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COPY DESK AND REPORTERS' MANUAL
1936WRCLIT81477Oklahoma City: The Daily Oklahoman / Oklahoma City Times 1936. Green cloth. Slim small octavo. Small stains from now absent debris in the rear gutter boards smudged with the shadow of perhaps a coffee cup ring on the upper board else very good. First edition. Author William Manchester's copy with his ownership signature and address on the front free endsheet and pencil notes on the rear free endsheet. A good association copy of the style book of the editorial department of DAILY OKLAHOMAN used by Manchester when he worked for the publication. Manchester was hired as a copy boy in 1945 after returning injured from World War II; he returned to college in the following year. This copy is enhanced by the crib notes Manchester wrote on the final free endsheet regarding his co-worker's names and departments the phone numbers for the police station and the General Hospital names of key police and FBI personnel and a very detailed list of the "schedule for copy" for the paper. An interesting artifact of both the author's early life and the workings of a daily newspaper of the last century. The Daily Oklahoman / Oklahoma City Times hardcover books
