Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Dead Beat: lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries.

Johnson, Marilyn, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harper Perennial, (2006). 2nd ptg. VG PB. A pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind sea monkeys, and the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a. ballroom hostell.

The Dead Beat: lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries.

Johnson, Marilyn, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harper Perennial, (2006). VG PB. A pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind sea monkeys, and the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a. ballroom hostell. Owner name ft endpaper.

Editing the Day's News: an introduction to newspaper copyreading, headline writing, illustration, makeup etc..

Bastian, George C., revised by Leland D. Case, · 1936

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Macmillan, 1936. 3rd revised ed. VG. Blue binding, gilt lettering, spine faded, few spots on back cover.

Here at the New Yorker.

Gill, Brendan, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1975). VG in VG DJ. During his long career at The New Yorker, Gill has performed a number of duties & his memoir catches glimpses of mostly merry. times. DJ edges sl browned, owner inscription fep.

That Was the Life.

Hamblin, Dora Jane, · 1977

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Norton, (1977). BCE. VG iin G DJ. Behind the doors story of America's favorite magazine. DJ rubbed.

Mass Media Isues: articles and commentaries.

Sellers, Leonard L. & William L. Rivers, edited by, · 1977

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Prentice Hall, (1977). 1st ptg. G PB. Articles on the media on contemporary issues with editorial comments. Edge wear & rubbing, interior very good.

Famous Long Ago: my life and hard times with Liberation News Service.

Mungo, Raymond, · 1970

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Beacon, (1970). 1st ed. G PB. Mungo & Marshall Bloom decide to start an underground press service & in its 3rd week saw its material on the siege of the. Pentagon printed in more than 100 newspapers with a total readershp of about a million. Edge wear, half title page ...

John Coit: a collection of his most popular columns from the Rocky Mountain News.

Coit, John, · 1986

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

np, Denver Pub Co, (1986). VG PB. The only reporter who fell asleep while dictating his own column over the telephone. Posthumous collection. Sl edge wear.

View from a Bob.

Fabelson, Robert S., foreword by Stephen Fay, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Brattleboro, VT, Rabbit's House Pub, (1994). VG PB. One of Brattleboro's more controversial newspaper columnists.

The Sideshow: a selection from columns written for the Providence Journal 1929-1941.

Hart, B. K., edited by Philomena Hart, · 1941

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Providence, RI, Roger Williams Press, (1941). G. Mark on ft cover where price sticker removed.

Media Rare: adventures of a grass-roots newsman.

Boynton, Nat, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Maynard, MA, Chandler Press, (1988). 1st ed. VG PB. An inside glimpse into four upstate New York daily newspapers, a capital wire service & a local weekly.

Air Time: the inside story of CBS news.

Gates, Gary Paul, · 1978

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper & Row, (1978). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark bottom edge. Behind the scenes profile of CBS News from Murrow to Cronkite including Kennedy, Vietnam, Nixon.