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Kurt Weil on Stage, From Berlin to Broadway


HIRSCH, FOSTER

First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

KEYWORDS: biography Kurt Weil Broadway Foster Hirsch theatre drama stage music composition composer musical

$20.00
xxpal128495

Speaking of Diaghilev


DRUMMOND, JOHN

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1998

KEYWORDS: biography Sergei Diaghilev ballet russe John Drummond dance company music

$16.50
xxpal128506

Fritz Reiner: A Biography


HART, PHILIP

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fritz Reiner orchestra conductor music entertainment theatre classical opera

$20.00
xxpal128508

Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship 1948-1971


CRAFT, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Stravinsky music classical theatre entertainment

$16.50
xxpal128528

Igor Stravinsky: His Personality, Works and Views


DRUSKIN, MIKHAIL & COOPER, MARTIN (Trans)

Super octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: biography Igor Stravinsky Mikhail Druskin composer composition

$25.00
xxpal128529

Stravinsky


VLAD, ROMAN & FULLER, FREDERICK (Trans) & FULLER, ANN (Trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: biography Igor Stravinsky Roman Vlad composer composition

$30.00
xxapd128588

The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626 Vols I & II


PENNINGTON, L. E. (Ed)

2 Volume Set, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1997

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Samuel Purchas theology geography essays

$17.50
xxaro128600

The Life and Times of Sir James Wilson of Bulls


WILD, L. J.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w, clear contact (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1953

KEYWORDS: biography memoir James Wilson of Bulls New Zealand agriculture education

$27.50
xxaro128604

The Torlesse Papers: The Journals and Letters of Charles Obins Torlesse Concerning the Foundation of the Canterbury Settlement in New Zealand 1848-51


MALING, PETER BROMLEY (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1958

KEYWORDS: Charles Torlesse biography memoir journals correspondance New Zealand history Canterbury

$30.00
xxasa128610

Sir Walter Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana


LORIMER, JOYCE (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 2006

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Ralegh biography memoir history travel exploration El Dorado Orinoco

$40.00
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The Furtwangler Record


ARDOIN, JOHN & HUNT, JOHN (Disc)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 376pp, 12 plates, VG+ (v light scuffing to spine extrems, light sunning to upper spine & upper rear board) in d/w, VG+ (v light creasing to spine & edges, heavy sun fading to spine & partial front cover, light foxing to internal cover)

PUBLISHER: Amadeus Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Wilhelm Furtwangler music history entertainment criticism biography memoir

$50.00
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Gustav Holst: The Man and His Music


SHORT, MICHAEL

Super octavo, navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 530pp + 16 plates to centre, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, v light tanning to top page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light/moderate sun fading to spine, light creasing to edges with light surface loss, 4cm crease with surface loss & small hole to front cover, light chips to cover corners, price clipped, 1cm closed tear to rear top corner, light soiling to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Gustav Holst music classical composer

$20.00
xxasd128620

Anton von Webern


HAYES, MALCOLM

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1995

KEYWORDS: music biography memoir Anton von Webern,

$10.00
xxpba128679

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World


GARFIELD, SIMON

Octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2000

KEYWORDS: William Perkin biography memoir mauve colours

$20.00
xxpbb128688

Dorothy Theomin of Olveston: Mountaineer, Photographer, Traveller & Benefactor


BLACKMAN, MARGERY

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Friends of Olveston 2007

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Dorothy Theomin Olveston New Zealand history photography

$14.00
xxpbb128719

Winston First: The Unauthorised Account of Winston Peters' Career


HAMES, MARTIN

Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics biography memoir Winston Peters

$32.50
xxpbb128739

Camerons of the Glen: The Story of the Camerons of Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai, Central Otago


OFFWOOD, DONALD

Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 2008

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Donald Angus Cameron New Zealand Central Otago pioneers

$12.00
xxpbb128740

The Soul of Marshal Gilles de Raiz: With Some Account of His Lif and Times, His Abominable Crimes and His Expiation


LEWIS, D. B. WYNDHAM

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswode 1952

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Marshal Gilles de Raiz history

$28.50
xxpbc128749

The Judgement of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of Herat


DIVER, MAUD

Folding map at rear, octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1913

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Major Eldred Pottinger

$25.00
xxpbd128805

Our Friend James Joyce


COLUM, MARY & COLUM, PADRAIC

First edition, light damp stain & wrinkles, octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959

KEYWORDS: James Joyce biography memoir author writer literary

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