WEBB, James.
Fields of Fire: A Novel.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall , 1978.
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Item Number: RRB-151970
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“My war is not as simple as yours was, Father": First Edition of James Webb's Fields of Fire; Warmly Inscribed by Him
First edition of "the finest of the Vietnam novels" (Tom Wolfe). Octavo, original publisher's boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Captain Roger C. Patton - with thanks for your own Marine Corps service. Semper Fi - Jim Webb January 1979." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hal Siegel. From the collection of Roger Craig Patton with his bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional example.
"A novel of such fullness and impact, one is tempted to compare it to Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead" (The Oregonian). “Few writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth" (The Houston Post).
Fields of Fire: A Novel.
$1,200.00
In Stock
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