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Flat-signed first Canadian edition and first printing of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst
Flat-signed first Canadian edition and first printing of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst by Kenneth Whyte, published by Random House Canada in 2008. Kenneth Whyte has signed the title page in black ink without a visible personalization.
This substantial biography follows Hearst's early transformation from an inexperienced San Francisco newspaperman into a formidable New York publisher. Whyte recounts Hearst's newspaper war with Joseph Pulitzer and examines the innovations, populism, sensationalism, and competitive ambition that helped reshape modern mass journalism. The book was recognized as a Washington Post and Globe and Mail Book of the Year and was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.
Hardcover with dust jacket, deckled page edges, historical illustrations, and a signed-by-author sticker on the front jacket. The seller grades the copy Very Good. Minor edge and corner wear is visible on the jacket, while the photographed representative interior spread appears clean and free of obvious handwritten markings. The dust jacket is now housed in a clear removable protective cover.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
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Flat-signed first Canadian edition and first printing of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst by Kenneth Whyte, published by Random House Canada in 2008. Kenneth Whyte has signed the title page in black ink without a visible personalization.
This substantial biography follows Hearst's early transformation from an inexperienced San Francisco newspaperman into a formidable New York publisher. Whyte recounts Hearst's newspaper war with Joseph Pulitzer and examines the innovations, populism, sensationalism, and competitive ambition that helped reshape modern mass journalism. The book was recognized as a Washington Post and Globe and Mail Book of the Year and was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.
Hardcover with dust jacket, deckled page edges, historical illustrations, and a signed-by-author sticker on the front jacket. The seller grades the copy Very Good. Minor edge and corner wear is visible on the jacket, while the photographed representative interior spread appears clean and free of obvious handwritten markings. The dust jacket is now housed in a clear removable protective cover.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
