New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0151836000 . Cream hard boards with green cloth spine. Remainder copy with black marking on bottom text block. A gift inscription to previous owner on front free end-paper. Small smudge on front cover. Clean interior. DJ is unclipped, glossy, with very minor edgewear. One page is creased on the bottom corner. An old man's magnificent tale of love and war, a recapitulation of a life and a reckoning with mortality told by one of America's most acclaimed novelists. "; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 792 pages .

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A Soldier of the Great War (1991) is a novel by Mark Helprin concerning an aged World War I veteran who recounts his life and adventures while traveling with a young man he meets after the two of them are thrown off a bus, the former leaving after the latter is refused entry, as the older man marches toward a visit with his daughter, neither knowing the outcome of their journey.

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Bookseller: Bytown Bookery (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1430
Title: A Soldier of the Great War
Author: Helprin Mark
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151836000
ISBN 13: 9780151836000
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1991
Keywords: 0151836000, Italy, Old Men,
Bookseller catalogs: United States; Historical Fiction; War;

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