From Here to Eternity
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.
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Hardcover. First edition. Top edge toned, else near fine in a nice, very good or better dustwrapper with one internal repair and some rubbing. Inscribed by the author "With appreciation for 'the kind of fan a writer likes to have.' All personal Best, James Jones. Paris 21 Oct 1968." A nice copy of the author's scarce first novel, winner of the National Book Award and basis for the Academy Award-winning film with Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra.
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James Jones
birth name: James Jones
born: 11/6/1921
died: 5/9/1977
nationality: USA
Biography
American novelist best known for From Here to Eternity (1951), set in Hawaii just before the Pearl Harbor attack. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore