Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk by Neil Postman - 1976

Delacorte Press, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Delacorte Press, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1976. Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this 2nd printing of the 1st edition, Postman "tries to make visible the structure and causes of stupid talk and crazy talk -- two of the oldest nemeses of the human race. Quite simply, stupid talk is language that does not achieve its purposes because of the inappropriateness of its tone or vocabulary or assumptions. It is talk that does not work. Crazy talk is talk that usually does work but, in working, promotes purposes that are unreasonable, or overwhelmingly trivial, or even evil." Inscribed on first end paper ("To Steve--/Best Wishes,/Neil Postman"). Red cloth w/black cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 269 pages (including an autobibliography, index). Strongly cocked, worn corners/spine ends, spine lettering off-centred (printing flaw), some edgewear, previous owner's name to front pastedown, edgeworn dust jacket… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.