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The Greatest Generation
by Brokaw, Tom
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1999. Full Leather. Fine. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 412pp. Bound into full red leather with gilt design, lettering, and foreedges. Part of the "Signed Collector's Edition" series, signed by the author and limited to 3000 copies of which this is copy 2395. COA, also signed by the author, and "a note about" laid in. 4 raised bands to spine, moire endpapers, silk ribbon.
Synopsis
Tom Brokaw , a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. He's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He lives in New York and Montana.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75835
- Title
- The Greatest Generation
- Author
- Brokaw, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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