The Washington Post The First 100 Years by Roberts, Chalmers M. *SIGNED by author* - 1977

Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Acceptable. Signed Copy Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Houghton Mifflin. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. hardcover. fine/very good. Illustrated. xiii + 495pp. 8vo, cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Unclipped. First ed., first printing; 495 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; period photos; binding firm; unfaded boards with still bright silver gilt lettering very well protected by somewhat smudge d.j. Also, what appears to be a small cigarette burn along fore edge of front panel of d.j. has penetrated and made faint brown mark on fore edge of front board.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. 496 pp. Original dark gray cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+\par. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Third Printing. good, fair to good. 495, illus., bibliography, index, some foxing to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled and edges worn: small tears to DJ edges.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xiii, [3], 495 [1] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index., Small distribution insert laid in. Rear DJ flat creased. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. Chalmers M. Roberts was a chief diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post who covered the cold war, the nuclear arms race and the seats of power in Washington in the 1950's and 60's. Mr. Roberts joined The Post in 1949 and took on the diplomatic beat in 1953. Besides global affairs, he covered a range of general assignments, writing about the Supreme Court, Congress, the White House and political campaigns. Before retiring in 1971, Mr. Roberts wrote many of The Post's principal articles on the Pentagon Papers, the official secret history of the Vietnam War. After The Post obtained the documents and the Nixon Administration won an injunction against The Times to block publication on national security grounds, he urged continued publication… Read More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Printing. very good, good. 495, illus., bibliography, index, some wear to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. David Hall Roberts (Author photograph). xiii, [3], 495 [1] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Vera--all the best Chal Roberts. Chalmers M. Roberts was a chief diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post who covered the cold war, the nuclear arms race and the seats of power in Washington in the 1950's and 60's. Mr. Roberts joined The Post in 1949 and took on the diplomatic beat in 1953. Besides global affairs, he covered a range of general assignments, writing about the Supreme Court, Congress, the White House and political campaigns. Before retiring in 1971, Mr. Roberts wrote many of The Post's principal articles on the Pentagon Papers, the official secret history of the Vietnam War. After The Post obtained the documents and the Nixon Administration won an injunction against The Times to block publication on national security grounds,… Read More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xiii, [3], 495, [1] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Gift insert plate signed by Katharine Graham laid in. Some wear to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Arthur Ellis--one of the real heroes of this book All the best Chal Roberts. Arthur Ellis is reference in the index at pages 193 and 457. Arthur Ellis was a Washington Post staff photographer for nearly a half-century. Mr. Ellis began his career at The Post in 1930. Over the years, he not only took many memorable pictures, but also served as photo editor of this paper in the early 1950s, and was the author of feature stories and book reviews. He had a 47-year career that was interrupted by service in the Army during World War II. At his retirement, he was The Post's chief photographer. Chalmers M. Roberts was chief diplomatic correspondent of The Washington Post and the author of books on such topics as nuclear… Read More