About this title: The life of John Reith is a classical tragedy, but one of baroque proportions. Reith founded, and for its first 14 years directed, the BBC, imbuing it with that Reithian ethos on which it arguably still runs and establishing a model for public service broadcasting all over the world. In the Britain of the 1930s he was a great man. But at the age ...
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780002159630ISBN:0002159635
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780002159630ISBN:0002159635
Description: Tall 8vo. Blockbuster biography of the founder and controlling spirit of the BBC. 447pp, 37 photographs. black cloth, portrait dj under protective sleeve. ex lib, with stamps, not affecting text or illustrations. otherwise very good. this is a large book, so additional postage may aply. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780002159630ISBN:0002159635
Description: First edition. First printing of first UK hardback edition. Complete Numberline. VG/VG. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. 447 pages. 6" by 9.5". This is a heavy item so extra postage will be required. The baroque tragedy of the Presbyterian founding Director General of the BBC who demonstrably failed to practise in his own private life what he so frequently and vehemently preached to others. read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover in a Dust Jacket
Publisher: Harper Collins, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780002159630ISBN:0002159635
Description: Fine/Very Good (closed tear) 0002159635 xvi + 447 pages, illustrated, notes, index. read more
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