First encounter de dos passos john (30 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Dos Passos' first novel, written when he was a 22 year old ambulance driver in 1918, before Three Lives. With a modest introduction by the author in 1945. Text browned. Jacket worn, chipped, missing large piece on back cover.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Undated, circa 1947, according to handwritten date of 12-23-'47 on ffep. VG/G. Mild bumping to head and heel of spine, and to two corners. Aside from a small spot to rear board, boards are clean. Lettering is bright. Name and date to ffep. No other writing or markings. Light toning to pages. Binding is sound. Unclipped dust jacket shows significant overall edgewear, rubbing, and soiling to back panel, but is complete and legible. With a 1945 preface by the author.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Fading and spotting to red cloth, name in ink, slight internal browning, 8vo, 160pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardbound. Condición: Good. Small octavo, red cloth with gold lettering, 160 pp., yellowed endpapers With, "A Preface Twenty-Five Years Later," by the author.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 160 pp; Book has no names, red covers nice, pages unmarked and age toned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($2.00) with some rubbing and red title block faded. Comes in a mylar DJ protector. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition Thus. first edition of the reprint of dos passos' first book about his experiences in ww1. with new introduction.

Condición: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (World War 1, Historical Fiction).

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. No date. Ffep missing. Owner bookplate half-title page. Front board stained. Tape marks back board. Tanning. A PREFACE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER dated April 26, 1945.

Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. no date (1945). Red cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 160 pp. A reissue of Dos Passos' "One Man's Initiation" originally published in 1917, providing a fictional account of the author's experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I. These experiences led him to question capitalism as well as to a strong anti-war stance. This edition with a 1945 foreword by the author. GOOD+ condition. Jacket scuffed and faded, including dark scuffs to the rear cover. Minor soiling and staining. A few small tears along the extremities. Light fading, soiling and edgewear to the book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good / with Protective Cover. Good condition. Clean text some edge wear on the d.j Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. [Date not stated.] pp. 160. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Light edgwear, rubbing to boards, small stamp name to endpaper; very good.

Hardcover. 160p., dated from preface. Hardbound in red cloth boards gilt, and dust jacket. Probably an ex lending library copy, to judge from what looks like the remnant of a due-date slip in the rear, and from the rough condition of the dj. As is. The lives of frontline soldiers in 1918 including an anarchist.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First American edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st American edition. A Very Good copy in Good to Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Red cloth in black dust jacket. The dj is clipped, with moderate edge wear. Previous owner's name on the front paste down.…

Hardcover. dj. pp. 160. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Light shelfwear, line of moisture soiling to front board; very good in poor dustjacket with large torn sections.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. 8vo. [10], 11-160 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Notable toning to the textblock and a name on the front flyleaf, small sticker residue on the rear flyleaf; jacket is price-clipped.…

Condición: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), faded a shade at the spine, shipped at the corners and with a few short closed tears. Red cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Firmly bound with a red top stain, slight forward lean, clean internally. Dos Passos's narrative about the life and loves of frontline soldiers during World War I.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. [no date, circa 1945] Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, red top-edge stain. Old price on flyleaf otherwise a fine copy, clean and tight with crisp text. Very good, price-intact dust jacket in mylar cover.…

Hardcover. 160p., dated from preface. Hardbound in red cloth boards gilt, and dust jacket. Slight edgewear to casing, paperstock somewhat toned, a sound clean unmarked copy in a jacket that is battered and foxed but remains presentable. The lives of frontline soldiers in 1918 including an anarchist.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very good Hardcover with dust jacket. The book is ca. 1945. The book has shelf rub of spine ends and cover corners. The dust jacket has wear and tear of all panel edges and some fading of panels. The text is clean.

Hardcover. Condición: USED Good. DJ in mylar minor chipping at edges.

1st. ed.-reprint of his 1st. book One Man's Initiation with a new name and new preface by Dos Passos. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. undated. boards are rubbed, chipped and knocked. tanning, soiling and marks. ownership inscription and sticker residue. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: VG. First Thus. First edition under this title, bound in red cloth. A very good copy i n a very good dust jacket. Small bumps to the book's corners. The endp apers are tanned. The dust jacket is chipped at the head and heel of the spine and at the corners. Fading to its spine and dust soiling to the rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 160 pages (complete). With this 1945 edition, Don Passos' first novel, "One Man's Initiation" (based on his experiences of the Great War), published in 1917, took on this new title. The dustjacket is much worn and torn all about. The dj is included. The boards are mild mannered. They have light wear about the edges and corners. They are otherwise comfortable and sure. The contents are pleasing. They are fit, clean, clear, confident, very certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition thus. 4 page preface by John Dos Passos. Dust jacket (unclipped; short tears). Very good. 160 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Publisher's review copy with rubberstamp publication date Oct. 13 on the front free endpaper.…

Condición: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, red dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 160 printed pages of text. Spine ends turn-in with shallow rubs, age darkened end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs to the spine ends and corners, crease lines to the upper edges, not price clipped $2.00. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 168. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1945 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 168.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Philosophical Library. New York. S/d. [1945]. De 21x14cm. Com 160 págs. Encadernação do editor com sobrecapa de protecção. Exemplar ? cópia de trabalho - com sublinhados no texto a lápis e a tinta e várias anotações de leitura nas folhas de guarda. Inclui uma dedicatória do autor em anterrosto, assinada e dirigida a um leitor português, quando da sua estadia em Portugal em 1960. A obra contém uma narrativa autobiográfica com as memórias de um condutor de ambulâncias durante a Primeira Grande Guerra 1914-1918. John dos Passos foi um escritor americano. Graduou-se na Universidade de Harvard em 1916, visitou a Europa e o Médio Oriente instruindo-se sobre arte, literatura e arquitectura. Durante a I Grande Guerra foi membro do do American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps em Paris e Itália e, mais tarde, membro do U.S. Army Medical Corps. Título original: One Man's Initiation, 1917. Foi publicado pela primeira vez em Londres, em Outubro de 1920 por George Allen & Unwin Ltd. A primeira edição americana foi publicada em Junho de 1922, por Goerge H. Doran Company, Nova Iorque. The Philosophical Library reeditou esta obra em 1945, com o título First Encounter, e com uma nova introdução do autor. [EN] Workcopy with handwriten pencil notes at the endpapers, and ink underlines in the text; signed and dedicated by the author to a Portuguese reader during his stay in Portugal in 1960. "This narrative deals with the lives and loves of the frontline soldier of 1918, as seen by an ambulance driver." - John dos Passos was an American writer. Graduated from Harvard College in 1916, well-traveled, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. Was a member of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps in Paris and in Italy during World War I, joining later the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Original title: One Man's Initiation, 1917. It was first published in London in October, 1920 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. The first American edition was published in June, 1922, by Goerge H. Doran Company, New York. The Philosophical Library reprinted the book in 1945, under the title First Encounter, with a new introduction by the author. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: I-64-E-1.…