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Click to view full description | 1. | SHIRER, WILLIAM L 20th Century Journey. A Memoir of a Life and the Times. The Start: 1904 - 1930
New York Simon & Schuster 1976
First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, William L. Shirer, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: ÒTo Wayne Warga, After much good talk - all the best from William L. Shirer.Ó Illustrated. Very good copy with some slight edge wear and some rippling to the top page edges of the last third of the book in a rubbed and dust soiled dust jacket with fading to the spine and some chips and tears. The memoirs of writer, historian, and foreign correspondent, William L. Shirer, detailing his youth in Chicago as well as his early heroes and influences, including Clarence Darrow, Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, Charles Lindbergh, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Thurber, Sinclair Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Isadora Duncan, and many more. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy's race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in-depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.
Price: 55.00 USD | See Full
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| 2. | SHIRER, WILLIAM L The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
New York Simon & Schuster 1960
Book Club Edition. Lacking the half-title. Ownership signature and partially removed bookplate. Inscribed and signed by the author, William L. Shirer, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: ÒTo Wayne Warga, In remembrance of much good talk. William L. Shirer. 1979.Ó Near fine copy with just a trace of shelf wear in a very good lightly used dust jacket with some small tears and tiny nicks. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy's race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in-depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.
Price: 150.00 USD | See Full
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