BATTLE CRY by Uris, Leon - 1953

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Famed author's first novel, a classic WWII story of "Huxley's Whores" one of the toughest outfits in the Marine Corps. It covers the men of one radio squad and their adventures from boot camp to Guadacanal, Tarawa, and elsewhere. The book is tightly bound but shows slightest wear around the spine ends and corners. Clean covers and clean pages without names or other markings. The DJ is not price clipped but with edgewear at the head and foot of the spine and corners which show light chipping. The bottom edge of the DJ shows some missing chipps with the worst at the bottom front right edge which has a chip about one-quarter inch high and three-quarters inch wide missing. The white portions of the DJ typically show some age tanning or browning but this copy is still mostly white. Becoming hard to find in the first edition. Now protected by a removable mylar cover.. First Edition. Boards HB. Near Fine/Good Plus.