Search Results: Titles starting with A from Veery Books

Wien: Universal Edition, 1969. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. Universal Edition Nr. 14877. For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon. Instructions in German and English. One score of 9 leaves. Some wear and bumping to extremities, else very good.

Boston: Boston University, 1996. 254 pp.; a-j; contributor's notes; Ads. Contains Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Reviews, Documents. Poetry by Chinua Achebe, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirschfield, Alvaro Mutis, Oksana Zabuzhko, James Laughlin, Robert Bly, Marvin Bell, Linda Bamber, Andrew LaBonte, Joshua Weiner, Sue Standing, Joyce Carl Oates, Muar Alsadir, Mark Halliday, Sugawara Katsumi, Claire Malroux, Marilyn Hacker, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and others. Fiction by Jill McCorkle, Michael Franco, Peter Ho Davies. Essays by Wulf D. Rehder, Khaled Mattawa, Joseph Bruchac, Jerzy Jarniewicz, and others. Reviews by Thom Gunn, Kathy Fagan, and others. Documents by Rosanna Warren and Stuart Dischell.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Andover, UK: Pitkin Pictorials, 1980. 32 pp. A rub to the rear wrap, and a price sticker. Many unusual photographs and illustrations. ''Mavis Batey tells the story of Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and the immortal friendship with 'Lewis Carroll', the mathematics don, which inspired the Alice books. Mrs Batey, who is married to the Treasurer of Christ Church, has made a special study of the Oxford background to the famous Alice stories, which throws a new and refreshing light on Lewis Carroll as child-lover and gifted story-teller.''. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: M. Witmark & Sons,, 1917. Wear, some short tears. Good. 10.5 X 13 inches. Ethel Gray Terry and Robert Armstrong hand-colored photo.Ballad for voice and piano. ''The roses all envy the bloom on your cheek, and the sun even envies your smile.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

237 pp. Plate 719-237. Vocal score, wraps, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very good, with tilted spine, and wear to covers. The Theatre Guild presents Allegro, a New Musical Play, Music by Richard Rogers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, Direction and Choreography by Agnes de Mille. First performance at the Majestic Theatre, New York October 10, 1947.

Frankfurt am Main`: Verlag Waldermar Kramer, 1982. pp. 128. Illustrated orange cloth. Very good, price sticker removed from ffep, top corner bumped. Otherwise fine. Six illustrations including a representation of a bronze relief of the poet by August Bischoff (1939). Humorous verse. 'Die Fankforter Sprach,' 'Kaiser Karl erfindt den Appelwei,' 'Die Patientin,' 'Die Ratt,' 'Adam-un-Evabrunne,' and others. . Zweite, Erweiterte Auflage. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1931. Cloth. Very Good. Folio - 13'' X 10.5''. 115 pp. Folio, full score, rust colored linen with gilt lettering on front and spine. A reprint of the Aibl edition bearing the Aibl 1896 copyright, the Peters 1931 copyright, a U.E. plate number (1496), and the Peters Edition number Nr. 4191f at the bottom of the first page of the score. Linen binding is in fine condition. The pages are somewhat tanned with a few professional marks in pencil and red and blue crayon. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Finished in August 1896. First published in 1896 by Jos. Aibl Verlag. ''Bless the cup that is about to overflow, that the water may flow golden out of it, and carry everywhere the reflection of thy bliss! Lo! This cup is again going to empty itself, and Zarathustra is again going to be a man. Thus began Zarathustra's down-going.'' -- a translation of the end of the prologue as appears printed in German on the verso of the title page.

New York: American Composers Alliance, 1965. 32 pp. Bumping to corners of wraps. Contents: The music of Mark Brunswick; Brunswick musical examples; ACA welcomes new members; Courante; Underworld for Alto or Baritone Saxophone and Organ a composition by Henry Brant (complete in three pages); Praeludium for Piano, a composition by Lionel Nowak; Concert Hall; ACA Laurel Leaf Awards, 1963.. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: Whittier Press, 1954. 8 pp. Wraps browning, some small tears, two large creases crossing through entire piece. Wraps say '' ''Peace on Earth . . .'' Half title says ''Americans for Peace.'' The author acknowledges Tu Fu, Chu Yuan and other Chinese masters as well as ''Letters to the Editors from newspapers in the United States in the early spring of 1954.'' (About the time he was convicted under the Smith Act.) ''Americans for Peace is Part II of American Voices.'' ''In South Jersey / the whippoorwills are gnawing at the trees, / the blueberry bushes are blossoming like moths / in the night. / The universe is filled with the banners of our armies / but even our generals' lies are forced to contain the truth: / peace is breaking out.''. Wraps. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts, 1997. Wraps. Near Fine. 194 pp. Paper cover. Light wear to cover, else fine. Contents: Introduction, Improving the climate for culture, The evolving cultural landscape, Americans and the arts, Culture and community, Arts and education, The arts and telecommunications, Seeking new solutions, The challenge to act; Calls to action.

Paris: Editions Stock, 1945. 169 pp. Paper aging, opens flat. Could be gently read. "Traduit de l'allemand par Alzir Hella et Olivier Bournac, préface de Romain Rolland." "Soudain, je me jetai sur la table, je sortis us paquet de papier a lettres et me mis a lui ecrire . . . a lui ecrire une lettre plaintive comme les lamentations d'un chien, dans lequelle j'implorais de me pardonner, lui disais etre un fou, un criminel . . .dans laquelle je la conjurais d'avoir confiance en moi. . . . Je lui faisais le serment de disparaitre aussitot apres de la ville, de la colonie, si elle le voulait, du monde. . . . Il fallait qu'elle m'accordat son pardon et son confiance, se laissat assister, maintenant qu'il etait temps, grand temps. . . J'ecrivis ainsi vingt pages fievreuses. Ce devant un lettre folle, incroyable, delirante...". Wraps. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Lucien Dorbon, 1966. 151 pp. 3143 items. Soiling, bumping, and pencil notations on wraps. A few check marks inside, else very good. Contents: Classiques; Melanges litteraires; Ouvrages en patois; Romans des dix-septieme et dis-huitieme siecles; Reimporessions de textes rares; Ouvrages relatifs a l'histoire du langage provenant en partie de la bibliotheque de M. Mario Roques. . Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1951. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 11 May 1950. ''Yet we may consider that, though journalism may kill a man, it quickens his life while it lasts--of all men in educated callings, unless he has a college fellowship to rest upon, he is least able to let himself degenerate into the too well-known type described by La Fontaine: 'Il se leve un matin sans savoir pourquoi faire. / Il se promene, il va, i dessein, sans sujet. / Il se couche le soir sans savoir d'ordinaire / Ce que dans le jour il a fait.' ''. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1948. 27 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration and chipping near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 7 May 1947. ''When Theodore Roosevelt, the first of that name to be a famous President of the United States, was in England after his bold exploration of the Amazon, he was invited to Oxford to give the Romanes Lecture. It was a great occasion. The Vice-Chancellor and Doctors were assembled in the Divinity School, preparatory to wlking in procession acorss to the Sheldonian Theatre, where the lecture was to be delivered. Roosevelt had written to me saying that he had been quite convinced by my book on Homer, and as he had previously expressed his agreement with Lang's books, this put him in a slightly difficult position towards Lang. The President came up to me and said: 'Are you on speaking terms with Andrew Lang?'… Read More

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1951. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 11 May 1949. ''You will see that I am leading you gently but firmly towards what is generally admitted to be the greatest 'Serbonian bog' of History, where 'armies whole' of critics have 'sunk', in vain effort to find bottom, and from which few have emerged with credit.''. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1952. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 14 November 1951. ''Carlyle described [Knox] as'the one Scotchman to whom, of all others, his country and the world owe a debt'l while, even within the last few years, an American historian has recorded his opinion that John Knox was 'possibly the most important man in Scottish history', certainly a man to be 'reckoned great by any estimate based upon influence'. Such was--as it still is--the tradition which Andrew Lang encountered when he came to write the second volume of his History of Scotland; and his endeavor to 'get behind' that tradition (to use his own words) led one ardent advocate of Knox to review Lang's volume under the title 'Knox in the Hands of the Philistines'.''. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over… Read More

175 pp. First edition, first printing. A clean, near fine volume price-clipped at the top although the price ($75) is found at the bottom of the front flap. Previous owner signed and dated (1968) on the half title. The dust jacket was torn completely from top to bottom of the spine, then stored folded within the book. The tear has since been repaired with japan paper to be practically unnoticeable from the outside. The crease on the front is visible, and is now protected in an archival wrap, but doesn't really detract from the stunning effect of the presentation. The interior is about fine. The reproduction of the art was done at Triton Press in New York, typography by Rudolf Ruzicka. Union Camp Corporation printed the engraved plates in Englewood, New Jersey, Robert Clive is responsible for the layout. The paper is University Text, cover fabric Bolton Buckram, and the book was bound by A, Horowitz & Son in Clifton, New Jersey. Fine crafting still making a good impression.

London: Eyre Methuen Limited, 1978. unpag. The slightest wear to wraps of an otherwise fine example. ''Warning: If you are of an artistic disposition and didn't know that animators do it for the money this book may shock you! If you always believed that cartoon films were put together from hundreds of thousands of painstaking drawings this book may disturb you!! If you have always thought of Angelo Bronzino as no more than a respected master of Tuscan Mannerism this book may confound you!!! If you don't like to see large pneumatic ladies exploding this book may disgust you!!!! In Animations of Mortality Terry Gilliam, aging animator of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Differenct and the Monty Python TV series; and creator of the film Jabberwocky lays bare for the first time the twisted and sordid little secrets of the Wonderful World of Animation.''. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Terry Gilliam. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Amsterdam: Antiquariat Junk, 2004. 79 pp. 70 items. 16 illustrations. Quality catalog with generous descriptions. In English.. Illustrated Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Stubbs Books & Prints, Inc., 1985. 116 pp. 993 items. A crease in the back wrap, otherwise fine. 18 in-text illustrations in black and white. Contents: Egypt and Egyptology: items 1-340; Archaeology of the Mideast: items 341-438; Greek and Roman Archaeology: items 439-941; Archaeology of the Americas: items 942-992.. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.