Gross Gerald Editor (12 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. 416 p. This is a collection of essays on the press, written by leaders in a variety of media fields, from newspapers to film.

Paperback. Condition: G+. No Jacket. 491 pp, the book and contents are clean and tight, cover is tight and has some light edge wear.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. C. Linda Dingler (Deisgn) (illustrator). Revised Edition. 373 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/4" tears, no chips. Price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First thus. First edition thus, near fine hardcover shows some light soil to covers and page edges, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket that shows rubbing and edgewear that includes tiny chips and closed tears. 285 pages. Still a solid copy in jacket of this collection of work from Pearson that features the case of Lizzie Borden and much, much more.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1969, FAIR, Soft Cover, ISBN: 0-671-20245-6, cover wear/discoloration, heal of spine small tear, binding tight. Book.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. xx, 377, [3] pages. Includes An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Editing and Publishing by Jean-Louis Brindamour and Joseph M Lubow. This work addresses the Theory and Practice of Editing. Gerald Jeremiah Gross was born in Jersey City on Oct. 10, 1921. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and was taking classes at City College and working at a bookstore when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The next day he married Flora Finn (who was born Finkelstein), and the day after that he enlisted. He served in the Army Air Forces, flying numerous combat missions as a navigator and bombardier, including the bombing of Berlin. After the war, Mr. Gross graduated from Columbia and began his career at the publishing house Reynal & Hitchcock, which later merged with Harcourt. When he left Macmillan in 1975, he joined Boston University, where, as vice president for the arts, publications and media, he persuaded its president at the time, John Silber, that the university should have its own resident theater. Gerald Gross, was a longtime book editor and publishing executive. Mr. Gross's three-decade career in publishing included more than decade as an editor at Harcourt Brace, where two books he worked on "The Field of Vision," a novel by Wright Morris, and the poetry collection "Things of This World," by Richard Wilbur won National Book Awards in 1957. He also worked at Pantheon, and from 1962 to 1975 at Macmillan, which published the translations of Speer's two best-selling memoirs, "Inside the Third Reich" (1970) and, "Spandau: The Secret Diaries" (1976). Since 1962 Editors on Editing has been an indispensable guide for editors, would-be editors, and especially writers who want to understand the publishing process. Written by America's most distinguished editors, these 38 essays will teach, inform, and inspire anyone interested in the world of editing. Editors on Editing includes essays on the evolution of the American editor; the ethical and moral dimensions of editing; what an editor looks for in a query letter, proposal, and manuscript; line editing; copyediting; the freelance editor; the question of political correctness; making the most of writers' conferences; and numerous other topics. Completely Revised Third Edition, First Grove Press Edition [stated], First Printing [stated].

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 491 pages. Preface by Frederic G. Melcher. First edition. Statements from 36 famous publishers. Covers rubbed, else a near fine copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. Light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket lightly rubbed. Starts out with several definitive essays Pearson wrote on the nature of crime and criminals, followed by a group of his most fascinating cases, including the Lizzie Borden case. Introduction by veteran crime writer Miriam Allen de Ford, a Preface by Gerald Gross, and an argument-fanning essay on the Lizzie Borden crime wherin Mr. Gross puts forth a new theory on the case. 285 pages. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!