Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First edition, first issue. 8vo, original light brown cloth lettered on the upper cover and spine in black, the spine also lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 342 pp. A very fine copy, the jacket especially fine as well, a pristine copy. A NEAR AS NEW COPY OF THE AUTHOR’S SECOND BOOK. The novel was winner of the National Book Award and brought considerable fame to the author who has been called “one of the best living writers in America” - Harold Bloom. Many still consider DOG SOLDIERS to be his most notable work and one of the finest books on the effects of the Vietnam War ever penned.

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Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24257
Title: DOG SOLDIERS A Novel
Author: Stone Robert
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1974

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