Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394417887
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417882
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Binding is tight, book is square. Interior is clean and free of any markings. There is some paper residue on rear pastedown under the jacket flap (see photo) and a light bump on one corner, else fine. Appears unread. The unclipped dustjacket is fine with original $8.95 price and gilt lettering intact. No chips, tears or other defects and protected in Gaylord archival cover. A first-person account of Herr's experiences in Vietnam as an Esquire war correspondent. An essential book for anyone interested in the Vietnam War from an on-the-ground perspective. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.
Synopsis
Michael Herr is also the author of Kubrick , The Big Room , and Walter Winchell , and coauthor of the screenplays for Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket . He lives in upstate New York. Robert Stone, a National Book Award-winner, lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Linden Avenue Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10152
- Title
- Dispatches
- Author
- Herr, Michael
- Illustrator
- Robert Anthony, jacket design
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394417887
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417882
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 2609
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Non-fiction, military, history, Vietnam, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction; Military & Military History; Vietnam War;
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