The Penguin Book of First World War Prose
by Glover, Jon and Jon Silkin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine-/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670801062
- ISBN 13
- 9780670801060
- Seller
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Canton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1989. "First Edition, First Printing". Hardback. Very Fine-/Very Fine. "Red cloth covered boards with gilt spine lettering; light gray endpapers; dustjacket is not price clipped; book interior is clean and tight; lower book edge has a remainder slash; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright; book appears unread; 8vo; 619 pages; indexed; a beautiful, solid copy; an anthology of "the war" as written by eighty-one writers who attempt to record how it actually happened. The anthology focuses on one of the great turning points in twentieth-century culture. The catalog of writers serves as a checklist of some of the most interesting and well written prose associated with the Great War."
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- Bookseller
- Charing Cross Road Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 980000050
- Title
- The Penguin Book of First World War Prose
- Author
- Glover, Jon and Jon Silkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- "First Edition, First Printing"
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670801062
- ISBN 13
- 9780670801060
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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