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The Silent People Speak by Robert St. John (AUTHOR SIGNED) - 1948

by Robert St. John (AUTHOR SIGNED)

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The Silent People Speak

by Robert St. John (AUTHOR SIGNED)

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948 Doubleday & Company, New York. 1948. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for book plate and signed name of former owners on front endpapers. Book Condition: Good; moisture evidence on textblock top and bottom; wavy pages from moisture proximity; no stuck pages; boards straight; signature is not affected. DJ; Good; Price Clipped; light chipping and wear to head, tail, tips; small scattered oil-type stains on flaps from older style jacket cover? Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. 397 pp 8vo. This story is about the Balkans after WWII and after Iron Curtain closes on Yugoslavia. His trip takes him to Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Montenegro giving an eloquent personal story with dramatic on-th-spot reportage from people who looked older than their ages but held hopes for the future. A clean presentable copy with a beautiful signature.
  • Bookseller Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Jacket Condition Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Doubleday & Company
  • Place of Publication Garden City, NY
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords Balkans, World War II, Iron Curtain, Cold War, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Tito, Soviets, War Reporter, Nazi Occupation, German occupation, Communism
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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The silent people speak

by St. John, Robert

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Doubleday & Co, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The silent people speak

by St. John, Robert

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Doubleday & Co. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Rear hinge cracked. (Social Conditions, Yugoslavia)
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The silent people speak

by St. John, Robert

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Doubleday & Co, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The silent people speak

by Robert St. John

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Good. Hardcover. 1948. First edition. 397 pages. Dj ripped and worn<br> .
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The Silent People Speak

by Robert St. John

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Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Edition. 397 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
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THE SILENT PEOPLE SPEAK

by St. John, Robert

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First Edition
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, small quarto, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), map endpapers, 395 pages. Robert St. John (1902 - 2003) was an American author, broadcaster, and journalist.<br /> <br /> Intelligent personal impressions of the post-World War Two Yugoslavia and its capital Belgrade, as encompassed by Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Macedonia. Sequel to his bestselling The Land of the Silent People (1942).<br /> <br /> Near Fine/Very Good copy: Tight, clean copy with light uniform age-toning to paper. Chipping and some wear to dust jacket (unclipped): mainly apparent around its edges. Previous owner's signature on verso of ffe.
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The Silent People Speak

by St.John, Robert

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First US Edition.
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Doubleday Doran., 1948 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First US Edition.. This American journalist was an eye-witness to the suffering of the ordinary people and the devastation caused in the Balkans and Greece by the German invasion in 1941 (SEE : From the Land of the Silent People, 1942) and now records his impressions of the ordinary people of Yugoslavia in 1947 as they try to rebuild their lives after WWII (Autograph on half-title) 395p. maps . 353p..
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The silent people speak

by Robert St. John

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Used - Collectible
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Branson, Missouri, United States
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Doubleday & Co, January 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible/No Jacket. Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days. Author Signed Copy. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Missing Dust Jacket. No markings, highlighting, or tears to pages.
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