The Sand Pebbles

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition (stated), First Issue with correct date code of I-M (September 1962) on copyright page. (Reprints also state "First Edition.") Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/2 x 6 inches. 597 pp, plus author bio. Near Fine / Good. Full contemporary publisher's red cloth over boards with publisher colophon stamped in gilt at lower right of front… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, with correct date code (reprints also state first edition). Fine in an attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a long, but unobtrusive tear on the front panel, and a couple of tiny nicks and tears. Author's first book and only novel, succeeded by a posthumously published collection of… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth titled in gilt, map endpages. Stated first edition. Inscribed to the half-title by McKenna, with date. Spine ends/corners mildly softened, backstrip softened. Trace foxing to textblock edges. The DJ in mylar with flap price intact has slight edgewear to spine… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good+. Octavo. 597 pages. Dust jacket is first state with 0163 at the bottom of from flap, price $5.95. Very good+ in a very good+ dust jacket. Neat owner name and address label on FEP. Source for the 1966 Steve McQueen movie.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 597pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, bound in light red cloth with spine titles in gold. Mapped end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of softness at the spine ends and a small discoloration to the cloth at the crown. Very attractive… Read more about this item

New York [1962], Harper. Orange cloth, 597p., very clean & bright, end paper maps, 14 x 21.5 cm., dj.in mylar protector together with "Cast & Crew Xmas card. FIRST & ONLY EDITION ** WINNER OF THE 1963 HARPER PRIZE NOVEL CONTEST ** The celebrated novel was made into a film, starring Steve Mc Queen. . The setting was in China… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. Fine in an attractive, price-clipped, about fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear. Author's first book and only novel, succeeded by a posthumously published collection of science-fiction short stories. McKenna enlisted in the Navy and served for ten years in the Far East, two of them on a… Read more about this item

Harper & Row. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers with bold, gilt titles to the spine. Maps of China South to the end papers. The pages are tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Light spine end bumping. In Very Good++ condition. Book of the month Club. The DJ is Good+ with cover rubbing and edge… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Scarce inscribed first printing of this gunboat epic set in 1920s China, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Steve McQueen. Richard McKenna was well-versed in colonial gunboat diplomacy: he served in the US Navy for 22 years, two of which were spent aboard a gunboat… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. McKenna, who died about a year after publication of "The Sand Pebbles," used his own experience on a naval gunboat as the basis for this novel about the crew of an antique U.S. Navy gunboat patroling China's Yangtze River in the 1920s. Completed in 1962 after McKenna's retirement… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz, 1962, 1962. Book. Very Fine. Cloth. Autographed Letters Signed. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. Autographed Letters Signed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a fine price clipped jacket. Comes with two long type written letters.One references the Movie being made.The other talks about the Book. Extremely… Read more about this item

Naval Institute Press, 1984-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

rip roaring adventure with a love interest.US navy in China before World War 2.Text Unmarked. book Unreadsome aging with spine wear

Fawcett, 1963. m979, red cover with black & yellow ltrs, faded red printers ink on edges, edges nicked, original price was 95 cents, edges of spine are rubbed,clean and tight. A torrent of incident, adventure, outrage and sex....brilliantly told.. 6th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x2. First Edition, early printing. First Edition is stated but with the code A-N rather than I-M. Dust jacket and book have only minor wear, jacket price not clipped. Red cloth boards. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. Mapped endpapers. 597 pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. VG+/VG-. First edition. Hardcover. Book has a prior owner's name. Dust jacket is price clipped and is missing a large chip on the spine.

New York: Harper & Row. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket, several chips and tears, small area of sticker removal to bottom front panel. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Victor Gollancz, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8x5x1. The boards are rubbed, worn and marked. Internally, there are damp marks and chips along the bottom edges of the early pages. The text is unaffected, clean and legible. Tightly bound. r*24/01/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

NY: ATHENEUM. Fine. PAPERBACK. First Edition. 1984.

Candice Bergen and Steve McQueen on back cover. Film blurb on back cover.