Near-new copy - NO writing, marks or tears - Illustrated with photos - 286 pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. -

NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Illustrated throughout - 257 pages - Tight spine

In an American story of enduring importance, Jimmy Carter re-creates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm, before the civil rights movement that changed it and the country.

Near-new copy - NO writing, marks or tears - Illustrated with photos - 284 pages.

Dustcover shows minor wear - Book is in Fine Condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $24.95 - Illustrated with photos - 299 pages - On May 23, 1991, Johnny Carson stepped out onto the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall at the annual meeting of NBC affiliate stations - the final performer in the day's all-star lineup of NBC players, there to dazzle the affiliates with the power of the network's programming. But Carson had his own agenda: without any warning to his NBC bosses, he announced that he was leaving the "Tonight" show - NBC's flagship late-night program, and the most profitable television show ever. Carson's motive for dropping this bombshell in front of NBC's most treasured - and needed - allies is only the beginning of one of the most incredible stories of corporate infighting and show business intrigues ever to play itself out on the soundstages and in the boardrooms of New York and Hollywood. Bill Carter, who covers the television industry for the New York Times, has uncovered the true behind-the-scenes story of two giant corporations - CBS and NBC - and two quirky comedians with dreams and ambitions of their own, David Letterman and Jay Leno, fighting for the honor and the hundreds of millions of dollars that go with the abandoned late-night throne. It's a story that's as big as the manipulations of Hollywood's most feared power brokers and multi-million-dollar negotiators - and as personal as the effect on executives of being snubbed by a party invitation. Bill Carter interviewed all of the key - and dozens of not-so-key - players in this story to get the entire picture of posturing, infighting, hurt feelings, and political maneuvering that put NBC's biggest franchise at risk - and examines the fates of the executives whose wrongheaded decisions allowed it to happen. The Late Shift tells the never-before-told story behind Johnny Carson's role in Letterman's decision to defect to CBS; the secret NBC documents that sealed the future of the "Tonight" show before Carson announced his retirement; the bizarre story of Jay Leno hiding in a closet to spy on a secret NBC staff meeting;

Dell Book 542 - Nice copy of this 1949 Carter Dickson book - Color-Cover shows a swimsuit-clad beauty kneeling by a pool - back cover shows a color map of the crime scene - Cover shows minor wear - mainly along spine - ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's initials - in pencil - in book front - 1 tiny tear - bottom-right-hand side of very first page - Light page-tanning from age - 255 pages

Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $24.95 - Illustrated with photos - 299 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. On May 23, 1991, Johnny Carson stepped out onto the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall at the annual meeting of NBC affiliate stations - the final performer in the day's all-star lineup of NBC players, there to dazzle the affiliates with the power of the network's programming. But Carson had his own agenda: without any warning to his NBC bosses, he announced that he was leaving the "Tonight" show - NBC's flagship late-night program, and the most profitable television show ever. Carson's motive for dropping this bombshell in front of NBC's most treasured - and needed - allies is only the beginning of one of the most incredible stories of corporate infighting and show business intrigues ever to play itself out on the soundstages and in the boardrooms of New York and Hollywood. Bill Carter, who covers the television industry for the New York Times, has uncovered the true behind-the-scenes story of two giant corporations - CBS and NBC - and two quirky comedians with dreams and ambitions of their own, David Letterman and Jay Leno, fighting for the honor and the hundreds of millions of dollars that go with the abandoned late-night throne. It's a story that's as big as the manipulations of Hollywood's most feared power brokers and multi-million-dollar negotiators - and as personal as the effect on executives of being snubbed by a party invitation. Bill Carter interviewed all of the key - and dozens of not-so-key - players in this story to get the entire picture of posturing, infighting, hurt feelings, and political maneuvering that put NBC's biggest franchise at risk - and examines the fates of the executives whose wrongheaded decisions allowed it to happen. The Late Shift tells the never-before-told story behind Johnny Carson's role in Letterman's decision to defect to CBS; the secret NBC documents that sealed the future of the "Tonight" show before Carson announced his retirement; the bizarre story of Jay Leno hiding in a closet to spy on a secret NBC staff meeting;

Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $24.95 - Illustrated with photos - 299 pages - Gift inscription in book front - on blank page. NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. On May 23, 1991, Johnny Carson stepped out onto the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall at the annual meeting of NBC affiliate stations - the final performer in the day's all-star lineup of NBC players, there to dazzle the affiliates with the power of the network's programming. But Carson had his own agenda: without any warning to his NBC bosses, he announced that he was leaving the "Tonight" show - NBC's flagship late-night program, and the most profitable television show ever. Carson's motive for dropping this bombshell in front of NBC's most treasured - and needed - allies is only the beginning of one of the most incredible stories of corporate infighting and show business intrigues ever to play itself out on the soundstages and in the boardrooms of New York and Hollywood. Bill Carter, who covers the television industry for the New York Times, has uncovered the true behind-the-scenes story of two giant corporations - CBS and NBC - and two quirky comedians with dreams and ambitions of their own, David Letterman and Jay Leno, fighting for the honor and the hundreds of millions of dollars that go with the abandoned late-night throne. It's a story that's as big as the manipulations of Hollywood's most feared power brokers and multi-million-dollar negotiators - and as personal as the effect on executives of being snubbed by a party invitation. Bill Carter interviewed all of the key - and dozens of not-so-key - players in this story to get the entire picture of posturing, infighting, hurt feelings, and political maneuvering that put NBC's biggest franchise at risk - and examines the fates of the executives whose wrongheaded decisions allowed it to happen. The Late Shift tells the never-before-told story behind Johnny Carson's role in Letterman's decision to defect to CBS; the secret NBC documents that sealed the future of the "Tonight" show before Carson announced his retirement; the bizarre story of Jay Leno hiding in a closet to spy on a secret NBC staff meeting;

1st edition. ~ Illustrated boards, dj, VG/P+. ix+159pp, b/w frontis, 16 b/w plates, top portion of dustjacket missing, otherwise a nice copy. ~ Biography of missionary & medic Rose Harvey who spent much of her life caring for the poor & ill of India.

1st edition. ~ Cloth, F. xii+328pp, a nice fine copy, slightly rubbed blind tooled cloth. Contemporary inscription on the fep. ~ An annotated collection of 150 psalms, giving both the Bible & Book of Common Prayer versions. Uncommon.