Baghdad Blues: A War Diary by Turnley, David - 2003-07-01

Vendome Press, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. Very good. 8.13x0.63x10.38. Through his photographs and a fascinating diary kept while he covered the war, award-winning photojournalist David Turnley has created a gripping, detailed, and reflective portrait of life during wartime. Rarely has such extraordinary photography been matched with such a revealing and absorbing text, both by a veteran observer of over twenty years of warfare. The result is a landmark book by one of journalism's most gifted practitioners documenting the courage of both Americans and Iraqis.. Turnley's tour of duty in the Middle East began this time in February 2003, when CNN sent him there to generate video, photography, and on-air reportage. Operating independent of American troops, he was first smuggled across the heavily guarded Turkish border into Syria and then guided by Kurdish peshmergas through Tigris River marshes into northern Iraq, where Kurdish irregulars and American special forces faced Iraqi regiments. Turnley traversed… Read More

New York: Vendome, 2003. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Many Photo Illus. by the author, most in color. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Vendome, (2003). Fine<br/><br/>

Vendome Press, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Vendome Press, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York : Vendome Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorial boards, richly illustrated with (full page) colour photographs, small 4to.; No dust jacket; small black permanent marker dot on bottom cut.

New York : Vendome Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorial boards, dust jacket, richly illustrated with (full page) colour photographs, small 4to.

New York: Vendome Press, 2003. Author Signed 2003 First Printing with full printing number line. FINE in FINE price intact dust jacket. SIGNED by Pulitzer Prize winning photo journalist David Turnley, in black felt tip on front free endpaper. A fresh, clean, otherwise unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fine and color pictorial hardcover pristine. Unclipped color pictorial jacket is also fine, and is in a clear archival protector. Turnley's searing photographs provide an extraordinary record of a powerless people enduring the ravages of a brutal war. 8 x 10-1/4". 160 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fiine/Fine.

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New York: Vendome Press, 2003. Book. Illus. by David Turnley. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 2003, Hardcover in illustrated boards with the dust jacket, 160 page book. Illustrated with color photos by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Turnley. A photo diary of his time in the Iraq war . This copy is signed and inscribed by Mr. Turnley on the first blank page,a scarce signed copy by the photojournalist . Condition : FINE with the lightest of a corner bump. .