Oscar Levant (113 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Nick Lucas on Cover (illustrator). 1st. 6 clean, unmarked pages; pictorial wraps with Nick Lucas, {Nick Lucas, was an American jazz guitarist and singer. He was the first jazz guitarist to record as a soloist. His popularity during his lifetime came from his reputation as a singer.} owner's stamp.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Encore Press , N.H. , 1946 First Edition 127 page Vintage Digest sized magazine with stories and articles by William James , Oscar Levant, David L. Cohn and others. Contents Page in photos A near fine copy with light dust soiling to the covers . See Photos whb12.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Condition: 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.

No Binding. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 mini lobby card. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. This is an original vintage print trade ad that measures approximately 8 1/2 x 11 and is in VG or better condition. Ideal for framing, this ad comes protected in a plastic sleeve and backer and is shipped first class mail in a cardboard mailer. We combine shipping with multiple ads shipping at no additional charge. Size: 8" x 11". Paper.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 1610-77. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still Size: 8" x 10". Book.

No Binding. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 mini lobby card. Photographic Image.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. 224 pages. Armed Services Edition No. T-7. Printed for the ASE in 1945. Pages aged darkened. Good plus to very good, wrappers. (195).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Harms Inc. New York, 1929. Softcover, 5 pp. Sheet music booklet. A song from the 1929 RKO film 'Street Girl', which starred Betty Compson as a poor violinist. Very good condition with a music store ink stamp and a partially erased name on front wrap.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Remick Music, New York, 1928. Softcover, 5 pp. Sheet music booklet. A song from the 1928 Warner Brothers film "My Man", performed in the film by Fannie Brice. Near fine with a faint music store stamp near foot of front wrap.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. foxing and stamp to page edges, age toned, rubbing to cover.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 1507X1. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 mini lobby card. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. A good folded insert. Size: 14" x 36". Poster.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-7 in this important series, "impudent, wit-filled stories about music, musicians, and himself," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 7 pp. Previous owner name on the front cover. The score is clean. Scored for solo piano.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Spine creased. Pages tanned, but unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Published 1965. Hardcover, 320 pp.; 22 cm. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Publisher's quarter-cloth binding: red cloth spine with gold lettering and a small gold-stamped figure of a man with arms raised, orange paper over boards with the same gold-stamped figure at the lower right of the front board. Top edge of the text block stained red. Mild shelf wear with light bumping to the corners and a hint of color loss along the edges. Binding tight; mild toning to the endpapers and a small stain to the last page of text and rear free endpaper; otherwise pages unmarked. Cream-colored pictorial dust jacket with a photographic image of Levant on the front and a black-and-white photograph of him at the piano (by Julian Wasser) on the back; jacket design by Ben Feder. Dust jacket shows several small nicks, chips and short closed tears (each one inch or less) at the spine ends and corners, mild to moderate overall toning with light soiling, and heavier toning to the paper over the spine; unclipped at $5.95. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.Oscar Levant (1906-1972), a pianist, composer, radio and television personality, film actor, and self-described professional neurotic, looks back across four decades of American musical and theatrical life in this informal autobiography, his successor to A Smattering of Ignorance. Levant moves between recollections of Arnold Schoenberg, Toscanini, George Gershwin, Harpo Marx, Clifford Odets, Aldous Huxley, Al Jolson, S. N. Behrman, and Christopher Isherwood; accounts of his Tin Pan Alley apprenticeship, his Information Please years, and his Hollywood and concert-hall career; and chapters on his struggles with addiction, mental illness, and treatment at the psychiatric ward of Mt. Sinai Hospital.Contents: Total Recoil; Little Boy's Blues; Woe Is I; Blame It on My Youth; Leaves of Trash; Hats Off, Gentlemen!; Variations on No Theme; The Real Tinsel; Duet for Three Hands; My Bed of Nails; Stand Up and Faint.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Third impression. No markings noted. Dust Jacket with edge wear, small tears. Considerable fading at top of book spine, else mild wear.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. A lot of four VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 English FOH lobby card. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 English FOH lobby card. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 658-97. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Photographic Image.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-7 in this important series, "impudent, wit-filled stories about music, musicians, and himself," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Armed Services edition. (musicians, correspondence ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1942. VG-/G. This is a 1942 reprint of the original first edition published by Doubleday and Company in 1940. The book is tight with solid hinges. Spine ends gently pushed and light wear to corners. The textblock has previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Pages age toned but clean with no writing or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is price clipped with B&W illustrations on verso. Chipping to extremities and long tear to front side edge flap (see photos). Protected in a Mylar cover. 267 pages. 5½ x 8½". Pianist and composer Oscar Levant's autobiography blends personal anecdotes, musical criticism, and humorous observations on his life, career, and famous acquaintances such luminaries as George Gershwin and Harpo Marx. Levant offers a unique look into the world of classical music and Hollywood with his characteristic dry, sarcastic humor and insightful, self-deprecating style, covering topics from his early musical training to his experiences in the entertainment industry.