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NOTHING BUT PEOPLE - The Early Days at Esquire: A Personal History 1928 - 1958
by Gingrich, Arnold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 328 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Gingrich was the co-founder, editor and then the publisher of Esquire Magazine. The Chapters are: Overture; The Booklet Days; The Trade Paper Days; The Magazine Days; The Second Time Around; Such Interesting People; and Oh Memory; followed by an index, which reads like a who's who of great American authors and celebrities, including: F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ernest Hemingway; John Dos Passos; Ezra Pound; Theodore Dreiser; H. L. Mencken; George Jean Nathan; Sinclair Lewis; and many, many more..
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230813
- Title
- NOTHING BUT PEOPLE - The Early Days at Esquire: A Personal History 1928 - 1958
- Author
- Gingrich, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- f. scott fitzgerald; ernest hemingway; john dos passos; ezra pound; theodore dreiser; h. l. mencken; george jean nathan; literary; small press; magazine; journal; journalism; sinclair lewis;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Gilt
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