Pegler Westbrook (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mead Maddick Lownds, cover illustration (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with rubbing and darkening edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with edgewear.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 333 Pages. In Good Plus condition. Orange spine with black lettering. Full binding in orange cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and edge wear, minor fraying to corners and slight sunning to spine. Text block exhibits moderate age-toning. 1371720. FP New Rockville Stock.

unbound. 2 pages (front and back), 10.5 x 7.25 inches, New York, accompanied by the original envelope (paperclip stain) postmarked November 4, 1949. Signed "Peg" by the right-wing journalist known for his blistering attacks on the Roosevelt administration, to a friend, in part: ".I am simply flummoxed by the disunity of the Catholics, especially the Irish, in this country on political issues which threaten the U.S.A. with communism or Marxism Nazi-Fascism. We have been used and exploited and still we have no integrity and snarl among ourselves." Natural folds; very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Pale blue softcover, string bound, irridescent pattern to binding, titles spelled out with silver stars. Taken from the daily column, "Fair Enough" by Westbrook Pegler in the New York World Telegram. From the edition of 200 copies. Size: 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Book.

1/4 Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition of 200 Copies. 20 cm x 14.5 cm. [5 pp] Silver and white floral patterned paper over boards, backed in navy cloth, gray and white title label. Printer's copy, limited to two hundred copies, privately printed at the Sign of St. Christopher. Rubbing to boards, interior margins lightly toned, po name in green ink (Mildred Smallen) to ffep. Anti-labor satire written anonymously by conservative journalist Westbrook Pegler.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition stated. VG+/G: Book appears unread; gilt on spine a touch worn. Unclipped ($2.50) DJ shows edgewear; spine faded. Inscribed by Pegler on front endpaper: "To Hugh & Connie -- read 'em and sleep! Peg." The first of three essay collections by Pegler, a populist columnist who won the Pulitzer Prize five years later; he gradually became more conservative and, by the 1950s, was too extreme to fit into mainstream journalism. His signature is surprisingly uncommon. 298 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Slight smudge on front endpapers, else about fine in spine sunned, very good dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to boxing champion Gene Tunney: "To Gene Tunney, Compliments of my dear friend George Skouras. Gene Sarazen." Skouras was a movie executive and president of United Artists Theatres.

One Page on Pegler's Scripps-Howard Stationery. Dated August 24th, 1942. Written to fellow author J. C. Furnas. "I am greatly cheered by your note about my little account of a busy day's activities. You must come over sometime when we are having an interesting discussion with some young people and join us at squat tag". Sincerely, Westbrook Pegler. Some minor tears to top edge, folded twice, a few tiny age marks. Text is bright and clean. Pegler was an American Journalist -- Chicago Tribune, NY World Telegram -- (1894-1969). Size: 8 1/2" X 11". Signed.

Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. These are three (3) pages of ORIGINAL teletyped pages by WESTBROOK PEGLER of his King Features Syndicate column of July 12, 1960 concerning a political gathering that night at Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood, California, ostensibly hosted by singer Phil Regan, honoring David McDonald, the President of the United Steelworkers national union. This party took place during the Democratic National Convention, held in Los Angeles from July 11-16, 1960. Significantly, also present at the gathering was SENATOR JACK F. KENNEDY (JFK), the eventual successful Democratic Presidental Nominee. This original teletyped column was then sent by Westbrook Pegler to Dave Chasen, the owner of Chasen's restaurant with a HANDWRITTEN NOTE, SIGNED by Pegler ("Peg"} to "Dear Dave" which encircles the first page of copy. Present are three pages of the four page teletyped column, sans page three. 8 1/2" x 11". ALSO INCLUDED are photocopies of the relevant pages of The Pampa (Texas) Daily News of July 13, 1960, showing the subject Pegler column starting on the front page and labled, "Special Daily News Convention Reports". As of 1960, Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969) was a popular, though controversial, columnist, whose columns were distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate, owned by Hearst. The Very Good Plus pages have teletype machine-torn edges as usual and are rubbed from handling, and now in a clear 4mil mylar protective envelope. Signed.

Two full pages on Pegler's Scripps-Howard Stationery. Dated May 23, 1944. Written to fellow author J. C. Furnas. Lengthy (six paragraph) typed letter re: Rehabilitation of an old farm and the problems, joys of having a farm and raising pigs and sheep. He ends by talking about Hitler and the War and Fascism/Communism. Interesting commentary. Some minor tears to top edge, folded twice. Text is bright and clean. Westbrook was an American Journalist -- Chicago Tribune, NY World Telegram -- (1894-1969). Size: 8 1/2" X 11". Signed.

unbound. 4 pages, 10.5 x 7.25 inches, written from Tucson with his New York address crossed out, September 1, 1942, soon after losing a landmark libel lawsuit against Quentin Reynolds, in small part: ".The question was whether he showed a yellow streak. If I had been he, I would have thought such conduct yellow.however, the jury did not regard this as yellow conduct! Furthermore, however, the judge was a nominee and political henchman of Herbert Lehman, a henchman for Eleanor Roosevelt.Reynolds has been paid large fees.to go up and down the country preaching the great cause of Israel.he lost few opportunities to plead the cause.which I regarded as a crime against law and the Arab States.I did not lose the lawsuit.Hearst lost it and I believe I was the victim of inefficient representation." Pegler then launches into a diatribe attacking his boss William Hearst, actions that would lead to the loss of his column at King Features Syndicate, in part: ".Healy in New Orleans is outwardly cordial but I have an impression that he is almost as superficial as Bill Hearst.It seems to me that my clients would relish two or three stories about my long ordeal of censorship with the Hearst outfit.I believe the Hearst Empire is collapsing and that in a few years it would have no newspapers left.I have an awful lot of original material which has been useless to me because the damned Hearst outfit is a stable of sacred cows." Much more great content showing the bitter side of the "real" Westbrook Pegler. Staple holes in the upper left corner; otherwise very good condition. American journalist and writer best known for his ultra-conservative political views.