Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control. .
by Friendly, Fred W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild offset to endpapers, dust to text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked./DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.
- Seller
-
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1967. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild offset to endpapers, dust to text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked./DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.. 8vo 325pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "Because television can make so much money doing its worst, it often cannot afford to do its best." This paradox summarizes the dilemma of commercial television today, and is the theme of this "occupational memoir" of Fred Friendly's sixteen years at the Columbia Broadcasting System. [. . .] During his last two years with CBS, Mr. Friendly was president of the news division, and it was from this position that he resigned on February 15, 1966, in a dispute with the management over its decision to broadcast a fifth rerun of I Love Lucy instead of Ambassador George Kennan's testimony in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearings on Vietnam." #02958.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2893
- Title
- Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control. .
- Author
- Friendly, Fred W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild offset to endpapers, dust to text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- journalism, television, nonfiction, broadcasting
Terms of Sale
Matthew's Books LLC
All books are described as accurately as possible, with almost all including pictures to assess condition.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....