Frank Gannett: A Biography
by Williamson, Samuel T
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1940. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by Frank Gannett, in clean original dust jacket. Pale gray cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Very slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Signed on presentation slip attached to front free endpaper: To H. Jansen, With appreciation and best wishes to my fellow worker---April 30, 1940 - Frank Gannett." Text pages and edges are clean but yellowed. Nice frontispiece photo portrait of Frank Gannett. 250 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped, has three short closed edge tears with some associated creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The spectacular career and life of a great newspaperman..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028509
- Title
- Frank Gannett: A Biography
- Author
- Williamson, Samuel T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan, & Pierce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BIOGRAPHY, FRANK GANNETT, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS, SAMUEL T. WILLIAMSON, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, LOCAL INTEREST
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- Journalism;
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