12 Months That Changed the World by Lesueur, Larry - 1943

London: Harrap, 1944. hardcover. Book: Good. 12mo.. 311 pp. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. No dj. Mild overall wear.

New York: Knopf, 1943. 345pp, owner's name to fep, slight browning to eps, slight edgewear to dj, slight staining to rear of dj.. Cloth. Very Good -/Good.

Paris: Gallimard, 1946. Broché. Etat moyen. in-8. 337 pp. Collection "Problèmes et documents". Notes sur la page de faux-titre (envoi ?). Couverture tachée et insolée. Déchirures et petit manque sur le dos. Marges jaunies.

Knopf, 1943., 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Knopf, 1943. First edn. 8vo. pp, 345. Ex lib., cover little stained and faded, o/w VG. Lesueur was a correspondent during WWII, and covered the Russian front in the early 1940s.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good. [6], 345, [1] pages. Cover has some wear and staining/soiling. Front board weak and has been restrengthened with glue. Laurence Edward LeSueur (June 10, 1909 - February 5, 2003) was an American journalist, who was a war correspondent during World War II. He worked closely with Edward R. Murrow and was one of the original Murrow Boys. LeSueur covered the war across Europe, filing radio reports from Russia and London. He covered the war on London After Dark, along with Murrow and Eric Sevareid. He reported extensively from the Soviet Union after he was assigned to Moscow in 1941. LeSueur covered D-Day, the liberation of Paris, as well as the concentration camp liberations. He delivered the first broadcast to American listeners from a liberated Paris via underground radio broadcast. He was cited by the War Department for "outstanding and conspicuous service" and awarded the French… Read More

Alfred A Knopf New York 1943. ex lib, minimal markings,345pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear) d/w G+(wear & tears to extrems with tears & chipped spine head & foot reinforced with sticky tape to outside, v sl sunned)

Bolinas: Big Sky, 1988. 3rd edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. Large 8vo, 224pp, printed wrappers. Revised and Corrected Third Edition of the work originally published as the combined eleventh and twelfth issue of Big Sky, the classic seventies literary magazine from Bolinas, entirely devoted to a book-length tribute to Frank O'Hara with a stellar range of contributors. Uncirculated copy from the publisher's unsold inventory, not a remainder.

New York City Ny: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 40 Pp + Card Covers, With The Presentation Insert From Frank Stanton, President Of Cbs. Wear And Browning. One Has To Read The Comments By These Paragons Of News Reporting Now More Than Seventy Years Later To See Just How Idiotic Every Single Thing They Said Was. Those Things They Said Guided People's Attitudes Towards Politics And The World. The Conclusion Is That Apparently Yes We Are Always Informed By Idiots Who Are Wrong About Everything; On Matters Of Public Policy Actual Experts Who See To The Heart Of Problems Are Almost Non-Existent (Except Possibly Really Old Well-Educated Social Workers, Who Have No Media Presence). Most Of Our Media Political Presenters Would Be Laughed Out Of The Auditorium If They Ever Tried To Lecture A Graduate School Class About The Nature And Causes Of Political Activity And Political Events, But They Are Central To The Establishment. Perhaps The Establishment Abides No… Read More

George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1944. First Published. 311 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing.