Mencken, H. L.; Malcolm Moos (edited by).
A Carnival of Buncombe (First Edition).
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Mencken's best musings on politics. About Near Fine in an about Very Good dust jacket. Two-inch stroke of whiteout on the front flyleaf verso, slight split at the lower inner hinge at the title page. Jacket has light soil, small chips at the lower front panel (one just obscuring "Edited"), closed tear at the upper rear spine edge. A very presentable copy. Jacket photograph by Robert F. Kniesche. [Book #118582]. (read more)

[Mencken, H. L.] Gerald Johnson, Frank R. Kent, H. L. Mencken, and Hamilton Owens.
The Sunpapers of Baltimore, 1837-1937 (First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Red topstain. Publisher's postcard laid in. Very Good+ in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Extremities lightly bumped, light toning to the endpapers. Jacket has minor toning, spine faded, a large chip at the lower rear panel (not obscuring text), and smaller chips at the upper and lower front panel (barely obscuring text), foxing on the verso. A presentable copy. Black-and-white photographs throughout. [Book #118583]. (read more)

Quindlen, Anna.
Living Out Loud (First Edition).
New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine and unread in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Heel is lightly bumped, light dust-soiling to the page edges; jacket is lightly rubbed, has a tiny bruise at the crown, with a light dampstain at the bottom, noticeable only on the verso. [Book #114601]. (read more)

Wainwright, Loudon.
The Great American Magazine: An Inside History of LIFE [Magazine] (Signed First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by Loudon Wainwright on the front flyleaf. Fine and unread in a Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [Book #114386]. (read more)

[Hearst, William Randolph Sr. and William Randolph Jr.] Hearst, William Randolph Jr. with Jack Casserly.
The Hearsts: Father and Son (First Edition).
Niwot: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. Jacket has some small closed tears along the top edge and a minor crease at the rear flap fold. [Book #113010]. (read more)

Gilliatt, Penelope.
Three-Quarter Face: Reports and Reflections (First Edition).
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. First few leaves have minor indentations, else Near Fine and unread in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket that has just a bit of creasing at the spine ends. [Book #112745]. (read more)

Graham, Katherine.
A Personal History (Signed First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The Washington Post editor's memoir of her years at the newspaper, now generally considered to be one of the great biographies of the past few decades. [Book #112642]. (read more)

[Reith, John] Miilner, Roger.
Reith: The BBC Years (First UK Edition).
London: Mainstream Publishing, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a touch of laminate wrinkle at the spine, else a bright, clean copy. [Book #112650]. (read more)

Manoff, Robert Karl and Michael Schudson (editors).
Reading the News (First Edition).
New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Some sunning to the board edges, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Small scratch to the front jacket panel, tiny bruise to the rear flap fold. A collection of essays offering insights into American news culture. [Book #112586]. (read more)

Sarnoff, David (introduction) and Dr. Anton de Haas (foreword).
The Radio Industry: The Story of Its Development (Hardcover).
New York: Arno Press, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, reprint A.W. Shaw Company, 1928. Near Fine and unread with no dust jacket as issued. A collection of lectures concerning radio history presented to Harvard students. [Book #112598]. (read more)

Ritchie, Harry.
Success Stories: Literature and the Media in England, 1950-1959 (First UK Edition).
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Pages have a touch of tanning. A description of a handful of English authors in the 1950's. [Book #112534]. (read more)

Barnouw, Erik.
A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933 (First Edition).
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Slight spine lean and sunning to the extremities, else Near Fine and unread in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has moderate chipping along the top and bottom edges, few closed tears as well, spine is faded. Volume I of a three volume series. [Book #112485]. (read more)

Mickelson, Sig.
America's Other Voice: The Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (First Edition).
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Slight cocking at the crown, some light bumping to the front board along the fore-edge and at the crown, else Fine and unread in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket shows some fading along the spine, two closed tears: at the bottom edge of the front panel, and at the top edge of the rear panel, some curling along the top edge. A broad perspective of "Communist attempts to demoralize or disrupt the flow of broadcasts," of radio throughout Europe. [Book #112483]. (read more)

Smith, F. Leslie.
Perspectives on Radio and Television: Telecommunication in the United States, 3rd Edition (Hardcover).
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine and unread with no dust jacket, as issued. Academic text on radio and television. [Book #112488]. (read more)

Bailey, Kenneth (editor).
The Television Annual for 1954.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1954 [Presumed]. Hardcover. No publication date or edition stated. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Boards are lightly rubbed overall and slightly foxing, spine ends bumped, some toning to free front endpaper. A viewer's companion of British television during 1954, with many essays and articles by various contributors. [Book #112380]. (read more)

Galton, Ray and Alan Simpson; Ireland, John (illustrator).
The Best of Hancock (First Edition).
London: Robson Books, Ltd., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine with no dust jacket as issued. A compilation of episodes from the classic television series, Hancock's Half Hour. [Book #112382]. (read more)

Paletz, David L.; Pearson, Roberta E.; Willis, Donald L.
Politics in Public Service Advertising on Televison (First Edition).
New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ and unread with no dust jacket. Light rubbing overall and bumped at the spine ends. An insight into the industry of public service advertising. [Book #112384]. (read more)

Udelson, Joseph H.
The Great Television Race: A History of the American Television Industry, 1925-1941 (First Edition).
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. About Near Fine with no dust jacket. An overview of television industry and broadcasting from the mid-Twenties to the early Forties. [Book #112383]. (read more)

Graham, Katharine.
A Personal History (Signed First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED to a noted political consultant and commentator by the author on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Dampstain affecting the heel and small portions of the front and rear boards, along with the corresponding portions of the jacket verso. Otherwise a bright and presentable copy, probably unread. The Washington Post editor's memoir of her years at the newspaper, now generally considered to be one of the great biographies of the past few decades. [Book #107798]. (read more)

Barnouw, Eric.
The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States Vol. III - From 1953 (First Edition).
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in an about Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has a chip missing from the top front panel, slightly affecting the title. Some nicking and small closed tears to the extremities. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. [Book #105401]. (read more)

Abramson, Albert.
The History of Television: 1880 to 1941 (First Edition).
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Boards are very lightly rubbed at the extremities. An in-depth survey of the technological and cultural development of early television. [Book #105296]. (read more)

Braithwaite, E.R.
Honorary White (Signed First Edition).
New York: McGraw Hill, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, SIGNED, dated in the year of publication, and inscribed by the author. Small bump at the crown, else about Fine, in a jacket with light rubbing at the extremities. The African-American author's account of his trip to South Africa under the apartheid regime. [Book #90182]. (read more)

Losure, Bob.
Five Seconds to Air: Broadcast Journalism Behind the Scenes (Signed First Edition).
Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front flyleaf. [Book #72159]. (read more)