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256 - Herr (Michael) Dispatches, first edition, signed presentation inscription by the author to Rolling Stone journalist Grover Lewis and his wife Rae on the title page: "London - 16 May '85. For Grover and Rae Lewis and for all the gang down at the Cafe Cafard. Best - Michael Herr.", original cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends, Book Club Edition dust-jacket, rubbing to tips and corners, sunned to spine, otherwise a very good example, housed in a cloth slipcase with chemise, 8vo, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
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Herr (Michael) Dispatches, first edition, signed presentation inscription by the author to Rolling Stone journalist Grover Lewis and his wife Rae on the title page: "London - 16 May '85. For Grover and Rae Lewis and for all the gang down at the Cafe Cafard. Best - Michael Herr.", original cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends, Book Club Edition dust-jacket, rubbing to tips and corners, sunned to spine, otherwise a very good example, housed in a cloth slipcase with chemise, 8vo, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. *** A very good association copy of one of the most important books published on the Vietnam War. Grover Lewis (1934-1995) and Herr were regarded as some of the forerunners of New Journalism in the 1960s and 70s.
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