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A Problem From Hell; America and the Age of Genocide
by Power, Samantha
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465061508
- ISBN 13
- 9780465061501
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books / A New Republic Book, 2002. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. The first edition, first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Problem From Hell" by Samantha Power.. Octavo, xxi, 610pp. Hardcover, black spine with title in gilt. A first edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Dust along top edge of text block. In publisher's first edition dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light wear along top edge, otherwise near fine. According to Power, a limited run of "a couple hundred" copies were released in the first printing. This important work facilitated Samantha Power's introduction to Senator Barack Obama and eventually her nomination as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. What began as a short paper on the history of American responses to genocide quickly became this Pulitzer Prize-winning work by future United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power. Her other works include The Education of an Idealist and Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2069
- Title
- A Problem From Hell; America and the Age of Genocide
- Author
- Power, Samantha
- Illustrator
- The first edition, first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Problem From Hell" by Samantha Power.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0465061508
- ISBN 13
- 9780465061501
- Publisher
- Basic Books / A New Republic Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- The Audacity of Hope, Dreams From My Father, Michelle Obama Becoming, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Obama administration, democratic national convention, john kerry, inscribed copy, President bush, President trump
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