About this title: “I’ve got the name for our publishing operation. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Let’s call it Random House.” So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977-08-12
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. VG+/VG+, a very nice copy with no tears or chips to the mylar wrapped dust jacket, previous owner's name on endpaper else interior is clean, binding tight. read more
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394478777ISBN:0394478770
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Pages and binding tight and clean, previous owner's embossed seal in front, soil to outside of pages. D/J has a tear at spine with minor rubbing and edge wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Edition-2nd Impression
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Random House, N. Y.
Date Published: 1977
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. X-library with normal flaws.........The hard cover and the jacket has light shelf wear.........The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed.... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1977
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Good in brown cloth boards that show a few rubs, edgewear and some light soiling. ix. 306 p. Textblock clean and bright and bindng is fairly tight. Posthumously published memoir by the cofounder of one of the great twentieth century publishing houses. Includes many fascinating stories about Cerf's dealings with some of the most famous literary icons in the first half of the 20th Century. Fascinating read for anyone interested in the publishing business ... read more
Description: Good. 1977-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 2002-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
"Since I am a publisher, I am obsessed with reading books about publishers and their presses. And Random House is the biggie of them all. One thing for sure, publishing is a very romantic business. Whatever you are a small press or a huge one like Random. The old School (and Cerf is a member of that school) were visionaries and had great passion in their work. I hope to be among that little club!"
"An amazing read for anyone in/fascinated by publishing. Pompous and self-satisfied hardly begins to describe Bennett Cerf, but if you founded one of the most prestigious and reputable publishing houses in America, wouldn't you be?"
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