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COBB, Humphrey.. Paths of Glory.. New York: The Viking Press, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$1125.82 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed from the author, inscribed on the front free endpapeer: "For Louis Greenfield from Humphrey Cobb." Cobb's popular anti-war novel, set in the trenches of World War I, took its title from Gray's Elegy: "The paths of glory lead but to the grave". The book later served as the basis for the critically acclaimed 1957 film of the same name, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo. Original blue and pink cloth, spine and covers lettered in gilt, top edge pink. With dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, a little loss to gilt, spine ends slightly worn and frayed, foot of spine and top board edges slightly faded, light wear to a couple of tips, top edge dusty, small dark marks to a few pages. A very good copy in the rubbed jacket, spine faded, spine ends and tips a little chipped, rear panel slightly marked, a few nicks and short closed tears.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
COBB, Humphrey. Paths of Glory. Viking, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Spine gilt a little rubbed, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with some internal repairs and a scrape on the front panel. Inscribed by the author: "To the Murrays from Humphrey." The author's only book, one of the great anti-war novels, based on real incidents during WWI. The film rights were purchased two decades later by Kirk Douglas, who hired the relatively unknown Stanley Kubrick to direct. Starring Douglas and Adolphe Menjou and scripted by Kubrick, Jim Thompson, and Calder Willingham, the film was a technical and critical triumph and ranks with *All Quiet on the Western Front* as perhaps the of greatest anti-war films. Uncommon signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
COBB, Humphrey.. Paths of Glory.. New York: The Viking Press, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$1222.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the first blank "To Harry Lichtig, with cordial best wishes, from Humphrey Cobb", the recipient was, in all likelihood, the Hollywood agent from the Lichtig & Englander agency, making this a great association copy. Twenty-two years after its publication, Humphrey Cobb's anti-war masterpiece was adapted into the acclaimed film of the same title, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. The film was banned in France until 1974 due to its negative depiction of the French military. Octavo. Original red and blue cloth, titles to spine and front panel in blind on gilt ground, top edge red, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Title page printed in red and black. A hint of wear to corners, slight sunning along upper egde, the binding otherwise sound, internally fresh and clean. A very good copy indeed in the very good jacket, sometime laminated, light wear with slight loss to corners, somewhat dust-dulled, unclipped.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
COBB, HUMPHREY. PATHS OF GLORY. , 1935.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: COBB, Humphrey. PATHS OF GLORY. NY: Viking, 1935. Sm. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition of the author's only book, in the earliest dust jacket. Signed presentation from Cobb on front blank page: "To Frog and Alex, from Humphrey." Basis for the critically-acclaimed 1957 motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. Very Good (some sunning spine & edges); some wear (occasional dampstaining) d/j. Enclosed in a custom-made, clam-shell box with a leather onlay depicting the iron cross image on the dust jacket and with a raised iron cross on the spine. Quite a nice box! $1,250.00.
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Cobb, Humphrey [Kirk Douglas]. Paths of Glory.. The Viking Press, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the authorâs first and only book, the basis for Stanley Kubrickâs classic film, starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Humphrey Cobb and actor Kirk Douglas. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Paths of Glory explores the perilous complications involved in what nations demand of their soldiers in wartime. Humphrey Cobb's protagonists are Frenchmen during the First World War whose nightmare in the trenches takes a new and terrible turn when they are ordered to assault a German position deemed all but invulnerable. When the attack fails, an inquiry into allegations of cowardice indicts a small handful of lower-ranked scapegoats whose trial exposes the farce of ordering ordinary men to risk their lives in an impossible cause. It is a chilling portrait of injustice, this novel offers insight into the tragedies of war in any age. Made into the 1957 film directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Kirk Douglas.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Cobb, Humphrey.. Paths of Glory.. NY. Viking Press. 1935., 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition ("First Published June 1935"). Signed/Presentation copy to Cobb's editor at Viking: "To Esther Eisenberg with best wishes from Humphrey Cobb" inscribed in black fountain pen. Eisenberg edited numerous authors at Viking, including John Steinbeck. Cobb's first and only novel. VG/VG in two-toned blue and red cloth stamped in gilt bands on the front panel and the spine. The spine is dulled and somewhat worn. The jacket is complete with tiny chips at the top and bottom of the spine and wear at the corners. A very scarce signed first edition, the basis for the rousing WWI movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. First Edition ("First Published June 1935").
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.