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NY: Random House, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, textured beige cloth, moderately soiled. No edition or printing stated on copyright page. Illustrated with 32 pages of b/w photographs, as well as endpaper maps, red and black frontispiece illustration. The story of the trip Auden and Isherwood made to China during its war with Japan, prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Includes 32 pages of photographs, as well as several sonnets and one long poem by Auden. Narrative written by Isherwood. There is a tan stain that goes across pages 68-69, that looks like a rorschach test. Otherwise clean. Record # 372686

New York: Paragon House, 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Reissue. Trade paperback. Near fine in card covers with small remainder mark on bottom page edges with light foxing on page edges.

Random House. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1939 Random House first edition in price intact lightly chipped jacket now in mylar. Tight and unmarked, illustrated. A54 Please email for photos.

New York: Random House , 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine first edition. Binding square and tight. Pages unmarked. Publisher's brown textured cloth with RH logo to front cover; orange and clack to spine. Jacket very good. Not price clipped. Minor wear to spine ends and some wear to fold between spine and front cover. The story of the trip Auden and Isherwood made to China during its war with Japan, prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Includes 32 pages of photographs, as well as several sonnets and one long poem by Auden. Narrative written by Isherwood.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned, lightly rubbed at the edges, a small chip at the head of the spine. Brown buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, lightly toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. The Auden-Isherwood collaboration detailing war-time China, a unique work mixing literary expression with detailed reporting of interactions with important figures like Chiang Kai-shek, Chou En-Lai, Agnes Smedley, Peter Fleming, and others.

New York: Random House, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first issue binding. Fine copy in lightly spine and edge-toned, else near fine dust jacket.

London : Faber and Faber, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 301p. : ill ; 24cm. Subjects: China -- Description and travel.

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1939). 1st American Edition (see Notes) Early Printing. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, slight wear to cloth at top of spine, vintage bookseller's label on rear pastedown (Larry Edmund's [sic] Book Shop, Hollywood); jacket has some shallow chipping along top edge of front panel (slightly impacting the title), a few other little edge-nicks, and a little fading along the spine]. (B&W photographs, endpaper maps) Auden and Isherwood's journal of their trip through war-torn China, undertaken in 1938 at the joint request of their English and American publishers. "Their itinerary included Hong-kong, Canton, Hankow, Shanghai, the Yellow River war zone, and the Southeastern front in Anhwei Province. On their travels they met many of China's leading personalities -- the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Chou En-Lai, the German military advisers, Miss Agnes Smedley, Mr. Peter Fleming, and a host of others.… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition, first issue binding. Fine copy in fine, bright dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. *Bloomfield* A20b.

Faber and Faber. First UK edition and first print publisher by Faber and Faber in 1939. This is a scarce near fine copy. The dust wrapper has no fading to the spine and is in a very complete condition with no loss, chips or tears. It is also not price clipped. It retains the illusive promotional wraparound band in powder blue and red lettering. The book has some rubbing and wear to the bottom edge of the boards otherwise is also in nice condition. With no previous owner's marks and no foxing or browning marks. Tucked into the front is the publishers review slip. Overall a near fine copy and scarce with these attributes. Journey to a War is a travel book in prose and verse. The book is in three parts: a series of poems by Auden describing his and Isherwood's journey to China in 1938 ; a "Travel-Diary" by Isherwood (including material first drafted by Auden) about their travels in China itself, and their observations of the Sino-Japanese War; and "In… Leer más