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About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made by  Ben Yagoda - First Printing - 2000 - from Athena's Book Shop and Biblio.com
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This cultural history of one of the most venerated magazines in America focuses on the years between The New Yorker's founding and the departure of editor William Shawn, demonstrating both the way the magazine cultivated a culture of readers and the ways the magazine's mission fluctuated.



About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made

by Yagoda, Ben

First Printing

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Book description: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2000. Both book and dustjacket are slightly rubbed at extremities else clean, straight and tight. Now in acid-free Brodart.. First Printing. Binding is Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

  • Bookseller: Athena's Book Shop US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 009682
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Near Fine
  • Jacket condition: Near Fine
  • Edition: First Printing
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0684816059
  • ISBN 13: 9780684816050
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • Place: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date published: 2000
  • Pages: 478
  • Size: 6.5 x 10 x 1.75 inches
  • LCCN: PN4900.N35Y34 2000
  • Dewey: 071.4/71
  • Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Keywords: NEW YORKER YORK N Y
  • Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General;

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