Jean Larteguy; Xan Fielding [trans.] — The Centurions
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. 1962. First edition. Cloth. First US edition of this important French novel by Jean Larteguy, an excellent copy. First US edition of this work, preceded by the first English language edition published by Hutchinson in London in 1962. Translated by Xan Fielding. A famous French novel by Jean Larteguy [Jean Pierre Lucien Osty] following the airborne battalion during the First Indochina War, Algerian War, and Suez Crisis. Winner of the 1960 Prix Eve Delacroix. The Centurions was adapted into a film starring Anthony Quinn titled 'Lost Command.' Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
