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At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by Cerf, Bennett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394478770
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478777
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1977. First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 306pp w index. Indexed photos in text. Prev owner stamp to front flyleaf. Printed endpapers. Brown cloth w goldstamp figure to front board. gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear but is price-clipped, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. Association copy - from the library of Saskatchewan poet and co-founder of Coteau Books (Thunder Creek Publishing Co-operative), Gary Hyland, (1940-2011).
Synopsis
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971. Christopher Cerf is an author, editor, and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter and television producer. A longtime contributor to Sesame Street , and cofounder and creative producer of the PBS literacy-education series Between the Lines , Christopher Cerf is a former contributing editor of National Lampoon and a former senior editor at Random House.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045937
- Title
- At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394478770
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478777
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971. Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography. Publishing. NOISBN Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs;
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About the Seller
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