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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. heavy edge wear, spine creasing. TEN BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSEAnatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968Ben W. Gilbert and the Staff of The Washington PostA pall of smoke hung over the nation's capital.The first rock was thrown a few hours after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968. Soon the nation and the world were witness to the spectacle of rioting and looting in Washington, D.C. Heavily armed troops guarded the White House and the Capitol and patrolled the streets. There was the strange silence of early evening curfew.Who were the rioters? Why did they riot?In a unified effort, crack teams from The Washington Post?made up of twenty-four reporters and a dozen photographers, white and black?scoured the city on foot and in radio cars during the riots. To find out who the rioters were and what motivated them, they interviewed men and women of all ages?the systematic looters, the fire-bombers, the revolutionaries, and those out on a spree. To find out how officials had prepared for the riots, to study how they coped with the situation, they went from White House and government offices to the streets, to see the police, firemen, and soldiers in action, to get firsthand, authoritative views on how the riots were being handled.The story in depth, hour by hour.Weeks later, The Washington Post's teams returned to interview again, in greater depth, all concerned: the looters, civil-rights leaders and officials, those who were seeking to rebuild the city in a spirit of democracy?and those who promised that the fire next time would be bigger, fiercer, and all-consuming.The result is an astonishing hour-by-hour, day-by-day re-creation of what happened in Washington and why, and a social case history of the black ghetto. It is also a dramatic example of in-depth journalism at its best?with profound insights into what may happen next.BEN W. GILBERT, Deputy Managing Editor of The Washington Post and a specialist in mass-media treatment of racial issues, was intimately involved in his paper's comprehensive coverage of the riots.

paperback. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b/w: cover Art by Ben Giles (illustrator). 1st. folded printed wraps; 24 clean, unmarked pages; Includes reveiws of fiction written by authors Tash Awe, Rita Halasz, Tochi Onyebuchi & Susan Choi; By the Book (Stephen Frybi)Molly Young (Read Like The Wind); Jeffrey Eugenides et al (Remembering Edmund White); Elizabeth Egan (Profile:) Non-Fiction reviews: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, The Wager by David Grann, and Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond. The issue's non-fiction reviews focused on themes of contemporary American life and history, with a review of How to Know a Person by David Brooks; etc.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b/w: cover Art by Ben Giles (illustrator). 1st. folded printed wraps; 24 clean, unmarked pages; Includes: reveiws of fiction written by authors Franziska Gunster, Jeremiah Wei, David demuchuk & Cyrinne Lwigh Clark; ; By the Book Susan Choi);Alexandra Alter(Profile of Yiyum Li) Non-Fiction reviews: Amanda Hess's Second Life; John Cassidy's Capitalism and its critics; Laurence Leamer (Andy Warhol's Muses; Bryan Burough's The Gunfighters; Bridget Read's Little Bosses Everywhere; YiYum Li's Things in Nature Merely Grow; Mary Anette Pember's Medicine River; Amy Larocca's How to Be Well; & Michael Luo's Strangers in the Land; A.O. Scott (Read like the Wind; etc.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b/w: cover Art by Ben Giles (illustrator). 1st. folded printed wraps; 24 clean, unmarked pages; Includes: reveiws of fiction written by authors Stephen King, Ocean Vuoung, Jessica Stanley, Marissa Crane, Edward St. Aubyn, & Alison Beechdel; By the Book (Wally Lambi); Lenin Greenblatt (Read Like The Wind); Non-Fiction reviews: /vesha /ridekk;s Gybger lLike a Thirst, Sue Prideaux's Wild Thing: Paul Gauguin, Kevin Sack's Mother Emanuel, Susan Dominus's Family Dynamic, San Tanenhaus's Buckley, John Lechner's Death is our Business, Candace Rondeaux's Putin's Sledgehammer & J.M. Contee's Speaking in Tongues; etc.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Davis Publications , NH, 1958 First edition 130 page Digest Size Magazine. Edited by Ellery Queen with stories by W.Somerset Maugham, Michael Gilbert, Ben Hecht and others . Contents page in Photos A very good copy with light dust soiling, light edge wear, text lightly toned. See Photos bx 14.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Color supplement "Adoration of the Magi" is present in very good condition. Sound binding, clean and bright interior. Wrappers are yellow and white, shelf worn with chipping at top and bottom of spine. ; Contents: Meen and Stewart, Solving the riddle of Chubb Crater. Nicholas, America's "meat on the hoof." Walker and Locke, King Ranch, cattle empire in Texas. Walker, Your National Gallery of Art. Moore, The spotlight swings to Suez. Colton, Our home-town planet, Earth. ; 10.0" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Frank Walker ""'Ghasel' A Song Wrongly Attributed To Hugo Wolf" / W R Anderson "Round About Radio" / Sheet Music for "Have you seen but a bright lily grow?" by Ernest Bullock/Ben Jonson / Gilbert Benham "The Organ In St Paul's Cathedral, London" / Organ Recital Notes / Seventeenth-Century Music at Cambridge / J R Hands "Graz Musical Festival 1947" (M13).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: new.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.20x6.10x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. pp. 320 2nd Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback edition. Small octavo. xix, 245pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Light wear on the wraps, creasing down the spine, very good.

Soft Cover. Condition: vg+. 8" tall; xvii + 245pp including index + several sections b/w photos; b/w double-page map. Paperback.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. 2nd printing. Smudge on foredge. No markings on text. crease on cover. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing 1969, Not marked; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. "Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968." 245 pgs. B&W photographs & maps. Includes appendix I & II and index. Clean text bound in softcover. Slight tear in the author's forward but text is readable. Photo of riot on front cover. Corner edges and spine creased and worn. Original price on front cover.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. xix, [1], 245, [5] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix I and II. Index. Ben W. Gilbert (born February 10, 1918, died February 28, 2007) was a journalist, editor, activist, and author. Gilbert completed a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1939. Gilbert was a city hall reporter in St. Louis, Missouri, before finding work as a reporter with the Washington Post in 1941. where he rose through the ranks to city editor in 1945 and deputy managing editor in 1964. Gilbert was deeply concerned about issues such as racism, corruption, and poverty, focusing his editorial work on exposing these problems. His work on investigating corruption in the Washington, DC, police department led to a U.S. Senate investigation in the early 1950s, and in 1968 he urged greater coverage of the civil rights movement and race riots. Regarding the latter, Gilbert edited and helped to write Ten Blocks from the White House: Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968 (1968). He left the Washington Post as associate editor in 1970. For the next year, he was editor of the television news program Newsroom, the forerunner of Newshour with Jim Lehrer. He then worked in the Washington, DC, mayor's office as director of planning and management. This was a key role as control of the nation's capital transitioned from federal to local government for the first time. This increasingly scarce book endeavors to put together events, to seek patterns of action, and to reconstruct the background of the rioting that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr's. to aid in an eventual assessment. The principal record it uses is the extensive reporting and photography by the staff of The Washington Post during the riot period and the weeks following. Derived from a Kirkus review: It was a "hometown riot" of classical conformations. Some 20,000 black Washingtonians, two-thirds of them under thirty, burned, looted, scavenged their white-owned neighborhoods in "disorders" sparked by the murder of Martin Luther King but stoked by long-term hatreds. The Washington Post, which had some 36 reporters and photographers on the scene, presents here a highly readable collation of day-to-day and post-riot coverage, the results of a computerized study, and an analysis of this riot in terms of the factors named in the Report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders. Gilbert, a deputy managing editor, headed the Post team, and in this report seems to have missed nothing. First on the scene (the riot started at 14th and U Streets, a busy intersection) was SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael, initially a peaceful "pied piper" who ordered merchants to shut down their shops "to show respect." who repeatedly told the crowd he was gathering to "go home," and who departed when the looting finally began. Then, the police, particularly the special riot units who behaved with commendable "restraint," and later federal troops who guarded already looted storefronts with bayonets. The rioters, of course, were there throughout, and Post reporters interviewed them on the scene, in the jails and later in their living rooms. Washington's black mayor was on hand too, but without much effect, for the "polarization of black Washington and white Washington" could not be straddled by one man. In effect, this divisiveness was the guilty party, and certainly The Post blames no other major factor, but ably presents the data. Dynamic reporting--a case study of contemporary significance. Presumed first paperback edition/first printing.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo, xix, 245 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$6.50." Rubbing along edges of dust jacket with some moderate tearing, particularly on top edges. General shelf wear to boards. Small tear to cloth at top edge of front hinge. Previous owner's bookplate adhered to front pastedown. Inscribed by Gilbert on front free endpaper, with his business card laid in. Paperclip indentation on front free endpaper and half title page. Shelved in Case 1. 1411928. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed first edition/first printing. xix, 245 pages. illus., maps. 21 cm. Index. Signed by the author. Ben W. Gilbert (born February 10, 1918, died February 28, 2007) was a journalist, editor, activist, and author. Gilbert completed a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1939. Gilbert was a city hall reporter in St. Louis, Missouri, before finding work as a reporter with the Washington Post in 1941. where he rose through the ranks to city editor in 1945 and deputy managing editor in 1964. Gilbert was deeply concerned about issues such as racism, corruption, and poverty, focusing his editorial work on exposing these problems. His work on investigating corruption in the Washington, DC, police department led to a U.S. Senate investigation in the early 1950s, and in 1968 he urged greater coverage of the civil rights movement and race riots. Regarding the latter, Gilbert edited and helped to write Ten Blocks from the White House: Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968 (1968). He left the Washington Post as associate editor in 1970. For the next year, he was editor of the television news program Newsroom, the forerunner of Newshour with Jim Lehrer. He then worked in the Washington, DC, mayor's office as director of planning and management. This was a key role as control of the nation's capital transitioned from federal to local government for the first time. This increasingly scarce book, especially if signed, endeavors to put together events, to seek patterns of action, and to reconstruct the background of the rioting that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr's. to aid in an eventual assessment. The principal record it uses is the extensive reporting and photography by the staff of The Washington Post during the riot period and the weeks following. Derived from a Kirkus review: It was a "hometown riot" of classical conformations. Some 20,000 black Washingtonians, two-thirds of them under thirty, burned, looted, scavenged their white-owned neighborhoods in "disorders" sparked by the murder of Martin Luther King but stoked by long-term hatreds. The Washington Post, which had some 36 reporters and photographers on the scene, presents here a highly readable collation of day-to-day and post-riot coverage, the results of a computerized study, and an analysis of this riot in terms of the factors named in the Report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders. Gilbert, a deputy managing editor, headed the Post team, and in this report seems to have missed nothing. First on the scene (the riot started at 14th and U Streets, a busy intersection) was SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael, initially a peaceful "pied piper" who ordered merchants to shut down their shops "to show respect." who repeatedly told the crowd he was gathering to "go home," and who departed when the looting finally began. Then, the police, particularly the special riot units who behaved with commendable "restraint," and later federal troops who guarded already looted storefronts with bayonets. The rioters, of course, were there throughout, and Post reporters interviewed them on the scene, in the jails and later in their living rooms. Washington's black mayor was on hand too, but without much effect, for the "polarization of black Washington and white Washington" could not be straddled by one man. In effect, this divisiveness was the guilty party, and certainly The Post blames no other major factor, but ably presents the data. Dynamic reporting--a case study of contemporary significance.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2026, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1823. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol:- Volume 42, Pages:- 7, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume 42 7.