New York: E. P. Dutton, 1917. HB. Red cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 358 pp. No date on title page, and copyright 1917 on verso, with no additional printings indicated. Highly regarded World War I novel from the allied perspective, originally published as Le Feu in France in 1916. A powerful indictment of war, on the same level as All Quiet on the Western Front. Owners name front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding tight. Spine lightly sunned, very light edge wear to covers. Book condition VG.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: NP8246
Title: Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
Author: Barbusse, Henri
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1917
Bookseller catalogs: World War I;

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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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...