About this title: Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney's comic masterpiece ...
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Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collins, A White Circle Pocket Edition, Toronto
Date Published: 1952
Description: Acceptable. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 16mo., pictorial wrappers, 287 pp. Good(-) only: owner's signature, crease to back cover, bottom of spine worn, pages intact but a bit loose. Cover is bright and clean. (0.9 FO 60/10. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780771014123ISBN:0771014120
Description: Good/Good. 0771014120 Light wear on jacket with some rubbing on jacket panels. Price clipped jacket. A little light soiling on page edge. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
ISBN-13:9780771091346ISBN:0771091346
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-school, stamp on 1st pg. and inside back cover. Binding good, clean text, sturdy. Pages tanning. Crimping to one corner. Cover has considerable wear, edge wear, tears on some edges, creasing. xv, 288p. : 1 ill.; 18 cm. New Canadian library; no.34. Audience: General/trade. No publication date given. Previous ed. : 1949. read more
Edition: Early Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: White Circle, Toronto
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good Plus. Slight rubbing of cover edges, a very short corner crease bottom of front cover, a 2" diagonal crease top fore corner of rear cover and tanning of pages. A nice copy of this White Circle Pocket Edition (C.D. 534), notorious for its poorly made paperbacks; 287 pages plus 33 pages of ads for other White Circle books at rear. This book, which was originally published in 1949 in hardcover, was awarded the Leacock Medal for Humour. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780771014123ISBN:0771014120
Description: Good in Good jacket. Brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Shelf wear and rubbing. Hinges weark. 288 pages. Dust jacket has a large chip near top corner of front panel. This is the 1976 reprint of the original, unexpurgated edition of Canada's comic classic on the military forces. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1949
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Author Wear to tips and ends of spine, previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper, a few small spots on fore edge of pages, and small moisture stain on bottom edge at gutter affecting the first 120 pages. Signed by author on title page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1949
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 288 pages. Small white label on front free endpaper, otherwise a clean copy. Spine moderately faded. Red cloth with black lettering on spine. "First published in October, 1949" stated on back title page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1949
Description: F/NF. 8VO. 288 pp. A lovely copy of Birney's first novel. Book is in bright unworn condition, jacket has very light edgewear, spine browned. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart / New Canadian Library, Toronto
Date Published: 1966
Description: Near Fine. Signed by Author Darkening of spine, and rectangular sticker shadow (return address size) on first page (spine is square and without creases). New Canadian Library number 34, originally published in this edition in 1963. Introduction by George Woodcock. This book, which was originally published in 1949 in hardcover, was awarded the Leacock Medal for Humour. Signed by author on the half-title page. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780771014123ISBN:0771014120
Description: Very Good in Very Good- jacket. 8vo. 288 pp. First Thus-Revised Edition. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Unexpurgated. Chipping at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780771014123ISBN:0771014120
Description: Very Good in Very Good- jacket. 8vo. Signed by Author 288 pp. Inscribed by Earle Birney on the front free endpaper to a previous owner. First Thus-Revised Edition of the 1949 First Edition. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Unexpurgated. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Scans are available for all books. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
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