The Albatross Book of English Letters: from The Selection by The first Earl of Birkenhead
Softcover. This book was not published in 1900; it does not have a publication date. Considerably edge-worn item with noticeable creasing down middle of front cover. Small faded patch just below middle of upper edge of front cover. Back cover is quite creased, with several areas of patchy fading. Spine ends and edges are very worn and spine has a few light creases. Leading corners are worn. Endpapers are very sunned and pages lightly sunned but clean. Contents sound. AF Used
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Colvin, Sidney (ed.)
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Vol. XXXII: The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Two
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Boards are quite scuffed, with some light surface marks. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine is a little faded and spine ends and leading corners are lightly bumped. Several small marks in faded ink on FEP. Endpapers are quite tanned but pages remain clean and clear. Pencil on p.17 in margin, nothing obscured. Contents sound. AF Used
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Lucas, E.V.
Urbanities: Essays New and Old
No dust jacket. Hardcover. With a pictorial commentary by G.L. Stampa. Personal library plate on front pastedown. Gilt decoration and lettering on front board and spine. Boards have one or two light stains. Spine edges are worn. Spine ends are worn and nicked. Leading corners are worn and bent. Faded and foxed page block. Endpapers are foxed, with intermittent foxing occurring throughout book. Binding is quite loose. Contents sound. AF Used
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Levin, Sis
Beirut Diary: A Husband Held Hostage and a Wife Determined to Set Him Free
Signed dedication by author. Hardcover with lightly bumped foot of spine. Dust jacket has one tear on rear upper leading corner and minor creases on lower edge. Rear leading edge is worn and marked. Dent on rear board's lower edge. Pages are tight throughout, and text remains clear. T Used
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Church, Richard
Speaking Aloud
Hardcover. Superficial scores and the odd grubby mark on jacket; jacket spine sunned. Minor wear on leading corners and spine ends of jacket and hardcover. Very few marks on page block, with foxing on head. Tanned strips on endpapers. Pages in main body are clean and sound throughout volume, with all text clear. TS Used
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O'Connell, John
For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication
Hardcover. Signed by author on title - page. Barely noticeable shelfwear on jacket, book and pages in excellent condition. BW Used
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Fitzsimons, Andrew
The Sea of Disappointment: Thomas Kinsella's Pursuit of the Real
Hardcover. Jacket faintly marked on front, with superficial scores and lightly worn edges. Spine ends and rear lower leading corner of jacket and hardcover bumped; dent on jacket and hardcover's front upper and rear lower edges. One or two minor marks on page block. Pages are clean, binding is sound and text remains clear throughout. TS Used
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Church, Richard
A Window on a Hill
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by author on FEP. Boards are faded along top edges. Spine is very faded and lightly bumped at ends. Leading corners are slightly bent. Head of page block has considerable age - spotting. Endpapers are a little sunned, with some light age - spotting. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Goldsmith, S.J.
In the Passage of Time
Softcover. Covers are a little grubby, with some light age - spotting. Spine is a little cocked and spine and spine ends are a little worn and creased. Light wear to leading corners. Several grubby marks on page block. Several pages throughout latter half of book have some light age - spotting. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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DuhE, Sandra C.
New Media and Public Relations
Hardcover. No jacket. Very light surface wear on boards; front lower leading corner is lightly bumped, otherwise in like - new condition. BW Used
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Kaye, Jeff; Quinn, Stephen
Funding Journalism in the Digital Age: Business Models, Strategies, Issues and Trends
Hardcover. No jacket. Like - new condition. BW Used
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Morley, Henry (ed.)
English Prose Writings of John Milton
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Volume Five of the Carisbrooke Library. Rather scuffed and edge - worn boards with several light surface marks and small stains. Noticeable dent to leading edge of back board. Spine ends are worn, bumped and frayed. Spine edges are quite worn. Leading corners are worn and bent. Faded page block. Pages are sunned and book has a musty smell. Front and back hinges are very cracked and binding is rather loose throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; Volume CCXXVI, 1981
Ex-Library hardcover without jacket. Library stickers on pastedown, small stamps on title page, rear abstract pages, and underside of page block. Small sticker residue on first blank. Pages are clean, with clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex-Library
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; Volume CCXXV, 1980
Ex-Library hardcover without jacket. Slight scoring on rear board. Library stickers on pastedown, small stamps on title page, rear abstract pages, and underside of page block. Small pen mark on inside of front board; slight smudge on lower inside of FEP and also on one of the rear abstract pages.Top of page block slightly grubby. Slight sticker residue on colophon. Pages are clean, with clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex-Library
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; Volume CCXII, January - December, 1967
Ex-Library hardcover without jacket. One or two scores on boards. Date on spine erropneously reads 1697 (should read 1967). Library stickers on front and rear pastedowns, small stamps on title pages. Small pen marks on title pages and very occasionally throughout; slight smudge on lower inside of FEP and also on abstract pages. Page block slightly grubby. Clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex-Library
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Johnson, B. S.
Everyone Knows Somebody Who's Dead
Softcover. Number nine in the Covent Garden Stories series, edited by Ronald Hayman. One of a limited edition of 600 copies. Very faded covers with one or two very small, light marks. Minor wear to leading corners and spine ends. Pages are sunned. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; New Series Volume CCIX, January - December 1964
Ex - library hardcover without jacket. Bumps to leading corners. Library stickers on front pastedown. Accession slip on rear pastedown. Title page and rear abstracts appear to be photocopied. Small nick on leading edge of title page. A few pages halfway through are slightly dog - eared on the lower leading corners. Occasional small ink stamps throughout. Page block (mainly page block head) slightly grubby. Clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex - Library
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; New Series Volume CCXXX, 1985
Ex - library hardcover without jacket. One or two very faint marks on boards. A few very faint bumps to leading corners. Library stickers on front pastedown. Small ink stamp on title page, rear abstract pages and foot of page block. Faint sticker residue on colophon. Very rare instances of minor marks throughout. Clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex - Library
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Notes and Queries for Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians; New Series Volume CCIV, January - December 1959
Ex - library hardcover without jacket. One or two very faint marks on boards and spine. A few very faint bumps and scuffs on edges and leading corners. Head of page block slightly grubby. Library stickers on front pastedown. Accession slip on rear pastedown. Title and rear abstracts appear to have been photocopied. Ink stamps on title pages. Small faint marks on title page and last page. Clear contents and sound binding. ADG Ex - Library
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Asthana, Sanjay
Youth Media: Imaginaries from Around the World
Hardcover. No jacket. Very few superficial marks on boards. TH. Used
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Camrose, Lord
London Newspapers: Their Owners And Controllers
Softcover. Pamphlet format. Faded and grubby covers with one or two noticeable surface marks. Minor wear to spine ends and leading corners. Pages are sunned. Binding is sound, pages are tight, text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Good, Howard
The Journalist as Autobiographer
Hardcover. No jacket. Very light / barely noticeable shelfwear on borads. Slight muty smell to book. Contents in excellent condition. BW Used
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St Maur, Susan
Writing Your Own Scripts and Speeches
Writing Your Own Scripts and Speeches: For Corporate Television, Audio - Visual and Live Presentations. Paperback with patch from removed sticker on front cover; a few minor marks elsewhere. Lightly worn edges and leading corners. Faintly marked page block. Pages are clean and sound; all content is clear. TS Used
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Shearer, Ann
Survivors and the Media
Broadcasting Standards Council Monograph 2. Paperback with slight scores and marks on sunned covers. Upper leading corners of covers and a few pages are bent. Spine ends are bumped, with nicked foot. Lightly worn lower edges. Pages are sound and clean. TS Used
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Bregman, Walter W.
Spray the Bear: Reminiscences From the Golden Age of Advertising
Paperback. Superficial marks on covers. Front lower leading corner is slightly bumped and creased; front leading edge is slightly lifting; remaining edges and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Page block is slightly marked. Penned dedication on FEP. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Heald, Tim
The Best After - Dinner Stories
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Very small area of sunning on page block head. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Crane, R. S; Kaye, F. B.
A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620 - 1800
Hardcover. Dust jacket is a little grubby; upper edges are slightly worn. Nick on front upper edge of jacket. One or two small stains on jacket spine. Hardcover spine ends are lightly worn. Binding is tight, contents are clean and clear throughout. AM Used
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Pimlott, Ben
Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks: Writings on Biography, History and Politics
Hardcover. Dust jacket is quite scuffed and slightly edge - worn, with a few light surface scratches. Jacket spine ends are a little creased. Marginal wear to leading corners. Spine ends are lightly bumped. One or two small marks on page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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Morsley, Clifford
News From the English Countryside 1750 - 1850
Hardcover. Price - clipped. Several superficial marks on dust jacket. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are a little worn. Small tear on spine foot. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. Small dent on front lower edge. Binding is tight, contents are clean and clear throughout. AM Used
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Graubard, Stephen R.; LeClerc, Paul (eds.)
Books, Bricks & Bytes: Libraries in the Twenty - First Century
Paperback. Ex - library. Several small marks on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Library label on spine foot. Minor mark on spine head. A few small marks on page block. Library stamp and residue from sticker on BEP. Binding is tight, contents are clean and clear throughout. AM Ex - Library
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O'Rourke, P. J.
Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut: Twenty - five Years of P. J. O'Rourke
Hardover with bumped foot of spine. Slightly scuffed dust jacket has a few minor creases on upper and lower edges. Minor signs of wear to leading corners. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Bond, Richmond P. (ed.)
Studies in the Early English Periodical
Hardcover with lightly bumped foot of spine. Dust jacket with slightly worn and nicked upper and lower edges and leading corners. Name of previous owner penned on inside front cover. Traces of tapes on FEP and BEP. Minor tanning to pages. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. T Used
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Berger, Arthur Asa
Narratives in Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life
Slightly scuffed softcover with creased and worn leading corners, bumped head of spine, nicked foot of spine and lightly worn edges. Crease on front cover. Some superficial scores on covers. Page block is slightly grubby. Name of previous owner penned on top of title page. Leadinig corners of early and final pages are noticeably creased. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. T Used
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Bloomfield, Kenneth
The BBC at the Watershed
Hardcover. Few, minor superficial marks on jacket. Jacket's rear lower edge is slightly creased. Edges and leading corners of jacket are lightly worn. Spine ends of jacket and hardcover are a little bumped. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and all text is clear. TS Used
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Clifford, Brian R.; Gunter, Barie; McAleer, Jill
Television and Children: Program Evaluation, Comprehension, and Impact
Slightly scuffed softcover with lightly worn lower leading corners. Minor bump through leading edges of rear cover and some final pages. Slight age spotting to page block. Lower leading corners of final pages are lightly creased. Pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Crimmins, Edward C.
Cooperative Advertising
Paperback with lightly worn edges, leading corners and spine ends. Page block foot is grubby. One or two minor scuffs on page block, one of which has caused a small chip to leading edge of p.79. Light crease through upper edges of last few pages. All text remains clear. TS Used
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Frieden, Rob
Winning the Silicon Sweepstakes: Can the United States Compete in Global Telecommunications?
Hardcover with lightly bumped head of spine. Dust jacket has some superficial scores and scuffs. Pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Bilton, Kirsty
A Guide to Direct Response Television Advertising
Paperback. Second edition. Several marks and scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Penned dedication on front inside cover. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Bewley, Marius
The Eccentric Design: Form in the Classic American Novel
Paperback. Ex - Library. Several marks and minor creases on covers. Sticker on front cover. Shelfmark on spine foot. Spine is a little creased. Page block is marked. Library stamp and pen marks on front inside cover. Stickers on FEP and rear inside cover. Extensive abrasion on rear inside cover. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Ex - Library
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Barstis Williams, Lynn
American Printmakers 1880 - 1945: An Index to Reproductions and Biocritical Information
Hardcover. No jacket. Front board is slightly worn. A few marks on spine and rear board. Lower leading corners are slightly bent. Spine ends are a little bumped. Spine is slightly cocked. Several light marks on page block. Stickers on pastedowns. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Bloomfield, Kenneth
The BBC at the Watershed
First edition. Hardcover. Very slightly scuffed dust jacket with a few superficial scores. Pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Schofield, Guy
The Men That Carry the News: A History of United Newspapers Limited
Hardcover. One or two light marks on rear board. Leading corners are very lightly bumped. Price - clipped and slightly tanned dust jacket with a few minor creases on lower edges and some scores. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Hayward, Philip; Wollen, Tana (eds.)
Future Visions: New Technologies of the Screen
First edtion, reprinted 1994. Slightly scuffed paperback with lightly worn spine ends and lower leading corners. Some superficial scores and scratches on covers. Foot of page block is slightly grubby. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Lasky, Melvin J.; Thwaite, Anthony
Encounter: December 1980: Vol. LV: No. 6
Journal format. Softcover. Slightly edge - worn covers. One or two small indentations on front cover and light crease along front cover next to spine. Back cover a little grubby and sunned around edges. Spine ends a little worn. Leading corners rather worn. Light crease across lower leading corners of pages comprising body of journal. Pages yellowed but clean. Contents sound. AF Used
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Friedmann, Julian (ed.)
Writing Long - Running Television Series: Volume Two
Paperback. Lectures from the second PILOTS workshop. Covers are slightly faded, with several minor surface scratches. Spine ends and leading corners are a little worn. Pages are slightly sunned around edges. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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Watkinson, John
Audio for Television
Paperback. Several scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Page block is marked. Sticker on half - title page. Upper leading corners of pages are slightly bent. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Chiluwa, Innocent
Language in the News: Mediating Sociopolitical Crises in Nigeria
Hardcover. No jacket. Very few light superficial marks on boards. TH Used
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Feng, Zhuo
Cultural Difference in Television Programs: Foreign Television Programs in China
Hardcover. No jacket. Very few light, superficial marks on boards. TH Used
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Enright, D.J.
Interplay: A Kind of Commonplace Book
Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by D.J. Enright to the author Gavin Young on title page. Dust jacket has one or two very small indentations and surface marks. Binding is sound; pages are tight and clean; text is clear. AF Used
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Tercentenary Handlist of English and Welsh Newspapers, Magazines & Reviews, Section I - II
Hardcover. No jacket. Several marks on boards and spine. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn and bumped. Page block is tanned and marked. Foxing on pastedowns and endpapers. Hinge is reinforced with tape on pastedowns. Ink writing on page 94. Several marks in the volume. Hinge is visible between a few pages. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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