Jones, James

The Thin Red Line

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962.

First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 495 pp, with map endpapers and music and lyrics to "Don't Monkey Around with Death" following the text. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt and red; gray topstain. Slight dust soiling to fore edge, else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has moderate rubbing and one short (1/4 inch) closed tear. A World War II combat novel; source for the 1998 film of the same name.