REPORTER ANONYMOUS: The Story of the Press Association

Scott, George

ISBN 10: 0090875605 / ISBN 13: 9780090875603

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1968

About this Item

This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in light green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition and has now been covered in clear, removable Brodart, protective film. This copy has been signed on the f.e.p. 'With best wishes George Scott' with no other dedication. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. History of the national multimedia news agency and information provider in the UK & Ireland, published in the year of its first centenary in 1968, and tells of its struggles & achievements in the pre-digital age. Founded in 1868 by a group of provincial newspaper proprietors, the PA provides a London-based service of news-collecting and reporting from around the United Kingdom. The news agency's founders sought to produce a more accurate and reliable alternative to the monopoly service of the telegraph companies. In January 1870 the agency moved from temporary offices into new headquarters at Wine Office Court, off Fleet Street. At 5am on Saturday 5 February 1870, its first press telegram was transmitted. The agency's first Editor-in-Chief was Arthur Cranfield, appointed in 1926.Ref LLL 3.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REPORTER ANONYMOUS: The Story of the Press Association
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0090875605
• ISBN 13: 9780090875603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

History of the national multimedia news agency and information provider in the UK & Ireland, published in the year of its first centenary in 1968, and tells of its struggles & achievements in the pre-digital age. Light green cloth boards gilt lettering, some rubbing at jacket edges, light foxing at page edges, no inscriptions, price corner & corner of title page removed, binding secure