The Sand Pebbles
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Full red cloth over board. First Issue with correct date code of I-M (September 1962) on copyright page. (Reprints also state "First Edition.") Octavo. 8-1/2 x 6 inches. 597 pp, plus author bio. Publisher colophon stamped in gilt at lower right of front board. Flat spine with title and particulars stamped in gilt. Leading edge of textblock untrimmed. Cartographic front and rear endpapers showing China South. Inked signature of previous owner, author Joe Hensley, at lower right corner of front free endpaper. Pictorial dustjacket with front panel showing boat on river flying American flag and Chinese figure with rifle in foreground. Sunburst announcement, "1963 Harper Prize Novel," on the front panel. Black-and-white author photo and bio on rear panel. No BOMC selection indication on dustjacket flap. Binding solid. Tips sharp with very slight wear. Text block square with edges slightly toned. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket edgeworn, creased, and torn, with some material loss at head and tail of spine. Tears now expertly repaired on inner side with archival mending tape. Front flap missing. Now in removable archival protective cover. McKenna's first book and only novel, completed in 1962, a decade after his retirement from the Navy. It was serialized in "The Saturday Evening Post" before being published by Harper & Row and later adapted for the Robert Wise film starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, and Richard Crenna. Near Fine / Good. Item #0000101
Price: $200.00