Alistair Cooke's America by COOKE, Alistair - 1973

London: British Broadcasting Corporation. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0563121823 . A first edition of Alistair Cooke's companion volume to his popular BBC television series, "America." The author presents the history of America, from Columbus's voyages to the 1970s. The words of Mr. Cooke are accompanied by dozens of color and black & white photos and drawings. --- In maroon cloth, backed in ivory cloth, with title blindstamped to cover and in gilt to spine. Jacket features John Olson color photographic portrait of the author to front panel. --- With mild soiling to cloth and prior owner's embossed circular stamp to half title page, else a bright, unmarked and tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a 1-inch tear to top front and a little curling to edges, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 400 pages .