chico goes wars di ormsbee david (22 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. A.S. Barnes and Co., New York. 1943. Hardcover. Book is tight, square and unmarked but for previous owner name marked out on front paste down. Book Condition: VG+; wear to bottom boards from shelving. No DJ. Red boards and spine with gold lettering on spine and on front board with character drawing of Chico in uniform. 403 pp. This book was put together because there was still missing a book on the unimportant people who fight the wars and who the experts ignore. This book is a picture of places, people, armies and wars between 1933 and 1943; and the man who sees these wars and draws the pictures of the soldiers is Chico. A wonderful piece of non-fiction work on WWII.

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

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Thus. A Good copy with shelfwear and rubbing and soiling to extremeties. Corners bumped and worn.binding is slightly cocked and pages are clean. IN orange cloth, previous owners name to endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hardcover. 403p. Numerous text drawings. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. A chronicle of ". the unimportant people who fight the wars and whom the experts ignore; the little people whom the casualty lists only put down in round numbers." WORLD WAR II BOX 4 0.0.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good - Cash. No Jacket. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Soiling to the cover. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condizione: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book Club Edition. Jacket has light edgewear and rubbing along with a sticker on the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 403 pages.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Author (illustratore). First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Cover has some spotting. ; B&W Illustrations; 403 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. George Salter (illustratore). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). An excellent, high-quality immaculate book and jacket. In salmon boards with gilt stamping, and a great example of George Salter dust jacket art. Observations of life during World War Two.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (fiction, history, spain, american prose) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good dust. First Edition. Attractive dustjacket has a bit of top edgewear. ; 8vo; 403 pages.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. (historical fiction, Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, World War 2 1939-1945) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condizione: Very Good. E.P. Dutton and Co. New York 1943 red cloth illustrated boards lightly soiled. binding tight.

ex-lib first edition 403pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky w.minor paper separation at prelim.gutter,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.).

Very good condition. Spine is lightly faded. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. 403 pages with 107 illustrations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Fine in a Very Good jacket designed by George Salter, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned, chipped at the head of the spine, a few other small tears at the top of the back panel. Red cloth with gilt lettering and black ink designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Stephen Longstreet's pseudonymous work that collects writing from World War II, "a picture of the turmoil and lament of a world[.]good, bad, evil and tender, and a world we shall never see again.".

Condizione: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (historical fiction, WWII, world war 2, military fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Vg+. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (10)5-403p. Red decorated cloth with black and gilt. Minor wear to extremities, spine gilt dulled, cover gilt somewhat dulled, else Vg+/ No jacket.

First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, gilt and black stamped lettering and design on front cover and spine, deckled edge, color decorated dust jacket, black and white illustrations throughout. Non-fiction book presented as a series of journals and vignettes from the point of view of Chico, an invention of some war correspondents from 19331943 whose byline was used when a story was too hot for the likes of the Associated Press; focus is on the 'little people,' those in the background, whose daily lives are affected by these wars. Very good in very good dust jacket, binding partially unglued but holding, dust jacket time toned, small area of front cover and spine of dust jacket lightly spattered with some kind of white paint, light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A Nice Reading Copy. A First Edition So Stated. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Bit Of Reading Wear And Foxing. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. A Slight Bit Of Wear Along Edges. Staining To The Front And Wear To The Rear Covers. Covered In Mylar Brodart. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Ormsbee, David (Stephen Longstreet) (illustratore). 1st Edition. Offered is a signed first edition, first printing of "Chico Goes to the Wars: A Chronicle: 1933-1943" (1943) written by David Ormsbee, pseudonym of Stephen Longstreet, and published by E.P. Dutton. In hardcover lacking a dust jacket and containing 404 internal pages, with illustrations by the author. A novel of World War II as experienced through the eyes of Chico, the main character, Mr. Longstreet (Ormsbee) introduces the book, reading in part: "This new book of mine covers the wars of the world, the people, the times, the joys, the troubles, and the personal histories of groups and friends - from the morning in Vienna when the workers were shelled in their apartment houses, the first military bloodshed of World War II, to the sounds of Americans in battle and the shape of Flying Fortresses over Berlin." Boldly signed and inscribed by the author on the front-free endpaper: "To Howard and Beatrice Velleman who read books and sometimes read mine --- Stephen Longstreet 'David Ormsbee'". Exterior corners of covers lightly frayed; light spine and edge wear in places. Signed by Author(s).