Published by Basic Books, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0465062741 ISBN 13: 9780465062744
Seller: Presidential Book Shop or James Carroll, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xvi, 232 p. An examination of how presidents from Roosevelt through Nixon have used television to try to influence public opinion. Dust jacket has a closed tear on the spine and is also somewhat faded on the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Basic Books, 1973
ISBN 10: 0465062741 ISBN 13: 9780465062744
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition, Complete Numbers . NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has 1/4" tears, fade on spine, price is not clipped.
Published by Basic Books [1973], New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0465062741 ISBN 13: 9780465062744
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: good, fair. Second Printing. 22 cm, 232, index, ink name on flyleaf, DJ worn with small tears at edges and small pieces missing, highlighting/underlining. Foreword by Fred Friendly. Discusses how presidents have used television to their advantage.
Published by Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1973
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Autograph; 232 pages; Inscribed and Signed by Newton Minow on ffep to W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor for the last year of President Kennedy's administration and during President Lyndon Johnson 's administration and a speech writer for Adlai Stevenson during his presidential campaign. Clean and tight in original gray cloth in dustjacket. Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is an American attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland" is cited even as the speech has passed its 50th anniversary. While still maintaining a law practice, Minow is currently the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Chicago. Minow has been active in Democratic party politics. He is an influential attorney in private practice concerning telecommunications law and is active in many non-profit, civic, and educational institutions. Minow became one of the most well known and respected if sometimes controversial political figures of the early 1960s because of his criticism of commercial television. In a speech given to the National Association of Broadcasters convention on May 9, 1961, he was extremely critical of television broadcasters for not doing more, in Minow's view, to serve the public interest. His phrase, "vast wasteland", is remembered years after the speech after he said," When television is good, nothing not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there for a day without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland."; Signed by One Author; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
Published by Basic Books, 1973
ISBN 10: 0465062741 ISBN 13: 9780465062744
Seller: Mr Mac Books (Ranald McDonald) P.B.F.A., Thornhill, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback ISBN 0465062741 First edition. Covers are slightly faded at edges.Clean and unmarked text. Dustwrapper is worn with sections missing. 232 pages Wt 0.6 Kg Good (Fair).
Published by Basic Books, Inc., 1973
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT an ex-library copy.