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New York: Stein & Day, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 2" tear to dust jacket repaired. 284pp. A decent copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

New York: Stein and Day Publishers [1971]. Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0812813545 . First edition. 284 pages collecting [by the Chief Obituary Writer of The New York Times] obituaries of 37 important people. Good to Very Good copy [light bumping and some wear to the spine ends, bumping to the corners with fraying to the rear upper corner, contents tight and clean] in otherwise VG+ Dust Wapper with fraying to the spine ends plus a creased 3/4" tear to the top edge of the front panel. .

New York: Stein & Day, 1971. Black cloth spine on purple boards, 284 pgs. Author was the Chief Obituary Writer of the New York Times. Some bio's include: T.S.Eliot, Adlai E. Stevenson, Andre Maurois, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Parker, etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Stein and Day, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy, obituaries printed in New York Times for T.S. Eliot, Martin Buber, Helen Keller, John Steinbeck, Ho Chi Minh, Bertrand Russell and many others. Near Good copy.

New York, NY: Stein & Day, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB. Text/Near New. DJ/NF; under library mylar. New York Times journalist Alden Whitman (1913 - 1990) pioneered writing personalized obituaries. In 1965, Whitman began preparing the obituaries of notables in advance, and, in consultation with his subjects. This book is an anthology of 37 obits so prepared, and selected by the author; all appearing first in the New York Times between 1965 to 1970. This unusal collection makes for fascinating and rewarding portraits/biographies, with the deceased having a voice. T.S. Eliot, Martin Buber, Adlai E. Stevenson, Le Corbusier, Albert Schweizer, Helen Keller, John Steinbeck, Mies van der Rohe, Ho Chi Min, and Bertrand Russell are among those who spoke of themselves to Alden Whitman before their deaths. Fine copy.

New York: Stein and Day, c1971. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 284p. Thirty-seven obituaries written by the author for the New York Times between 1964 and 1970, from J.B.S. Haldane & T. S. Eliot through Bertrand Russell and Alexander Kerensky

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Stein and Day, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!