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Paths of Glory
by Cobb, Humphrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition, First Printing.
Best-selling antiwar novel about the execution of some French soldiers on false charges of cowardice in World War I. "Paths of Glory" was the Book of the Month Club choice for June 1935. The book also was the basis for Stanley Kubrick's 1957 film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 195 x 130 mm), 265, [1] pages, in cloth, titles to front board and to spine, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket.
CONDITION: Sunning to top edge of cloth, fading to spine lettering, toning to end papers, previous owner's ex-libris pasted to half title. About Very Good in a Fair, heavily soiled and rubbed dust jacket with a few nicks and tears as well as some evidence of dampstaining.
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Details
- Seller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2807
- Title
- Paths of Glory
- Author
- Cobb, Humphrey
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction; War & Peace; Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
30-day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Biblio member since 2009
Hopewell, New Jersey
About Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Specializing in Art, Drama, Espionage, Journalism, Poetry, and Radicalism.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Fair
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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