Private 19022 frederic manning (33 resultados)

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. Edges rubbed, crease along spine, corners lightly creased. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1930 Mass Market Paperback. v, 255 pp. One of the classic novels to come out of Word War I. Manning was there at the Battle of the Somme and describes the battle from the viewpoint of the private soldier with such accuracy (and forthright language) that it initially appeared only as a limited private printing entitled The Middle Parts of Fortune by Private 19022. Later released to the public as Her Privates We (more Shakespeare quotes), but still with Manning's identity hidden. The book was widely admired by T S Eliot and T E Lawrence; Hemingway regarded it as the finest novel to come out of World War I.…

1st printing. Great account of trench warfare in WWI. Bright tight clean PB copy. 255 pp, tinted edges. VeryGood unmarked, no spine creases. MM paperback in glossy color illus wraps.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. SB 453pp 2018 N&MP Reprint of 1930 Original EditionPublished Price £16.99 Frederic Manning is generally acknowledged as the finest novelist of the Western Front. Born in Australia, novelist and poet Frederic Manning moved to England in his youth and was an off-and-on presence there for much of his life. He enlisted during 1915 into the Shropshire Light Infantry, and served in France during 1916 as 'Private 19022'. The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme, and Manning's four months there provided the background to Her Privates We. An undisputed classic of war writing and a lasting tribute to all who participated in the war to end all wars. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, third printing as stated, published in January 1930, the same month and year as the first. A clean unmarked copy in cream buckram with illustration to front cover as issued, no acetate dust jacket. 453 pages. Spine somewhat cocked, no markings, rear hinge starting but holding. Praised by Ernest Hemingway and others. Uncommon in this early edition, later printings did not have an illustrated cover.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. First Thus. 1st Pan ediiton, 304 pages, introduction by Edmund Blunden. Worn and faded covers, pages tanned, foxing to inside covers, remains of a label on inside front cover, (Pan Books M179).

Condición: Good. None. 334 pages. Hardcover. Deckled fore edge. Decorated front cover. No dust jacket. Covers show some age wear/soil. Previous bookseller's stamp on front endpaper. Previous owner dated (1930) inscription on front flyleaf (erased but still visible). Edges and pages age-yellow but in good condition. Binding still tight. Record # 30827.…

Condición: New. In English.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 468 pages. 7.00x4.37x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American Berkley Medallion Paperback Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 255pp. Red stained page edges. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light crease to spine and rear cover. (18/2).

Sm. 8vo; pp. (x), 274; dustjacket, a very good copy. From the Library of Australian scholar and academic, John Barnes with his signature.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. 1930 1st Am. ed. 334pp. beige pictorial cloth sm 8vo: Good/no dj [some age darkening of light colored cloth, particularly of back cover; two small store stamps on rear endpp; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A classic novel of the First World War based on Australian writer Manning's (1882-1935) experiences in the trenches, originally published anonymously as "The Middle Parts of Fortune" and issued in this expurgated edition.…

1st edn 5th printing. 8vo. Original grey pictorial cloth (lightly chafed at top corner of upper board - otherwise VG). Pp. 453 (no inscriptions).

Condición: Used - Good. Good hardback. 4th impression, January 1930 (same month as first printing). Light foxing, heaviest on half-title page. Oatmeal cloth with black lettering and black decoration. Spine browned. Used - Good. Good hardback.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Her Privates We', is a profoundly democratic book. It is significant that so high a tribute should be paid by a man intellectually mature, acutely observant and deeply critical , to the sound sense, morale and philosophy of that section of the populace which, in peace as in war, has most of civilisation's dirty work to do. The boards and binding are square and tight, the text block has light marks on the fore-edge. book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.…

Paperback. Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing of January 1930. The expurgated edition of 'The Middle Ranks of Fortune.' Original oatmeal cloth decorated with the striking Expressionist image of a private soldier. A trifle dusty but better than is usually found, the spine being free of stains, toning and soiling. Internally free of inscriptions and foxing. An uncommonly nice copy but without the glassine wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Number of Volumes: 2 Limited edition, copy #261 of 520. Two volumes. Original brown buckram with gilt tops and marbled endpapers, and maroon cloth-covered case for the volumes. Cloth case has a few light scuff marks, but the books inside are nearly pristine. Pages have deckled edges, one light penciled remark from the owner on the rear endpaper of volume I. Each volume contains a narrow maroon silk bookmark. The Piazza Press limited edition was issued anonymously to subscribers by publisher Peter Davies. This is the uncensored, unexpurgated edition of the novel. Contains receipt from Marshall Field, possibly unrelated. The novel was originally published anonymously, or by Private 19022, revealed in the 1940s to be Frederic Manning (1882-1935). This is one of the most realistic World War I novels written, especially for its time, and was drawn heavily from Manning's experiences as a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. This work is the story of Manning's battalion "from the time it is chewed to pieces on the Somme until, brought up to strength again, it is thrust into another vain attack." The novel was praised highly by many, including T. E. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway. Hardcover, two volumes with slipcase, near fine condition. 453 pages, octavo.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Number of Volumes: 2 Limited edition, copy #261 of 520. Two volumes. Original brown buckram with gilt tops and marbled endpapers, and maroon cloth-covered case for the volumes. Cloth case has a few light scuff marks, but the books inside are nearly pristine. Pages have deckled edges, one light penciled remark from the owner on the rear endpaper of volume I. Each volume contains a narrow maroon silk bookmark. The Piazza Press limited edition was issued anonymously to subscribers by publisher Peter Davies. This is the uncensored, unexpurgated edition of the novel. Contains receipt from Marshall Field, possibly unrelated. The novel was originally published anonymously, or by Private 19022, revealed in the 1940s to be Frederic Manning (1882-1935). This is one of the most realistic World War I novels written, especially for its time, and was drawn heavily from Manning's experiences as a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. This work is the story of Manning's battalion "from the time it is chewed to pieces on the Somme until, brought up to strength again, it is thrust into another vain attack." The novel was praised highly by many, including T. E. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway. Hardcover, two volumes with slipcase, near fine condition. 453 pages, octavo.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Fascinating early edition of the highly regarded First World War story from Australian author and poet Frederic Manning. Early edition, reprinted in the same month as the first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Fictional account of the Somme and Ancre fronts towards the end of 1916, written by Australian author and poet Frederic Manning, also known for Scenes and Portraits (1909), under the guise of "Private 19022". The text was originally published as the limited-edition The Middle Parts of Fortune in 1929 and encapsulates the experiences of ordinary soldiers during the First World War. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth at head and tail of spine, and noticeable marking to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound with binding a little fragile in places, namely to pages 112-113, 160-161 and 208-209. Bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.…

reprint dust jacket Very Good octavo 274pp., Classic account of life in the Trenches by an Australian in the British Army.

1st ed. thus dust jacket Very Good small octavo 274pp., Classic account of life in the Trenches by an Australian in the British Army.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Copyright page states ''First Published, January 1930''. Clean and unmarked. With the scarce original glassine wrapper and printed card flaps; glassine has a closed tear on spine; short tears on front panel; rear flap is detached; laid over with a mylar sleeve. pp. 453. The real experiences of soldiers on the Somme and Ancre fronts during the later half of 1916, told in a lightly disguised way by the Australian poet and novelist Frederic Manning (1882-1935), who wrote from first-hand experience, having fought in the trenches with the 7th Battalion. The Peter Davies edition of 1930 followed the 1929 limited edition published by The Piazza Press under the title The Middle Parts of Fortune. …

Condición: New. Print on Demand.