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Journalism

1. Adler, Ruth (Editor, with an Introduction and Notes). THE WORKING PRESS, Special to The New York Times.. Putnam's. (1966). Cloth. 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. Foreword by Theodore M. Bernstein. 287pp. Essays by reporters describing conditions and circumstances within which they work. Pieces by Tom Wicker, Russell Baker, Harrison Salisbury, Max Frankel, Walter Sullivan, Tad Szulc, David Halberstam, Meyer Berger amomg others just as famous. 'Notable New York Times reporters tell the story behind the story.'
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2. Atcheson, Richard. THE BEARDED LADY, Going on the Commune Trip and Beyond.. John Day Co. (1971). Cloth. Small 8vo. Nicked dj. Very good. Decorated front cover. xii+ & 365pp. Short tear in rear free endpaper repaired. Journalist visits and reports on communes around USA. Three parts: Just Looking Around, The Revelations, Reverberations.
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3. Baker, Marilyn with Sally Brompton. EXCLUSIVE! The Inside Story of Patricia Hearst and the SLA.. Macmillan. (1974). 1st printing. Photo Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. ix & 246pp. Photo portrait of author on rear panel of dust jacket. Inside story of the SLA in California by TV newswoman who continually scooped her colleagues and the police.
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4. Banerian, James (editor). LOSERS ARE PIRATES. A Close Look at the PBS Series 'Vietnam: A Television History'. Phoenix. Sphinx Publishing. (1985). Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. Sponsored by Vietnamese Community Action Committee. Mild wear to one cover corner. Critique of TV series, challenging its objectivity and accuracy. 403pp plus order forms and preliminary pages.
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5. Barnouw, Erik and Others. (Introduction by Todd Gitlin). CONGLOMERATES AND THE MEDIA.. The New Press. (1979). A few illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. Publisher's Note by Andre Schiffrin. A look at impact of conglomerate ownership of the media of mass communications. Essays by Erik Barnouw and others. 189pp. No editor identified.
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6. Barrymaine, Norman. THE TIME BOMB. A Veteran Journalist Assesses Today's China from the Inside. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK. Readers Union. 1972. Reprint. Illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. Journalist imprisoned for 20 months in China. His story and his observations on conditions in China during Cultural Revolution. ix & 213+pp. Readers Union is a UK book club.
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7. Berton, Pierre. ADVENTURES OF A COLUMNIST.. McClelland and Stewart. (1960). Few illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Tattered dj. Very good. Columnist for the 'Toronto Daily Star' and famous Canadian literary figure 'takes us behind the scenes for a look at this business of writing a daily newspaper column.' 211pp.
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8. Braley, Russ. BAD NEWS, The Foreign Policy of the New York Times. Chicago. Regnery Gateway. (1984). Cloth. Large 8vo. Very good dj. Fine. By former foreign correspondent for the New York Daily News. Covers mainly events of the Kennedy and Nixon era. 679pp.
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9. Burman, Ben Lucien. THE GENERALS WEAR CORK HATS. An Amazing Adventure that Made World History.. Taplinger. (1963). 1st edition. Sketches by Alice Caddy. A few photos. Cloth. 8vo. Chipped dj. Good. Map endpapers. xvi & 257+pp. An American novelist and his illustrator wife with the Free French and the British in Africa and some of the Arab countries during World War II.
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10. Butcher, Fanny. MANY LIVES, ONE LOVE. NY. Harper & Row. (1972). 1st edition. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. very good+. x & 463pp. Literary editor at the Chicago Tribune. Pre-WWII biography.
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11. Cannon. Jimmy. WHO STRUCK JOHN?.. Dial Press. (1956). Cloth. Small 8vo. Chipped dj. Good. A little color change in paper. Small closed tear in fabric of spine halfway down. ix+ & 267pp. Cannon's selection of his best pieces written between 1951 and 1956. Columnist for the New York Post from 1946 greatly respected by such luminaries as Hemingway, Saroyan, and Liebling.
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12. Cohn, Nik. THE HEART OF THE WORLD.. Knopf. (1992). Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Very good. Uncorrected Proof.'Original work of reportage.' Reads like fiction. 371pp. The author's experience of Broadway and the people he encounters 'starting at the Battery and aiming for the Bronx.'
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13. Considine, Bob. IT'S ALL NEWS TO ME, A Reporter's Deposition.. Meredith Press. (1967). 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo. Worn dj. Very good. Light bump to lower outside corner of front cover. Small label on endpaper. xiv & 398pp. 'Recollections of great events and personalities' from 1929 on. xiv & 398pp.
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14. Cooney, John. THE ANNENBERGS:.. Simon & Schuster. (1982). 1st printing. Illustrations. Hardback. Large 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. The Salvaging of a Tainted Dynasty. 428pp
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15. Copeland, Fayette. KENDALL OF THE PICAYUNE, Being his adventures in New Orleans, on the Texas Santa Fe Expedition, in the Mexican War, and in the colonizaytion of the Texas frontier. Norman. Univ. of Oklahoma Press. (March 1970). Illustrations. Cloth. Large 12mo. Very good. no dj. 2nd printing. 351pp. Originally published in 1943. Has bibliography and index.
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16. Cort, David. THE SIN OF HENRY R. LUCE, An Anatomy of Journalism. Secaucus, NJ. Lyle Stuart. (1974). Cloth. 8vo. Very good dj. Near fine. 481pp.
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17. Crosby, John. OUT OF THE BLUE. A Book About Radio and Television.. Simon and Schuster. 1952. Cloth. Small 8vo. Yery good. No dj. Ex Library with usual markings. Clear plastic wrap. 2nd printing. Glue marks on endpapers. Selections from author's six years of commentary as a columnist on radio and television. Tear in margin of one page repaired, text not affected. xi & 301pp. including index.
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18. Davis, Elmer. BUT WE WERE BORN FREE.. Bobbs-Merrill. (1954). 1st edition. Cloth. Small 8vo. Good, No dj. Written on front fly: 'Malin, 170 5th Ave. NYC. 10.' Pat Malin was an early national director of ACLU, previously a professor at Swarthmore College. Occasional underlining in red pencil. Rubs to bottom edges of covers. Outside cloth darkening. Davis's essays on freedom of the mind. 229pp.
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19. Davis, Richard Harding. WITH THE ALLIES.. Sceibner's. 1919. Reprint. Illustrated. Cloth. Small 8vo. Good. No dj. The War on All Fronts series, Frontis detached and laid-in. Name on verso of flyleaf' Nettie Sivin. Decorated endpapers. Rear hinge re-inforced with tape. xiv+ & 238pp. Davis was famous travel and war journalist of that era. xiv+ & 238pp. Nick in the foredge of frontis. Originally published in 1914.
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20. Diehl, Digby. FRONT PAGE, 100 YEARS OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, 1881-1981. NY. Abrams. (1981). Illus. 256 facsimile repoductions. Cloth. Large 4to. Dust jacket. else very good. 287pp. Some yellowing of paper else very good copy. Selected front pages from the L.A. Times. Near folio (15' x 11') Introduction by Otis Chandler, Publisher's note by W. Thomas Johnson, Editor's note by William F. Thomas. 287pp.
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21. Downey, Fairfax. RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, His Day.. Scribner's. 1933. Frontis and illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Very good, no dj. Decorated endopapers. Name on half-title page and small hole erased in hald-title page. x & 321pp. For thousands in the era circa 1900 this journalist's 'name meant the breath of romance and the spirit of adventure.' x & 321pp.
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22. Duranty, Walter. I WRITE AS I PLEASE.. Simon & Schuster. 1935. Map endpapers. Cloth. 8vo. Good. No dust jacket. 7th printing. Faded outside. Rubs and nicks to head and foot of spine and to cover corners. Crease rear free endpaper.
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23. Farson, Negley. THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR.. Harcourt Brace. (6th printing, Aug. 1936). Four plates of illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Good. No dj. Little rub to head of spine. Light bump to upper outside corner. Autobiographical by journalist, writer, sportsman and traveler. Farson (1890-1960)
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24. Ferris, Paul. THE HOUSE OF NORTHCLIFFE. A Biography of an Empire.. World. 1st printing 1972. 1st Amer. ed. Illustrations. Hardback. 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. Near fine. Decorated endpapers. Small label shadow on flyleaf. 340pp with bibliography, index. Subject was noted as the British Hearst. Story of a communications dynasty.
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25. Fowler, Gene. A SOLO IN TOM-TOMS.. Viking. April 1946. 1st edition. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good. Nicked and slightly torn dj. Autobiography of journalist's Rocky Mountain boyhood and his quest for his father. x & 390pp.
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