Dispatches by Michael Herr, First Edition (52 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Everyman's Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; 2009 Everyman's Library. HC/DJ 1st Everyman's edition and printing. Snugly bound and neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $24 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Publisher's silk bookmark sewn in. Just about as new. NF/NF.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Number 318 in the Everyman's Library series. Introduction by Robert Stone. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark.

1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 263 pp. Notes; Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1977; London: Picador, 1978. Subjects; 1961 - 1975. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Personal narratives, American. Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1973 ; Personal narratives, American. War correspondents Vietnam. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Personal narratives, American. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 ; Personal narratives, American. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Australasian Edition. Tight binding, no reading creases, very slight wear, no markings.

Softcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Schnitt etwas nachgedunkelt, 255 Seiten.

Trade paperback. Condition: Fair. First Avon Printing [stated]. [10], 260 pages. Wraps. Some cover wear and page discoloration noted. front cover has been repaired with tape, small tear in rear cover and rear flyleaf, pages have darkened, marks on bottom edge). Michael David Herr[1] (April 13, 1940 - June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire (1967-1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by The New York Times Book Review. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." Herr was credited in the film for writing the narration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 film The Rainmaker. He had previously contributed to the narration for Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film Full Metal Jacket (1987) with director Stanley Kubrick and author Gustav Hasford. That film was based on Hasford's novel The Short-Timers and the screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award. Herr collaborated with Richard Stanley in writing the original screenplay for the 1996 film The Island of Dr. Moreau based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name. Herr wrote a pair of articles for Vanity Fair about Stanley Kubrick, which were later incorporated into the short book Kubrick (2000), a personal biography of the director. Dispatches is a New Journalism book by Michael Herr that describes the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. First published in 1977, Dispatches was one of the first pieces of American literature that portrayed the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War for American readers. "Dispatches" arrived late. Herr served as Esquire's correspondent from 1967 to 1969, and returned to the United States intending to produce a book about what he'd seen there immediately, but 18 months after his return, he suffered a nervous breakdown due to the events that he witnessed and stopped writing for five years, until it was ultimately published in 1977. Featured in the book are fellow war correspondents Sean Flynn, Dana Stone, and Dale Dye, and photojournalist Tim Page. Dispatches was reprinted in 2009 by Everyman's Library as a contemporary classic. Derived from a Kirkus Review: "Vietnam, man. Bomb 'em and feed 'em, bomb 'em and feed 'em"â"a chopper pilot summarized the war strategy for Herr. And with Herr's volume of unfiled dispatches from the front, the awareness grows that this warâ"like no other since WWIâ"continues to produce a rich lode of literature, part litany, part exorcism, part nostalgia. Like his buddies Scan Flynn and Dana Stoneâ"later MIA in Cambodiaâ"Herr was a correspondent with a license to see more than just a single mud hole. Using the "Airmobility" of the helicopters, he hopscotched the country from Hue to Danang to the DMZ to Saigon. He was at Hue during the battle that reduced the old Imperial capital to rubble, at Khe Sanh when the grunts' expectations of another Alamo were running high. Herr, who is full of twisted, hidden ironies, is all wrapped up in the craziness of the war, enthralled by the limitless "variety of deaths and mutilations the war offered," and by the awful language of the official communiques which always reported spirits high, weather fine. He knew, and his buddies knew, that this kind of reportage was "psychotic vaudeville"â"though not for a moment would he deny the harsh glamour of being a working war correspondent. He came home eventually, to do the "Survivor Shuffle" and miss Vietnam acutely, and he writes with a fierce, tight insistence that never lets go.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (1st Thus) Mass-market paperback, 278 pages, very slight surface wear to spine top and bottom right edges. Very Good.

Pappe. Condition: gut. EA. gut erhaltene Erstausgabe des Vietnam Klassikers In deutscher Sprache. 282 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards are tan with brown spine and gilt titles. Interior is clean and unmarked. States Second Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 2 1/4" long sticker ghost, fairly faint, to back panel of jacket, jacket has some slight wear mostly to ends of spine. Previous owner name inked near top of ffep. 3 tiny faint ink marks to ffep. ; 260 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner personalization inked on FEP. Spine slightly cocked. Faint smoky odor. Small closed tear on spine crown. Foxing on text block edges. Small adhesive stain on rear panel. ; 260 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few chips and short tears.; 260 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Paperback Printing. Nice copy in its first sopftcover printing. Avon 40196. Priced at $3.95 on cover. Light rubbing, two sort creases on rear cover and one bent page but doesn not appear to have been read. Le Carre and Puzo praised it. It won numerous awards. Toning on rear interior cover. Vietnam. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages; 1977 Alfred A. Knopf HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and neat in original title lettered dust jacket with publisher's $8.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. No marks of any kind. Touch of crimping to cloth at spine ends. Ribbed craft brown colored jacket with titles in metallic gilt and rear panel copy printed in brown. Mild shelf rubbing to jacket surfaces, noted in some dulling of the gilt lettering design. Tiny closed nicks to jacket at spine ends. Solid clean copy of Herr's classic work on the Vietnam War. NF/VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Protected jacket and covers in very good shape, a stain at the center in front, possibly coffee, a few light smudge stains on the back, some uniform tanning, price intact, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name on the flyleaf. first edtion, first printing. A classic account of the Vietnam War, an essential book, rare and collectible.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. A clean, tight book in a perfect dust jacket but for a pencil point sized spot of ink.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition as stated on copyright page. Near fine book, pages untrimmed on foredge, scratch on bottom edges, light rubbing on top and bottom right corners of front cover and top and bottom left corners of back cover, fading on top and bottom edge of spine, light foxing on foredge, and darkening on top edges. Fine dust jacket except for black marks on bottom left of front panel of jacket and inner front flap. Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Michael Herr went to Vietnam in 1967 virtually unknown as a writer but, armed with press credentials for Esquire Magazine, he quickly rose above the crowd of writers covering the war with his brilliant, unorthodox prose. Herr's six extended pieces in this collection capture the war and its participants like no other writer except for Tim O'Brian in his equally masterful "The Things They Carried." Herr was one of the original Gonzo New Journalists in the company of such literary trail-cutters as Hunter S Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote and Gay Talese. Herr when not imbedded on numerous marine and army operations spent many off hours in the company of three other flamboyant correspondents: Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn (Errol Flynn's son). Photographer Page would survive his experience in Vietnam but in 1970, while traveling by motorcycle in Cambodia, Flynn and Dana Stone (on assignment for Time magazine and CBS News respectively) were captured by communist guerrillas at a roadblock on Highway One. They were never heard from again and their remains have never been found. Herr found himself in as much danger as the soldiers he set out to document in a war that was more disillusioning than understandable. He was with the marines during the prolonged siege of Khe Sanh and most effectively captured the hallucinatory madness of the battle. "Dispatches" is as good as (war) writing gets; Herr puts the reader right where he is, so that his experience becomes yours which is about as close as most people would ever want to get to the real thing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Michael Herr) on the title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Signed examples of this title are rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($8.95). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. ***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Michael Herr) on the title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Signed examples of this title are rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($8.95). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation.***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977., 1977. Very good. - Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in cream boards backed with a brown cloth spine, titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine, in a printed light brown dust wrapper. There is a faint minor stain to the bottom of the dust jacket's rear panel and a stain from a sticker also on that rear panel. [x] & 260 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Book Club edition, stated to be a first edition but without a price on the dust wrapper.

Condition: G PB. 1st edition ss. John Le Carre "The best book I hae ever read on men and war in our tme" Vietnam War.

First edition of the everyman's library of "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Robert Stone. Praised by John le Carre as "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time, Herr's vision of combat stands at the core of two seminal Vietnam films: Coppolaâs Apocalypse Now (1979), with its narration by Herr, and Kubrickâs Full Metal Jacket (1987), whose screenplay earned Herr an Oscar nomination. Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best and most influential novels since 1923 and listed by The Guardian's 100 greatest non-fiction book list in 2011.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Foxing on top text block edge.

First edition. 8vo. (12), [3]-260 pp. Small ink star on upper corner of front endpaper, but a very good copy of this important book on the Vietnam War. Cloth and boards, printed dust jacket (small spot on lower spine). (#6322).

"First Edition" stated. in an interesting variant, this copy if bound upside down, otherwise it is fine in a fine dust jacket perhaps the most acclaimed book to emerge from the Viet Nam experience. 1st edition.

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. True first edition, minor shelfwear in protected DJ. Small stain on FEP from sticker removal. ; 260 pages.

8vo., First Edition thus, with 28pp of coloured plates; green blocked cloth, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Beige bds, very sl. damage on edge of front cover, ow.Near Fine. Dj. in Brodart, 260pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Contemporary owner's name on front fly, spine severely cocked, very light stain on bottom edges, thus good only in a very good dustwrapper with light edgewear. One of the best books of the Vietnam War, a series of reports sent by the author to *Esquire* magazine. First editions in acceptable condition have become quite uncommon. Sean Flynn, son of Errol Flynn, and Dana Stone are featured in this story and briefly mentions their capture by the Viet Cong. Several of the fictional characters mentioned were used as the basis for such films as "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket.".