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BETTER TIMES THAN THESE.
by Groom, Winston
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Summit Books, (1978)., (1978).. Good. A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WINSTON GROOM TO CARL BERNSTEIN, NORA EPHRON & THEIR SON JACOB - Octavo, brown boards backed with a creamy white cloth spine, titled in brown on the spine. The book is housed in a printed green dust wrapper. The book's covers are bumped at the corners. The dust jacket is creased with chips and a few short tears to the edges and a small hole along the jacket's front joint. The top edge of the jacket's rear flap is darkened. 411 pages. There is some minor speckled foxing to the top edge of the book. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition of the author's first book. A wonderful association copy, inscribed by Winston Groom to Carl Bernstein, Nora Ephron, and their son Jacob: "For Carl, Nora and Jacob / Good things and God's Grace for you all / Best wishes / Winston Groom / 8/24/78.<p>"Better Times Than These is a novel on the largest scale -- a total portrait of men caught up in war. The protagonist of this remarkable book is Bravo Company, Fourth Battalion, Seventh Cavalry -- the same regiment George Armstrong Custer took to the Little Big Horn a century ago -- now without horses, fighting as infantry. The time is 1966. The place is Vietnam." -- [Quoted from the dust wrapper's blurb].
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27534
- Title
- BETTER TIMES THAN THESE.
- Author
- Groom, Winston
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Summit Books, (1978).
- Date Published
- (1978).
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; NOVEL; WAR; FICTION; WINSTON GROOM; BETTER TIMES THAN THESE; ASSOCIATION COPY; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; CARL BERNSTEIN; NORA EPHRON; JACOB; VIETNAM; MILITARY; 1ST BOOK; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CEN
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Association Copy
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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