Winchell Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity
by Neal Gabler
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0679417516
- ISBN 13
- 9780679417514
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well reviewed – solid excellent copy – blackboards cloth wrapped spine silver titling of spine -2 bottom corners slightly bumped- dust jacket has a small amount of rough discoloration-Art – front of jacket drawing by Roy Sherwin 1933- Hal Layer jacket design Barbara D Wilde– Deckle pages- clean interior first edition stated- a Borzoi book- photo insert at part two– well indexed listing of notations by chapter and sources excellent piece of research –1925, Winchell brought unabashed gossip to the public press. He understood how invading the lives of the famous and revealing their secrets empowered both purveyor and audience, and forever shattered the taboo against what could be said about celebrities in the media-Most important entertaining biography "fuses meticulous research with a deft grasp of the cultural nuances of an era when virtually everyone who mattered paid homage to Winchell" Winchell: gossip, power, and the culture of celebrity Author Neal Gabler Edition illustrated, first edition-Publisher Knopf, 1994-hardcover first edition ISBN 0679417516, 9780679417514 –681 pages Subjects Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers / General/ Gossip columns / Journalists/ United States/ Biography Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism- Ruth Reaser LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City-- see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't -Expedited Shipping available-by request/ price adjust-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped - .Gift just let me know.. see pictures maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it USUALLY 7-8 DAYS coast to coast Winchell 4116 40 biography
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- Bookseller
- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4116
- Title
- Winchell Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity
- Author
- Neal Gabler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679417516
- ISBN 13
- 9780679417514
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 4, 1994
- Keywords
- Winchell: gossip, power, and the culture of celebrity Author Neal Gabler Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Knopf, 1994-hardcover first edition ISBN 0679417516, 9780679417514 –681 pages Subjects Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publ
- Size
- 6.8 x 2 x 9.8 inches-681 pages- heavy book
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