Description
Signed first edition of Stilwell and the American Experience in China, by Pulitzer Prize recipient Barbara Tuchman.
Octavo, xv, [3], 621pp. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to cloth, near fine condition. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $10.00 retail price on front flap, faint wear to head and tail of spine, a near fine example.
Includes paperwork and bookmark from Kroch’s & Brentano’s First Edition Circle.
Signed by the author on the second free endpaper.
Barbara Tuchman received two Pulitzer Prizes for achievements in General Nonfiction throughout her prolific career. The first, in 1963, for her World War I history titled The Guns of August, and the second in 1972 for this work, Stilwell and the American Experience in China.
