Gates Fire by Steven Pressfield, First Edition (20 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. Ships same or next business day. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is in "as new" condition. No wear to covers, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in historyone that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . . "A novel that is intricate and arresting and, once begun, almost impossible to put down."Daily News "A timeless epic of man and war . . . Pressfield has created a new classic deserving a place beside the very best of the old."Stephen Coonts" Good Reads "I was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943 to a Navy father and mother. I graduated from Duke University in 1965. In January of 1966, when I was on the bus leaving Parris Island as a freshly-minted Marine, I looked back and thought there was at least one good thing about this departure. ""No matter what happens to me for the rest of my life, no one can ever send me back to this freakin' place again."" Forty years later, to my surprise and gratification, I am far more closely bound to the young men of the Marine Corps and to all other dirt-eating, ground-pounding outfits than I could ever have imagined. GATES OF FIRE is one reason. Dog-eared paperbacks of this tale of the ancient Spartans have circulated throughout platoons of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first days of the invasions. E-mails come in by hundreds. GATES OF FIRE is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps' Reading list. It is taught at West Point and Annapolis and at the Marine Corps Basic School at Quantico. TIDES OF WAR is on the curriculum of the Naval War College. From 2nd Battalion/6th Marines, which calls itself ""the Spartans,"" to ODA 316 of the Special Forces, whose forearms are tattooed with the lambda of Lakedaemon, today's young warriors find a bond to their ancient precursors in the historical narratives of these novels. My struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took seventeen years to get the first paycheck) are detailed in my 2002 book, THE WAR OF ART. I have worked as an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout and attendant in a mental hospital. I have picked fruit in Washington state and written screenplays in Tinseltown. With the publication of THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE in 1995, I became a writer of books once and for all. My writing philosophy is, not surprisingly, a kind of warrior code internal rather than external in which the enemy is identified as those forms of self-sabotage that I have labeled ""Resistance"" with a capital R (in THE WAR OF ART) and the technique for combatting these foes can be described as ""turning pro."" I believe in previous lives. I believe in the Muse. I believe that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being by their own imperative to be born, via the offices of those willing servants of discipline, imagination and inspiration, whom we call artists. My conception of the artist's role is a combination of reverence for the unknowable nature of ""where it all comes from"" and a no-nonsense, blue-collar demystification of the process by which this mystery is approached. In other words, a paradox. There's a recurring character in my books named Telamon, a mercenary of ancient days. Telamon doesn't say much. He rarely gets hurt or wounded. And he never seems to age." Good Reads.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fair/VG. 1st print, withdrawn library with stamps/stickers, leaned, soiled foredge, residue on endpaper map from removed pocket, tape on board edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($23.95 price intact). Published by Doubleday, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. An excellent copy of Pressfield's bestselling historical fiction novel. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. :: Advance Reading Copy :: In 480 B. C., three hundred Spartan warriors died to the last man making an immortal stand at a narrow mountain pass in eastern Greece. :: Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 155 millimeters). 338 pages. Condition: Very Good. Minimal shelf-wear/soiling, red mark on spine. Interior clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. An epic novel centering on the battle of Thermopylae. A textbook example of good historical fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Fine in a near fine (hint of age toning to flap top edges) dust jacket. ; 386 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. top edges minor spotting. blind stamp imprint, personal library. o/w fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very fine first edition has a lengthy inscription signed, "Steve", on the half title page, Book of 386 pages is tight, bright, and clean. dust jacket is good plus with decorated end papers. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo 382pp., ep maps, Surperb historical fiction based around the 300 Spartans who resisted at Thermopylae. Uncorrected Proof Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/Later pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square, solid and very plausibly unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: VERY light evidence of handling to the sides of the pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/Later pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square, solid and unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square, solid and very plausibly unread, with a gorgeous (just lightly soiled) dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover. No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: All three sides of the text block are freckled with foxing; in addition, toward the bottom of the side of the pages, the errant stroke of a ballpoint pen is present. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square and solid, plausibly unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume youll feel as though youve managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria youll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: Light evidence of handling to the sides of the pages and an old, very faint light beige stain from what would appear to be tea is there as well. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square and solid, plausibly unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume youll feel as though youve managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria youll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: Light evidence of handling to the sides of the pages and there are two old, very faint, small, light beige stains to the tops of the pages from what would appear to be tea. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square, solid and unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: VERY light evidence of foxing to the tops of the pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square and solid and showing the evidence to the sides of the pages indicative of the book's having been read once; nonetheless, it's in tremendous shape, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: I only rate this volume 'Very Good' to distinguish it from the 'Near Fine' copies I have for sale to distinguish it as definitively having been read and showing somewhat more wear; most books that earn a 'Very Good' descriptive are nothing like as nice as this volume. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Square, solid and unread, with a gorgeous dust jacket in protective mylar Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? No remainder marks, no price clippings. When you receive this volume you'll feel as though you've managed to acquire one of the lost treasures from the Library at Alexandria - you'll trumpet like a war elephant out of sheer happiness! NOTE: VERY light evidence of handling to the sides of the pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. NY: Doubleday (1998). First edition.