Search Results: Authors starting with N from Berthoff Books

Kharvest, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN RUSSIAN. 735 pages, with index, chronology and glossary of terms. B&w and color (hue shifted slightly toward red end of the spectrum) reproductions throughout the copious text. Covers historical period 988 (Christianization of Rus) to 2000. Edition published in Minsk, Belarus, of this "History of Russian Art: a Short Guide for Students" (translation of title; book is in Russian only). 8vo (6 x 8-3/4"; ~15 x 22 cm), 6.35 cm (2-1/2") thick, glossy pictorial boards, remnant of price sticker on back board, small scratch to back board at top near spine, barely perceptible wear to fore-edge. No markings inside or out. Heavy book, overseas orders may incur shipping surcharge.

Sol, 1991. Soft cover. Near Fine. THIS BOOK IS IN KOREAN. 341 pages, 1994 printing, double-sided b&w frontispiece plate has portrait photo of author with pictures of him at conferences verso. Selected critical essays (this info and translation of title are from inscription; see also Korean-language copyright page - second image) by Korean scholar of English-language literature. Trade paperback with self-wraps, only visible wear is sunning to spine. Inscribed by the author in English to former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff (Harvard U.) "with sincere respect and gratitude of a former student", June 1994.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 272 pages, with Index. 127 b&w art reproductions and photos, many of them taken by the author on travels throughout Europe; 20 maps. Chapters range from southern Italy to the northern British Isles. Edited by Robyn Cooper, who prepared the book for publication after the author's death in 1964. Royal 8vo (7-1/2" x 10"), taupe cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial end papers (detail of photo of a porch at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna), practically no visible wear, touch of page-turning soil, in unclipped DJ (price crossed out with new one written in pencil) with remainder mark - small hole punched in front panel. Pages unmarked.

Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Three volumes in one, numbered separately: 322 + 335 + 371 = 1028 pages in all. Introductory note by the author, musical extracts printed throughout the summaries. A biography of each composer is included. Vol. 1 contains Wagner's operas; Vol. 2 - Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Von eber, Ambroise Thomas; Vol. 3 - Verdi, Puccini, and four others from the 19th-20th centuries. 8vo, red material over boards with faded lettering on spine, heavy wear to crown/heel/corners, rubbed along spine, top couple of inches of backstrip reglued, front hinge cracked, soil to back board/top edge/end papers, page margins age-toned. Gift inscription on ffep, pages unmarked. Heavy book, international orders may incur extra shipping charges.

Tyndale Momentum, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 236 pages. Color illustrations on four double-sided plates. Introduction by coach Frank Reich. Written by the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, and seminary student, in the aftermath of winning the Super Bowl. 8vo, black cloth with silver gilt lettering, practically no visible wear, dust jacket has light shelf wear, pages bright and unmarked.

Pegasus, 1969. Soft cover. Good. 411 pages. Translated and Edited by William B. Edgerton, with notes on Russian names and spelling, bibliography of Russian sources. Fourteen tales by the Russian prose master Leskov. Trade paperback, spine sunned, foxing to fore-edge, light shelf wear, binding tight. Underscoring and margin bracket on two pages of introduction, stories themselves are unmarked.

Bulzoni Editore, 1986. Soft cover. Near Fine. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 243 pages. Universita di Roma, Facolta di lettere e filosofia, Istituto di letteratura inglese e americana, Studi e ricerche 19. Inscribed by author on ffep to Prof. Warner Berthoff "con rispetto e amicizia," at Harvard, September 1986. Title page stamped "campione gratuito." Cover 6" x 8-1/2", orange self-wraps sunned on and along spine. Interior clean and unmarked.

Ballantine Books, 1956. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 149 pages, mass-market paperback format, edge-wear and corner creases to cover, scratch to fore-edge, small tear/chip in p. 29-30 not affecting text. "This is an original collection, not a reprint" stated. Four short novels: The Man Who Studied Yoga, by Mailer; The Engines of Hygeia, by Phillips; A Room at the Inn, by Rainer; and Field Guide to the Western Birds, by Stegner. Pages age-tanned, unmarked.

Labor Publications, Inc., 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. 123 pages, with index, illustrated with b&w photos on four double-sided plates. Trade paperback, minor wear to corners, edges and pages bright, pages unmarked.

Praeger Publishers, 1971. Soft cover. Good. 350 pages, with index, bibliography, biographies of artists, list of illustrations of which there are many (art reproductions) - mostly b&w, a few color. Chapters on individual artists Asher B. Durand, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, others. Large trade paperback (7-1/4" x 9-5/8"), glossy wraps curled, 1/4" tear to fore-edge, corner creases and other wear, foxing to edges and end papers, stain to p. 82-83 from laid-in clipping. No marks observed within. Laid-in clipping is a review, possibly from the TLS, of different book, Romantic Re-Vision by Bryan Jay Wolf.