Dispatches. [hardcover - Seventh Printing].
by Herr, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/in Near Fine dj. Former owner's name neatly printed in pen on front free endpaper else a clean/tight/crisp copy. N
- ISBN 10
- 0394417887
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417882
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1978. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/in Near Fine dj. Former owner's name neatly printed in pen on front free endpaper else a clean/tight/crisp copy. No cover wear, no spine creasing. Unlaminated jacket complete/clean/bright, NO tears. Small octavo. Gilt lettered tan boards & dark brown cloth back, gilt lettered spine. x. + 262pp. Brown & white head/foot bands. Deckle edge. NOT A REMAINDRER. $8.95 jacket panel price. [Best jacket I've ever seen.] First Edition. SEVENTH PRINTING, FEBRUARY 1978. '11/77' publication date code on jacket. COPYRIGHT PAGE INCORRECTLY states ISBN as 0-394-41788-1. Jacket correct: 394-41788-7 BUT without the '0'. Publisher's error (?).
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
- Booktopia
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5073020
- Title
- Dispatches. [hardcover - Seventh Printing].
- Author
- Herr, Michael
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/in Near Fine dj. Former owner's name neatly printed in pen on front free endpaper else a clean/tight/crisp copy. N
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394417887
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417882
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1978.
- Pages
- x. + 262pp.
- Keywords
- Vietnam War Memoir Michael Herr Journalism Esquire Magazine
- Size
- Small octavo.
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