By David Halberstam
London   Barrie & Jenkins
9.5" by 6.5" 688pp.
A scarce first UK edition of this important exploration of power in America, from journalist and historian David Halberstam, in presentation to Carmen Callil.
By David Halberstam

1972 The Best and The Brightest

London   Barrie & Jenkins
9.5" by 6.5" 688pp.
A scarce first UK edition of this important exploration of power in America, from journalist and historian David Halberstam, in presentation to Carmen Callil.
£175.00
: 1kgs / : 966T112

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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

First UK edition. Very scarce edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, in presentation to Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. A broad study of US policy, focusing on the war in Vietnam, and exploring how some of the best and brightest men were called to Washington to serve at the head of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and how their careers were shattered by the disaster of this war. Written by David Halberstam, an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later, sports journalism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with residue from the dust wrapper to the edge of the rear board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spine. Minor loss to the internal side of the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Author's ink inscription to the front endpaper.

Fine

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