personal history di graham katharine, Prima edizione (33 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1998 Graham was one of the 1st female leading newspaper publisher - presided over the Washington Post at the time of Watergate. Very good condition, spine and pages intact, v slight crushing to bottom and top ends of dustjacket and spine. Previous owner inscription.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women -- a book that is, as its title suggests, composed of both personal memoir and history.It is the story of Graham's parents: the multimillionaire father who left private business and government service to buy and restore the down-and-out Washington Post, and the formidable, self-absorbed mother who was more interested in her political and charity work, and her passionate friendships with men like Thomas Mann and Adlai Stevenson, than in her children.It is the story of how The Washington Post struggled to succeed -- a fascinating and instructive business history as told from the inside (the paper has been run by Graham herself, her father, her husband, and now her son).It is the story of Phil Graham -- Kay's brilliant, charismatic husband (he clerked for two Supreme Court justices) -- whose plunge into manic-depression, betrayal, and eventual suicide is movingly and charitably recounted.Best of all, it is the story of Kay Graham herself. She was brought up in a family of great wealth, yet she learned and understood nothing about money. She is half-Jewish, yet -- incredibly -- remained unaware of it for many years.She describes herself as having been naive and awkward, yet intelligent and energetic. She married a man she worshipped, and he fascinated and educated her, and then, in his illness, turned from her and abused her. This destruction of her confidence and happiness is a drama in itself, followed by the even more intense drama of her new life as the head of a great newspaper and a great company, a famous (and even feared) woman in her own right. Hers is a life that came into its own with a vengeance -- a success story on every level.Graham's book is populated with a cast of fascinating characters, from fifty years of presidents (and their wives), to Steichen, Brancusi, Felix Frankfurter, Warren Buffett (her great advisor and protector), Robert McNamara, George Schultz (her regular tennis partner), and, of course, the great names from the Post: Woodward, Bernstein, and Graham's editor/partner, Ben Bradlee. She writes of them, and of the most dramatic moments of her stewardship of the Post (including the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the pressmen's strike), with acuity, humor, and good judgment. Her book is about learning by doing, about growing and growing up, about Washington, and about a woman liberated by both circumstance and her own great strengths.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the inside story of Washington politics during the second half of the 20th century, written by the then owner of The Washington Post. "Frank, sensitive, and bubbling with humor, it is a fascinating account by an impressive person.".

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Photographic (illustratore). First Edition. 900 g; X, 646 pages, indexed, with 32 pages of black-and-white photography. Bound in photographic illustrated paperback binding. Minor handling marks from reading, Previous owner's name sticker on the inside of the front cover, otherwise in very good condition. The autobiography of the person, who headed the Washington Post, and became famous and feared in her own right. First softcover edition. Size: Large Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography; America; ISBN: 1842126016. ISBN/EAN: 9781842126011. Inventory No: 0261440.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Photographic (illustratore). reprint. 900 g; X, 646 pages, indexed, with 32 pages of black-and-white photography. Bound in photographic illustrated paperback binding. Minor handling marks from reading, otherwise in very good condition. The autobiography of the person, who headed the Washington Post, and became famous and feared in her own right. second-hand copy that has been read, no damage to describe. this is the first softcover edition. Size: Large Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography; America; ISBN: 0753801671. ISBN/EAN: 9780753801673. Inventory No: 0284964.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Photos. 642pp. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition, Second Printing. Very good condition first edition, second printing hardcover signed and dedicated by the author, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is worn and sunned, and edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped and page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed and Dedicated By Author. Used.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Fifth Printing. ix, 642 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, crease at spine. Small red remainder mark at head of text block. Clean within.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Softcover, trade paperback format, Uncorrected Proof as printed on front cover where cover, Condition: As New, due to smudge on bottom page edge and crease on front cover edge at spine, Unread, Spine Not Broken, 625 pages, Bound in cream color card-stock like wraps with Title, Author and Publishing Information printed on it, First Edition as Stated, (assumed) First Printing being a Proof and a First Edition, RARE, ONE-OF-A-KIND copy with NO listings for a Proof/Advance on AbeBooks or OnLine, Collectible.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. ; Signed by author on FEP. ; 9.6 X 6.9 X 2.1 inches; 642 pages; Signed by Author.