A Soldier Erect or Further Stories of the Hand-Reared Boy by Aldiss, Brian W - 1971

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1971. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (lightly rubbed, but no chips, tears, or creases). Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($6.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Novel of WWII British soldiers. Honestly recreates the far-fetched rumors, crude jokes, sex, and gambling of lonely soldiers on leave in Calcutta, India (the "capital of whoredom"). Also captures the bitterness of the fighting against the Japanese by the 14th Army in Burma "where it was men rather than machines that turned the tide." Bound in the original reddish cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. From the dust jacket: "In A SOLDIER ERECT Brian W. Aldiss has written one of the most irreverent and wildly funny books yet to appear about the way of World War II combat soldiers behaved - really behaved - while on leave in foreign countries." .… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is bit torn and worn. small chip at the front. creased. marked. damp marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.N.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is shelf rubbed and partly torn. mild tanning. no inscriptions. well bound. good copy.[S.Nor]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected inour purpose-made plastic sleeve. A closed tear to rear panel and upper front panel of DJ. 272 pages. The successor to The Hand-Reared Boy, the humorous further adventures of Horatio Stubbs in the British Army in India and Burma during World War Two. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.