alfred knopf new york 2017 (10 Ergebnisse)

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue/black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 532, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

24.0 x 18.0cms 688pp b/w & colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper This volume tracks Calders peripatetic childhood; friendships with the avant-garde artists of his genration; engineering studies; wire-figure scultures and emegrence as a leader in the international abstract avant-garde.

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. The river of consciousness. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, 4th printing, x, 237pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $27.00, very good gray hardcover, previous owner's name blacked out on front endpaper. "Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The best-selling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues, ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise and passion informs the perspective of this book, in which he interrogates the nature not only of human experience but of all life. In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes--above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age; the questions they explored--the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness--lie at the heart of science and of this book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacks's unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavor to understand what makes us human.". ISBN 9780385352567.

very good dust-jacket, very good white and black hardcover, several pages dog-eared but I would have hardly known it was used otherwise. MAUCERI, JOHN. Maestros and their music: the art and alchemy of conducting. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First Edition, viii, 262pp., . John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside the greatest names of the music world. With candor and humor, Mauceri makes clear that conducting is itself a composition: of legacy and tradition, techniques handed down from master to apprentice, and more than a trace of ineffable magic. He reveals how conductors approach a piece of music (a calculated combination of personal interpretation, imagination, and insight into the composer's intent); what it takes to communicate solely through gesture, with sometimes hundreds of performers at once; and the occasionally glamorous, often challenging life of the traveling maestro. Mauceri, who worked closely with Leonard Bernstein for eighteen years, assisted Leopold Stokowski, and was on the faculty of Yale University for fifteen years, is the perfect guide to the allure and theater, passion and drudgery, rivalries and relationships of the conducting life. - CONTENTS ; A short history of conducting -- The technique of conducting -- How do you learn an orchestral score? -- How do you learn to be a conductor? -- What makes one conductor's performance different from another's? -- Relationships. The relationship with the music ; The relationship with the musicians ; The relationship with the audience ; The relationship with the critics ; The relationship with the owners and management -- Who's in charge? -- The loneliness of the long-distance maestro -- Recordings vs. performances (vs. recordings of performances) -- The mystery: everything and its opposite. ISBN 9780451494023.

Freely, John, 1926-. The house of memory: reflections on youth and war. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First Edition, 252pp., very good dust-jacket, small tear to corner, very good green hardcover. "In an entertaining and tender memoir, the 90-year-old author remembers his fully lived life, from growing up poor in a Brooklyn and Ireland that now exist only in memory, to serving in the China/Burma/India theater during World War II as a member of an elite U.S. Navy Commando unit," - CONTENTS: Part One. Youth -- Sailing Against the Tide -- Depression Brooklyn -- The Shadow of War -- All Will Be Well -- I'm in the Navy Now -- Part Two. War -- Preparing for War -- Shipping Out -- Lost Horizon -- Jade Dragon Snow Mountain -- The Rivers of Paradise -- The Ungovernable Sea -- Part Three. Memory -- Waves Washing the Sand. ISBN 9780451494702.

near fine dust-jacket, slightest wear at bottom of spine, cover price $26.95, very good hardcover with brown spine and gray boards, slightest indentation at bottom of spine. HANKS, TOM. Uncommon type: some stories. Photographs by Kevin Twomey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First Edition, viii, 405pp., . "A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories." - CONTENTS: Three exhausting weeks -- Christmas Eve 1953 -- A junket in the city of light -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: An elephant in the pressroom -- Welcome to Mars -- A month on Green Street -- Alan Bean plus four -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: At loose in the Big Apple -- Who's who? -- A special weekend -- These are the meditations of my heart -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: Back from back in time -- The past is important to us -- Stay with us -- Go see Costas -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: Your Evangelista, Esperanza -- Steve Wong is perfect. ISBN 9781101946152.

Rausing, Sigrid. Mayhem. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First Edition, 199pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $25.00, very good gray hardcover, fresh copy, appears unused, red remainder dot on bottom foredge. A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family. In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans' sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened. In Mayhem, she asks the difficult questions those close to the world of addiction must face. "Who can help the addict, consumed by a shaming hunger, a need beyond control? There is no medicine: the drugs are the medicine. And who can help their families, so implicated in the self-destruction of the addict? Who can help when the very notion of help becomes synonymous with an exercise of power; a familial police state; an end to freedom, in the addicts mind?" An eloquent and timely attempt to understand the conundrum of addiction and a memoir as devastating as it is riveting. ISBN 9780451493125.

Kelly, Helena, 1981-. Jane Austen. The Secret Radical. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First American Edition, 318pp., very good dust-jacket, original price $27.95, very good white hardcover, slight wear. CONTENTS: The authoress - "The anxieties of common life" : Northanger Abbey - The age of brass : Sense and Sensibility - "All our old prejudices" : Pride and Prejudice - "The chain and the cross" : Mansfield Park - Gruel : Emma - Decline and Fall : Persuasion - The end. ISBN 9781524732103.

Kelly, Helena, 1981-. Jane Austen. The Secret Radical. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First American Edition, 318pp., very good dust-jacket, original price $27.95, very good white hardcover. CONTENTS: The authoress - "The anxieties of common life" : Northanger Abbey - The age of brass : Sense and Sensibility - "All our old prejudices" : Pride and Prejudice - "The chain and the cross" : Mansfield Park - Gruel : Emma - Decline and Fall : Persuasion - The end. ISBN 9781524732103.

very good dust-jacket, fold mark on front flap, cover price $25.95, attractive copy, very good black hardcover, some old label residue on back of jacket. MURAKAMI, HARUKI. Men without women: stories. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, stated First United States edition, 227pp., . Series: McNaughton lease books. "A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic". ISBN 9780451494627.