Private 19022 manning frederic (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 468 pages. 7.00x4.37x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American Berkley Medallion Paperback Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 255pp. Red stained page edges. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light crease to spine and rear cover. (18/2).

Sm. 8vo; pp. (x), 274; dustjacket, a very good copy. From the Library of Australian scholar and academic, John Barnes with his signature.

1st edn 5th printing. 8vo. Original grey pictorial cloth (lightly chafed at top corner of upper board - otherwise VG). Pp. 453 (no inscriptions).

Zustand: Used - Good. Good hardback. 4th impression, January 1930 (same month as first printing). Light foxing, heaviest on half-title page. Oatmeal cloth with black lettering and black decoration. Spine browned. Used - Good. Good hardback.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Her Privates We', is a profoundly democratic book. It is significant that so high a tribute should be paid by a man intellectually mature, acutely observant and deeply critical , to the sound sense, morale and philosophy of that section of the populace which, in peace as in war, has most of civilisation's dirty work to do. The boards and binding are square and tight, the text block has light marks on the fore-edge. book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Number of Volumes: 2 Limited edition, copy #261 of 520. Two volumes. Original brown buckram with gilt tops and marbled endpapers, and maroon cloth-covered case for the volumes. Cloth case has a few light scuff marks, but the books inside are nearly pristine. Pages have deckled edges, one light penciled remark from the owner on the rear endpaper of volume I. Each volume contains a narrow maroon silk bookmark. The Piazza Press limited edition was issued anonymously to subscribers by publisher Peter Davies. This is the uncensored, unexpurgated edition of the novel. Contains receipt from Marshall Field, possibly unrelated. The novel was originally published anonymously, or by Private 19022, revealed in the 1940s to be Frederic Manning (1882-1935). This is one of the most realistic World War I novels written, especially for its time, and was drawn heavily from Manning's experiences as a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. This work is the story of Manning's battalion "from the time it is chewed to pieces on the Somme until, brought up to strength again, it is thrust into another vain attack." The novel was praised highly by many, including T. E. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway. Hardcover, two volumes with slipcase, near fine condition. 453 pages, octavo.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Fascinating early edition of the highly regarded First World War story from Australian author and poet Frederic Manning. Early edition, reprinted in the same month as the first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Fictional account of the Somme and Ancre fronts towards the end of 1916, written by Australian author and poet Frederic Manning, also known for Scenes and Portraits (1909), under the guise of "Private 19022". The text was originally published as the limited-edition The Middle Parts of Fortune in 1929 and encapsulates the experiences of ordinary soldiers during the First World War. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth at head and tail of spine, and noticeable marking to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound with binding a little fragile in places, namely to pages 112-113, 160-161 and 208-209. Bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. Octavo (19cm). Pictorial tan cloth, printed in black; 453pp. Tight, straight, and Near Fine, without the typical toning to the spine. Lacking the unprinted glassine jacket. Manning's highly-regarded novel of service in the trenches during WW1, based on his own experiences. Slightly revised from the limited edition published the year previous under the title The Middle Parts of Fortune.…