A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded
A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded | Rare and modern books | Chalmers, Floyd S.
A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded
A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded | Rare and modern books | Chalmers, Floyd S.
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1969
- Place of printing
- USA
- Author
- Chalmers, Floyd S.
- Publishers
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Keyword
- A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne, Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded Trotsky Halifax, Maclean's Magazine Maclean-Hunter Ltd. History Biography, Biography
- Binding description
- J H Fair Hardcover
- State of preservation
- Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- First edition
- True
Description
368 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The colorful story of a dynamic, eccentric journalist, who started off as a $5-a-week reporter and became a publishing giant, by happening to be in the right place at the right time - with the right idea." - from dust jacket. Includes interesting chapter entitled "Battling the Bolshevists" which describes Maclean's part in attempting to restrain Trotsky at Halifax so he could not return to Russia.News clipping laid-in provides 1993 obituary of the author, who rose from reporter to editor of the Financial Post before becoming honorary chairman of Maclean Hunter Ltd. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Average wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important Canadian biography. Book
