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In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley : The Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle
by [PALEY] Smith, Sally Bedell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671617354
- ISBN 13
- 9780671617356
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Yoirk: Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, dark gray spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains a section of 65 glossy black & white photographs. 782 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear, mellow age toning to the white of jacket, small chip at corner of top back; has been price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . From a handful of radio stations, he build CBS. . . .The New York Times wrote of William S. Paley, ""He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball. . . .""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001131
- Title
- In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley : The Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle
- Author
- [PALEY] Smith, Sally Bedell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671617354
- ISBN 13
- 9780671617356
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New Yoirk
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Biography, William S. Paley, Broadcasting - United States - Biography, Businessmen - United States - Biography, Columbia Broadcasting System - CBS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology & Culture; Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Number Line
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
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- Text Block
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