9780345331816 - Witness to a Century: Encounters With the Noted, the Notorious, and the Three Sobs von Seldes, George (22 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st ed. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Ballantine Books New York 1987 8vo. 490 pages. text block crisp. dust jacket in mylar. clean, tight copy. VG+.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Fine (price clipped). Later Printing (4th). Size: Thick Large Octavo.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Very good with very good to fine dust jacket. Very tiny nick in page fore edge. Bottom corner of page 441-442 is poorly cut, but text in not affected. Dust jacket is very lightly bumped along top edges and at bottom back edge. 490 pages plus 73 illustrations.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Black cloth binding, 490 pp. Illustrated with photographs. A 96-year-old journalist looks back. Near fine in dustjacket.

Zustand: very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 490, illus., index, very slight scuffing to DJ, slight wear to DJ edges. Memoirs of an investigative journalist. Seldes recounts stories told to him by Edward Marshall, who had been a correspondent in the Spanish-American War (pp. 63-64).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Later pr. Good in good dust jacket. Newspaper article of the author with book, newspaper clipping taped inside cover. Dustwrapper flaps glued inside cover. Smudge on bottom corners of pages. Shelf rubbing to dust jacket Otherwise solid condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ballantine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1987. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "For George Seldes is a man with a unique gift-for being where the action is, for getting people to talk and reveal themselves, for uncovering a side of history most of us would never have access to.WITNESS TO A CENTURY is one of the most important primary historical documents of our time, a book to relish and learn from. a book that celebrates history-and storytelling-at their very best." This book has 490 pages and is illustrated. FINE FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. (CK).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 25 cm. xxi, [1] , 490 pages. Illustrations. Index. Henry George Seldes (November 16, 1890 - July 2, 1995) was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was an investigative reporter of the kind known in early 20th century as a muckraker, using his journalism to fight injustice and justify reform. But by his time the public mood had changed, and reader demand for muckraking was much weaker. According to historian Helen Fordham, Seldes's career demonstrates how those who crusaded too vehemently seemed to violate new standards of impartiality and objectivity. His work was often criticized as too radical. Influenced by Lincoln Steffens and Walter Lippmann, Seldes's career began when he was hired at the Pittsburgh Leader at the age of 19. In 1914, he was appointed night editor of the Pittsburgh Post. In 1940, Seldes co-founded a weekly newsletter, In Fact, subtitled "an Antidote to Falsehoods in the Daily Press." In it, he attacked malfeasance, often using documents from the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. He exposed the hazards of cigarettes and attacked the press for suppressing them. He brought attention to the National Association of Manufacturers' use of advertising dollars to produce favorable news stories favorable and suppress unfavorable ones. He received an award for professional excellence from the Association for Education in Journalism in 1980 and a George Polk Award for his life's work in 1981. Derived from a Kirkus review: Short accounts of meetings with Trotsky, lsadora Duncan, Mussolini, Lenin, H. G. Wells and other luminaries form the bulk of this memoir by the grand old man of muckracking journalism. Beginning with his meeting, at age 15, the Russian writer Maxim Gorki, Seldes regales here with a whirlwind tour of the famous and infamous he has covered, first as a cub reporter in Pittsburgh, then as ace international correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, finally as founder of the iconoclastic newsletter In fact. Seldes conveys with energy and wit the packed-bags, uprooted life of a roving reporter. A few short descriptions do incandescently shine--Charlie Chaplin making a pass at Pola Negri and receiving a slap for his trouble; Patton taking Seldes on a rollicking ride in his "Ten of Diamonds" jeep; Sinclair Lewis teaching him a delightful pun-puzzle. Most satisfactory is Seldes' record of his persecution at the hands of Senator Joseph McCarthy, a torment to which he devotes significant space--as he does to his equally fascinating account of two meetings, spaced 20 years apart, with Tito. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Cloth. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Good+ condition with front hinge starting to seperate in Near Fine dust-jacket with trivial edgewear; This book is a collection of essays by George Seldes, who spent his life writing about the people and events that shaped the twentieth century. Seldes writes about famous people, such as Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, and Franklin Roosevelt, as well as more controversial figures, such as Joseph Stalin and Charles Manson. This book is a fascinating look at the people who have made history in the twentieth century, and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the era.; B & W Photographs; 8vo; 490 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Light foxing on the foredge else about fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing. Nicely Inscribed by the author to his great-niece, (and the daughter of Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes): "With love to Kat and Clay. Sept 20 87 - my 10th day 'pushing '98' George." Seldes lived to be 104.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to his niece, Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes and her husband Garson Kanin. "For Marian and Garson, - with affectionate best wishes, George. June 1987." Seldes lived to be 104.