BOOM! Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
by Brokaw, Tom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is Number 542 of 1,100 copies signed by Tom Brokaw. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from the publisher. An epic portrait of the tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together as veteran journalist Tom Brokaw (b.1940) explores how individual lives and the national mindset were affected by a controversial era and how the aftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound today. Octavo. Full red leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76582
- Title
- BOOM! Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
- Author
- Brokaw, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Americana, Counterculture, U.S. History, Vietnam, Journalism
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...