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OUR MAN: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. By George Packer . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page, 2019 to the title page, $30.00 and date code 5/2019 to the jacket's flaps. SIGNED to the title page by the Cornelius Ryan and National Book Award winning author, historian and journalist, George Packer. Also SIGNED by Packer to the author's photo side of a double-sided, color-illustrated 'Signed First Editions Club' card, which is laid in. Illustrated with photographs. This investigated, in-depth, scholarly historical biography, drawing on Holbrooke's own diaries and papers, garnered numerous accolades including winning the Hitchen, and Los Angeles Times Prizes, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A nice presentable first edition, first printing Double-SIGNED collectible. Minutely bumped to the lower front corner tip and to the upper spine edge corner tips, else very nearly fine, square, very tight, and firm in leather-textured blue over black boards with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine, red and white checkered headband and tail-band, deckle page fore-edges; in a fine dust jacket with a faint push to the lower front corner; original printed $30.00 price still intact to the front inner flap, and date code 5/2019 to the rear flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED HISTORY BOOKS THANKS!