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Los Angeles:: USC School of Journalism / Perpetua Press, , (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in violet-red cloth with silver lettering. . First printing. "13 essays on the art of communication written by friends" on Norman Corwin's 75th birthday. Includes contributions by Studs Terkel, Charles Kuralt, Norman Lear, Norman Cousins, Erik Barnouw, Philip Dunne, Peter Davis, Richard J. Goggin, Jerome Lawrence, James A. Brown, Robert E. Lee, Leonard Leader, Earl Robinson and Robert Nathan. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. The "Grand Old Man" of radio, Corwin came to fame with a series of broadcasts and programs for CBS in the 1940s and remained influential for the next 40 years. 112 pp.

New York:: Fordham University Press,, 1999.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. A collection of more than thirty years of editorials and commentary from OShaughnessy, which encompass a wide spectrum of Westchester life, from politics (the first section is on 20 years of coverage of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller) to just plain citizens. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Index. xxvi, 391 pp. 

New York:: Hyperion,, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of thirty-nine interviews by by the award-winning host of NPR's interview program 'Fresh Air.' Each selection is preceded by an explanation from Gross of why each guest was on the show and the thinking behind some of her questions. SIGNED by THREE of the guests: Ann Bannon at "You Will Not Find the Word 'Lesbian"; Walter Mosley at "We All Die" and Andre Dubus III at his interview. Also included are interviews with John Updike, Isabella Rossellini, Conan OÕBrien, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Cash, and Nicolas Cage, Sonny Rollins, Mario Puzo, James Baldwin, Maurice Sendak, Eric Clapton, Joyce Johnson, Andre Dubus and others. Introduction by Gross. 353 pp.

New York:: Hyperion,, (2004). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of thirty-nine interviews by by the award-winning host of NPR's interview program 'Fresh Air.' Each selection is preceded by an explanation from Gross of why each guest was on the show and the thinking behind some of her questions. Included are interviews with John Updike, Isabella Rossellini, Conan OÕBrien, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Cash, and Nicolas Cage, Ann Bannon, Walter Mosley, Sonny Rollins, Mario Puzo, James Baldwin, Maurice Sendak, Eric Clapton, Joyce Johnson and others. Introduction by Gross. 353 pp.

New York:: Hyperion,, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of thirty-nine interviews by by the award-winning host of NPR's interview program 'Fresh Air.' Each selection is preceded by an explanation from Gross of why each guest was on the show and the thinking behind some of her questions. SIGNED by TWO authors: Ann Bannon at "You Will Not Find the Word 'Lesbian" and Andre Dubus III at his interview. Also included are interviews with John Updike, Isabella Rossellini, Conan OÕBrien, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Cash, and Nicolas Cage, Walter Mosley, Sonny Rollins, Mario Puzo, James Baldwin, Maurice Sendak, Eric Clapton, Joyce Johnson, Andre Dubus and others. Introduction by Gross. 353 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy). First US printing. When armed rebels entered Freetown, the besieged capital of Sierra Leone, in 1999, journalist Ian Stewart and two of his colleagues were ambushed while driving down the street. One of them was killed and Stewart was shot in this head. Incredibly he survived and this book is his frank account of the extraordinary risks he and other journalists take when reporting the news from remote, war-ravaged countries. This book is both an inspiring personal story and an in-depth look at the day-to-day life of a war correspondent. Originally published in Canada under the title 'Freetown Ambush'. 310 pp.

Indianapolis:: Indiana University Press,, (1997). Hardcover -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). 4th printing. Henry Mitchell, columnist for the Washington Post from the early 1970s to 1991 wrote many stories, essays, and commentaries on the state of the world which appeared in the Post every Friday under the title "Any Day." The 75 essays presented in this collection have been culled from that column and are organized chronologically from December 29, 1973, to April 12, 1991. Publisher's preface. Dust jacket art and illustrations by Susan Davis. xiii, 250 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1979.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. These reporters now classic study of the US Supreme Court, of the men and women who are justices, and of its landmark decisions during the 1960s and 1970s. Reprinted many times, this is relatively uncommon in first printing. Photographs. Index. 467 pp. 

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first of several in-depth books on George W. Bush's war in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the push towards attacking Iraq. Based on interviews with more than 100 sources, including the President himself. Photographs, index. 376 pp.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (1984.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Selections from his columns which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for 22 years - on growing up in New York, and on journalism and San Francisco - but mostly on the quirks of life itself. Forewords by Gordon Pates and James P. Degnan. xvi, 368 pp.

NY & London:: Norton,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Collection of writings of Red Hog, a man 'put away' for bank robbery - sent to Lompoc Federal penitentiary for 31 years - and then 'put in the hole' for writing the truth about what happens in the prison system. Interwoven with Martin's essays and columns is San Francisco journalist Peter Sussman's account of their unusual and award-winning collaboration. The author's first book. 341 pp

New York:: Random House,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "A detailed examination of Resorts International's financial dealings and of the company's connections with Watergate and such figures as Bebe Rebozo and Robert Vesco draws on FBI Justice Department records." Review copy with author's photo laid in.Index. 262 pp.

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press,, (2012). First edition -. Fine in gray illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) "The campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930s and 1940s. . . Even today, as far as most Americans know, the integration of baseball revolved around Branch Rickey's signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1945. This book shows how Rickey's move, critical as it may well have been, came after more than a decade of work by black and left-leaning journalists to desegregate the game. Drawing on hundreds of newspaper articles and interviews with journalists, Chris Lamb reveals how differently black and white newspapers, and black and white America, viewed racial equality. He shows how white mainstream sportswriters perpetuated the color line by participating in what their black counterparts called a 'conspiracy of silence.' Between 1933 and 1945, black… Read More

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of humorous columns on our national life, both public and private, by one of our funniest writers. SIGNED on the half title page. 251 pp.

New York & London:: Macmillan,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in like dust jacket.. First printing. A book by two award winning journalists described on the front cover as a 'scathing indictment of the opinion makers who flood the press, the networdk and ...our government with their special brand of instanteous wisdom.' A look at affairs the world over - NATO, Germany, Africa, Asia, Latin America, etc. Index. 498 pages.

New York:: Norton,, (2001.). SIGNED hardcover -. Good only in very good dust jacket.. Book club edition. A collection of essays on wildfire and wars around the world; the second book by the author of "The Perfect Storm." SIGNED on title page. 224 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (2001.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of essays on wildfire (including what went wrong at the Storm King Fire) and wars around the world (Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Kashmir) ; the second book by the author of "The Perfect Storm." SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp.

New York:: HarperCollins,, 2002.. SIGNED -. Fine (as new.). First thus- a trade paperback. A collection of essays on wildfire and wars around the world. INSCRIBED on the title page. Includes a new essay on Afghanistan and a new Afterword on the significance of the attack on 9/11.

New York:: Norton,, (2001.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of essays on wildfire (including what went wrong at the Storm King Fire) and wars around the world (Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Kashmir) ; the second book by the author of "The Perfect Storm." SIGNED on title page. 224 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (2001.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A collection of essays on wildfire (including what went wrong at the Storm King Fire) and wars around the world (Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Kashmir) ; the second book by the author of "The Perfect Storm." 224 pp.