[good sound copy, very slight bumping to bottom corners; jacket has shallow chips at top of front panel and top of spine, small tears with minor paper loss at front corners]. Novel depicting military life (including its homosexual aspects) in Allied-occupied North Africa and Naples in 1944. The author's first book, it was both critically and commercially successful at the time of its original publication, but its enduring reputation rests mostly on its frank depiction of gay life, particularly the 28-page chapter entitled "Momma," which takes place in a gay hangout for soldiers and civilians... View More...
(price-clipped) [solid copy, moderate shelfwear, light soiling to page edges, gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep; jacket worn at edges and extremities, moderate rubbing/soiling]. Presumably-autobiographical war novel, much of which takes place in an Italian beach town. The author, an Oklahoma native described in the jacket blurb as "an artist who served as a rifle platoon leader with the 85th Division in Italy during World War II," writes of a young soldier from "an impoverished family in a southwestern town [who] is uprooted from his drab surroundings and catapulted into a... View More...
[moderately worn, light fraying to cloth at base of spine and bottom corners, a little fading around top front hinge, ffep corner-clipped, bottom corners of a few pages near the end of the book are bent/creased; jacket edgeworn and rubbed/scuffed, spine sunned, several tears and associated creasing along top edge, large chip at top left-hand corner of front panel (just missing the title)]. Scarce vanity-press novel by a WWII veteran, written in "Ozark Mountain speech, a dialect rich in old English words and colorful, striking phrases." It tells the story of "young Tad, whose broth... View More...
(no dust jacket) [dust-soiling to top edge of text block, otherwise just a lightly worn copy with the tiniest touch of fraying to cloth at base of spine; attractive vintage bookplate ("Ex Libris - Nell A. Shedd") on front pastedown]. The subtitle pretty much says it all: the book covers its protagonist's entire experience in the Great War, from enlistment through being shot down in combat, and his period of recovery in a French hospital. The author gave her flyboy hero a fictional name, of course ("Richard Byrd," no relation to the well-known polar aviator and later Rear Admir... View More...
(price-clipped) [moderate shelfwear to bottom edges of covers, light soiling to edges of text block; jacket has a number of small tears and chips, 3-inch split along top front foldover, a bit of paper loss at top of spine]. Scarce novel about the psychological effects of war on the men who fight it. Set during the last days of World War II in Europe, as Allied troops close in on Berlin, the action centers around one American rifle squad that goes off the rails: "Shattered by German artillery, crazed with rage at the elusive Nazis who hit, run, and surrender, these ordinary American boys unle... View More...
[light wear to bottom edge, spine slightly turned, minor bumping to top front corner; jacket scuffed and lightly soiled, fading to spine, a couple of tiny edge-tears]. Novel about "a sensitive young nurse attached to an advanced hospital platoon" -- a MASH unit, essentially -- from D-Day through the end of the war in Europe. Per the jacket blurb, the author had herself been a Red Cross worker during the war, which no doubt informed her portrayal of "the true horror and false glory of war" and the "atmosphere of blood and death." View More...
[lovely copy, no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Young adult novel, "an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a [bomb-sniffing] dog and her handler." Signed by Author View More...
(price-clipped) [solid copy with light shelfwear, minor bumping at a couple of corners; jacket has several small tears and some dog-earing along top edge, general edgewear/rubbing, short tear and associated diagonal creasing at bottom of rear panel]. Uncommon novel set in the paraplegic wards of a large VA hospital -- "the story of a group of young men ... in an alien world where hates are more consuming, dreams more fantastic, and the sexual drive untamed despite severe physical handicap." The author, per her jacket-blurb bio, earned her chops as "an accredited volunteer in the p... View More...
(price-clipped) [solid, clean book, with minimal shelfwear, attractive vintage bookplate on front pastedown, tiny bookseller's label at bottom of ffep (Langley Book Shop, Newton Centre, Massachusetts); jacket shows some wear at edges and ends of spine, a few tiny tears and associated creasing at top and bottom edges of rear panel]. Juvenile war/adventure novel involving a Texas A&M freshman (with the great name of Sam Houston Moody) who leaves college to take a job with an American oil company in Iraq. His subsequent adventures involve being taken captive by a Nazi submarine, escaping across ... View More...
(price-clipped) [solid copy, moderate shelfwear to bottom edge, a little soiling to page edges; jacket shows some edgewear/soiling, minor chipping at spine extremities (no text affected), slightly ragged tear at top right-hand corner of front panel]. INSCRIBED briefly and SIGNED by "Sam" (presumably the co-author) on the ffep. Novel about the travails of a GI during World War II, starting in North Africa, where for a year "an overwhelming nausea consumes him as he is forced to find sleep in muck and filth, food in tins, and love in brothels." From there he goes on to England... View More...
[only moderately shelfworn, but with some soiling/foxing on top edge and binding starting to crack in center of book; jacket worn/soiled/discolored, 2-inch split at top front hinge, minor paper loss around top of spine]. Humorous novel concerning "the adventures of Stan Rodinski, Seaman First Class, during his six months training to be a metalsmith" -- in Oklahoma! ("Navy life is pretty much the same everywhere," according to the jacket blurb.) View More...
[light soiling and minor shelfwear to bottom edge, boards very slightly bowed, faint bookseller's rubber stamp on front pastedown (Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach, California); jacket a bit edgeworn, slight paper loss at spine extremities, some soiling to rear panel]. Comic novel about "a poor shnook to whom everything happens -- a World War II veteran who, by horrible error, is recalled during the Korean War and finds himself stranded on a lonely island radar post, halfway between Korea and the Japanese mainland, with the four hundred men of an Air Force radar unit whose moral... View More...
(price-clipped) [good solid book, very slight deterioration to cloth at bottom edges of both covers, one teeny-tiny wormhole in front joint, one-time owner's name and place of purchase in ink at top of ffep; jacket has some minor chipping and slight paper loss (especially at corners and at top of spine) but with no loss of text]. Self-declared as "THE Great War Novel," this might as well be subtitled "A Hillbilly's Adventures in the Great War." The author was a WWI veteran who hailed from Missouri (his military service bona fides are detailed on the rear jacket flap), and whil... View More...
[good solid copy, mild shelfwear; jacket rubbed at edges, a few small tears/chips, minor paper loss at base of spine]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by one author (Whitehand) on the title page. "For Peter Neal, whose story this novel tells, the Dieppe raid was the culmination of years of training as an A.B. at the experimental stations of Combined Ops. There was nothing romantic about his service life; the stomach-wracking tank-landing craft was designed for one job only -- to land tanks -- and the tin Armada of Dieppe at the invasion beaches was bloody rather than glamorous." Signed by One ... View More...
[minor shelfwear, light bumping to spine ends; jacket heavily worn at edges, paper loss at several corners and spine ends]. Scarce vanity-press novel, which appears to be essentially a fictionalized account of the battle for "Heartbreak Ridge," one of the most hard-fought engagements of the Korean War. (The author was commander of the 1st Battallion, 23rd Infantry, during that action, which took place over several weeks during September and October 1951.) View More...
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