Mass Media / Communications

NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1953 VERY GOOD/GOOD First Edition (stated). Light fading to covers otherwise as-new in all respects: clean, unmarked, no wear. Unclipped DJ has edge tears and light chipping. 5.75" x 8.5", 282 pages, profusely illustrated, index. Vintage guide to all phases of TV, written especially for the professional, the small station owner, and the student. It includes the station facilities and personnel, station equipment, special effects, conception of programs, television production, directing, the production story of the "Robert Montgomery Presents" program, producing and directing the "Panel Quiz", picture composition, lighting, writing, acting, networks, advertising agencies, commercials, local station programs, budget and cost control. . Hard Cover. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967 VERY FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition, 1st printing. An exceptional copy: clean, tight, unmarked - no wear to boards, binding or pages. Unclipped DJ is very nealy Fine. 5.75" by 8.75", 184 pages. - - - A collection of Ralph Allen's top achiviements in journalism - columns, articles, editorials and battlefield reporting - while writing for the Winnipeg Tribune, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Maclean's Magazine and Toronto Daily Star. As a war correspondent, Allen produced some of the most literate and evocative reporting of World War II, and later, the Vietnam War.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1947 VERY GOOD/GOOD HCDJ. Excellent boards, as-new binding, FINE unmarked interiors. Clipped DJ has short edge tears and light chipping. 5.75" x 8.5", 237 pages, illustrated with b&w plates and line drawings. - An excellent source for the basics of television production, audio and video techniques, camera work, producing and directing, production of plays. Also a source of vintage photos from old TV programs at CBS, WBKB Image Orthicon Camera, ABC Newsreel Crew, WNBT '21 Club, America's Town Meeting at WRGB Schnectady, Riders to the Sea WRGB, WABD, CBS An American in Paris, WPTZ All Eyes on Gimbels, Syd Hoff Adventures of Shorty, Magic Carpet programs, Ladies be Seated ABC. . Hard Cover. more information

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NY: David McKay Co., 1959 NEAR-FINE/VERY GOOD First Edition. A very handsome 1st printing. Crimson boards nearly perfect, previous owner's markings on endpaper, all else as-new. Unclipped DJ has a few short closed tears. 5.75" by 8.25", 212 pristine pages, two sections of glossy b&w photographs. - - - Famous Canadian journalist and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Montreal Star newspaper, Gerald Clark, writes about life behind the 'bamboo curtain' in Red China in the 1950's. At the time, he was one of only a handful of journalists from the West allowed to visit. Clark documents the greatest social transformation of the 20th century, the leadership of Mao Tse-tung, education, agriculture, science, prisons, medicine, women, and the military. The author was co-writer and narrator of CBS's "The Face of Red China", which won the Emmy and Sylvania Awards for the best TV documentary of 1958. . Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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NY: Harper and Row, 1988 AS-NEW/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. Appears brand new, no markings, gift quality. Clipped DJ is nearly perfect with no chipping, no tears. 6.25" x 9.5", 244 pages, index. The author spent 6 weeks with a courageous and devoted group of black reporters from the Johannesburg Star. This book focuses on the dilemma of these men and women caught between the militant black community, the police who harass them mercilessly, and their white editors who, fearful of the truth and wary of government disapproval, sometimes refuse to print the stories the reporters risked their lives to get.. Hard Cover. more information

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NY: David McKay Co., 1972 NEAR-FINE/GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing in book form. Near-perfect black cloth boards with gently rounded corners, else FINE: Clean, tight, unmarked - spine, binding & all pages excellent. Unclipped DJ has shelf-wear, light chipping, a few short closed tears. 6" by 8.5", 297 pages. - - - Award-winning Chicago journalist's first book contains about 100 stories written between 1968 and 1972 for his 'Fitz' column in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. He earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for the lead story in this book - "One Night of Rage.". Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1980 NEAR-FINE First Edition Softcover. Nearly perfect wraps, pristine unmarked interiors with no wear, very nice. 6" x 9", 212 pages. - This human history of modern radio broadcasting begins where the other radio history books end. These are the stories of the scrappy new breed of radio broadcasters who reshaped the medium when television rose to the forefront.. Trade Paperback. more information

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Southern Illinois University Press, 1968 VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. A superb ex-lib copy, clean, bright, solid with expected library markings. 9.5" by 12.25" folio, 576 pages, foreword by Robert B. Downs. This tome documents censorship and freedom of expression in the mass media from the 16th century to the 20th century. A bibliography of some 8,000 books, pamphlets, journals, articles, films, court decisions and other material relating to the press in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, India and other present and former Commonwealth countires.. Hard Cover. more information

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Between the Lines, 1989 NEAR-FINE Trade Paperback, First Edition. Crisp & clean, no markings, one crease on front cover otherwise Fine. 6" by 9", 164 pages. A provocative book recommended for everyone who wants to know about the creation and control of news and bought media. A must-read book for anyone in the public relations industry.. more information

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975 NEAR-FINE/no DJ First Edition. A really nice copy with nearly perfect boards, and as-new text. Previous owner's name on front endpaper obscured with felt pen only. 5.75" x 8.5", 222 pages. - He was labelled brash, blunt, controversial, pugnacious and hostile. But Sinclair claims he's undersized, timid, and afraid of what people will think, in fact, nobody's hero. This is the sequel to Sinclair's 1966 book, "Will the Real Gordon Sinclair Please Stand Up.". Hard Cover. more information

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London, U.K.: Thames & Hudson, 1979 VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st printing. All pages clean, tight, unmarked. No wear to boards or binding, small mark at base of front board and DJ, else FINE - - - - A complete history of newspapers, from the oldest daily publication in the world to 1979. The author investigates the politics of journalism, the battle for freedom of expression, initiatives taken by the press in the age of revolution, the role of newspapers as the voice of regimes and political parties, technological development from the earliest presses to computers, and profiles of historic newspapermen. 111 B&W illustrations.. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. more information

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