JONES, James.
From Here to Eternity.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1951.
$5,000.00
Out of Stock
Item Number: RRB-5086
+$450
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. His first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Winner of the National Book Award and the basis for a film that won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Peter Matthiessen: "For Peter ── You've saved this longer than I have. With Love, Jim James Jones." Also with Peter Matthiessen's printed ownership signature above the inscription. There was a signed limited issue of this title comprising 1500 copies, but signed copies of the trade edition are far scarcer. A bulky book, usually found in inferior condition, this copy is a good example: cloth mottled and a chip to the crown of the spine in a very good dust jacket. One section is marked by Matthiessen: pp. 218-219, in which Jones describes the playing of Taps. Marked with a bracket, two arrows, and a check mark, and with a feather laid in marking the page.
From Here to Eternity.
$5,000.00
Out of Stock
