Johnny Got His Gun: Signed Limited Slipcased Artist Edition #/750
by Trumbo, Dalton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Suntup Editions, 2022. Book. Illus. by Ula Sveikauskaite. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Copy. First Edition/First Printing. The Artist edition is limited to 750 unnumbered copies with a dust jacket illustrated by Ula Sveikauskaite. It is a full cloth, smyth sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping. It is the only edition of the three with the dust jacket, and is signed by the artist. The edition is housed in a metal mesh paper slipcase with an acrylic coating. An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo is a searing portrayal of war that has stunned and galvanized generations of readers. When Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell, he gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and all of his face, but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body. As Joe drifts between fantasy and reality, he remembers his old life with his family and girlfriend, and reflects upon the myths and realities of war. Published two days after the declaration of war in Europe and more than two years before the United States joined World War II, Trumbo's stark and troubling masterpiece of uncompromising brutality went on to become the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era and an undisputed classic of antiwar literature. Upon its release, The New York Times raved, "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation, and with a fury accounting to elegance," while Saturday Review promised, "It is a book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it." Johnny Got His Gun won one of the earliest National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. A 1971 film adaptation was written for the screen and directed by Trumbo himself. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. .
Synopsis
Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 (published 1939) by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
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- Bookseller
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045422
- Title
- Johnny Got His Gun: Signed Limited Slipcased Artist Edition #/750
- Author
- Trumbo, Dalton
- Illustrator
- Ula Sveikauskaite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- Suntup Editions
- Date Published
- 2022
- Keywords
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Pat Cramer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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