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Book Description Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ has some light edge wear and rubbing. Seller Inventory # 9999-9991546116
Book Description Red Cloth Boards. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Memoir of the impresario who, wth Mark Lynford, introduced Tito Gobbi to Britain and helped to establish the careers of Yehudi Menuhin, Joan Hammond and others. Fascinating expose of life behind the scenes. 148pp, illustrated with 12 pages of black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped corner to one page, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 008530
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. I Paid the Piper. Wear and slight tear to D/J. The concerts presented by Lynford-Joel were a major contribution to the musical life of Great Britain in the years immediately following the end of the last war. John Joel and Mark Lynford were jointly responsible for the introduction of Tito Gobbi to this country, and they helped to found the careers of a host of international concert and opera stars. Eileen Joyce, Joan Hammond, Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Kenter, and Kirsten Flagstad were just a few of the many top artistes who came under their banner. The presented everything from a Jazz Jamboree to Grand Opera. This book is a fascinating expose of life behind the scenes. It pulls no punches and is packed with anecdotes which will amuse and entertain not only the regular concert-goer, but everyone who enjoys a human story. Illustrated. 148 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 098500
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A bright, clean copy of the first impression in hardly read condition and with no inscriptions, albeit with a rather charming owner bookplate on the front paste down page. Fresh looking cloth boards with crisp title lettering. The dust jacket is bright and not price clipped, although with some rubbing and lightish edge wear. Pretty nice copy. Seller Inventory # 011104
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 148 pages. Illustrated. A nice clean tight straight 1st edition in a complete jacket. Seller Inventory # 003955