Wayward Press Man by A.J. Liebling - 1972-09

A classic of press criticism. Tight, clean copy; no marks; no DJ.

Garden City Ny: Doubleday & Company, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 284 Pp. Grey Cloth, Spine Lettered In Blue. First Edition Stated. Lightly Used, Very Good, No Marks, Spine Lettering Strong.

GARDEN CITY, N. Y.: DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., 1948 Book. Very Good (-) Book. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray cover with green spine title. Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear..

Doubleday & Company. Collectible - Good. 1948. Grey cloth. Slight spine slant. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to fep. Interior is clean and sound. Dust jacket is edgeworn, torn, chipped and soiled. Price clipped.

Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing; dust jacket is price clipped. Light bowing to the boards. Minor bumping and fraying to the top of the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket, purple topstain; 284pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped with a few short closed tears and shallow loss, rear panel foxed and slightly soiled, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good overall. Presumed reprint, lacking "First Edition" statement on copyright page. "The New Yorker" humorist "tosses the Press into the air for a sharp and irreverent once-over" (upper jacket panel).

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Small owner name on front pastedown and a bit of very slight discoloration at the spine base, near fine in a tanned, sound but good only dust jacket with short chips and tears, and a bit of soil. A collection of articles that first appeared in *The New Yorker*, plus a lengthy introduction.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Fine book in a very nearly fine dust jacket with some very shallow paper loss at head of spine panel. Collects the best of Liebling's New Yorker "Wayward Press" articles.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Edition. First edition. Signed by A. J. Liebling, inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. 284 pp. with tipped-in erratum slip. Publisher's gray cloth lettered in dark green. About Very Good with surface-level insecting to front board, a little toning to contents, dust jacket price-clipped with dulling to spine panel, splits along both flap folds' versos repaired with archival mending tissue. A rare signature from the American journalist, known for his columns in The New Yorker as well as his sportswriting. This collection is of his best New Yorker columns as "The Wayward Pressman" that critically and humorously examined the American press.