Look Book, The

Rosten, Leo (Edited by)

Language: English

Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1976

0810903164 / 9780810903166

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Due to the weight of this volume, it can only be shipped to delivery addresses located within Canada and the United States. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Gift Inscription Inked to Blank Page of Front Matter); Residue, Discolouration to Front Free Endpaper From Previous Use of Tape; Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: Foreword - by Gardner Cowles. Introduction: A View from the Inside - by Leo Rosten. PEOPLE: Faces and Feelings; "Cry Havoc!". A LOOK TREASURY: Margaret Mead, Julian Huxley, Walter Lippmann, Jules Feiffer, Dr. Ralph R. Greenson, Ernest Hemingway, M. F. Ashley Montagu, Marshall McLuhan and George B. Leonard, S. J. Perelman, Eugene O'Neill, Ogden Nash. MOVERS AND SHAKERS: "Do You Remember . . . ?". A LOOK TREASURY: Pearl S. Buck, Adlai Stevenson, C. P. Snow, John Gunther, Harry S. Truman, William Attwood, William Manchester, Jacqueline Kennedy, Allen Drury, J. Robert Moskin, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley, Jr., Norman Mailer, Edward M. Kennedy. A DAZZLE OF STARS: The Movies; Television; The Clowns. THE ARTS. THE GAMES WE PLAY: "Do You Remember . . . ?". A LOOK TREASURY: John F. Kennedy, Betty Rollins, William Saroyan, Groucho Marx, Leo Rosten, Peter Homans, Gale Sayers and Al Silverman, Arthur Mann, Tim Cohane, Jackie Robinson. A CARNIVAL OF STYLE: Fashion; Food; Design. OUR FAITHS, OUR CULTS. A LOOK TREASURY: Joseph Roddy, Bertrand Russell, Warren Weaver, Thomas B. Morgan, Archibald MacLeish, C. P. Snow, Isabella Taves. MAGIC OF THE LENS. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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Title
Look Book, The
Author
Rosten, Leo (Edited by)
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York
Publication year
1976
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hard Cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0810903164
ISBN 13
9780810903166
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For a good portion of the 1990's, our family was interested in the idea of entering the used book business. We are all avid readers, book lovers, and book collectors who cannot pass a bookstore without popping in. Family trips to the library and our local used bookstore were a regularity while growing up. With each of us having interests in different genres (with a little overlapping here and there), we cover a lot of bases. The thought of having a store of our own was appealing, and the hunt was on - both for stock and a location. We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born. In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business. For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other. But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here. We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.

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