first splendor (14 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Good. - Oblong octavo, 5-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed light green wraps with a cover illustration of the caverns. The covers are soiled, stained and slightly creased with a few small chips to the top edge. 20 pages, with 7 full-page illustrations of the caverns and music centerfold with the lyrics and music to "Old Virginia". The pages are lightly soiled with some minor chips to the top edges. Good. Includes advertisements for accomodations and "The Shenandoah Valley Route" of the Norfolk & Western Railway, and an "Automobile Tour" via "The Valley Turnpike".

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Good. 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 with Dust Jacket. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition, First Printing. A first edition of Robert Payne's lyrical guide to the history and landscape of the young state of Israel, inscribed by the author. This is a significant association copy, inscribed on the title page to Ben Raeburn, the influential publisher and head of Horizon Press. Key Features: +++ Visuals: Illustrated with 28 pages of photographic reproductions and detailed map endpapers drawn by Lilli Mautner. +++ Content: Written with Payne's characteristic flair for history and mythology, the book covers the sweep of Israeli geography from the Negev to Jerusalem, capturing the nation just 15 years after its founding. +++ Association: Inscribed in ink on the title page: 'For Ben / affectionately from / Robert'. (Ben Raeburn). +++ Imprint & Physical Specs: New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1963.Blue cloth hardcover in original dust jacket.9.5 inches tall / [5], 222 pages (includes Index) First Edition, First Condition: Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. The binding is tight and square. Text is clean with light, even age-toning. The cloth boards show sunning/fading at the spine and edges. The dust jacket is price-clipped ($6.50 intact) but shows visible wear, including chipping at the edges and darkening to the spine panel. Robert Payne was a prolific biographer and historian, best known for his The Splendor of Greece. This work captures Israel in a specific historical moment (1963)prior to the Six-Day War of 1967, offering a view of the country's borders and atmosphere during its developmental teenage years. The provenance of this copy elevates it above a standard travelogue. Ben Raeburn (Horizon Press) was a central figure in mid-century publishing, most famous for being Frank Lloyd Wright's publisher and friend. An affectionate inscription between Payne and Raeburn represents a connection between two heavyweights of the New York literary world. Keywords: Robert Payne, Israel History, Ben Raeburn, Association Copy, Signed Book, Holy Land, Horizon Press, Travelogue, Jewish History, 1960s Israel.

Ballantine Books. New York. 2003. Large 4to paperback. First edition thus. Covers sunned, laminate to spine bubbled otherwise a clean and sound copy.

50 S. Einband etwas berieben, sonst sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800 Querformat, Klappenbroschur, OKarton,

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Softcover. 256 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good, splayed fore-edge; some wear along edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, printed in the USA. Originally published in English by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York in 1972. Translated from the Spanish by Ben Belitt. A publisher's review copy, with review slip loosely laid in. Publication date given as October 29 1973. ***Near fine in light-brown cloth-covered boards, with chocolate-brown titles on the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No creases or tears to the cloth - just very slight creasing to the tail of the spine.Corners sharp. No reading lean to the spine. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £3.45. The dustwrapper is complete, with no creases, chips or tears - just slight rubbing at the edges. There is a small light stain at the base of the spine. No fading. ***184 pages including Author's Foreword, Author's Note and Translator's Foreword. 208mm x 142mm. ***'Neruda describes this, his sole work for the theatre, as "a jeu d'esprit, a melodrama, an opera, a pantomime, a tragedy." This edition presents the original Spanish text and Ben Belitt's translation on facing pages. There is an introduction by Mr. Belitt. Mr. Neruda, who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, has written, in addition to his Foreword to the play, an essay "Why Joaquin Murieta?"' (Quote taken from the back flap of the dustwrapper). ***'Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 Jul 1904 - 23 Sep 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old, and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924). Neruda occupied many diplomatic positions in various countries during his lifetime and served a term as a Senator for the Chilean Communist Party. When President Gabriel González Videla outlawed communism in Chile in 1948, a warrant was issued for Neruda's arrest. Friends hid him for months in the basement of a house in the port city of Valparaíso, and in 1949 he escaped through a mountain pass near Maihue Lake into Argentina; he would not return to Chile for more than three years. He was a close advisor to Chile's socialist President Salvador Allende, and, when he got back to Chile after accepting his Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Allende invited him to read at the Estadio Nacional before 70,000 people. Neruda was hospitalized with cancer in September 1973, at the time of the coup d'état led by Augusto Pinochet that overthrew Allende's government, but returned home after a few days when he suspected a doctor of injecting him with an unknown substance for the purpose of murdering him on Pinochet's orders. Neruda died at his home in Isla Negra on 23 September 1973, just hours after leaving the hospital. Although it was long reported that he died of heart failure, the Interior Ministry of the Chilean government issued a statement in 2015 acknowledging a Ministry document indicating the government's official position that "it was clearly possible and highly likely" that Neruda was killed as a result of "the intervention of third parties". However, an international forensic test conducted in 2013 rejected allegations that he was poisoned. It was concluded that he had been suffering from prostate cancer."' (Wiki) ***A near fine collectable copy of this first UK edition. An uncommon book. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover, cloth. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. FIRST Edition thus in publisher's original Hardcover binding, red cloth boards with embossed royal coat of arms on front board, with gold embossed lettering on spine. Binding is tight. Clean, unmarked, light pages. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Previous owner's name inked on front end paper. Minimal shelf wear on bottom edge. Translated by Nicholas Katkoff and Ann Green. Colorful Full Dust Jacket with Royal Coat of Arms, unclipped price on flap; corners slightly cut on flaps, but not on flap area with price. The dust jacket has rips and tears along edges. Prince Felix Youssoupoff?best known for his pivotal role in the assassination of Rasputin?offers one of the most intimate memoirs of the final years of Imperial Russia. Early editions of Lost Splendor in dust jacket are increasingly scarce, particularly in well-preserved condition. This copy retains its colorful, unclipped jacket and features the striking royal coat of arms, making it a desirable example for collectors of Romanov history, Russian nobility, and significant 20th-century memoirs. Book will be carefully wrapped and boxed securely with padding for safe handling during transit. We ship internationally. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; in Dust Jacket] 307 pp.

First Edition. First Edition. Trade softcover (no hardcover equivalent). Uniquely INSCRIBED by the author on his custom bookplate on the first leaf (the half-title page). The first in a two-part series chronicling the underground cultural history of Memphis, Tennessee, from the Civil War through the twentieth century. Tav Falco, member of the rock and roll band Panther Burns, narrates autobiographical stories of his time in Memphis as well. Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 444pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save mild bumping to the spine ends. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($29.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of the author's fourth book. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Good. 4to. Soft Covers, 17 pp. Very Good with minor staining to covers. Deckled edges, letterpress.From the collection of Douglas Calhoun, editor of the literary journal Athanor. The pieces were mailed from various presses and individual authors, generally spanning from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Zustand: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, May 26 (holiday SALE item)* 167 pp., Paperback, library markings, else text and binding clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.