The Short-Timers

New York: Harper & Row, (1979). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 154 pp. Original quarter black cloth over red paper-covered boards, stamped in red, in original unclipped ($8.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear with some handling and rubbing wear to gloss. A few small tears, with some light chipping to spine ends. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges and corners. Light curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“The Short-Timers is a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford, about his experience in the Vietnam War. Hasford served as a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division during the Tet Offensive of 1968. As a military journalist, he wrote stories for Leatherneck Magazine, Pacific Stars and Stripes, and Sea Tiger. The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987) by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. In 1990, Hasford published the sequel The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam. The two books were supposed to be part of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment.”