Newspaper Days Tapa dura - 1941

Alfred A. Knopf, 1941-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dj has minor wear, is in very good condition. Dust jacket notes: "The period covered is that of his professional nonage - from his entry into journalism as a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899 to 1906. It was not all Baltimore, however, for he went into brief exile when the fire of 1904 destroyed the plant and forced the paper to print in Philadelphia for five weeks. During those roaring years the young journalist did little, if anything, to bring uplift to his city, nor did he become an influential figure in the councils of state or nation. But he did gain a rare knowledge of his community in all its more colorful and uproarious aspects; and he has set them down here in his own inimitable way. It is not the great events of civic life that draw his attention, not the respectable - and dull - doings of respectable citizens. Rather it is the caperings of the… Leer más

Alfred A. Knopf, 1941-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate on front end page. "The period covered is that of his professional nonage - from his entry into journalism as a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899 to 1906. It was not all Baltimore, however, for he went into brief exile when the fire of 1904 destroyed the plant and forced the paper to print in Philadelphia for five weeks. During those roaring years the young journalist did little, if anything, to bring uplift to his city, nor did he become an influential figure in the councils of state or nation. But he did gain a rare knowledge of his community in all its more colorful and uproarious aspects; and he has set them down here in his own inimitable way. It is not the great events of civic life that draw his attention, not the respectable - and dull - doings of respectable citizens. Rather it is the caperings… Leer más

Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Stated First Edition. A Good copy in a Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, bumped corenrs, soiling to covers & edges of text block, a former owner's bookplate on the front endpaper, scattered staining to pages (text unaffected), & foxing to pages; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, chipping to top & bottom of entire jacket, severely bumped corners, soiling, toning, a piece missing from the bottom of the front cover near the spine, a large piece missing from the top of the spine, & scattered nicks & tears. Interior is tight, otherwise clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'.

New York: Knopf. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 0404201768 . Very Good, some stains on cover edge & touching endpaper; In soiled & chipped dust jacket. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1941-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1941. Hardcover. 0404201768 . SIGNED by author in 1941. First edition. Cloth lightly soiled and bumped, a touch to tip fraying. Dj edge worn and chipped, lightly soiled, one inch tear top front panel through the e of Newspaper.; 8.6 X 5.8 X 1.6 inches; 313 pages .