Whistle

New York: Delacorte Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated ""First Delacorte Press Edition. A limited edition of this work has been privately printed."" Hard cover in very good condition with light brown boards, maroon spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering; deep beige end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Mellow age toning to the papers. Exterior top text block a faded light red; side & bottom white of text block has light foxing. 457 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with shelf & edge wear; age toning the white of the flaps and jacket verso; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""This novel of World War II is James Jones' masterpiece. It occupied him for year. With the controlled, unrelenting power that only a major novelist can attain and with insights that are sometimes heartrending. Jones holds the reader gripped as he shows what war does to all men, including the brave ones who take pride in their skill as soldiers. . . . In his last and finest book, Jones returns to the subject he wrote about best. ""Whistle"" is the third novel in his great trilogy of World War II, begun with ""From Here to Eternity"" and continued with ""The Thin Red Line."" What is achieved in the three books is something unique in American literature; but ""Whistle"" will stand in its own right as towering novel, a book that will profoundly affect anyone who comes to it. . . . ""