WWII.

JONES, James.

$750.00

Item Number: 145363

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1975.

First edition of this personal account of the Second World War from a soldier’s perspective. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with news prints, political cartoons, charcoal drawings, and paintings compiled by Art Weithas, award-winning art director of Yank magazine, the weekly magazine for the American G.I. during WWII. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dr Gert Wallac MD, Hope this will extend your pleasure of reading on the war. All Best, James Jones.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Portrait of the author by Howard Brodie.

James Jones, who won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, 'From Here to Eternity,' published the non-fiction account of his experience in WWII over twenty years later in 1975. The book guides readers through all of the ugliness and emotional turmoil of the war, all of the adventure and humor too, leaving no stone unturned. Award-winning art director of Yank magazine, Art Weithas, brought together the incredibly moving art for this book, with some of the combat art making their very first appearances to the public here within these pages.