Death Of a Hero
by Aldington, Richard
One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish.
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Death of a Hero [SIGNED]
by Richard Aldington
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1929. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Signed by Author. Quarter calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands, black morocco title label and gilt ornaments. Dyed top page edge has faded slightly, very clean text throughout. Retained in the binding is the… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Aldington, Richard
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New York: Covici-Friede Inc, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth lettered in brown. Top edge red. Very good in original unclipped dust wrapper. 398 pages. 27 x 14.5 cm. Aldington's first novel which preceded publication in the UK and France. His celebrated novel forced him to censor to assure the publication of the book would… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chatto & Windus. London: Chatto & Windus (1929). A near fine first UK edition. The wrapper is very clean and bright without loss. The spine is a tad sunned. It is not price clipped. The book itself is very clean and without wear apart from the tinest of spotting to one side of the text block. Overall a near fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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hardback. Good. Moscow (Foreign Languages Publishing House) 1958. Introduction in Russian. Pictorial cloth. Covers worn and with edges dented. Pages damp-stained at upper inside corner and along spine. Condition is good only. Inscribed by the author to Harry T.Moore sending him "this curiosity of literature".
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DEATH OF A HERO
by Richard Aldington
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London: London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. xi, 440, plus adverts. Lapis blue cloth boards with blind-stamped phoenix on cover, gilt lettering and floral decorations on spine. First edition as a Phoenix book. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear or bumping to corners, covers divinely perfect,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Hero
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Paris: Henri Babou and Jack Kahane, 1930. 2 vols 1st "Authorized Unexpurgated Edition". 1 of 300 copies. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers.VG+-Nr Fine books in a VG slipcase, which shows some shelfwear.2 volumes: xii, 194; 212, [2] pp. 10-1/4" x 8" Death of a Hero is a World War I novel, Aldington's first. The work contains extensive colloquial speech,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Hero
by ALDINGTON, Richard
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New York: Covici Friede Inc, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition (preceded by a French edition, and preceding an English edition). A couple of spots of foxing on boards, very near fine in near fine dust jacket with small tears and a little soiling. Aldington's first novel, a bitter World War I novel. Scarce in this… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Hero
by Richard Aldington
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World Distributors, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Consul Edition. 376 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Death of a Hero. (VOLUME ONE ONLY)
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London, GBR
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Henri Babou & Jack Kahane, Paris, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first unexpurgated (and authorised) edition, de-bowdlerising the versions published in America and the UK the previous year. One of 300 numbered copies - this alas being just the first volume of a two-volume set. Large 8vo. Newly re-cased in fabric linen, the original wrappers retained. In… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEATH OF A HERO
by Aldington, Richard
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Hogarth Press, 1984. 376pp. Softback, VG, pencil notes on front end page, tobacco odor, Death of a Hero, . Soft Cover. Very Good. Item Price
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DEATH OF A HERO
by Richard Aldington
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Garden City: Garden City Pub., 1929. first american edition. Hardcover. Good +. 6 x 9 in. Black cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers have some very faint stains and tiny white paint spots. Wear to corners and spine ends. Binding tight. Name on ffep, text unmarked. Fic. Stax. Item Price
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Death of a Hero (Consul Books)
by Richard Aldington
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World Distributors, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Consul Edition. 376 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Hero
by Richard Aldington
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Death of a Hero
by Aldington, Richard
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The Hogarth Press Ltd, 1984. Early Edition. Paperback. Good Condition. Good+ 2nd print 1984 Hogarth paperback, some creasing to spine and a little spine-end wear, tight and unmarked. Size: 130\nx 190mm. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; ISBN: 0701206047. ISBN/EAN: 9780701206048. Dewey Code: 823/.912. The photos provided… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death Of A Hero
by Aldington, Richard
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- 1929
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New York: Covici Friede Inc.. Hardcover. 1929. 2nd Printing. 8vo 398pp . Very Good in Good- DJ. Ink name, DJ chipped and dust soiled A novel. On the fourth of November, 1918, Captain George Winterbourne of the British Army stands up, suddenly and unnecessarily, to a hail of machine-gun bullets, and is instantly killed. Did he or did he not… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEATH OF A HERO
by Aldington, Richard
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- 1936
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GB: Penguin, 1936. Inscription of owner at start of book. Fairly clean and tightbut cocked and spine worn. Book is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Thus. Paperback. G+/No DW. Item Price
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Death Of A Hero
by Richard Aldington
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- 1930
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Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. First Edition Thus. 440 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEATH OF A HERO
by Richard Aldington
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- 1929
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. ; Black cloth cover has wear to corners and spine caps, bumped corners, and light soiling but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are toned but clean and near pristine. .… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Hero
by Aldington, Richard
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