Jun 20, 2013 - Sale 2319

Sale 2319 - Lot 277

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
TRUMBO, DALTON. Johnny Got His Gun. 8vo, original yellow cloth, slight fraying to spine extremities, minor rubbing to top and bottom board edges; dust jacket, portions of top of spine panel chipped not affecting letters, few closed tears, front flap detached along fold, overall rubbing, spots of dampstaining mostly evident on verso, with additional wrap-around advertisement band; top edges stained red; dampstain on bottom edge not showing internally, pastedowns and fly leaves with thin vertical lines of rust staining. J. B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, New York, (1939)

Additional Details

first edition, signed. An early inscription reading: "With good wishes, Dalton Trumbo, Feb. 13, 1940." Signed copies in the original dust jacket of this anti-war classic are uncommon.