Three Soldiers
New York: George H. Doran Company [1921], 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-433, [1] pp. Black cloth with orange lettering and orange decoration on the front board, orange lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $2.00 net on the spine panel. Potter 2. According to Potter our jacket is the first state, our book has the error Potter calls for on line 31 of page 213, for the book's first state, but there is only one blank leaf in the front of our book and no blank leaves in the rear. Inscribed by Dos Passos on the free front endpaper: "For J.A. Van Nordall, Cordially, John Dos Passos. This book was begun in Paris in the spring of 1919, and worked on in Spain and finished - New York in 1920". It is difficult to find earlier state copies of this book signed. A haunting, vivid story of the First World War. Very Good / Very Good. Item #000016865
The front board slightly bowed, a bookplate on the front pastedown; jacket's spine panel sunned and the reverse with about six pieces of tape.
Price: $1,650.00