Newspaper Reporting In Olden Time And To-day (Only A.C. Armstrong Edition)

John Pendleton

Edité par A.C. Armstrong & Son, New York, 1890

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I believe this is the First American edition. A.C. Armstrong first editions are supposed to be identified by Same Date on the copyright and title page. This book has 1890 on the title page but no date of any kind on the copyright page. The Preface is dated 1890. The English first edition was published in 1890. AND, first or not, once listed it will be the Only 1890 American edition for sale anywhere on the Internet. Across the way from the title page it says 'The Book-Lovers Library. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley.' On the second front end paper. There are two penned names, one in pencil. I didn't see any other writing in the book. You can see the green covers in the photos. They look pretty good, particularly taking into account the age of the book. The gilt lettering and design on the front is bright. On the spine, a little less so. There are small losses at the spine ends. The edges and corners have only light rubbing. The book is square, the spine is not slanted. The binding of the book is decent. It is a twine binding. The covers are pretty solidly bound. The front cover as just the very, very thinnest space between it and the front end paper, really only over the top inch or so. Between the pages I didn't find any major cracks or spaces, a couple have a very thin space, but the bindings are in place and the facing pages are tight. There is a feeling of a little bit of stress at some of the junctures, but the book is old. Actually, perhaps because of my handling of it, several of the bindings in a gathering between pages 227 and 238 have given way (the book ends on page on page 229 and is followed by an index through to page 245). So I guess there is a fragility. Other condition issues: the pages are clearly toned, the paper could probably have been better. I don't see much by way of soiling or creasing, but the middle and bottom page edges are deckled or rough-cut and you may see a small tear or loss on a middle page edge, not all that many. There is one small loss off the top edge of one page. It occurred while I was just turning the page, so there's the frailty of the paper. There are no markings in the book. The only attachments are two tiny bookseller labels (one placed on top of the other) just off the bottom edge of the rear inside cover. And I did just found another instance of a gathering of pages with one juncture binding having detached, the top one. So this is a pretty compromised book, that would need to be handled with some extra care. It's not in terrible shape, the covers are solid, the pages are clean. I'm going to the trouble of listing it because, as referenced, it's the only edition for sale on the Internet. Some of the chapter headings: The Reporter in Parliament, The Reporters Work, Some Experiences And Adventures Of Reporters, Writings On Newspapers And Reporters.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Newspaper Reporting In Olden Time And To-day (Only A.C. Armstrong Edition)
• Éditeur: A.C. Armstrong & Son, New York
• Date de parution: 1890
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Good Minus
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • One-Of-A-Kind
  • Antiquarian