Rifleman Dodd and the Gun by C.S. Forester - 1944

Reader's Club, 1942. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, has a sunned spine and is edge worn with several half-inch tears and a few smaller ones. Boards are a little foxed, with a water stain along the top edge. Page ends are lightly soiled. Text is unmarked. Strong binding. NOT ex-library.

NY: Press of the Readers Club , 1942. dj w/lite w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; owner's plate; lite toning of end papers; 311 Clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 Vo.

The press of the Readers club, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The press of the Readers club, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The press of the Readers club, 1942. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. 2nd (1st trade) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubrava, Jan (dj). 340pp.; HB red w/blk.; slight rub w/lt.sun on edges; bookplate; clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/yellow-pic.cover; rubbed w/ chips&tears on edges&corners; tape reinforce,tp.&bttm.edges; spine sunned som lt.soil. --preceded by a mail-order bomc w/o color jacket. 'The Gun' is a reprint of a scarce 1933 ed. "To quote Carl Van Doren, these are "a pair of soldier novels to stand worthily beside Forester's sailor trilogy Captain Horatio Hornblower.

The Press of the Readers Club, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First American printing of Rifleman Dodd and reprinting of The Gun, near fine cloth hardcover with blue illustration to cover and blue and red to spine shows a name at top of front endpaper and just a touch of bumping at corners, else tight and clean, in a very good dust jacket (price at both inner flaps) that shows some edgewear that includes wrinkling at bottom of rear panel and closed tears. 311 pages with foreword by Carl Van Doren. Still a pleasing copy in jacket of this duo from the noted author of Hornblower and other works that makes up an installment in the Readers Club line of reprints intended to bring attention to work unnecessarily neglected.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1943. Cloth. Good+/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 340 pages. Two novels of the Peninsular Campaigns against Napoleon. A pair of soldier novels to stand worthily beside Forester's sailor trilogy "Captain Horatio Hornblower". Red boards with light foxing on pages. Dust jacket is stuck to the book, soiled and torn with pieces missing on the spine. Dust jacket has been trimed on the top and bottom edges by about 1/4 inch each edge so that it is smaller than the book. I can send a photo if desired.

Sun Dial Press, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Readers Club Press, 1942. First US edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Poor. Some edgewear & soiling to cream cloth boards, soiling to spine tips, slight rubbing to spine, FO name & date in ink to FFEP, slight crack to rear hinge, text clean. Unclipped DJ (""$1.50 at all bookshops"") heavily edgeworn, nicked/chipped, rubbed, faded spine, spine tail section missing, front section blank from sticker removal, in mylar protector. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.