SOLDIER ERECT . by Aldiss, Brian - first edition hardcover

Coward McCann Goeghegan, 1971. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine. Slight bump head of spine, jacket rubbed, price clipped. Sharp copy.

coward mccann, 1971 first edition , hardcover. fine book near fine jacket alot of rubbing

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. 272 pp. Spine. Corners bumped. Jacket has edgewear, tear along upper rear flap. A novel about a young English infantry soldier. Portrays the real behaviour of WWII combat soldiers. Jacket design by Charles Mikolaycak. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Coward McCann Geoghegan, 1971 Book. Very Good ++. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st US Edition. VG++, Shelfwear, Edge-foxing/VG++, Wear, Tear, Abrasion. First American Edition. Comic war drama. Jacket by Charles Mikolaycak. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Some tears and rubbing to d/j.

weidenfeld, first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket 1971,

weidenfeld, first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket 1971, strangly in a slipcase

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, 272pp. Sharp First Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Square tight and clean throughout. A hint of wear to spine ends and bottom tips bumped. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket has both prices of £1.75 net and 35s net on the bottom of the front flap. A couple of short closed edge tears but still fresh and bright with no creases, toning or chipping. Uncommonly signed by the author on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1971). First edition. Signed and dated (1991) by Brian Aldiss on the title-page. The second Horatio Stubbs novel - the unforgettable Forgotten Army in India and Burma - a wildly funny but wholly serious attempt by Aldiss "to recreate it exactly as it was, whether heroic, bawdy or downright bloody unspeakable". The book's publication in January 1971 led to a newspaper spat between the bookseller turned author and Mark Kahn, reviewer for the "Sunday Mirror" - "Chuck It, Mr Aldiss", began the review - "I'm sorry that Mr Kahn (last Sunday) found my new novel ... tedious and nasty. War often is tedious and nasty", came the lofty response, but it is noticeable that only one further Horatio Stubbs novel appeared, not the four that Aldiss originally intended. Post 8vo (21cm). 272pp. Original green boards, lettered in gilt; just a touch bruised; a few faint edge-spots; mild discolouration to pastedowns beneath the jacket flaps (evidently a manufacturing fault in the adhesive),… Read More