Broken Pledges de Gibbs, Philip - 1940

Hutchinson, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

New York: Doubleday, Doran. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1940. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, 1944 owner's signature, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/2" spine tail chip, 1" tears with creasing and chipping edgewear, small chips and tears, rear cover rubbed, wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This is probably the first novel of the second world war, completed as it was less than a month after the wear began. With the start of World War II as its climax, it is immensely dramatic, and with its protagonist American and much of the action laid in America, it is of immediate significance to all of us." First American Edition of this later novel from prolific author Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs, who covered both World Wars as a correspondent and as a novelist. ; 320 pages .

London: Hutchinson & Co. Reading copy. Fep missing. Foxed. Spine lean. [1949]. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 264pp. .

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier wear with short tears, chipping and light soiling. 1/2" section missing from DJ at top of spine. Pages lightly tanned except for the half title and final page of text which are heavily tanned. Bookplate on front pastedown ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Undated but probably released at the same time as the British publication ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 264 pages; A WWII novel. .