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STEINBECK, John. ONCE THERE WAS A WAR. Heinemann, London, 1959.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fist UK edition, very good condition in damaged dust wrapper in protective cover (large part of front fold over missing), octavo, black boards, title in silver across spine, xxi plus 233 pages. [QP]
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was A War. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1959., 1959.
Price: US$23.88 + shipping
Description: 8vo (20.5x13.25cm), hardback, xxi + 233pp. Good condition, in good dustwrapper (general wear, rubbed, grubby, small colour run to front cover, lightly chipped, foxed, sunned spine and edges, mark to rear flap, light offsets on the inside). Lightly bumped, owner's name at free front endpaper, foxed and age-toned at upper page edges, upper corner of pp79/80 creased with light foxing to upper corner and opposite page, small mark to free back endpaper. Pictures available on request. A series of despatches John Steinbeck sent home to American readers, from England, Africa and Italy, in 1943. 'Gathered into a book for the first time, they prove to be not only superb journalism but examples of Steinbeck's clear and easy prose at its descriptive best.'
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Heinemann, London, 1959.
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth on boards with white titles on spine. There are library stickers and stamps on both paste-downs with some pen marks on the rear paste-down also. Pages are clean and flat.
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
John Steinbeck. Once There Was a War. Heinemann, 1959.
Price: US$33.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour and even fighting alongside soldiers behind enemy lines. Taken together, these writings create an indelible portrait of life in wartime. DJ, some foxing but good for age.
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
John Steinbeck. Once There Was a War. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1959.
Price: US$49.25 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First UK Edition. Very attractive illustrated dust-jacket, some light chipping to edges and a little discoloration to the spine otherwise clean and bright, not prie-clipped. Book bound in black cloth with silver title, clean bright and square. Contents unmarked, no inscriptions, looks and feels unread.
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. Once there was a War. Heinemann, London, 1959.
Price: US$60.44 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fist British edition book, with dust jacket and plastic protective cover. Fair conditiion with previous owner's sticker-name on first page. 233pp., 14 x 20.5 cms. Odd marks on several pages, well-rea but all pages intact. shipping weight 0.450 grams.D/J not price clipped. The book is a collection of articles written by the author while he was a special war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune from June to December 1943.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Heinemann, London, 1959.
Price: US$74.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth titled in silver gilt. First UK edition. PO inscription to ffep; bookseller stamp to fep. Scattered foxing mostly to block edge and endpages. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, mildly dampstained/foxed/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Heinemann London 1959, 1959.
Price: US$122.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 233pp., b/w plates, A series of memorable despatches sent from England, Africa & Italy in 1943. Nice bright, tight copy in black cloth with a very good price-clipped dust jacket with minimal chipping & spotting
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Heinemann London 1959, 1959.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 233pp., b/w plates, A series of memorable despatches sent from England, Africa & Italy in 1943. Nice bright, tight copy in black cloth with a very nice unclipped dust jacket
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
John Steinbeck. Once There Was a War. Heinemann, London, 1959.
Price: US$153.92 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first British edition of 'Once There Was a War'. A collection of Steinbeck's articles written for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943. John Ernst Steinbeck was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, lovely. Light dust soiling to the top. Dustwrapper is excellent with some sunning to the spine and age toning to the flyleaves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Heinemann London 1959, 1959.
Price: US$178.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xxi + 233pp., Very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket. PHOTO available
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia