STEP-SONS OF FRANCE by Wren, Percival Christopher

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. good-. Hardcover. True tales of the French Foreign Legion. blue cover has mildew stains; 316pp + publisher's ads; color il on yellow dust jacket, which in in two pieces, has large chips & tears, is in new clear protective mylar .

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Foreign Legion, Short Stories, Adventure, Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1928. Reprint. Original Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 316 p.; cloth-covered light gray boards; blindstamped title on cover; G+, spine sunned, rubbed & bumped at head and tail. PO signature on ffep. Crack at p. 128. Overall decent copy. A collection of short stories, many on French Foreign Legion themes. "An Officer and - a Liar" and "Beelzebuth" are little gems of storytelling. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Hardcover. Worn and Soiled With Facial Tear on Middle Front Cover/Ink Stamp on Front Flyleaf. .

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Hardcover. Worn and Soiled With Facial Tear on Middle Front Cover/Ink Stamp on Front Flyleaf. .

London: John Murray, 1927. reprint. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth 316pp., Classic Novel of the French Foreign Legion. Lacks front end paper o/w a nice tight, square copy

1926. John Murray, London. 1926. Reprint. Hardback. DW. Light foxing to contents o/w a bright copy in wrapper that is worn and chipped to extremities but still attractive.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. [1927]. "Authorized American Edition". Hardcover. [nice tight copy, minimal shelfwear, just a touch of soiling/age-toning to edges of text block, vintage price sticker (from the San Francisco department store The White House) on rear pastedown; jacket has a light diagonal smudge line (about 2 inches long) at bottom of front panel, minor surface wear here and there]. "True tales of the French Foreign Legion with all the quick-moving action, breathless adventure and desert lure that marks 'Beau Geste,'" this author's best-known work. Seventeen stories, all pre-dating the "Beau" trilogy (all of which were published in the 1920s); this collection was originally published in the U.K. in 1917 and 1918, but the presence of full-jacket-flap blurbs for "Beau Sabreur" and "Beau Geste" date this otherwise undated edition as 1927 -- its publication no doubt juiced by the… Read More