Broken Pledges
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. Item #14272
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.
Price: $19.95