From Here to Eternity (Signed limited first edition)
- SIGNED
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Deluxe issue ("Presentation Edition"), signed by the author on publisher's tipped-in sheet. This being copy 572. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth. Slight lean to spine. Toning to upper endpapers and a couple dusty finger marks to top edge. In the first issue dust jacket with the author's portrait on the back panel (later issues replaced the portrait with reviews). Jacket price-clipped with some wear and toning to folds and slight chipping to edges. Small pencil notation to top edge of back panel.
Loosely inspired by James Jones' own experiences in the military, From Here to Eternity follows several American infantry members stationed in Hawaii leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The novel won the 1952 National Book Award and was soon adapted for the screen, bringing together a cast of stars including Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra and winning an Academy Award for Best Picture. The novel (and its successful adaptation) catapulted Jones to fame, establishing him as a major postwar literary figure; he also published Some Came Running (1957), The Thin Red Line (1962), and several other novels and collections of short fiction.
Loosely inspired by James Jones' own experiences in the military, From Here to Eternity follows several American infantry members stationed in Hawaii leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The novel won the 1952 National Book Award and was soon adapted for the screen, bringing together a cast of stars including Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra and winning an Academy Award for Best Picture. The novel (and its successful adaptation) catapulted Jones to fame, establishing him as a major postwar literary figure; he also published Some Came Running (1957), The Thin Red Line (1962), and several other novels and collections of short fiction.
Details
Title
From Here to Eternity (Signed limited first edition)
Author
Jones, James
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York
Date
1951
Edition
First edition