20th Century Journey: A Memoir of a Life and the Times, Volume II: The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. Second Printing. 654, illus., endpaper illus., index. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. Second Printing. 654, illus., endpaper illus., index. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 484, v.3 only of the 3-vol. set, illus., index, some foxing to edges. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First? Printing. 626, index, discoloration inside boards, DJ worn: small tears along top and bottom edges, several pieces missing. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First? Printing. 626, index, discoloration inside boards, small stains in top margins from p. 520 to end, boards scuffed and stained. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First Edition. 626, index, slight discoloration inside boards. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First Edition, First printing. Published June 20, 1941 [Stated]. Hardcover. vi, [2], 605, [1] xxi, [1] pages. Index. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Name and date written inside front cover. Minor edge soiling. William Lawrence Shirer (/ a r r/; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. A foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team known as "Murrow's Boys". He became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II. Shirer wrote more than a dozen books besides The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, including Berlin Diary; The Collapse of the Third Republic, which drew on his experience working in France from 1925 to 1933; and a three-volume autobiography, 20th Century Journey. More
New York: Harmony Books, 1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 245, minor edge soiling, some corners creased, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: National Defense Univ. Press, 1983. Wraps. 177 pages, wraps, illus., notes, sources, index, some wear to cover edges. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1983. 23 cm, 177, wraps, illus., notes, sources, index, some soiling to covers, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1975. 1st Pocket Bk? Edition. First? Printing. pocket paperbk, 282, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page browning Originally published under the title Deep Is the Shadow. The story of journalist Richard Jordan's headlining crusade against a town and its secret--a secret that smoldered in nightmare darkness, setting patient against doctor and father against son. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1946]. First Edition. 21 cm, 304, DJ worn and soiled. Inscribed by the author. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1987. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 795, illus., notes, bibliography, index, large book, somewhat shaken. More
New York: Collier Books, 1962. First Collier Books Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Mass market paperback. xviii, [2], 331, [1] pages. Footnotes. A Biographical Supplement. Bibliographical Note. Bibliography. Index. This was originally published as Bohemian Brigade. New Introduction by Allan Nevins. Louis M. Starr was a member of the Staff of the Columbia University Oral History project, Mr. Starr had worked on newspapers in Tennessee and Chicago and was author of Bohemian Brigade , a study of Civil War newspapers. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, c1980. First Edition. 24 cm, 669, illus., chronology, notes, bibliography, index, some foxing and soiling to fore-edge, DJ edges worn and small tears/chips. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1940. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 561 pages, index, DJ soiled and worn, DJ edges worn and chipped, former owners's name inside front endpaper. Signed by the author. More
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. 436, frontis illus., index, usual library marks, bds somewhat worn & soiled, some edge soil, parts of DJ cut off & pasted ins flylf. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 429, [9] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by the author. Harvard Bookstore sticker on front of DJ. The author is most poignant in talking about the ordinary men and women whose stories led to his most memorable work. Here are his amateur beginnings on his college newspaper; his professional climb at The New York Times; his desire to write on a larger canvas, which led him to magazine writing at Esquire and then to books. We see his involvement with issues of race from his student days in the Deep South to a recent interracial wedding in Selma, Alabama, where he once covered the fierce struggle for civil rights. Here are his reflections on the changing American sexual mores he has written about over the last fifty years, and a striking look at the lives--and their meaning--of Lorena and John Bobbitt. He takes us behind the scenes of his legendary profile of Frank Sinatra, his writings about Joe DiMaggio and heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, and his interviews with the head of a Mafia family. In remarkable fashion, he traces the history of a single restaurant location in New York, creating an ethnic mosaic of one restauranteur after another whose dreams were dashed while a successor's were born. As he delves into the life of a young female Chinese soccer player, his consuming interest is in the world in its latest manifestation. Talese gives us a fascinating picture of the serendipity and meticulousness involved in getting a story. He makes clear that every one of us represents a good one, if a writer has the curiosity to know it, diligence to pursue it, & the desire to get it right. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 583, [1] pages. Footnotes. Sources. Index. John Tebbel (1912-2004) was an American journalist, editor, educator and media historian. Among other achievements he is know for his A History of Book Publishing in the United States, a 20-year effort published in four volumes from 1972 to 1980. In 1935 and began his career as a writer and newspaperman, serving as city editor for the Isabella County, Michigan, Times-News. He wrote for Newsweek magazine and worked as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. In 1941 he became managing editor of the American Mercury. Two years later, he joined the Sunday staff of the New York Times, became an associate editor of the publishing firm E. P. Dutton & Co., and acted as an associate in journalism at Columbia. He served as chairman of the Journalism Department at New York University, and in 1958 was named the first director of their Graduate Institute of Book Publishing. Tebbel was a regular contributor to the Saturday Review and other magazines. More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. First Printing. 21 cm, 298, illus. with black and white photographs, index. More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. First Printing. 21 cm, 298, illus. with black and white photographs, index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Scribner, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 239, [1] pages, index. Inscribed by the author. Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American author and news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist. She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She covered the administrations of eleven U.S. presidents, from the final years of the Eisenhower administration to the second year of the Obama administration. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote 6 books; her last, with co-author Craig Crawford, was Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do. More
New York: Scribner, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 239, [1] pages. Index. Signed by the author. Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership in the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. Thomas worked for the United Press and its successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member/president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote six books. Thomas retired from Hearst Newspapers and then served as an columnist for the Falls Church News-Press until February 2012. More
New York: Morrow, 1977. Third Printing. 24 cm, 317, illus., small tears to DJ edges. More
New York: Morrow, 1977. Fourth Printing. 24 cm, 317, illus., DJ somewhat scratched, DJ in plastic sleeve, foxing on top edge. More
New York: Lexington Books, c1991. First Printing. 25 cm, 200, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More