Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Fair
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- First Avon Printing [stated]
- Published
- 1978
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- Trade paperback
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- 9780380401963
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Avon, 1978. First Avon Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Fair. [10], 260 pages. Wraps. Some cover wear and page discoloration noted. front cover has been repaired with tape, small tear in rear cover and rear flyleaf, pages have darkened, marks on bottom edge). Michael David Herr[1] (April 13, 1940 - June 23, 2016) was an American writer… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394417882
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Salem, Oregon, USA
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$300.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches.
by Herr, Michael
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- 1977
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$5,500.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition of "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to a Syracuse University fraternity brother and classmate, "Al It was amazing and wonderful to see you after so… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Michael Herr
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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$150.00
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Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION; Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good plus Dust Jacket; Light edge wear, sticker ghost on front panel of DJ otherwise Near Fine-- none of the toning to the copper lettering as is typical. Used in the writing of both Apocalypse Now and Full Metal… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Michael Herr
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- New
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Spring Branch, Texas, USA
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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Fine
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- near fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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$225.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition of Dispatches by Michael Herr.. Octavo, 260pp. Title in gilt on brown cloth spine, beige paper boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $8.95 retail price on front flap. Faint… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00
Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394417882
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$45.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. pp. 260. 8vo., measuring 6" x 8.75". Bound in quarter cloth over cream boards, bronze lettering to the spine and front board; untrimmed page edges. Lightest bumping to the spine ends and tips, else, extremities in near fine condition. Contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Michael Herr
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1991
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- Soft-cover
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- 9780679735250
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Creston, North Carolina, USA
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$10.00
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Dispatches - a 1991 Vintage Books reprint edition by Michael Herr about the Vietnam War. 260pp. Fine condition. "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." --- John Le Carre'.
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Dispatches (First Edition)
by Michael Herr
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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$325.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. First Edition. A foundational work of New Journalism, describing the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for "Esquire."
Some paper residue on the top edge of the rear pastedown (see image), else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Item Price
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Dispatches (Press Copy)
by HERR, Michael
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1977
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- Publisher's cloth
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Glendale, California, USA
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$350.00
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PRESS COPY WITH PUBLISHERS STATIONARY SHEET inserted. First edition. Slight soiling on top edge else fine in fine dust wrapper. One of the best books of the Vietnam War, a series of reports by the author who was a correspondent for *Esquire* magazine. Though consider part of the New Journalism movement, Herr readily acknowledged that many of the characters and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- 2d Ptg.
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394417882
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New Port Richey, Florida, USA
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$18.00
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 2d Ptg. . Hardcover. Good/Very Fine. Sturdy book, purple cloth spine, yellow boards with embossed bronze lettering at top front, gilt lettering rubbed on spine, a light smudge at top front right, very slightly rubbed at bottom front left, 260 pages. DJ heavy paper, ribbed rose background, bright gilt title and author's name on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Michael Herr
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- Used
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1991
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- 9780679735250
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Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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small frays on cover. pages good
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Dispatches
by HERR, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Contemporary owner's name on front fly, spine severely cocked, very light stain on bottom edges, thus good only in a very good dustwrapper with light edgewear. One of the best books of the Vietnam War, a series of reports sent by the author to *Esquire* magazine. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394417882
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$175.00
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U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page. Near fine book, pages untrimmed on foredge, scratch on bottom edges, light rubbing on top and bottom right corners of front cover and top and bottom left corners of back cover, fading on top and bottom edge of spine, light foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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DISPATCHES
by Herr, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1978
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780380019762
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$4.50
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Avon Books. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0380019760 . Reprint. Light edge & corner wear, two small tears by spine. Interior pages clean & tight. "The best personal journal about war, any war, that any writer has ever accomplished....With uncanny precision it summons up the very essence of the war (Vietnam) - its space diction, its surreal … Read more about this item Item Price
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DISPATCHES
by Michael Herr
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; Sixth Printing
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394417882
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Pomona, New York, USA
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$59.95
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1978. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0394417887 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner personalization inked on FEP. Spine slightly cocked. Faint smoky odor. Small closed tear on spine crown. Foxing on text block edges. Small adhesive stain on rear panel. ; 260 pages . Item Price
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Dispatches
by Herr, Michael
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- Very Fine/New
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- No Jacket As Published
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- Collector's Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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COSTA MESA, California, USA
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$220.00
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Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press,, 1968. Special contents copyright 2008. Blue Moraccan Leather with true 22k t gold accents deeply inlaid upon raised :hubbed" spine with Smyth-sewn pages and printed on rich and durable archival-quality acid free paper which will not yellow with age. It features moire fabric endsheets and premium heavy duty boards with a sewn in marker… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatches
by MICHAEL HERR
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- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- first edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394417882
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Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
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$70.95
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first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no marks of any kind; little age tone; dust/foxing top text block edge; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover bright gilt titling; dj edge wear--short tear at spine head; flap price clipped hstambib Item Price
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Dispatches
by Michael Herr
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1997-10-24
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- Hardcover
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- 9780330367417
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$36.32
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Picador, 1997-10-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
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Dispatches.
by Herr, Michael.
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- 1977
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 260 pages. Publisher's buff paper over boards backed in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in gilt-lettered dust jacket.
Upper margin lightly sunned, small stain at the top edge of the text block, previous owner's illustrated bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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