LETTERS HOME. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,12mo p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Paperback /softback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/softback originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its origin and sometimes,even worldwide.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,part matt, part glossy card covers with b/w portraits of Kosovo refugee children above the lower edge of 3 horizontal, narrow coloured bands - matt black,matt white and glossy red respectively with capitalised,glossy red-lettered title+author name individually to the first 2 bands,the red band with capitalised white-lettered BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LETTER TO DANIEL - all to front cover; a black spine/backstrip with minimal, partially-read creases and capitalised,flat printed white-lettered author name and capitalised,glossy red-lettered title with publisher's colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with author's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph and red+white-lettered potted biography and critics' red+white -lettered reviews.Top+fore-edges inevitably but slightly age toned but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips. UK,12mo p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xiiipp+3-204pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,Acknowledgements,an Author's Introduction,Pts 1-5: comprising 10,7,6,8,and 10 articles/essays to From Close to Home, From a European War, From Ireland, From a Drifting Continent and From Elsewhere repectively,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography,author SIGNED title page,an epigram (a South African proverb 'A person is a person, because of other people') with a blank verso, and to the rear 5pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back original. It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults and particularly as a SIGNED item. In 'Letters Home',Fergal Keane refects on the last violent years of this century (1999).The collection brings togwther essays written specially for this volume along with previously published articles and broadcasts.He writes of joing the families of the disappeared in Bosnia as they identify the bodies of their loved ones; of his return to the site of massacres in Rwanda;of the extraordinary characters he encountered in the midst of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war; and of his own family's political awakening in the heat of the Irish rebellion against the British in 1920. But there are also lighter,more personal pieces: his discovery of his father's life as a young man in London; his own experiences playing in a rock band in the forlorn halls of rural Ireland; on his travels,ranging from Spain to Japan,from Tuscany to Manhattan; and the delights and agonies of travelling with his three-year-old son,Daniel. Fergal Keane is one of the BBC's most distinguished foreign correspondents.He has won numerous awards for his courageous and humane reportage and has built up a wide popular following.His now famous broadcast 'Letter to Daniel' attracted an extraordinary response from listeners. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **