Search Results: Journalism from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Random House, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full dark blue (nearly black) cloth, blue, white & teal titles on spine, [ix], 333 pp, index. DJ slightly rubbed, slightly chipped at head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Political autobiography of New York Post editor James Wechsler, who had just been grilled by Senator Joe McCarthy about his past association (1934-37) with the Communist Party. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG. 21 X 14½ cm.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1948 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 260 pp. Spine cocked and somewhat faded, corners bumped & extremities rubbed, fairly extensive pencil underlining & notes. The Commission was an independent body composed of people not involved in the broadcasting industry, and included such notables as Archibald MacLeish, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Arthur M. Schlesinger. The report gives a history of broadcasting through 1945, including summaries of technical developments, industry economics, content of broadcasts, self-regulation, listener surveys, and development of government regulation. It also proposes specific goals for regulation by the FCC, including making radio and television widely accessible, providing for local news & discussion of public issues, providing for diversity and competition in station ownership, development of non-commercial and educational stations,… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 884 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, many more illustrations in text, index. Faint spot to front board, spine somewhat darkened by glue used in binding, overall wear quite light, but a marginal tear or two. Steffens was known as a muck-raking journalist. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, white paper-covered boards, red foil titles on spine & dec. on front board, [vii], 296 pp, notes. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Fallows views the journalistic star system as the root of uninformative reporting in broadcast and print media--the scramble for audience leads reporters to treat issues as mere pretexts for celebrity spats, while ignoring the actual issues that concern ordinary citizens. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, brown spine with gilt titles, endpapers decorated with a Hirschfeld cartoon, [v], 664, [1] pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Memoirs of the forty-five year career of the former New York Times managing editor, who started as a copy boy in 1944. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Natural linen, titles in black & red on front board & spine, vii, 285, x, [1] pp, index. Light soil to cloth, owner's name on fpd. Blurb & author bio clipped from DJ are laid in. Despite the title, which is taken from the first essay in the book, Villard writes about a wide range of topics related to newspapers--both general articles on the big issues facing the industry, and essays focused on individual newspapermen and newspapers. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/Poor. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, tan cloth spine with gilt-on-black titles, top edge dyed black, pictorial endpapers, [i], 480 pp, index. A few tiny spots on top edge. DJ browning, extremities rubbed, a 1 cm tear to top edge; in Brodart archival cover. Contains a collection of "pieces about individual men and women who have had special influence on our age," with an introduction to each decade by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Very Good. 24 X 16 cm.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue-green cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 139 pp. Slight wear to corners & spine ends, else fine. A report of The Commission on Freedom of the Press. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 20 X 13½ cm.

New York et al.: Simon & Schuster, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on title page. Quarter black cloth, cream-colored paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 514 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index. First few leaves have a thumb-sized cockled area on fore-edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is the autobiography of Benjamin Bradlee, best known as managing editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth, white paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, 320 pp including 24 pp of b & w photos, bibliography, index. Spine & top edge sunned, else fine. DJ has some creasing; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Never before has a book so clearly demonstrated that the flaws and triumphs of an institution are the flaws and triumphs of the people who make it run." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards, blue cloth spine, red foil titles, xiii, 388 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Price-clipped DJ is otherwise fine; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: The John Day Company, 1948 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, grey titles on spine & dec. on front board, [vii], 116 pp, 2 ff b & w plates with photos of Wilson's murals. DJ in Brodart archival cover. You would be hard pressed to find a nicer copy of this book without using a time machine. In 1936, Wilson, a muralist and aspiring writer, initiated correspondence with White that continued until White's death in 1943. From the DJ: "It has been said that White's best writing went into his letters, and certainly, these letters to Gil Wilson show his thoughtful handling of a sensitive nature, his understanding and patience." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). . Fine/Fine. 19½ X 13½ cm.

Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale green cloth, black & red titles/decoration, ix, 433 pp, index. Front board damp-stained, otherwise good, some snags to cloth, occasional notations in ink. The focus of this book is on copy editing and things copy editors need to know, such as the mechanics of nrewpaper production, type and typesetting, page makeup, and a bit of libel law. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 25 X 17½ cm.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, foil titles on spine, xiii, 176, [1] pp, 12 ff b & w plates, notes, index. Previous owner's book plate on verso of fpd. Price-clipped DJ has a small chip at foot of front joint and a 1-cm tear to bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1940 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sage green cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxiii, 455 pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Few small spots on front board & in joints, else fine. Plain orange DJ may not be original, has tears of 1 & 8 cm at edges of cut-out placed to show title on spine of book. Contents: the reporter at work; the courts; preliminaries to criminal trials; criminal trials; civil trials; appellate procedure & extraordinary remedies; bankruptcy proceedings; the federal building; city hall; the police station; the county building; politics; business news; corporate finance; local bank statements; labor news; news sources at the state capital. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ed, 8th ptg. . VG+/G. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, navy blue cloth spine with foil titles, [xi], 408 pp, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Based mostly upon the author's interviews with members of the Reagan administration, journalists with national print and broadcast media, and others. Hertsgaard argued that White House manipulation of the national media reached new heights under President Ronald Reagan, but also that the media were willingly manipulated. He suggested that future presidents of either party would be likely to expand upon Reagan's success with dire implications for American democracy. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, white & copper titles on front board & spine, x, 801 pp, 10 ff b & w plates, many other illustrations in text, footnotes, bibliography, index. Extensive light pencil underlining & notes, copper titles tarnished & faded. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Comprehensive history of newspapers in the United States. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ed, 3rd ptg. . VG-/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Villard Books, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on half-title. Grey boards, gilt titles on black spine, [xi], 300, [1] pp, 34 photos. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Signed "Dear _____, Keep shooting---- Love, Deb" on half-title. Memoirs of a photojournalist. From the DJ: "From Zimbabwe to Romania, from Russia to Haiti, Kogan takes her readers on a heartbreaking yet surprisingly hilarious journey through a mine-strewn decade, her personal battles against sexism, battery, and even rape blending seamlessly with the historical struggles of war, revolution, and unfathomable abuse it was her job to record." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, xiii, 202 pp. Extremities lightly bumped & rubbed, note on rear paste-down. Nine Nieman Fellows for 1945-6, all experienced journalists, looked at what was needed to make better newspapers. In addition to the editor, they were James Batal, Charlotte FitzHenry, Arthur W. Hepner, Frank Hewlett, Frank K. Kelly, Mary Ellen Leary, Cary Robertson, and Ben Yablonsky. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.