Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1960
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dickson, Major Donald L. (illustrator). 138 pages, ninth printing. Name inside, light wear; pages yellowed; a good solid book. The dust jacket is chipped, torn and stained. Illustrator: Dickson, Major Donald L. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military History; Inventory No: 200975.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1943
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. First reprint. Boards have some minor wear. Content has light toning, pencil front endpaper, 94pp with pencil drawings. No DJ.
Published by Pocket Books; 1st edition (January 1, 1943), 1943
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Mass market paperback . First Pocket Books printing from April 1943 as stated on the copyright page. Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition. Pocket Book #225. No Signature.
Published by Pocket Books (January 1, 1943), 1943
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B00DQFM9DM Mass market paperback . First printing from April 1943 as stated on the copyright page. Pocket Book #225. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. Collectors grade condition with flat spine and no creasing to the covers, just slight edgewear. . No Signature.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf (1943), 1943
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Major Donald Dickson (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, name on inside cover, first endpaper neatly removed else good plus in red boards with black lettering and design. No dj. First edition. Frontis of Marine. 138 pp. sketches of marines throughout. Book.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1943
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Major Donald L. Dickson USMC (illustrator). Reprint. 200 g; pp. 96(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 14 plates; original cloth slightly bumped at the top of the rear board, with traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block. . "On the eighth day of October in the first year of our war, I went down into a valley with Captain Charles Rigaud of the United States Marines. A small skirmish took place down there. The Valley was on Guadalcanal Island, but it might have been anywhere. The skirmish was just an episode in an insignificant battle." -- from the opening paragraph Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Major Donald L. Dickson USMC. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; Inventory No: 0212836.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1943
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Major Donald L Dickson (illustrator). First Edition. Original cloth boards with black titling on spine, No ownership marks. Frontis portrait plate. Slightly tanned pages. Plates. 94 pages plus publisher's page. Clean and tight. Size: 12mo.
Published by The Sun Dial Press, New York, 1944
Seller: Antiquariaat Parnassos vof, Wassenaar, Netherlands
Hard bound. Condition: used copy. No Jacket. Ill.: Major Donald L. Dickson, U.S.M.C (illustrator). 138 pp. B/w illustrations. Some black (pencil?) lines on the front cover as well as a small damage on the edge.
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1970
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Major Donald L. Dickson (illustrator). 12th Printing. Very nice copy of author's first book. One of the first great pieces of war reporting to have come from a front line manned by Americans. No flaws but for neatly price clipped jacket which shows $ sign but no price. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, England, 1943, 1943
Seller: Stan Clark Military Books, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 94 pages, illustrations, Fine hardcover in Dust Jacket.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1943
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Major Donald L. Dickson (illustrator). First Edition Stated. Crisp and clean in red cloth boards with a nostalgic bookplate. World War Two battle account.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1943
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dickson, Donald ( Major ) (illustrator). Vivid account of a skirmish by American Marines on Guadalcanal Island. Illustrated with Pencil Sketches by Major Donald Dickson. Light grey cloth cover withslightly faded blue lettering to spine. & 1/4" Tall, 130g, 93 Pages. No inscriptions except old penciled price in corner of ffep. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Alfred a Knopf, New York, 1943
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Major Donald L. Dickson (illustrator). First Edition. First printing. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown (his name is Francis C. Hersey, possibly a relative of the author). There is some faint bleed-through of the red dye onto the front pastedown. Otherwise fine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.