BY

RICHARD RHODES

THE 1988 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

SIGNED-PERSONALIZED,

OPPOSITE THE TITLE PAGE

NEW YORK: SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1987

FIRST EDITION/ FIRST PRINTING

HARDCOVER

A GOOD(-) BOOK IN A POOR DUST JACKET

BOOK FLAWS:

BOTH SPINE ENDS ARE CRIMPED.

THE SPINE IS CONCAVE FROM USE.

BOTH CORNERS AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONT BOARD ARE BUMPED.

BOTH CORNERS AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REAR BOARD ARE BUMPED.

ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED.

THE SPINE IS CRACKED AT THE TITLE PAGE, BUT THERE ARE NO LOOSE PAGES (PHOTO 15).

NOTE: THIS BOOK WILL REQUIRE CAREFUL HANDLING TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE.

THE UPPER CORNER OF THE SIGNED PAGE IS CREASED (PHOTOS 3&16).

THE SIGNED PAGE AND TITLE PAGE EACH HAVE A SPOT OF SOILING (PHOTOS 16&17).

THE UPPER CORNER OF TWENTY PAGES ARE BENT AND/OR CREASED (PHOTO 18).

THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FIRST THREE PAGES, INCLUDING THE SIGNED PAGE, ARE WRINKLED (PHOTO 19)

SEVERAL SIGNATURES (SECTIONS) OF THE TEXT BLOCK EDGES ARE TONED/YELLOWED.

THE TEXT BLOCK EDGES ARE ALSO LIGHTLY SOILED.

DUST JACKET FLAWS:

THE TOP EDGE IS HEAVILY WRINKLED AND BOTH FLAP FOLD ENDS ARE ALSO SEVERELY RUBBED.

THE TOP OF THE SPINE HAS A ONE-INCH TEAR.

THE TOP EDGE OF THE FRONT FLAP FOLD HAS A TEAR.

THE BOTTOM EDGE, EXCEPT THE FRONT FLAP, IS WRINKLED.

THE REAR SPINE FOLD AND THE FRONT FLAP FOLD ARE ALSO RUBBED.

THE REAR PANEL HAS A SECTION MISSING NEAR THE TOP EDGE (PHOTO 21).

THE FRONT FLAP FOLD HAS SEVERAL CREASES AND A TEAR NEAR THE BOTTOM EDGE (PHOTO 23).

THE FRONT PANEL HAS A CREASE NEAR THE FLAP FOLD (LAST PHOTO).

THE REAR PANEL AND BOTH FLAPS ARE TONED/YELLOWED.

BOTH PANELS SHOW SHELF WEAR/RUBBING/SCUFFING AND SEVERAL SMALL SCRAPES.

NO OTHER WRITING, NAMES OR MARKS.

A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF FLAWS AND SIGNS OF USE, BUT STILL A SIGNED-PERSONALIZED

FIRST PRINTING OF THIS PULITZER PRIZER WINNER.