Search Results: supernation at peace and war by wakefield dan

Boston: Little, Brown. 1968. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 252 p.; 21 cm. . "An Atlantic Monthly Press book." .

New York: Bantam Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Paperback.

Atlantic Little Brown, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Atlantic Little Brown. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (United States Hsitory, Social Conditions, Sociology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket. Fep removed.. [8], 252, [5] p.; 21 cm. "An Atlantic Monthly Press book. " An extended essay on the cultural and political polarization of the country taking place at that time, centered around the different postures toward the war. An expanded version of an essay that first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly.

Little, Brown. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (United States, social conditions)

Bantam Books. Used - Good. Good condition. (Sociology, United States Social conditions, History) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 252pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with an abrasion on the spine, rubbing, and edgewear.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper, small sticker residue on front panel. One reporter's assessment of the United States in 1968.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm), 252, [6] pages, in blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "To Virginia Elliott / With best wishes / Dan Wakefield." Snapshots and vignettes from 1968 about the state of the United States, "a nation at war halfway around the world, at war with itself and about to choose its leaders for the next four years." (From the front flap). Wakefield (1932-2024) was a wonderful storyteller with an eye for the absurd. Or, as an admiring review in The New York Times put it, "Mr. Wakefield is a caustic viewer of the American scene. His stance is that of an amused Gulliver reporting on strange and exotic cultures, and he describes their antic and fantastic character with surprised and diffident wonder." (Thomas Lask, The New York Times, June 8, 1968, page 29). Signed copies of this book are uncommon. CONDITION: Tiny black dot… Read More

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, (1968)., (1968).. Very good. INSCRIBED BY DAN WAKEFIELD TO BURT BRITTON - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue boards titled in gilt on the spine, in a printed white dust wrapper titled in red & blue. The book's corners are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is soiled and there is a short tear to the top edge of the jacket's rear panel. [xiv], 252 & [5] pages. A few page corners are bumped. Very good.
First edition. Inscribed on the half-title to Burt Britton, an idiosyncratic New York personality who worked at the STRAND Bookstore and collected personality self-portraits: "To Burt Britton, With good wishes, / Dan Wakefield".