on the upper part of the page at the start of Part I: The Chateau. Decoative cloth boards in dust-jacket which is lightly edge-worn and a little faded at the spine. An attractive copy. A novel of the Great War in which a mystery which reaches its climax just before the Armistice. The author was a major in the British Army, and has drawn on personal experience for his convincing portraits of men and places.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.