Stated first edition of Frank N. Doubleday's autobiography. Known as "Effendi" (based on his initials FND), Mr. Doubleday worked at Charles Scribner's Sons for eighteen years before launching the first of many ventures which carried the Doubleday name: "Doubleday & McClure Co." in 1897. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling and elaborate scrollwork in gilt; mustard yellow endpapers. Volume wrapped in simple white jacket which lacks printing on spine, back panel and on flaps. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and sturdy. Jacket with small tears and chips as well as mild tanning but remains mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, (7), 304 pages
Title: The Memoirs of a Publisher
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Categories: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, >>Books About Books and Words
Stock No.: 87037
