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arnettpete_ Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad, 35 Years in the World's War Zones (used trade paperback) By Peter Arnett. 1994 (1995), Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 463pp. Autobiography of CNN correspondence known for his coverage from Baghdad during the Gulf War. (VG)
(1/5/00) - Also listed on The Gulf War .
$4.75
1.5 lbs
dearabby_ Dear Ann, Dear Abby (used hardcover) By Jan Pottker
and Bob Speziale.
1987, Dodd Mead & Company, 340pp. "Unauthorized biography of Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren".
(Fine in VG DJ)
$6.00
2 lbs
bagdikian Double Vision: Reflections on My Heritage, Life, and Profession (used hardcover) By Ben H. Bagdikian.
1995, Beacon Press, 241pp. Autobiography of former reporter, Washington Post editor and Dean of Journalism at UC Berkley. .
(Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good DJ in wraps. Call numbers cut from spine of DJ)
$5.00
1.5 lbs
bakerruss Growing Up (used hardcover) By Russell Baker.
1982, Congdon & Weed, 278pp. Autobiography of New York Times columnist.
(Library discard with usual markings. Good+ in Good+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$2.00
2 lbs
bradleeben A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures (used hardcover) By Ben Bradlee.
1995, Simon & Schuster, 514pp. Autobiography of the publisher of the Washington Post.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG- in VG- DJ in mylar wraps)
$4.75
2.5 lbs
brinkleyda_ David Brinkley: A Memoir (used hardcover) By David Brinkley.
1995, Alfred A Knopf, 273pp. Autobiography of TV newsman.
(VG- in VG DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)
$4.25
2 lbs
carpenterl_ Ruffles and Flourishes: The Warm and Tender Story of a Simple Girl Who Found Adventure in the White House (used hardcover) By Liz Carpenter.
1970, Doubleday & Company, 341pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good- DJ in mylar wraps)
$3.00
2.5 lbs
considine_ It's All News to Me: A Reporter's Deposition (used hardcover) By Bob Considine.
1967, Meredith Press, 398pp.
(Library discard with discreet markings. Fair. Shelf wear on bottom edge. Spine is weak at FEP that is removed. Contents are clean)
$3.00
2 lbs
cronkitime_ Walter Cronkite: His Life and Times (used hardcover) By Doug James.
1991, J M Press, 280pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.00
2 lbs
cronkitew_ A Reporter's Life: Walter Cronkite (used hardcover) By Walter Cronkite.
1996, Alfred A Knopf, 384pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. Discreet markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$4.00
2.5 lbs
thomasmarl_ That Girl and Phil: An Insider Tells What Life Is Really Like in the Marlo Thomas-Phil Donahue Household (used hardcover) By Desmond Atholl and Michael Cherkinian. 1990, St Martins, 222pp. A former personal assistant spills all about the talk show host Phil Donahue and his wife Marlo Thomas. "Recounts this uproarious real-life sitcom". (Library discard with usual markings.. Fair in Fair DJ. Binding is split in the middle, but all pages are attached. Reading copy only)
(3/17/00) - Also listed on Actresses and Female Comedians .
$3.00
1 lb
donovanh_ Right Places Right Times: Forty Years in Journalism Not Counting the Paper Route (used hardcover) By Hedley Donovan.
1989, Henry Holt & Company, 463pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$8.00
2.5 lbs
finleyjohn_ An Elusive Presence: Thew Discovery of John H. Finley and His America (used trade paperback) By Marvin E. Gettleman.
1979, Nelson-Hall, 274pp. 1st. .
(VG)
$7.50
1.5 lbs
fowlergene_ The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler (used hardcover) By H. Allen Smith.
1977, Morrow, 320pp. Biography of the flamboyant newspaperman, screenwriter, and author of Goodnight Sweet Prince.
(Fine in Good DJ that is slightly foxed at top)
$7.00
2 lbs
giffordk_ I Can't Believe I Said That (used hardcover) By Gifford.
1991, Simon & Schuster, 300pp. Photo insert.
(Library discard with usual markings. Good+ in Good DJ)
$3.00
2.5 lbs
greenebob_ Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 (used hardcover) By Bob Greene.
1987, Atheneum, 331pp. Diary of Bob Greene during his junior and senior high school years.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$2.75
2 lbs
kinglarry_ Mr. King, You're Having a Heart Attack (used hardcover) By Larry King.
1989, Delacorte Press, 175pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$3.00
1.5 lbs
nightline_ Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television (used hardcover) By Ted Koppel
and Kyle Gibson.
1996, Times Books, 477pp. Koppel, ABC's Nightline anchor, writes of the program's inception and how it has changed the way we look at the news.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$7.50
2.5 lbs
luceportrt_ Henry R. Luce: A Political Portrait of the Man Who Created the American Century (used hardcover) By Robert E. Herzstein.
1994, Macmillan Books, 521pp. Photo inserts."A brilliant biography of the founder of TIME that draws on unprecedented access to family and corporate archives".
(Library discard with discreet markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.50
2.5 lbs
lucehandt_ Harry & Teddy (used hardcover) By Griffith.
1995, Random House, 342pp. The Turbulent Friendship of Press Lord Henry R. Luce and HisFavorite Reporter, Theodore H. White.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps. )
$4.00
2.5 lbs
luceltf_ Luce: His Time, Life and fortune (used hardcover) By John Kobler.
1968, Doubleday, 296pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. Good in f DJ)
$3.75
1.5 lbs
maxwellr_ A Mind of My Own: My Life with Robert Maxwell (used hardcover) By Elisabeth Maxwell.
1994, Harper Collins.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in wraps)
$4.00
2.5 lbs
murdochrup Citizen Murdoch (used hardcover) By Thomas Kiernan.
1986, Dodd Mead & Company, 337pp. Bio of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
(VG+, no DJ. First Edition., first printing)
$7.00
2 lbs
murrowpb Murrow: His Life and Times (used trade paperback) By A.M. Sperber.
1986, Freundlich Books, 795pp.
(VG+)
$6.50
3 lbs
murrowhc Murrow: His Life and Times (used hardcover) By A.M. Sperber.
1986, Freundlich Books, 795pp. Bio of CBS newsman.
(VG in Good+ DJ)
$6.00
3 lbs
murrowxlib Murrow: His Life and Times (used hardcover) By A.M. Sperber.
1986, Freundlich Books, 795pp. Bio of CBS newsman.
(Library discard with discreet markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.50
3 lbs
morroworig_ Edward R. Murrow: An American Original (used Permabound library edition: original softcover book with hard illustrated boards) By Joseph E. Persico.
1988 (1990), Dell, 562pp. Bio of CBS newsman.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG)
$4.00
2 lbs
orourkepj_ Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut: 25 Years of P.J. O'Rourke (used hardcover) By P. J. O'Rourke.
1995, Atlantic Monthly Press, 341pp. A collection of mostly non-fiction magazine articles by the columnist. "Traces the development, from hippie protester to conservative grouch, of North America's premier political humorist.".
(G+ in G+ DJ in library wraps. Xlib with usual markings)
$7.00
2 lbs
murrowboys The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism (used hardcover) By Stanley Cloud
and Lynne Olson.
1996, Houghton Mifflin, 445pp. "Tells the collective story of the talented and spirited correspondents who, under Edward R. Murrow's direction, formed CBS's pioneering World War II team."
(Library discard with discreet markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$6.50
2 lbs
inallhisgl In All His Glory: The Life & Times of William S. Paley (used hardcover) By Sally Bedell Smith.
1990, Simon & Schuster, 782pp. "A sweeping study of the emergence of broadcasting, the American immigrant experience, and the legendary tycoon and his cronies."
(Library discard with usual markings. Good in Good DJ in mylar wraps)
$4.00
3 lbs
ratherdan I Remember (used hardcover) By Dan Rather.
1991, Little Brown Publishing, 261pp. "This is the story of how Danny Rather, an impish Tom Sawyer, became the Dan Rather of today; of the events and values that made him who he is today, even as they also formed our country as we now know it."
(First Edition.. Near Fine in VG DJ)
$3.50
1.5 lbs
rootwaverl_ The Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root (used hardcover) By Waverley Root
and Samuel Abt (edited
and with an introduction by).
1989, North Point Press, 207pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$7.00
1.5 lbs
almostgold Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of the Television News (used mass-market paperback) By Gwenda Blair.
1988, Avon, 352pp, 7x4". About the TV newswomen who succumbed to drugs. "In 1979, Newsweek dubbed her the Golden Girl. Blond, beautiful, immensely popular with the public, Jessica Savitch had it all. A network anchor at thirty-one, she had made it to the top in a male-dominated world of big stars, big money, and super-egos.... But behind the scenes was another story."
(Good)
$2.75
1 lb
jesssavit_ Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News (used hardcover) By Gwenda Blair.
1988, Simon & Schuster, 352pp. Biography of doomed network newscaster. Photo insert.
(Near Fine ine VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$6.00
2 lbs
scribner_ In the Web of Ideas: The Education of a Publisher (used hardcover) By Charles Scribne, Jr..
1993, Charles Scribner & Sons, 205pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.00
1.5 lbs
smithhowar_ Events Leading Up to My Death: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Reporter (used hardcover) By Howard K. Smith.
1996, St. Martin's Press, 419pp. First edition. Autobiography of CBS newsman.
(VG- in VG- DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)
$4.75
2 lbs
talkknpr_ Talk: KNPR's Susan Stamberg Considers All Things (used hardcover) By Susan Stamberg.
1993, Random House, 380pp. Interviews by the the first lady of radio with James Baldwin, Rosa Parks, David Mamet, Philip Roth, M.F.K. Fisher, Andre Dubus, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Hayes, Ethel Merman, etc. .
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$4.00
2.5 lbs
sternparts_ Private Parts (used hardcover) By Howard Stern.
1993, Simon & Schuster, 446pp. Many photos through-out.
(VG+ in VG DJ)
$4.00
2.5 lbs
thomaslowl_ So Long Until Tomorrow: From Quaker Hill to Kathmandu (used hardcover) By Lowell Thomas.
1977, William Morrow, 317pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$4.00
2.5 lbs
turnerted_ It Ain't as Easy as It Looks: Ted Turner's Amazing Story (used hardcover) By Porter Bibb.
1993, Crown Publishers, 468pp. B&W photos. "Maverick billionaire, owner of Atlanta's Braves, cable TV magnate, womanizer, husband of Jane Fonda—it's all in this book." .
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$3.75
2 lbs
vreeland_ D.V. (used hardcover) By Diana Vreeland
and George Plimpton
and Christopher Hemphill, Edited By.
1984, Alfred A Knopf, 196pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.00
1.5 lbs
wallacelil_ Theirs Was the Kingdom: Lila and DeWitt Wallace and the Story of the Reader's Digest (used hardcover) By John Heidenry.
1993, Ww Norton, 701pp. 1st. "The behind the scenes account of one ofthe greatest American Success stories of this century. Second onlyto the Bible in worldwide readership and influence".
(Library discard with usual markings. Good+ in Good+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$3.75
3 lbs
wallacemik_ Close Encounters: Mike Wallace's Own Story (used hardcover) By Mike Wallace
and Gary Paul Gates.
1984, William Morrow, 494pp. Autobiographical account by the well known CBS television journalist and interviewer, on his life in media and his best-known interviews of world personalities, .
(Library discard with usual markings. Good in Fair DJ in mylar wraps. Spine cocked)
$3.75
2.5 lbs
waldmanmyr_ Forgive Us Our Press Passes: The Memoirs of a Veteran Washington Reporter (used hardcover) By Myron S. Waldman.
1991, St Martins, 324pp. "A cheerfull survivor of the political trenches, Waldman provides inside stories about Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, Debra Winger, Tip O'Neill, Bobby Kennedy, Bella Abzug, and many others".
(Fair invg DJ in mylar wraps. Spine weak)
$10.00
1.5 lbs
firstcasua_ The First Casualty: From Crimea to Vietnam - The War Correspondent As Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker (used trade paperback) By Phillip Knightley. 1975 (1976), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 465pp. (Good)
(1/10/00) - Also listed on Military History and Technique .
$4.75
1.5 lbs
secretambi_ Our Secret Ambition (used document) By Gaar Williams.
1935, Chicago Tribune, 25pp. 25 cartoons. Reprinted from the Chicago Tribune. Portfolio in paper wrapper containing 25 loose sheets of cartoons. Wrapper is lightly soiled and has a two inch tear at bottom , Comics & Cartoons.
(Good+ in Fair cover)
$18.00
1 lb
amongfolks Among the Folks in History (used document) By Gaar Williams.
0000, Chicago Tribune, 11x8.5". Reprints from Chicago Tribune, Three Portfolio's of loose cartoons in paper wrappers. Third Series contains 38 sheets. Fourth Series contains 22 sheets. Remaining unstated series has 9 sheets. Date not stated.
(Cartoons are in Good to VG condition. Portfolio overs are Good to Fair)
$26.00
1.5 lbs
howmanywd_ How Many Words Do You Want?: An Insider's Stories of Print and Television Journalism (used hardcover) By Leslie Midgley.
1989, Birch Lane Press, 244pp. An insider's stories of print and television journalism.
(Library discard with discreet markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)
$5.00
2 lbs
satrviewtr_ The Saturday Review Treasury (used hardcover) By John Haverstick
and and the Editors of the Saturday Review.
1957, Simon & Schuster, 607pp.
(VG, no DJ)
$7.00
2.5 lbs
readallabo_ Read All About It: The Corporate Takeover of America's Newspapers (used hardcover) By James D. Squires.
1993, Random House, 244pp.
(Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ)
$7.50
1.5 lbs
withoutfea_ Without Fear Or Favor (used hardcover) By Harrison E. Salisbury.
1980, Times Books, 630pp. "...the tumultuous, controversial...the definitive story.... Author was on the editorial staff of The Times for many years".
(Fine in Near Fine DJ)
$6.00
3 lbs
announcing Announcing: Broadcast Communicating Today (used hardcover) By Lewis B.O'donnell
and Carl Hausman & Philip Benoit.
1987, Wadsworth, 338pp, 9.5x7.5".
(Good+. Corners slightly bent, otherwise VG)
$9.00
2.5 lbs
imagesofou Images of Our Times: Sixty Years of Photography from the Los Angeles Times (used trade paperback) By Photographers from the Los Angeles Times.
1987, Harry N Abrams, 224pp. "A beautiful book of photographs of the times taken by photographers of the Los Angeles Times over the past 60 years."
(Near Fine)
$5.00
2.5 lbs
