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SUBLIMINAL SEDUCTION, Ad Media's Manipulation of a Not So Innocent America
by Key, Wilson Bryan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0137531117
- ISBN 13
- 9780137531110
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number line. Using "market research figures, experimental statistics, and illustrations of ads", Key exposes how subtle forms of advertising, "including orgy scenes hidden in the ice cubes of a gin ad, the angle at which a woman holds her cigarette, or the word 'SEX' embedded in everything from crackers to children's toys." appeal to subconscious desires, Introduction by Marshall McLuhan. Quite scarce in hardcover first edition/first printing. Black boards w/silver spine lettering, 206 pages (including with thanks, references), illustrated. Previous owner's name/date neatly written on front end paper, a few (161 through 178) page tips bent, lightly tanned edges, in price-clipped dust jacket w/some rubbing, thin scratches..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018958
- Title
- SUBLIMINAL SEDUCTION, Ad Media's Manipulation of a Not So Innocent America
- Author
- Key, Wilson Bryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0137531117
- ISBN 13
- 9780137531110
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, advertising, media, advertisements, psychology, marketing, greed avarice, mass communication, sales, salesmen, business, manipulation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction;
Terms of Sale
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