9780060128432 - Chopin / George R. Marek, Maria Gordon-Smith de Marek, George Richard (15 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condición: Fine. Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st. 8vo, 289 pp. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition (stated) and first printing (complete number line), hardcover in excellent condition (unmarked, slight handling), with silver VG+ dust jacket (mild wear). DJ protected by clear, removeable cover. 289 pages. [1.4 lbs]. Book.

black cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. couple of page corner turndowns, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. chipped at spine top, corners rubbed, 1cm tear rear bottom corner, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). deckled foredge (looks "hand cut") b&w frontis. portrait. ix+289p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. 3 appendices. a chopin calendar. bibliography. index. biography. musicology. history of poland. ~ "A well~written and thoroughly researched book about the short life of one of the greatest melodists music has ever known. It contains a great deal of hitherto unpublished material. I have read it with pleasure." ~ Winthrop Sargeant. Against the tumultuous background of Europe in the first half of the nineteenth century~political revolution and social upheaval~this beguiling biography presents the young Polish genius (and patriot) who arrived in Paris in 1831, at the age of twenty~one, and was instantly acclaimed and accepted by its circle of brilliant artists, poets and aristocrats. The tide of Romanticism was at its height~in literature, painting, manners and morals. The mistresses of great men were hardly less famous than their lovers, and extravagance was~in that segment of society~the order of the day. Despite his ingrained reserve and conservatism Chopin quickly absorbed the tastes of his new intimates. And a notable crew they were: Delacroix, Heine, Liszt, the superb Pauline Viardot~ Turgenev's muse~and the resident Polish grandees. The beautiful wife of one expatriate nobleman, Delfina Potocka, became a pupil of Chopin's not long after he settled in Paris and a newly discovered batch of letters to her ~ startlingly explicit in their eroticism ~ reveal unsuspected details about their relationship. Then came the nine years with George Sand~in Paris, Nahant, Majorca and Nahant again~years of marvelous creativity in Chopin's life but also the period when the onslaughts of tuberculosis, of which he was to die at the age of thirty~nine, first became menacing, exacerbated by the mounting tensions between the two lovers. Marek writes absorbingly of Chopin's relationships with Sand's son and daughter, with her former lovers, her friends and competitors~all of whom, like true Romantics, poured out their feelings in letters to (and about) one another. Chopin's last years, after his break with Sand, were marked by worsening health and increasing fame. But he was sustained by the unfailing tenderness of his friends, who outdid one another to protect, divert, and console him. And the drama of his life did not end with his death. The subsequent fate of his manuscripts, possessions and~ specifically George Sand's letters to him provide a tragicomic epilogue to the turbulent story. When George Marek's widely acclaimed Beethoven was published, a distinguished critic wrote: "Scrupulously levelheaded, it replaces many of the legends . with hard~earned facts and sensible interpretations of them. As always, the facts are more interesting than the myths." This new volume remarkably performs the same service for Chopin.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering in very good condition in like jacket/mylar protected; unmarked and bright copy. 1978 biography that provides comprehensive overview of Chopin's life and relationship with George Sand. 289 pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Honi Werner (Jacket Design) Ilustrador. 268 pp. Solidly bound copy without any visible damage. Minimal external wear. Price cut out from top corner of front flap. Small tears on top edge of dj. Previous owner's note inscribed.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 289 pages; Description: ix, 289 p. [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Chopin, Frederic 1810-1849. Composers --Biography. 1 Kg.

Condición: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. In protective mylar cover.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 289 pages; Description: ix, 289 p. [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Chopin, Frederic 1810-1849. Composers --Biography. 1 Kg.

Condición: 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. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. SCARCE! Scratches on back of d-j. Stamp on top edge. Light wear to bottom of front board. Bookplate was removed on front pastedown and has residue. D-j creased on front inside flap. Spine cocked.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine or better copy in Fine or better dustwrapper. First printing with full number line of stated first edition. Pages and covers are crisp, intact and unmarked. Protected in Brodart clear cover. 289 pages including a Chopin calendar, Bibliography and Index. Middle section with eight B/W plates featuring photos, paintings and caricatures. Biiography that provides comprehensive overview of Chopin's life and relationship with George Sand.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A slight bump to the top edge of the boards. A trace of dust soiling to the front board. The dust jacket has age toning to the flaps, and a trace of rubbing to the top of the spine. Edgar Award winner for best novel. A former U.S. Treasury agent is hired to smuggle money from England to Switzerland by a double crossing lawyer. ; 276 pages.