Description
First edition, first printing of Band of Brothers, signed by Stephen Ambrose and 11 members of Easy Company.
Octavo, [2], 335pp, [1]. Purple cloth spine, beige boards, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. A fine example, clean throughout. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $25.00 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear on front panel, a bright, a near fine example.
Signed by Stephen Ambrose on the second free endpaper, seven of their wives and the following 11 members of Easy Company: Bill C. Maynard, Ed Tipper, Don Malarkey, George Luz, Gordon Carson, Earl McClung, Henry C. Zimmerman, Leo “Phogene Phil” Boyle, George Vanderslice, Clarence M. Tridle, and “Wild” Bill Guarnere.
Band of Brothers recounts the wartime history of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Based largely on interviews with surviving members of the company, it is one of the best-known works of World War II history and the basis for the 2001 HBO miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
