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HASFORD, Gustav (1947-1993). The Short-Timers. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, [1979].
8vo. Original black cloth-backed orange boards (some rubbing, marginal bumping to boards, bookplate); original dust jacket (price-clipped, toned, some occasional wear, a few small chips, some light soiling, else near fine).
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST NOVEL, INSCRIBED BY HIM ON THE HALF-TITLE: “Gustav Hasford Other Times Sept. 20th, 1982”. This book is the basis of the intense Vietnam war film, Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by Stanley Kubrick.