Sergeant by Murphy Dennis (45 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated first Crest printing. Cover price $0.35. Wraps good or very good, particularly for their age, clean and bright with light to moderate edgewear. Spine square and uncreased. Binding sound. Interior toned, text unmarked. Made in 1968 into a film starring Rod Steiger.

1959 May Stated First Crest Books MM Edition First Imprint. Tight binding clean pages minor shelf wear. Other than very minor tanning book looks and feels great. Please Zoom all photos.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. The Sergeant by Dennis Murphy was published in hardcover in 1958, and paperback in 1959. The Sergeant dealt with the reality of many repressed homosexuals who were at odds with the super-macho ethic of military life. The book was made into a 1968 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts drama film directed by John Flynn and starring Rod Steiger and John Phillip Law. THIS book has some light physical damage, with corner folds, denting to the back cover, and a few dog-eared pages. Pages are clean. Paperback edition. 175 pages. Dimensions: 4.25" by 7". Published by Crest Books, New York. 1st printing, 1959. Cover defect(s): Some creasing/wrinkling. Moderate corner/edge damage. Page defect(s): Some dog eared pages. 0.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Lgbt / Movie-Tie-In / Military / English.

Paperback. 75-201, very good - fine, reading crease (MOVIE TIE-IN / ROD STEIGER), paperback,

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Paperback. first PB. 291, very good -fine, , reading crease (GAY NOVEL), paperback,

Paperback. Reprint Edition. 75-201, near fine, unread (MOVIE TIE-IN / ROD STEIGER), paperback,

paperback. Condition: VeryGood.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. the jacket is bit torn, worn and chipped. tape repaired. creased. spine sunned. price clipped. small inscription on the front end page. minor scarring. there are some marks and stains in the text. tanning. tightly bound. [P.N.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Fair. 1960. First Edition Thus. 156 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to covers.

Condition: Good. 1958. Second Impression. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with notable thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Heavy water staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Moderate water stains to front board.

paperback; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. 2nd. Hardcover in dust jacket with minor edgewear / Previous owner's plate within.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

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

mass market paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 158 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; chipped bottom back tip and bottom corner last two pages; tanned pages; spine starting and slanting; scuff and stain to face cover; tips bumped; otherwise clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking; third printing.

Paperback. first PB. 291, near fine, unread (GAY NOVEL), paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book is near fine with a small crease at top corner and original price sticker. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st thus. Small bumps on spine. Clean, bright, tight copy. Pages tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A novel about a G.I.'s love for an older man. Homosexual content. Stated First Crest Printing May 1959. Cover price 35 cents. Book is in NRAR FINE to FINE condition with only minor wear to the top and foot of the spine.

hardback, red cloth,no dustjacket, very good condition,front corners slightly bumped, 172pp. Young's 2818* . Gay fiction. The story of an obsessive love of a US Army sergeant for a young GI.

Softcover. Small 8vo., A novel about a G.I.'s love for an older man. Homosexual content. Stated First Crest Printing May 1959. Very Good in color illustrated wraps.

Condition: Fair. 1969. First Edition Thus. 171 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains readable. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light creasing to spine.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st UK Edition. VG, Shelfwear, corner bumps, browning/G+, Edgewear, chips, tears, soiling, browning. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Quote from a review by John Steinbeck on front cover of jacket. Photos on request.

first edition, red cloth, 250pp, VG+(prev owners inscr to fep, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, foxing to edges) d/w VG+(sl internal & external foxing, price clipped, v sl wear to extrems with v sl insect holes to front, v sl rubbed & sunned).

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Sergeant (1958) By Dennis Murphy | Frederick Muller ISBN: none (back when men were catalogued by rank, not numbers) Condition: Good (disciplined, a bit battleworn) Offered by: Crappy Old Books This is The Sergeant , a 1950s novel about that most dangerous creature in any army: not the general, not the enemy, but the career NCO who?s seen too much, been promoted too slowly, and now has absolute power over a small patch of universe and several terrified subordinates. Dennis Murphy plants you in the world of barracks, parade grounds and smoky bars, where: officers drift in and out like weather, privates rotate, complain and disappear, and the sergeant is the immovable object in the middle of it all ? part mentor, part bully, part tragic hero, depending which side of inspection you?re on. What?s going on inside? Without spoiling every dressing-down and catastrophic weekend pass, you?re signing up for: A close-up look at peacetime soldiering ? that awkward interval when the war is over, the uniforms are still on, and nobody?s quite sure what they?re training for . A unit full of raw recruits and jaded regulars , all orbiting the same gravel-voiced centre of gravity. The Sergeant himself: professional to the bone haunted by earlier campaigns increasingly aware that the world beyond the parade square is changing faster than he can shout at it. Long days of routine, boredom and petty rule-enforcement, punctuated by moments when you suddenly remember this is a man who knows exactly how close the line between order and chaos really is. Murphy isn?t writing a flag-waving adventure; he?s taking apart the psychology of command at ground level. It?s about power, pride, loyalty, fear and the strange intimacy of being shouted at daily by the same man. The tone Think: Less ?boys? own war yarn? More quietly brutal character study with uniforms. The humour is dry, the dialogue sharp, and the mood often somewhere between: ?What on earth are we doing here?? and ?God help us if this man ever quits, because he?s the one actually holding everything together.? It?s the sort of 1950s novel that assumes you can handle moral ambiguity and still appreciate a well-executed inspection scene. This particular copy From the photo and the listing: Condition: Good ? structurally sound, but with that faded reddish cloth that says ?I?ve spent decades on real bookshelves, not in climate-controlled captivity.? The spine shows some sunning and a few small marks ? cosmetic field scars only. Corners and edges are bumped in a mild, non-catastrophic way, like a sergeant who?s been around a few too many barracks, but still stands square. Inside: pages intact, perfectly readable, ready for another tour of duty. No dust jacket, no nonsense. Just a solid mid-century hardback that looks exactly like the sort of book a bored corporal might have tucked into a kit bag. Why you might actually want this You enjoy military fiction that?s more about people than explosions . You?re fascinated by the peculiar ecosystem of rank, ritual and resentment that lives between ?Yes, sir? at the top and ?Why am I here?? at the bottom. You like books that quietly dismantle macho myths by showing what life is actually like for the man doing the shouting. You have a soft spot for slightly worn, uniform-coloured hardbacks that radiate ?1950s serious novel? energy. This isn?t a glossy modern thriller; it?s an older, tighter, more human thing ?the sort of book that leaves you wondering whether you feel sorry for the recruits, or for the sergeant who can?t stop being what the system made him. Condition vs. Command Physically: Good ? worn at the edges, firm at the spine, very much like its title character. Literarily: a strong piece of mid-century realism, perfectly suited to anyone who prefers their war stories set after the medals, when all that?s left is the job. Issued (without parade) by Crappy Old Books , where the ranks are fictional, the cloth is faded, the condition is Good, and the sergeants still bark orders from between the pages.

paperback, very good + light creasing on spine, Pulp mass produced paperback. Ace no H400, Young's 2818* [ original published by Viking in 1958]. Gay fiction. The story of an obsessive love of a US Army sergeant for a young GI. From the front cover 'Not since Thomas Mann's Death in Venice has ther been a story which so effectively probes the hidden depths of an abnormal relationship'.

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Cloth Wiith Dustjacket. 1st Edition. 1st novel about a sexually repressed homosexual army sergeant who ends up in a bad way, as was the case with most gay and lesbian characters in the novels and movies of the time. Made into a film ten years later & one year before Stonewall. Large critical blurb by John Steinbeck of all people. The white dustjacket has usual light wear, soiiling + a 1 inch tear to the top of the front panel. Fine/vg. Book.

Orange and black cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First. First printing, near fine hardcover shows a tiny faint stain at hinge area of reverse of rear endpaper and half title opposite and with some other very light trace wear, else tight and clean, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a light bit of rubbing and edgewear. 254 pages. Still a good looking copy of this well received novel that was turned into a movie of the same name with the author writing the screenplay as well.