An epic (6 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xv, 443pp. White hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Bumped top corner, otherwise a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $28.00 retail price on the front flap, light shelf wear, a bright illustrations. Signed on the half title: "10-8-15 / In memory of the fallen. Adam Makos." Captain Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924-2017) was the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his attempts to save his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator. Ensign Brown crashed his combat plane during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Lt. Hudner intentionally crashed his aircraft nearby in an attempt to save his wingman. The heroic exploits of both airmen were memorialized in the 2022 film Devotion. First edition of Devotion: An Epic Story Of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice, signed by the author, Adam Makos. (illustrator). Signed.…

Full leather. Zustand: Near fine. Second Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xxv, 279pp; 274pp, [2]. Full leather binding, gilt-ruled boards, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Title in gilt on black morocco label affixed to spines. Marbled endpapers. Stated "Seconde Edition" on title page. Solid text blocks, bumped corners, light wear to leather along spines. Foxing along edges of leaves to both volumes, text remains clean. Frontispieces in each volume. Includes a fold-out map at rear of Volume II depicting the setting of the poems within the books. Charlemagne ou La Caroléide by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt, was the first published work of d'Arlincourt, but it failed to gain him the celebrity he craved. He followed up with Le Solitaire (1821), his most notable work, and three subsequent novels: Le Renégat (1822), Ipsiboé (1823), and L'Étrangère in 1825. Second edition of Charlemagne ou La Caroléide, an Epic Poem in Twenty-Four Songs by Vicomte D'Arlincourt, printed entirely in French. Illustrated by Horace Vernet. (illustrator).…