Men In War
by Latzko, Andreas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. Second Printing, April, 1918 . HB. Green cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, illustration of warrior on front cover, 8vo, 264 pp. In the light green dust jacket with the same lettering and illustration as the covers, but with list of publisher's titles on rear panel. Novel set during World War I by Latzko (1876-1943), Hungarian born Jew who served in the Austrian army during World War I on the Italian front. This work is an account of the fighting at the Isonzo River. Owner's blindstamp top of half-title page only mark in book, ffep lacking and front hinge reinforced. Covers are clean and bright with very light fading top 1/4" of spine. Dust jacket shows some chipping, the largest is 1"x1/2" at bottom front panel. No lettering is affected. Book condition Good+ in VG DJ.
Synopsis
The time was late in the autumn of the second year of the war; the place, the garden of a war hospital in a small Austrian town, which lay at the base of wooded hills, sequestered as behind a Spanish wall, and still preserving its sleepy contented outlook upon existence.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GV6863
- Title
- Men In War
- Author
- Latzko, Andreas
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second Printing, April, 1918
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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