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The Life and Music of Bartok


STEVENS, HALSEY

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford 1953

KEYWORDS: bartok musician composer biography music

$22.50
xxsap180361

Yehudi Menuhin


MAGIDOFF, ROBERT; RAYNOR, HENRY

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1973

KEYWORDS: musician yehudi menuhin violinist violin british american biography

$27.50
xxsap180364

Bela Bartok, His Life in Picturs


SZABOLSCI, BENCE & BONIS, FERENC

Wide 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Boosey & Hawkes 1964

KEYWORDS: bela bartok photographs hungarian composer hungary music classical biography

$20.00
xxsaq180365

The Naked Face of Genius: Bela Bartok's Last Years


FASSETT, AGATHA

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Gollancz 1958

KEYWORDS: bela bartok hungarian composer hungary music classical biography

$40.00
1y99a/7

The Audrey Hepburn Treasures: Pictures and Mementos From a Life of Style and Purpose


ERWIN, ELLEN & DIAMOND, JESSICA Z. & FERRER, SEAN HEPBURN (Fore)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate water damage & adhesion to rear pages)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2006

KEYWORDS: Audrey Hepburn biography memoir film movie stars actresses Hollywood entertainment

$40.00
1y99a/10

Bela Bartok Letters


BARTOK, BELA & DEMENY, JANOS (Selected, Ed & Annotated) & TIPPETT, Sir MICHAEL (Pref) & BALABAN, PETER et al (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispeice, 466pp, VG (moderate scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition letters correspondence Bela Bartok collection music classical composers autobiography biography

$120.00
1y99a/21

The Cinema of Satyajit Ray


DAS GUPTA, CHIDANANDA

SCARCE! PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ANOTHER BOOK LOOSELY ENCLOSED AT REAR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xx + 178pp, VG- (moderate chipping, peeling & curling/creasing to cover edges & spine, moderate creasnig to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light surface loss to front eps, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 77)

PUBLISHER: National Book Trust 1994

KEYWORDS: Bollywood India Indian cinema movies film movies Satyajit Ray biography criticism

$40.00
1y99a/22

About Andrei Tarkovsky


GARB, PAULA et al

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 382pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & closed tearing to covers with heavy archival tape repairs, moderate creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy folding/creasing to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Progress Publishers 1990

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Andrei Tarkovsky film movies entertainment Russia Russian

$25.00
xxsau180394

The Life of Robert Owen


COLE, G. D. H.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1930

KEYWORDS: Robert Owen biography memoir business labour labor

$15.00
xxsau180396

The Truth About Burns


McNAUGHT, D.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Maclehouse, Jackson & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: literary biography criticism Robert Burns literature

$20.00
xxsaw180412

The Brownings: A Biography Compiled From Contemporary Sources


RICHARDSON, JOANNA

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1986

KEYWORDS: Robert Browning biography memoir folio society literature literary

$15.00
xxsbq180466

The Man in the Mirror of the Book: A Life of Jorge Luis Borges


WOODALL, JAMES

Octavo softcover (VG, contents page torn, otherwise tidy); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sceptre 1996

KEYWORDS: literary biography jorge luis borges argentian argentinian latin south america american literature

$9.00
xxsbv180485

Young Thomas Hardy


GITTINGS, ROBERT ; [HARDY, THOMAS]

Paperback (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1978

KEYWORDS: thomas hardy literary biography literature britain british

$25.00
xxsbw180497

The Fastest Old Man in the World: The Derek Turnbull Story


BOYLE, VINCE ; [TURNBULL, DEREK]

Super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Pat Turnbull 2006

KEYWORDS: derek turnbull sport sports new zealand running athletic aging ageing biography

$15.00
xxsbu180524

General Lord Freyberg VC: An Unofficial Biography


SINGLETON-GATES, PETER ; [LORD FREYBERG]

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W, super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1963

KEYWORDS: general lord freyberg vc victoria cross new zealand biography military history

$25.00
xxscj180533

Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend


BROWN, MALCOLM

Quarto 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2005

KEYWORDS: biography illustrated lawrence t e of arabia world war one 1 ww1 arabian middle east arab arabs history

$40.00
1y99a/43

Paddy Finucane: Fighter Ace


STOKES, DOUG

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 219pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate adhesive label residue ro front cover)

PUBLISHER: Crecy Books 1992

KEYWORDS: military history aviation Paddy Finucane raf British royal air force biography memoir fighter pilots

$85.00
1y99a/46

German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann: The Life Story of the World's Highest Scoring Ace


HARTMANN, URSULA (Photo Selection & Commentary) & JAGER, MANFRED (Intro) & CABLE, JAMES C. (Trans)

Quarto, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black fighter plane illus to front board, marbled eps, illus title page, 296pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to extrems, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1992

KEYWORDS: military history aviation German Germany biography memoir Erich Hartmann fighter pilots luftwaffe

$50.00
1y99b/10

The Secret Diary of a Satan Worshipper


FRENCH, JOEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 185pp, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside cover edges)

PUBLISHER: New Leaf Press 1991

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir devil satan worship evil religion worship

$40.00
1y99b/24

The Life and Tragic Death of Bruce Lee


LEE, LINDA

FIRST EDITION, TANNED, paperback, yellow lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy closed tearing to spine extrems with archival tape repairs, moderate creasing & chafing to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Star Books/W. H. Allen 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Bruce Lee martial arts actors entertainment movies stars movie kung fu

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