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Before the Colors Fade: A Look Back
by Harry Reasoner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394504801
- ISBN 13
- 9780394504803
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1981 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1981. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light toning to board peripheral edges; slight shelfwear. DJ: Very Good +; Price Clipped; small closed tears on top of rear panel; light edge bumping. Blue paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 205 pp 8vo. This is the story of Harry Reasoner who is most remembered as a television news anchor for CBS and ABC in 60 Minutes, Calendar, ABC Evening News, and CBS Sunday News. A WWII veteran he began his television career in 1954 and has been at ever since. A wonderful mixture of personal history and media reminiscence. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012903
- Title
- Before the Colors Fade: A Look Back
- Author
- Harry Reasoner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394504801
- ISBN 13
- 9780394504803
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Harry Reasoner, television, television news, ABC television, CBS television, World War II, USIA in the Philippines, The Reasoner Report, Vietnam, broadcast news, Barbara Walters,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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