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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years details Toscanini's magnificent and heroic 17 years (1937-1954) conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The archival broadcast recordings documented and reassessed in this lively account comprise the most complete recorded legacy of Toscanini's orchestral conducting career. The broadcast recordings include his readings of many scores for which he left no approved recording, and his NBC career included performances of works he never conducted before coming to the network. The concerts and the broadcasts were immensely popular, and for generations Toscanini's name became synonymous with conducting. His legendary art and fiery personality also engendered controversy that has yet to subside, but this account takes on the challengers, accepting neither hero worship nor criticism that ignores the evidence.…

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. (history, nbc, biography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with silver titles to spine in very good condition in like jacket. 358 pp. Extensive record of Toscanini and NBC Symphony with detailed repertoire performance history, critical issues re logistics and preparation, radio broadcasts and recordings, as well as comprehensive list of member musicians by orchestral section and dates. [One of thsi author's go to volumes on Toscanini history in US with NBC.].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Maroon cloth with silver titles. In very good condition in like jacket. 358 pp. The NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini held forth on the radio for decades in the mid-20th c capturing the spirit of the times and taking the radio medium to new heights brining a nation together during those turbulent years. The history and anecdotes are preserved here.…

Octavo, 358 pages, illustrated, original boards in dustwrapper, a near fine copy. First edition.

358 S. OPp. m. OSch. EA. In engl. Sprache. - Exlibris a. Widmungsblatt (S.5), S. 192 sowie 218f. m. Anstr., ansonsten tadellos.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 362 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Limited Edition. Facsimile reprint. Octavo (23cm). Grey cloth, titled in gilt; [xxviii],435pp. Bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James G. Mead. A straight, clean copy, Near Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First English edition. University of Chicago Press, 1920. Royal 8vo, in green cloth, lightly bubbled at spine. Light wear to head and heel, small chip to left corner of heel. Hinges starting but sound. 435 pages. A good copy of this classic reference. "Classical work, including a valuable bibliography. English translation in 1920 is enriched by a chapter on anatomical illustration since Choulant, by Garrison." Garrison-Morton 440. Bookplate of Margaret and William Bloom. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. United States Edition. Features: A Fall From the Clouds; Mary Gaunt - A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar; Eight Thousand Dollars; Insect Oddities; Byways in Sind and Baluchistan; The Pirates of the "Tai On"; Odds and Ends. Pages 97-192, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June 1915, No. 206, Vol. 35 Fall From the Clouds; A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.;Rountree, Harry; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 256 pages including 123 pages of marvelous nostalgic ads, many illustrated and quite uncommon, representing long-forgotten firms and products. Some stories include black and white photos/illustrations. 9.75" x 6.85". Articles of "Special Canadian Interest" include: The National Political Situation - armaments and taxes as involved in the problem of Canada's attitutde on naval defense; Warders of the Silence - life among Canadian Forest Rangers; The Frog in Canadian Diet - the frog now holds an honored place on popular menu cards; The Community Court Idea - groups of bungalows erected in open courts present attractive features (photo-illustrated); Canada as a Land of Opportunities - investors may make safe and profitable use of capital in many lines in this country during its period of expansion; Before Dollars Came - how Directors of Bank of Upper Canada frustrated a plot to wreck it by rebels who made run on it in 1837; Breaking Irrigation Records - large system under construction in Southern Alberta; Dr. Marden's Inspirational Talks - What the World Owes Dreamers; Louis Riel's Religion of Rebellion - did the North-west agitator believe in the justice of his cause and have faith in the purpose of his mission? [not listed in Arora]. Fiction: Beautiful Sebastiana; The Movable Feast; The Gold That Glittered; Wooing Dorothea; The Mistake of Creation, by Jack London (first published in the Feb. 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan), An Odd Case. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and complete copy of this marvelous vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Maclean's Magazine, September [Sept.] 1912, Vol. XXIV, No. 5 - The Frog in Canadian Diet, Frog as Food - Canada, Canada - Naval Defense, Forest Rangers - Canada, Canada - Residential Planning, Bank of Upper Canada - History, Irrigation - Alberta, Louis R.…