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New York: Sun Printing and Publishing Association, 1927. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 11, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. A short history of The Sun, founded in New York by Benjamin H. Day in 1833. The Sun was a trendsetter in American journalism, according to the media historian Edwin Emery. "Journalism began a… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Third Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 inches; 240 x 150 mm), xxiv, 232 pages, in black cloth, titles to spine, red top stain, in a printed dust jacket. A letter inscribed by Janet Flanner is taped to the front end paper: "For Adele with friendly recollections and gratitude for a… Read more about this item

Ickes, Harold. Columnists and Calumnists. No place of publication stated: No publisher stated, 1939. 8 1/2 x 11 (216 x 280 mm) sheets, [1], 16 pages, printed on rectos only and stapled at top left. Advance copy of an acerbic speech by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, in which he levels sustained, withering criticism of certain newspaper columnists… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 210 x 145 mm), 268 pages, in yellow cloth with a pictorial dust jacket. An unusual book aimed at guys who want to go from copy boy to ace reporter. Unusual in the sense that it combines both fiction and nonfiction. We follow Jerry, a likable copy boy… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1984. First American Edition. Octavo, 430 pages. INSCRIBED by Harold Evans on the title page: "For --- / With warm regards and / admiration, from the author / Harold Evans / Chicago 1984." A terrific autobiography. Under Evans's leadership, The Sunday Times of London campaigned on behalf of the victims of Thalidomide and broke the story about… Read more about this item