![]() ![]() Many will think it too brutal.' (Quotes taken from jacket blurb). Its author makes us care about his soldiers and caring about them, we care about humanity.' ***'The achievement of an exceptional novelist. 'Make no mistake about it, From Here To Eternity is a major contribution to our literature, written with contempt for the forces that waste human life and out of compassion for men who find love, honour and courage in the lower depths where they are less apparent but sometimes more enduring. ***A bestseller in the USA, this is James Jones' first novel. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, showing publisher's price of 18s. Back panel browned, being a cream background. Water stain to bottom front corner of dustwrapper and back panel of dustwrapper. ![]() ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which is rubbed, creased and nicked at the edges, with small chips to tail of spine and small loss to head of spine. Top corners of a few pages creased and bumped. First 35 pages or so at top corners water stained, not affecting text, and a small amount of water staining to the top edge of the last few pages, also not affecting the text. ***A good copy in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. The first British publication of this famous novel. ![]()
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