At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by Cerf, Bennett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good -/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0394478770
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478777
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971. Christopher Cerf is an author, editor, and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter and television producer. A longtime contributor to Sesame Street , and cofounder and creative producer of the PBS literacy-education series Between the Lines , Christopher Cerf is a former contributing editor of National Lampoon and a former senior editor at Random House.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117551
- Title
- At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394478770
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478777
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY PUBLISHING BENNETT CERF
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