AT RANDOM: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by Cerf, Bennett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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Synopsis
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971. Christopher Cerf is an author, editor, and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter and television producer. A longtime contributor to Sesame Street , and cofounder and creative producer of the PBS literacy-education series Between the Lines , Christopher Cerf is a former contributing editor of National Lampoon and a former senior editor at Random House.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5410
- Title
- AT RANDOM: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1977
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