Isaac C. Pray Memoirs of Janes Gordon Bennett And His Times Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett And His Times
by Isaac C. Pray
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- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
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New York : Stringer & Townsend, 1855. New York : Stringer & Townsend, First Edition , First Printing, 1855. Signed by Author Isaac C. Pray. Bown cloth over boards, gold lettering. Lettering is faded at spine. No DJ. Very Good/No DJ. James Gordon Bennett Sr. (September 1, 1795 - June 1, 1872) was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers. One of the fathers of modern journalism, James Gordon Bennett Sr. founded the New York Herald in 1835 in a small office on Wall Street. Bennett vowed that his new penny paper would have none of the political alliances and proselytizing found in other papers. Bennett had excellent intuition for what was missing in journalism of his time, and how to appeal to the general population. With an almost prophetic sense of. New York : Stringer & Townsend, First Edition , First Printing, 1855. Signed by Isaac C. Pray under "By a journalist'. Very Good, solid, spine intact and solid, top right, front cloth if lifting, no parts missing needs slight gluing, some shelf wear In very good condition for its age 163 years old. Bown cloth over boards, gold lettering' Lettering is faded at spine. NoDJ. Ther is a full narrative of this book written on front free paper, on both side of the page and continued on back free paper also on both sideof the page. The author of this narrative quotes from the Atlantic Monthly Magazine of 1931. It is dated April 6, 1931 but I coul not find a name associated with this authors.
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- Title
- Isaac C. Pray Memoirs of Janes Gordon Bennett And His Times Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett And His Times
- Author
- Isaac C. Pray
- Format/Binding
- Bown cloth over boards, gold lettering. Lettering is faded at spine. No DJ
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New York : Stringer & Townsend, First Edition , First Printing,
- Publisher
- New York : Stringer & Townsend
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- bib & bc box web Item #633 bkc
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