Cooke William John (305 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1998 1st ed. 214pp. illus. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. A definitive view of the film by a friend of the Coens with great illustrations.

Condition: New. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Burnham Carter (one of the collected authors) on the front free end paper. Octavo 8 1/4" tall, 252 pages, red titles on pale blue boards. A very good (minus), clean hard cover first edition over all with moderate shelf wear and light rubbing at the corners, BUT text paper yellowed; hinges and binding solid. Lacking dust jacket.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sixth impression, 2013. The cover shows light wear. The binding is sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 316 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ decorative blind stamp on front cover and gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Contents very nice.

Softcover. 112 pp. Opera Guides. Number 42. Softcover. LCC: 9044450 Very good condition; light yellowing on perimeters of rear cover.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 313 pp., xx. Stated "First Edition" with NAP; ' 9/80 ' at foot of inside rear dustwrapper panel. Following the Introduction by John Dorsey, Contents divided into 8 sections: [1] MENCKEN IN PERSON by John Dorsey; by Mencken: "In the Footsteps of Gutenberg"; Fire Alarm"; "A Dip into Statecraft"; [2] MENCKEN OF BALTIMORE by Huntington Cairns; by Mencken: "Good Old Baltimore"; "800,000"; [3] MENCKEN AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE by Alistair Cooke; [4] THE COMFORTABLE BOURGEOIS: The Thought of H.L. Mencken by Charles A. Fecher; by Mencken: "On Metaphysicians"; "Sabbath Meditation"; "The State of Religion Today"; "The Origin of Morality"; "The Essence of Democracy"; "Last Words"; "The Iconoclast"; [5] MENCKEN, POLITICS, AND POLITICIANS by Malcolm Moos; by Mencken: "The Politician"; "The Last Gasp"; "Gamalielese"; The Clowns March In"; "Post-Mortem"; "Onward, Christian Soldiers!"; "Imperial Purple"; "The Choice Tomorrow"; "Coroner's Inquest"; [6] THE LITERARY CRITIC by William H. Nolte; by Mencken: "Criticism of Criticism of Criticism"; "Portrait of an American Citizen"; "Stephen Crane"; "Joseph Conrad"; "Fifteen Years"; [7] MENCKEN IN HIS LETTERS by Carl Bode; Mencken: "Selected Letters"; [8] H.L. MENCKEN: A MEMOIR BY ALFRED A. KNOPF. // From Charles A. Fecher's essay: "Converting me to anything is probably a psychological impossibility. At all events, it has never been achieved by anyone. . . I can't recall ever changing my mind about any capital matter. My general body of fundamental ideas is the same today as it was in the days when I first began to ponder." (MENCKEN). This lifelong immutability of his thought was remarked on by many people besides himself. To a friend and colleague like Hamilton Owens, it signified that Mencken had been able to avoid the painful intellectual experience to most of us, of being forced to discard one set of beliefs because they had proved false or inadequate and then grope about for a new set to take their place.To critics or outright enemies, it constituted proof positive that he was narrow-minded and prejudiced, closed to any point of view that did not happen to coincide with his own, and had never gone through the normal processes of maturing (p. 114f) . . . From his high regard for scientific achievement his skeptical attitude naturally follows.His opinions on religion lead directly to what might be called, if in his case it did not sound so dreadfully formal, his "philosophy of man." His view of human nature is the foundation for his contemptuous dismissal of democracy, and for all his beliefs about government and politics. And so it goes. (p. 116). // Brown cloth with bright (diminished from brilliant) gilt lettering on spine; decorative design (4" x 1") down right front cover edge on top half front cover; deckled fore-edge. Tan dustwrapper not price-clipped ($15.00) with tinted black and white photo-portrait of Mencken a center front cover; large Title lettering across top front cover above photo-portrait; Contributors' names and Editor name lettering below photo-portrait. Dustwrapper spine age-toned (with corresponding slightly diminished brown of book spine); wear across spine ends and tiny bits missing at spine and cover corners with 1/4" and 5/8" tears at top spine corners (NOW sins backed with Archival tape); slight offsetting on endpapers; two fingertip food stains on p. 25 and at center rear cover (these appear slightly on inside rear cover but NO staining onto brown cloth book cover itself), and similar micro-stain (1/8", ostensibly by a same finger causing above-noted stains, but nearly undetectable on beveled edge) on page edge of beveled fore-edge (p. 37/38); small red Publisher's remainder mark (logo) on lower edge near spine: describes worse than it is, but there you have it in uncompromising truth. Book itself essentially Near Fine: Strong binding (NO cracks); NO rubbing wear (dustwrapper did its job); NO previous owner names; NO writing in text. Dustwrapper in Brodart mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the 1980 First Edition of "On Mencken", which consists of essays by eight men who worked with or knew the great newspaper columnist, and professional curmudgeon, H. L. Mencken in one way or another. The essayists are William Manchester, Malcolm Moos, Huntington Cairns, William Nolte, Alistair Cooke, Carl Bode, Charles A. Fecher, Alfred A. Knopf. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, the book was edited by John Dorsey, who also wrote the Introduction. From the dust-jacket flap : "In essays celebrating the incomparable H. L. Mencken, on the centenary of his birth, eight distinguished writers and editors consider various aspects of the man and his work - telling of his life, his writings, his prejudices, his passions, and his profound influence on American letters in the first half of the Twentieth Century. --- The result is a book that offers much pleasure and new insights to Mencken's admirers, and that will serve, for anyone not familiar with him, as a fine introduction to one of the most colorful and memorable figures in modern Twentieth Century American letters." TITLE : On Mencken SUBJECT MATTER : H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) EDITOR / INTRODUCTION : John Dorsey AUTHORS : William Manchester, Malcolm Moos, Huntington Cairns, William Nolte, Alistair Cooke, Carl Bode, Charles A. Fecher, Alfred A. Knopf IMPRINT : Alfred A. Knopf PLACE : New York YEAR : 1980 EDITION : First Edition, so stated DETAILS : Trade hardcover; approx. 5.5" x 8.25", brown, cloth-covered boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and blind-stamped decorative impression on the front board; Contains an Introduction; xx + 313 pages; photo-pictorial dust-jacket. CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Compression to spine extremities; a shallow surface wrinkle displays near the foot; slight splay to covers at fore-edge; soft bump to top fore-edge corner tip; small dent to bottom edge of front board; color is not faded. Top edge of text-block is somewhat rubbed, else edges clean. BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - There is a minute ink spot to the fore-edge of the first three leaves in the book (this is minute and hardly worth mentioning, but it is there); there are also three minute ink specks arranged in a triangular patter near the bottom of the front free end-paper (again minute and of little real effect) - else the interior is clean and free of marking. DUST-JACKET - Small loss to the bottom edge of the front panel; spine panel has a bit of wrinkling to the extremities; front flap top extremity has light wrinkling, corresponding to the bump the corner received; Else the jacket is clean and attractive. It is protected from further wear by a clear mylar sleeve.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Reissued 2015, 1st printing. 224pp. Includes color inserts. Illustrations by John Todd Anderson & Rafael Sanudo. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine/As New condition. "A firsthand account of how this extraordinary cult movie was made by the Oscar-winning Coen brothers. [] THE BIG LEBOWSKI is the Coen brothers' razor-sharp comedy thriller of mistaken identity, gangsters, bowling, kidnapping, and money gone astray. Jeff Bridges's portrayal of the Dude has become iconic, as have many of its lines. The movie also has amazing performances by John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliot, and Ben Gazzara. [] Not given to talking publicly about their work, the Coens gave unprecedented access to Tricia Cooke and William Preston Robertson to interview the cast and crew during the film's production. In a prose style that complements the Coens' filmic one, the book discusses the Coens' oeuvre, the themes of their work, and their unique brand of humor. It closely examines several scenes of THE BIG LEBOWSKI to explore how an idea transitions to reality and shows the process by which the Coens craft their artistic vision. A new afterword examines its embrace by popular culture, including the many Lebowski Fests, as well as its being the subject of quasi-serious academic discourse." [publisher copy] (See my listing RUB870 for THE YEAR'S WORK IN LEBOWSKI STUDIES, edited by Edward P. Comentale & Aaron Jaffe.) Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).…

Condition: New. A firsthand account of how this extraordinary cult movie was made by the Oscar-winning Coen brothers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 pages of color and 130 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 165. Weight in Grams: 666. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Color and b&w photos; figures and reproductions; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 165 pages; 2003 Brooks Brothers. Oversize square format HC in pin striped black linen cloth covered boards with pictorial title label mounted to cover and spine unlettered, as issued. Silk Brooks Brother boomark sewn in. 1st edition stated. Tightly bound and fresh; profusely illustrated from historical b&w and color photos, fashion drawings, facsimile documents etc. A lavishly produced history of the company and the clothing. NF or about as new.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Third Edition. Third Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Frontispiece fold-out map of Virginia. Cloth over boards is edge worn with bumped corners, shelf wear. Spine faded. Gilt lettering darkened. Mainly colonial history and the Revolution, with a final chapter entitled "Virginia since the war" by Garrott. American Commonwealths; Ex-Library; 7.5" tall; 535 pages.…

Condition: New. A firsthand account of how this extraordinary cult movie was made by the Oscar-winning Coen brothers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 pages of color and 130 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 165. Weight in Grams: 666. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Anderson, John Todd; Sañudo, Rafael (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1 score ; 23 cm. Principally for mixed voices ISBN 9780193532229, 9780193532212, 0193532212, 0193532220 LCCN m 61002394 LC M2065 .C237 196 OCLC 1468418762 green and white paper wrappers ; SATB accompanied & unaccompanied ; Edited and arranged by Reginald Jacques and David Willcocks Table of Contents: A boy was born/ Britten -- A Christmas Carol/ Kodaly -- A great and mighty wonder/ Kodaly -- A merry Christmas/ Warrell -- A virgin most pure/ Wood -- Adeste fideles/ Willcocks -- And there were shepherds/ Bach/Willcocks -- Angels/ from the realms of glory/ Jacques -- As with gladness men of old/ Kocher/Willcocks -- Away in a manger/ Kirkpatrick/Willcocks -- Away in a manger/ Jacques -- Blessed be that maid Mary/ Willcocks -- The Blessed son of God/ Vaughan Willams -- The Boar's head carol/ Poston -- Carol/ with lullaby/ Tate -- Coventry Carol/ Anon -- Coventry Carol/ Shaw -- Ding dong! merrily on high/ Wood -- The first nowell/ Willcocks -- Gallery carol/ Jacques -- Gloucestershire wassail/ Vaughan Williams -- God rest you merry/ gentlemen/ Willcocks -- Good King Wenceslas/ Jacques -- Hark! the herald angels sing/ Mendelssohn/Willcocks -- The holly and the ivy/ Jacques -- I saw three ships/ Willcocks -- I saw three ships/ Jacques -- In dulci jubilo/ Pearsall/Jacques -- Infant holy/ infant lowly/ Willcocks -- It came upon the midnight clear/ Sullivan -- King Jesus hath a garden/ Wood -- The linden tree carol/ Jacques -- Lute-book lullaby/ Ballet/Shaw -- No sad thought his soul affright/ Vaughan Williams -- O come/ all ye faithful/ Willcocks -- O little one sweet/ Bach -- O little town of Bethlehem/ Vaughan Williams/Armstrong -- O men from the fields/ Cooke -- Once in royal David's city/ Gauntlett/Mann -- Past three a clock/ Wood -- Rejoice and be merry/ Jacques -- Rocking/ Willcocks -- See amid the winter's snow/ Goss/Willcocks -- The Shepherd's farewell/ Berlioz -- Sussex Carol/ Willcocks -- The three kings/ Cornelius/Atkins -- Torches/ Joubert -- Unto us is born a son/ Willcocks -- Up! good Christen folk/ and listen/ Woodward -- We've been a while a-wandering/ Vaughan Williams -- What cheer?/ Walton -- When Christ was born/ Jacques -- While shepherds watched their flocks/ Ravenscroft -- While the shepherds were watching/ Armstrong Gibbs -- Zither Carol/ Sargent ; Reginald Jacques was born in 1894 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and studied at Queen's College, Oxford, where he later became organist and director of music in 1926. Reginald Jacques was also conductor of the Oxford Orchestra Society from 1930 to 1936. From 1931 to 1960 he was conductor of The Bach Choir in London. In 1936 he founded his own Jacques Orchestra, which he conducted until 1960. In 1954 he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He died in 1969. John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and studied music at Clare College, Cambridge. His compositions embrace choral, orchestral, and instrumental music, and he has edited or co-edited various choral anthologies, including four Carols for Choirs volumes with Sir David Willcocks and the Oxford Choral Classics series. From 1975 to 1979 he was Director of Music at Clare College, and in 1981 he formed his own choir, the Cambridge Singers. He now divides his time between composition and conducting and is sought after as a guest conductor for the world's leading choirs and orchestras. Born in 1919, David Willcocks began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later winning scholarships to Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge. Following war service, he was elected Fellow of King's College, and later became Organist of Salisbury & Worcester Cathedrals, conducting the Three Choirs Festival whilst at Worcester. Willcocks returned to King's College, Cambridge as Director of Music from 1957-1974, with the first collection of his arrangements in the Carols for Choirs series publishing in 1961. He was Director of Music at the Royal College of Music from 1974-1984, died 2015 ; FINE. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. (2003), 165pp, illus., black pin-striped cloth w/ pastedown label, slipcase in the same cloth, light rubbing & shelfwear to slipcase, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). First Edition. Oblong hardcover in black cloth, housed in publisher's black cloth slipcase, letter from Brooks Bros. President/CEO laid in. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in., 165pp. Boards clean and sharp with just a faint sign of fading along spine, tight binding, interior text clean. Slipcase structurally solid and firm, some minor wear to covers yet clean. Near Fine copy in Very Good slipcase.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. 125p., first edition, softbound in 8x5 inch decorated matte wraps. Text entirely in Spanish. Covers and text rather toned with slight edgewear; a good copy. Prologo by John William Cooke.

Loose Leaf. Condition: New. Reproduction. Original title: Newark Castle German: Schloss Newark French: Château de Newark Spanish: Castillo de Newark High-quality fine-art reproduction based on an original work from the Ycba. Creation period: 19th century (1854 reprint). Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper (Photo Matt Fibre) in size A5. The motif is printed with a white border (museum-style presentation). No.…

Loose Leaf. Condition: New. Reproduction. Original title: Plymouth, Devonshire German: Plymouth, Devonshire French: Plymouth, Devonshire Spanish: Plymouth, Devonshire High-quality fine-art reproduction based on an original work from the Ycba. Creation period: 19th century (1832). Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper (Photo Matt Fibre) in size A5. The motif is printed with a white border (museum-style presentation). No.…

Loose Leaf. Condition: New. Reproduction. Original title: The Thames at Mortlake German: Die Themse bei Mortlake French: La Tamise à Mortlake Spanish: El Támesis en Mortlake High-quality fine-art reproduction based on an original work from the Ycba. Creation period: 19th century (1836-1838). Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper (Photo Matt Fibre) in size A5. The motif is printed with a white border (museum-style presentation). No. …