Henry justin smith (181 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No cp date . Presume this was only printing 1933, except for much later 2017 reprint.Blue boards w/ embossed white letter title. Spine gutters & board corners rubbed & worn through. Ink name on free endpaper. Content yellowed. Binding tight.

Soft cover. Condizione: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LX, No. 2, June, 1900. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Condizione: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company, copyright, 1929. xii,508 pages. 8.75 x 5.75", cloth, no dj. Bookplate Max Schling, Jr. Tips frayed, lower inner hinge broken, few leaves of index creased, fair.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THIS IS A BOOKLET PUBLICATION OF THREE LECTURES THAT THE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER, HENRY JUSTIN SMITH, OFFERED TO ADVISE AUTHORS ON HOW TO WRITE AND THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS. THE LECTURES ARE IN THREE SEPARATE SECTIONS. 1) "THE OPPORTUNITY' - ON PAGES 5-31. 2) "WRITING VERSUS EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT LITERARY PASSION" ON.PAGES 35 -- 54 AND 3) "GENIUS ON PRINTER'S ROW' ON PAGES 57 - 87. THERE IS A FIVE PAGE ADVERTISEMENT BY BURTON RASOOE FOR "EXTRA! EXTRA!" , A NEW ONE VOLUME EDITION OF HENRY JUSTIN SMITH'S TWO EARLIER BOOK PUBLICATIONS "DEADLINES" AND "JOSSLYN".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Yellow book has some soiling to boards. No interior markings. 281 clean pages. The story of Bruce Warren who brings his bride from a small town to Chicago.

Hardcover. Condizione: very good. no jacket. First Edition, no additional pri. NOT an ex library book. Inscribed to former owners and signed by the author on the second front endpaper. Dark brown cloth covered book with print and decoration in green and yellow, darkened endpapers. Clean pages. Newspaper clippings about the author are laid in. signed by author. …

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. ; Woodcuts; 377 pages. Illustrated by Samuel Glanckoff (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Softcover. Brown soft cover, black lettering, stapled at spine, spotted. FER; 20342.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH AND IS HAND NUMBERED 107. THE BOOK IS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES.THE BOOK IS A PUBLISHCATION 0 F TWO PRIOR FICTION BOOKS AUTHORED BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH. THE TITLES OF THOSE EARLIER BOOKS WERE "DEADLINES" AND "JOSSLYN". THOSE FICTION BOOKS ARE ABOUT THE NLYEWSPAPER PROFESSION IN CHICAGO. THERE IS A BURTON RASCOE INTRODUCTION ABOUT TWO EARLIER FICTION BOOKS BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH, THE HONERED MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER IN ITS" HEY DAYS" IN THE 1820'S AND 19390'S. HENRY JUSTIN SMITH'S REPUTATIONS FOR CULTURING AND INFLUENCING THE EARLY CAREERS OF NEWSPAPER REPORTERS SUCH AS BEN HECHT, CARL SANDBERG, VINCENT STARRETT, ROBERT J. CASEY, LLOYD LEWIS, HARRY HANSEN, KEITH PRESTON, JOHN V. A, WEAVER AND OTHERS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN MULTIPLE BOOKS.ALL OF THESE CHICAGO NEWSPAPER MEN WENT ON TO OTHER WRITING PROFESSIONS SUCH AS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AS PLAYRIGHTS, NOVELISTS, HISTORIANS, POETS AND OFTEN HONORED CHARACTORS.IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. THE BOOK IS SIGNED BT HENRY JUSTIN SMITH AND IS UNCOMMON ALTHOUGH 2000 COPIES WERE PRINTED. THIS BOOK IS COVERED IN A LIGHT BLUE RIBBED CLOTH. THE SPUNE CLOTH IS TONED WITH AGE, THE INTERIOR PAGES ARE VERY TIGHT AND CLEAN. THE EARLIER BOOKS ARE LISTED IN CLARENCE A. ANDREWS "CHICAGO IN STORY - A LITERARY HISTORY.". Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. illustrated with woodcuts by Samuel Glangkoff.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: VG, NO dj. 1st. 12mo. 198pp. Slight cant to spine. Solid copy. Published for the Century of. Progress expo.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Light cover soil: VG/no dj. 377pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Samuel Glangkoff.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. None. First Edition. The travel memoirs of the publisher of the Chicago Daily News. A clean, unmarked, tight copy. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. THERE IS EARLY MILD SHELF WEAR OF THE SPINE CLOTH ENDS. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE 22 CHAPTERS AND A FOREWARD WITH A PRINTED (?) *SIGNATURE OF RUFUS C. DAWES. THERE ARE EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTISTS ILLUSTRATIONS WITH THE CONCISE VIVID HISTORY OF CHICAGO FROM ITS INCORPORATION in 1833 TO 1933. INCLUDED IS AN ARTIST'S DRAWING OF THE SELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES AT CHICAGO'S "WIGWAM" BUILDING IN 1860. THERE IS A SIX PAGE INDEX FOR EASY ACCESS OF EVENTS INCLUDING THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 AND THE WORLD'S FAIRE OF 1893. SMITH WAS ONE OF THE FINEST NEWSPAPER EDITORS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTORY. THE BOOK IS TIGHT AND CLEAN.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. THERE IS MODERATE WEAR WITH A 1/4" CLOSED TEAR OF THE CLOTH AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. THE TOPS OF THE PAGES ARE STAINED BY THE PUBLISHER. THE PAGES ARE TIGHT AND CLEAN. BOTH AUTHORS WERE DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER MEN. THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION IN THE LATE 19 th CENTURY ON THE RAPID GROWTH OF CHICAGO. MOST IMMIGRANTS WERE POOR AND HAD LIMITED EDUCATION BUT THEY PROVIDED THE LABOR FORCE, THE TALENT AND INNOVATIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF CHICAGO'S INDUSTRY. THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE DESCRIBED; THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE, THE CIVIL WAR IMPACT ON CHICAGO, THE 1871 CHICAGO FIRE THAT DEVASTATED THE HEART AND BUSIBESS CENTER OF THE CITY. THE CITY'S RAPID RECOVERY AND ALTERATION OF ITS ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "SKYSCRAPER" IN THE BUSINESS CENTER OF THE CITY, THE COLUMBIAN WORLD'S FAIR THAT BROUGHT MILLIONS TO CHICAGO AND ENHANCED ITS REPUTATION AS A WORLD CLASS CITY. THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS OF ITS BUSINESS LEADERS INCLUDING THE MAYORS, THEIR ELECTIONS, THEIR FAULTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE PROLIFIC GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF LITERATURE AND POETRY THAT ESTABLISHED CHICAGO' LITERARY REPUTATION AS THE CENTER OF SUCH ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE BEGINNINGS OF PROHIBITION AND THE RISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME THAT SMEARED CHICAGO'S REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE IS A THREE PAGE LISTING OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOK AND NEWSPAPER RESOURCES AND A LARGE USEFUL INDEX WITH THE NAMES AND EVENTS THAT ESTABLISHED CHICAGO'S REPUTATION..…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. RED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH SILVER STAMPED TITLES ON THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE. THE PAGES ON THE LEADING EDGES ARE ROUGH CUT. THE TOP PAGE EDGES ARE STAINED WITH A BROWN COLOR BY THE PUBLISHER. THERE ARE A FEW CHIPS OF THE LEADING EDGES OF P-AGES IX - XII. THOSE PAGES MOST LIKELY WERE ORIGINALLY UNCUT AND WERE ROUGHLY OPENED BY A PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE BOOK. OTHERWISE, THERE ARE NO DEFECTS AND THE BOOK IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. PART ONE IS BY LLOYD LEWIS. PART 2 INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION IS BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH. BOTH AUTHORS WERE DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER MEN. THEY COMMENT ON THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE RAPID GROWTH OF CHICAGO IN THE 19TH CENTURY. THE BOOK DESCRIBES DETAILS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING, THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE, THE SELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN CHICAGO TO RUN FOR ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE IMPACT ON THE CITY BY THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 AND THE REBIRTH OF THE CITY FOLLOWING THE FIRE, FURTHER TOPICS INCLUDE THE WONDER OF THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION AND THE BIRTH OF "SKYSCRAPER" ARCHITECTURE THAT ESTABLISHED CHICAGO AS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MAYORS OF THE CITY, THEIR ACCOMPLISMENTS AND FAILURES ARE DETAIILED. THE PROLIFIC LITERATURE AND POETRY BY CHICAGO AUTHORS ESTABLISHED THE CITY AS THE LITERARY CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. HENRY JUSTIN SMITH PROVIDES MATERIAL THAT INCLUDES THE ORIGIN OF HULL HOUSE, THE MAJOR IMMIGRATION IMPACT ON THE CITY'S GROWTH AND THE DIFFICULTYS INVOLVED BY BEING POOR, THE SEGREGATED PROSTITUTION IN CHICAGO IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THAT STIMULATED ALONG WITH PROHIBITION, THE GROWTH OF CRIMINAL ELEMENTS AND GANGSTER WARFARE THAT RAPIDLY STAINED CHICAGO'S REPUTATION THROUHGHT THE WORLD. CHICAGO'S MOST NOTED NEWSPAPER MEN PROVIDE A THREE PAGE LISTING OF 79 SOURCES FOR THEIR RESEARCH. THE LISTING OFFERS A SUPERB OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE REASONS FOR CHICAGO'S FOUNDING AND IT'S SPECTACULAR RAPID GROWTH OVER TWO CENTURIES. Size: 5 5/8:" X 8 3/4".…

Condizione: New.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.