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Arthur Miller: Situation Normal, 1944 First Edition.
First book from the soon to become the world-famous playwright.
It records material Miller was commissioned to collect for the film GI JOE.
First Edition, First Printing
Published by New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. Book VG, No DJ. Please refer to photos or request additional info.
Arthur Miller (American, 1915 - 2005)

NY: Reynal & Hitchcock. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth titled in red and black. No additional printings. Slight fray to spine head, some soil/toning to cloth. Unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped, with shallow losses to edge, toned, and lightly soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Reynal, 1944. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 179. A very good copy without dj. Author's First Book. Scarce. Jensen A1a. This is material gathered for production of the movie "GI Joe

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st Edition. Author's 1st Book. 179 pages. Original sale sticker on back paste-down endpaper. Yellow cloth, red and black title on front; and black and red titles on spine. Book slightly loose; outside slightly soiled. Good.. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 179 pages. The first book from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning play"Death of a Saleman." A clean and tight very near fine copy in yellow cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket with some very light wear. A very nice copy.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 179. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Yellow cloth covered boards, with red and black lettering on the spine and front board. A work of non-fiction by Miller that describes army life on military bases. He had written several plays before this book but this is his first published book (Ahearn, Collected Books, 1997). Printed on the cheaper war time paper. This copy has been inscribed on the free endpaper "To----Britton/Arthur Miller/Aug/53". The yellow boards have some darkening in the centre (both front and back) that appears to have been a dye transfer. Although visible the darkening is not serious. The spine ends and corners are bumped and the top edge is soiled. The dust jacket has obvious darkening and soiling. There is about one-quarter inch chipped at the head of the spine, smaller chipping and a couple of short, closed tears on the extremities.… Read More

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. DJ in archival cover edge ware soiling. The author's first book. . Fine. Hardcover. 1944.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Very good or better with corners a bit bumped and some light soiling at the edges in about very good dust jacket soiled and wear at the edges and tape reinforced to the interior of the jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in and letter laid in. The author's first book.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. Signed by Arthur Miller at title page without inscription. Octavo. 179 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Yellow boards stamped in black and red. Dust jacket chipped along edges with general soiling and smudging and tape mending to verso. Boards lightly worn along edges, corners bumped, mild soiling to edges and patch of red discoloration to top of spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Miller's first book, the story of his research into Ernie Pyle's war-time correspondence to help with the production of William Wellman's 1945 film, The Story of G.I. Joe.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 179pp. Modest soil, wear at the spine ends and corners, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Miller on the front fly. His first book.

New York:: Reynal & Hitchcock,, [1944].. First edition.. publisher's lettered cloth in dust jacket.. A bright copy with a little use to the extremities of the spine and the rear panel; in a dust-soiled jacket with a few small chips. . 8vo,. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Author's first book.

NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Miller on the title page. Chipped dustjacket. Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Miller's first book describing his experiences researching the war correspondence of Ernie Pyle in preparation for a film script... Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Arthur Miller was tasked with compiling information about the writing of Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle and the wartime experiences of American infantrymen for director William A. Wellman's 1945 adaptation "The Story of G.I. Joe," although Miller's work would ultimately go unused for the film. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. A couple of tiny splashes on the top right corner of the front board. Jacket lightly toned on the spine panel, with a few faint scuffs on the front and rear panels.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. Attractive copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book, based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle. The title derives from the widely-used military acronym slang "SNAFU" (Situation Normal: All Fucked Up), which translates to a bad situation that is a normal state of affairs. Miller was tasked by Hollywood to gather material for "an honest movie" about American GI's during the war, about their training, daily life, their hopes, dreams, and why they are fighting. Miller visited several Army camps, training, living, and interviewing soldiers and taking down the unvarnished truth of his discoveries. "I was the person fate picked out of Brooklyn to go among the soldiers and pick up enough facts, honest-to-God true facts, to make a soldier picture which soldiers could sit through until the end without once laughing in derision. A picture that would properly end all soldier pictures" (p.1). The film… Read More

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],179,[3]pp. Signed by Miller in blue ball-point pen on the title page. Spine ends gently nudged, some trivial wear to lower board edges, with a hint of sunning to upper board edges, and a faint, shallow stain to lower edge of rear cover; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with two tiny tears at crown, and a faint vertical crease along left joint; a bright, very Near Fine example. Laid into this copy is an untitled seven-page carbon typescript on onionskin (8" x 10.5"), written by Miller in 1943, relating details about the book's conception; horizontal fold at center, staple holes at upper left corner, with two neat punctures along left margin; Very Good+. Attractive copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book, based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle.… Read More