Once There Was a War
by Steinbeck, John
Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II—now with a new cover and introduction In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour and even fighting alongside soldiers behind enemy lines. Taken together, these writings create an indelible portrait of life in wartime.
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Once There Was a War
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London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first British edition of 'Once There Was a War'. A collection of Steinbeck's articles written for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943. John Ernst Steinbeck was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Heinemann. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in silver gilt. First UK edition. PO inscription to ffep; bookseller stamp to fep. Scattered foxing mostly to block edge and endpages. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, mildly dampstained/foxed/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Penguin, 1967. Used. SMALL PAPERBACK. SOME CREASES ON SPINE AND PAGE DISCOLOURATION DUE TO AGE.A Penguin Classic...Age can never dull this kind of writing, writes the Chicago Tribune of John Steinbecks dispatches from World War II, filed for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943, which vividly captured the human side of war. Writing from England… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), faded at the spine, chipped and torn at the edges. Half mustard buckram with brown paper on the boards. Bound with a red top stain, slight forward lean and some reading wear, former owner's name on the front endpaper. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Advance review copy of Once There Was A War, identical to the true first issue from The Viking Press in 1958.. Octavo, xxi, 233pp. Brown paper boards, light green cloth spine, title stamped in red on spine. First edition statement on copyright page. Top edge dyed red.… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Viking Press, 1958. dj w/slight wear, unclipped price, in mylar; beige c w/marbled rust boards, red titles; 233 clean, unmarked pages; slight foxing on end papers. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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New York: Bantam Books, 1960. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, foxing inside wrappers, light edgewear, still very good. A Bantam Book, A2075. Item Price
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New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown marbled paper over boards, quarterbound in mustard yellow cloth with titles stamped in red on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 233pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped but with the price scratched out, subtle fading to spine and a touch of soil along rear flap fold. A later… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Boards slightly bowed, modest rubbing along edges, near fine in a very good edgeworn and torn dustwrapper with minimal internal tape repair, spine sunned. Dispatches from Steinbeck's war journalism. Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. 233 pages, top edges stained red; price of $3.95 on front flap. Minor wear at jacket extremities, short closed tear top of front panel, a trace of fading at jacket spine. Goldstone & Payne A37.
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Once There Was a War (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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Once There Was a War.
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London: The Folio Society, 2013. xxviii, 196pp, bw ills. Or pictorial cloth in slipcase. As new in blue slipcase. Steinbeck as war correspondent writes of his experiences in England and North Africa... First Folio Society Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 8vo. Item Price
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Corgi Childrens, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. Corgi Edition Reprinted. 142 pages. Illustrated paperback. 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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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Spine ends lightly bumped, bottom fore-edge corners bumped, front board a little hard, clean and unmarked throughout. Dust jacket not price clipped, a couple of very light creases to edges of rear panel and a short closed 1cm rip and a very lightly sunned spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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