Bibliographical Description
87.06.W035: Crumley – One to Count Cadence
ONE | TO COUNT | CADENCE | [tapered rule 57 mm] | JAMES CRUMLEY | [tapered rule 57 mm] | VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES | Vintage Books | A Division of Random House | New York
176 leaves, pp. [8] 1–3 4-25 26 27-46 47 48-58 59 60-76 77 78-92 93 94-115 116 117-150 151 152-165 166 167-194 195 196-221 222 223-251 252 253-272 273 274-300 301 302-311 312 313-323 324 325-333 334 335-338 [6]
First Vintage Contemporaries Edition, June 1987
Contents: π1a author photo with excerpt, π1b ‘ALSO BY JAMES CRUMLEY’, π2a title, π2b imprint, π3a dedication, π3b blank, π4a epigraph, π4b blank, 1 fly-title, 2 blank, 3-338 One to Count Cadence: 3-25 ‘HISTORICAL | PREFACE’, 26-46 ‘1 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | BASE’, 47-58 ‘2 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | OPERATIONS’, 59-76 ‘3 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | TOWN’, 77-92 ‘4 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | BARRACKS]’, 93-115 ‘HISTORICAL | NOTE 1’, 116-150 ‘5 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | (NOTES FOR AN | UNFINISHED NARRATIVE)’, 151-165 ‘6 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | RAID’, 166-194 ‘7 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | DAGUPAN’, 195-221 ‘8 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | MANILA’, 222-251 ‘HISTORICAL | NOTE 2’, 252-272 ‘9 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | PREPARATION’, 273-300 ’10 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | VIETNAM’, 301-311 ‘11 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | ABIGAIL LIGHT’, 312-323 ’12 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | GALLARD’, 324-333 ‘13 | [tapered rule 25 mm] | JOE MORNING’, 334-338 ‘A MOST | PERSONAL EPILOGUE’; χ1a about the author, χ1b blank, χ2a Vintage Contemporaries order form, χ2b Vintage Contemporaries list, χ3a blank, χ3b blank.
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Rick Lovell; interior author photo by Lee Nye.
Copyright: © 1969. ISBN: 0-394-73559-5. Price: $5.95. One to Count Cadence was first published by Random House 1969.
Copies: JDP 1.1
Blurbs
- (front cover) A stunning narrative talent…one of the best novels of the year. – The New York Times Book Review
- The time: late summer, 1962. The place: Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines. Sergeant Jacob “Slag” Krummel, a scholar by intent but a warrior by breeding, assumes command of the 721st Communication Security Deteachment, an unsoldierly crew of bored, rebellious, whoring, foul-mouthed, drunken enlistees. Surviving military absurdities reminiscent of those in Catch 22 only to be shipped clandestinely to Vietnam, Krummel’s band confront their worst fears while finally losing faith in America and its myths. Powerful, scathingly funny, and eloquent, One to Count Cadence is a triumphant novel about manhood, anger, war, and lies.
- James Crumley is the James Jones of Vietnam. – Chicago Sun-Times
- A brawling, romantic novel about the hell of war, the value of friendship, the difficulties of loving and how to be a man despite the price of it all. – Washington Post
- A gutting, eloquent first novel. – Kirkus Reviews
- A compelling study of the gratuitous violence in men…carefully molded, without a slack line, a fuzzy character or blurred incident. – The New York Times