THE CENTURIONS de LARTEGUY, JEAN - 1961

Penguin Classics, 5/19/2015 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 1.0600 in x 7.7600 in x 5.0800 in.

E.P. Dutton & Co., 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New. Offering a military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency, this wartime novel is about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world.

Paris: Presses de la Cite, c.1961. As New. octavo. pictorial wrappers 8pp., An 8pp. publisherÕs promotional pamphlet announcing the forthcoming publication

Hutchinson, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. 487 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hutchinson of London, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. English Translation. 487 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tear to cloth to top edge of spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall.

NY:: Dutton,. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Second American printing. Very good in light blue cloth. No dust jacket to speak of - the front panel, spine, and front flap portion is present, the rest is missing.; 487 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1962. First American Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good clean tight copy with light wear. NO JACKET. Text free of marks. Previous owners name inside. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Good book that has significant edge and corner wear with rubbing and color loss, light bumps to corners with some board showing through at bottom corners, soft at spine ends, light soiling and some foxing to page edges, sunning to spine and with some soiling and light spotting to boards, previous owner signature front end page; in a Fair to Good dust jacket with soiling and some yellowing to white portions, sun fade to spine, significant edge wear with chips, tears, and color loss – largest tear is at front spine fold and is about 3 and ½ inches. Price of $4.95 present at bottom of front flap. Filmed in 1966 as Lost Command with Anthony Quinn, George Segal, and Claudia Cardinale. The fictionalized account follows a French Airborne Battalion fighting insurgents in Indochina and Algeria. Praised by many U.S. generals - including David Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal – and highly sought during counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. A difficult book to find.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1962. First edition. Octavo in pale blue cloth with black and green DJ in brodart; VG/VG; ivory letters on spine; moderate shelf wear on DJ and boards; good binding; slightly age-toned paper; clean text in tight print; pp. 487. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1262820. FP New Rockville Stock.