David Sarnoff (96 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 10pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ended June 30 1944. In protective mylar report cover.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, September 1960. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Foxing to edges and covers. Not from a library. vii + 146 pages. The National Purpose was a highly influential, five-part public debate and essay symposium jointly sponsored by Life magazine and The New York Times that aimed to address a widespread anxiety that post-war America had become overly materialistic, affluent, and complacent, losing its foundational sense of mission in the face of the escalating Cold War. The series emerged at a critical cultural and political juncture the end of the Eisenhower administration and the dawn of the 1960 presidential campaign. Spurred by massive economic growth, intellectual critiques like John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society, and Soviet advancements like Sputnik, policymakers and journalists feared Americans were prioritizing personal comfort over national survival. The series sought to explicitly redefine the country's collective goals. The symposium featured ten prominent American leaders, intellectuals, and public figures who published long-form essays in the pages of Life and The New York Times. Notable contributors included: Adlai Stevenson: The former Democratic presidential nominee argued that America needed to "extend our vision. to all mankind" rather than retreating into private wealth. David Sarnoff: The head of RCA argued for a aggressive, renewed dedication to democratic traditions specifically tailored to fighting and defeating global Communism. Billy Graham: The famed evangelist diagnosed a "moral and spiritual cancer" in the country, warning that an obsession with personal luxury was robbing citizens of their individual and national character. Walter Lippmann & James Reston: The legendary political commentators argued that the country was stagnant and waiting for a political innovator—asserting that a great nation requires decisive presidential leadership to guide public resolve. Other Authors: The series also featured essays from Archibald MacLeish, John W. Gardner, Clinton Rossiter, John K. Jessup, and defense strategist Albert Wohlstetter. The articles generated enormous public discussion and heavily shaped the rhetoric of the 1960 election, directly influencing John F. Kennedy's "New Frontier" campaign, which focused on sacrifice and national renewal.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Some edge wear to the jacket, a few short edge tears closed with tape. Clean boards, firm binding, unmarked pages and endpapers. Not ex-library, no stickers.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket has lightly chipped edges. Boards have minor shelfwear, dampstain on feb. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 8 pp., b/w photos The Eternal Light was a national radio broadcast carried each week by NBC radio for decades, a product of David Sarnoff's association with JTS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Illustrated with black and white photos.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is rubbed and tanning. White cloth boards are tanning on edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Larger book, rough cream cloth, facsimile signature at bottom front right, 129 pages, 130 photos. DJ white back lightly and uniformly browned, engraved illustration of younger Thomas Edison on front, older Edison on back. DJ has microtears along spine top edge, two microtears at top back edge, tiny blue stain at bottom back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. no jacket. First Edition, no additional pri. NOT an ex library book. Book with black spine, red cloth boards. Paper title label on cover. Light wear on edges. 42 clean pages plus list of Trustees and officers of RCA.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1962 printing, Shorewood Publishers / Thomas Alva Edison Foundation. 129pp, 130 b/w illustrations (according to title page). Boards sturdy and square, light yellowing at top edges. Binding intact with slight separation first signature. Interior in very good condition. DJ shows some yellowing and edgewear (now protected in mylar wraps); clipped at front fold. NOT ex-library. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges to apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

Hardcover. 39p. in English, plus a terminal section for the translation into Hebrew; illustrated with b&w photojournalist plates. Presswork on glossy alkaline paperstock, hardbound in 10x6.5 inch pebbled black boards cover-titled in dim bronze. Nice clean copy, unmarked in any way. Between the English and Hebrew sections find a color facsimile of an award presented to Sarnoff.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED2nd printing. Very good in very good little edgenicked dust jacket.

HARD BACK OFF WHITE. Condition: GOOD. General wear: foxing, small bookplate, otherwise text and B&W photos are in good condition DATE PUBLISHED: EDITION: 449.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Staple-bound. Gray paper covers with black lettering. Covers are lightly toned at edges but generally clean and free of wear. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean and bright with very mild toning. Printed in B&W. 24 pages. Statement issued at television demonstration to the press at RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N.J., December 13, 1945. Previous owner's name written in top corner of first page. A very good copy. This volume comes from the Broadcasting collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University and an avid book collector. We are proud to house this collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Staple-bound. Gray paper covers with black lettering. Covers are lightly toned at edges but generally clean and free of wear. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean and bright with very mild toning. Printed in B&W. 18 pages. Issued at First Public Demonstration of All-electronic Color Television, RCA Laboratories Division, Princeton, N.J., October 30, 1946. Previous owner's name written in top corner of first page. A very good copy. This volume comes from the Broadcasting collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University and an avid book collector. We are proud to house this collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVERY Good hardcover, no dust jacket. Smudging on front, back cover and spine with some wear to corners and bottom edge of spine. Smudge on half title page. Light foxing on top and fore-edge. Clean pages. Sm4to. 313 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Insecting on corner from cover to page 14. (Radio Broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy in blue wraps with light wear. B/w Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Staple-bound. White paper covers with light smudging and toning, pencil markings, minimal wear to edges. Binding is secure. Pages are clean (with one pencil annotation on page 4), lightly toned and free of wear. Stated on title page, "An Address at National Broadcasting Company Convention, September 13, 1947, Atlantic City, NJ." Ex-Library; sticker on front inside cover reads "Gift of David Sarnoff to the Broadcast Pioneers Library." A nice copy. This volume comes from the Broadcasting collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University and an avid book collector. We are proud to house this collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.…