Paul Benzaquin (42 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Holocaust!: The Shocking Story of the Boston Cocoanut Grove Fire. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. First pan edition. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Some exterior wear to dust jacket and clipped corner in interior fold over of dust jacket. Book in nice condition with clean and unmarked pages.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Holocaust!: The Shocking Story of the Boston Cocoanut Grove Fire. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 276 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.58 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback printing. Berkley Medallion BG459. There is no reading crease in the spine and the book does not lean. Pages are a bit toned but clean without marks, creases, stains, wrinkles, foxing or tears. The book's exterior is completely clean. The lower right corner of the front cover is very lightly creased. There is just slight wear to edges of covers and spine. An excellent copy of a scarce book. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.…

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Berkley printing. The story of the Cocoanut Grove disaster, with four pages of photographs. Light creases to the spine. Slight wear to the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 276 pages. 5.00x0.69x8.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Complete with all plates. Top red page edges. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 256 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, large chipped pieces and a touch edge worn. The boards are in good condition. There is light foxing on the inner part of the dust jacket and on the early and last pages. The pages are complete and the text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New edition, dated 1967 (originally published in 1959). With the front flap of the dust jacket layed in. 248 pp. including index, plus photographs. Very light shelf wear. There is a bit of faint erasure on the front free endpaper, and one narrow gutter crack in the text block. Otherwise fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Great Pan illustrated edition paperback (G585), 1962, in overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers rubbed with a couple of light creases. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature and telephone number to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the 1960 stated first edition first printing. Tight binding clean pages only minor shelf wear. no dj but book is awesome. Actual Photos of the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 248pp. Light shelfwear to board edges, tight binding, map endpapers, interior text clean. Dust jacket mildly chipped along edges, inner flap price blacked out but not clipped. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Immerse Yourself in the Nightclub Fire That Rocked the CountryOn November 28, 1942, shortly after 10 p.m., a fire broke out in the Melody Lounge in the basement of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston's Bay Village. The night was full of festivity-Holy Cross had defeated the highly-favored Boston College football squad and the lounge was jammed with over 200 people. Witnesses said the fire started soon after a busboy replaced a light bulb located in the fake palm fronds covering the ceiling. In one of the worst fires in the nation, nearly 500 people lost their lives.In this compelling narrative, Boston Globe reporter Paul Benzaquin provides a vivid and meticulously detailed account of the night of the fire and the people whose lives were irrevocably changed or snuffed out. There's the beloved cowboy movie star Buck Jones; bandleader Mickey Alpert, a one-time owner of the club; Frank Linney, the fire inspector who gave the club a clean bill of health days before the fire; Boston Police Captain Joseph Buccigross, who was off-duty and in the club at the time the fire broke out, and, not least, the nightclub's owner, Barney Welansky, who was known for his tough demeanor-a bellicose boss who hired underage teenagers and street toughs and who boasted of having close ties to the Boston mob and Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin. And, amidst the devastation, there were the countless anonymous heroes emerged, bravely assisting firefighters and rescue crews in saving lives.Immersive and comprehensive, this remarkable work is fully indexed and complemented by a collection of photographs; Holocaust is a dramatic read not to be missed.This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1648373402).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing, November 1959 (same month as the 1e). A full account of the November 28, 1942 nightclub fire that killed 492 people in twelve minutes; it prompted several new fire safety laws. The book is square and unmarked; the spine ends are bumped, and the tips of the corners show light wear; a dampstain to the fore edge of the first dozen pages. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $3.95) but is very worn, with the front panel tape-repaired on the inside, multiple pieces missing from the edges, and heavy rubbing to the back panel; Brodart protected.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Red and black cloth. 8vo. Pictorial black dust jacket. Illustrated. Stated first edition. In this book the Boston radio veteran and reporter for the Boston Globe tells the story of the Nov. 28, 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub which killed 492 people. It is well illustrated with photographs. A very good clean copy with a small dent to the bottom of the rear cover. The text is very good with some light soiling. The jacket is worn with some chips and tears along the edges, flap folds and spine tips.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Immerse Yourself in the Nightclub Fire That Rocked the CountryOn November 28, 1942, shortly after 10 p.m., a fire broke out in the Melody Lounge in the basement of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston's Bay Village. The night was full of festivity-Holy Cross had defeated the highly-favored Boston College football squad and the lounge was jammed with over 200 people. Witnesses said the fire started soon after a busboy replaced a light bulb located in the fake palm fronds covering the ceiling. In one of the worst fires in the nation, nearly 500 people lost their lives.In this compelling narrative, Boston Globe reporter Paul Benzaquin provides a vivid and meticulously detailed account of the night of the fire and the people whose lives were irrevocably changed or snuffed out. There's the beloved cowboy movie star Buck Jones; bandleader Mickey Alpert, a one-time owner of the club; Frank Linney, the fire inspector who gave the club a clean bill of health days before the fire; Boston Police Captain Joseph Buccigross, who was off-duty and in the club at the time the fire broke out, and, not least, the nightclub's owner, Barney Welansky, who was known for his tough demeanor-a bellicose boss who hired underage teenagers and street toughs and who boasted of having close ties to the Boston mob and Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin. And, amidst the devastation, there were the countless anonymous heroes emerged, bravely assisting firefighters and rescue crews in saving lives.Immersive and comprehensive, this remarkable work is fully indexed and complemented by a collection of photographs; Holocaust is a dramatic read not to be missed.This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648373410).…

Paperback. first edition. BG-459 very good Photo cover. 4 pages of photos. paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. 1967. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket price-clipped. 248 pages. 6317.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book has a lightly shaken spine, mild rubbing and smudging to covers, a small gap between top area binding and spine cover, light smudges and toning to endpapers mild wear to edges and corners. in very good condition, binding is intact with no missing pages, interiors remain bright and unmarked; some cosmetic/aging wear but an overall solid copy with clean interiors. On the lower end of very good. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing/aging to front and back, moderate wear to edges and corners. in good condition, now sealed in archival cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Twelve terrible minutes that turned a nightclub into an inferno - The harrowing story of the Boston Cocoanut Grove Fire. Contains black and white images. This book is in mostly good condition. The cover and the edges show some light wear. There is some small chips on the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. The front cover has an old price tag from a previous book seller. There are some small stains on the page edges and the pages are yellowed. The binding is sound and there are no loose pages. There is some staining inside the front and back covers. Despite the imperfections listed above this is a great book.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Ed. 170 pages. plus 4 B&W photo pages. "The shocking storey of th eCocoanut grove disaster - a fire which claimed the lives of nerly 500 people." >> Bump to lower right backcover; date stamp to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.