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DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
by Cooper, Anderson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061132381
- ISBN 13
- 9780061132384
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A memoir from longtime CNN foreign correspondent Anderson Cooper with detailed accounts of his reporting from international war zones and disaster areas such as the tsunami in Sri Lanka, wars in Sarajevo and Iraq and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans interspersed with bittersweet biographical memories of his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, and the untimely deaths of his father and older brother. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Cooper on the half-title page. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, no remainder marks. Dustjacket shows only a bit of light scratching and rubbing, no tears, no creasing, bumping or chipping. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005307
- Title
- DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
- Author
- Cooper, Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0061132381
- ISBN 13
- 9780061132384
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- MEMOIR, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, CNN, JOURNALISM, TELEVISION,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Biography/Memoirs; Europe;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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