Reminiscences of Warren Lynch : oral history, 1955.

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Reminiscences of Warren Lynch : oral history, 1955.

Education; early experience in advertising; Book-of-the-Month Club: advertising decisions, reputation, book selections, media choice for advertising; relationship of Book-of-the-Month Club selections to Landmark selections; circularizing; space advertising; judges of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

Transcript: 28 leaves.

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