bor josef pargeter edith (7 Ergebnisse)

hard cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1963. 1st American edition, stated. 112pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book in very good clean condition. Page edges lightly soiled. Internally a previous owners name is inked to top of 1st free endpage, but otherwise clean with a bit of foxig scattered throughout. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn along edges with small tears and a small chip to the lower outside edge of front cover. *"This extraordinary narrative tells of a Czech conductor who rehearses and prerforms Verdi's Requiem amid the numbing horrors of a concentration camp during the last year of the Second World War.".dj.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Nicola Wood (Jacket Design); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). 1st American Edition. 112 pp. A rare, hard-to-find gem! Stated first American edition! Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back, heavily damaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is a rubbed, worn and torn. There are closed tears and chips along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, light foxing. Otherwise the pages are clean. Tightly bound. r*26/01/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1963, hardback in jacket, 83 pages | book is gently read, clean, with tight spine, and free of name, notes etc | jacket shows shelf wear along edges and folds; closed tear lower edge back panel; smaller tear and small loss at head of spine; foxing to reverse (please see images) | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first UK edition of this autobiographical novel about the Jewish musician Rafael Schächter and his staging of Verdi"s Requiem at Terezín. The first UK edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An excellent copy of this novella based on the experiences and that of the family of Josef Bor, a legal expert who was sent to Terezin, "the antichamber to Auschwitz" in June 1942.It revolves around the Czech pianist and orchestra director, Raphael Schachter who, also at Terezin, managed to put on a concert of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, which he achieved by rehearsing with at least five hundred prisoners. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. John Bance [Wrapper design] (illustrator). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition of this work by Czech writer Josef Bor. Translated from the original Czech by Edith Pargeter, who also wrote crime novels under the name of Ellis Peters. First translation into English. Dustwrapper design by John Bance. ***Near fine in dark-blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. Top edge of text-block slightly discoloured. No bumps. Corners sharp - just the tiniest crease to the bottom corner of the front board. Boards clean and unmarked. No internal foxing. No inscriptions. ***In a very good colour printed dustwrapper, which has been corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is rubbed and creased at the extremities, in particular at the top edge of the front panel, where there is a long closed tear and associated creasing. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased, with slight loss at the top. Dustwrapper still bright with no fading to the light-sensitive red colour on the spine. [Please see scans] ***202mm x 135mm. 83 pages. ***'The year is 1944, the place the ghetto of Terezin where many of the finest artists of Europe are gathered together in a close comradeship of danger, deprivation, suffering and death. But the spirit cannot be contained, and it is here that Raphael Schachter conceives the tremendous ambition of producing a great Jewish performance of Verdi's Requiem. Practical and temperamental obstacles cannot deter him: he pursues his end with the ruthless devotion of all true artists. Jews have no faith in hell, and no fear of it? But these Jews have experienced hell already at the hands of the Nazis, here in this world. Cruelty and death snatch his soloists and instrumentalists from him? He will find others to take their places. The irresistible force of inspiration drives them all. They transcend themselves and circumstances. ***The great performance is achieved, and by a terrible irony of the time is repeated before those who represent the powers of hell upon earth. Within this small compass lies one man's restatement of everything that matters most: the supremacy of art, the immortality of beauty and truth, the divinity in man.' ***'Dr Joseph Bor was a prominent lawyer in pre-war Czechoslovakia. In JUne 1942, in reprisal for the assassination of "Reichsprotektor" Heydrich, he was sent, together with other Jews, to a concentration camp at Terezin (Theresienstadt). In October 1944 he and all his family were sent to Auscwitz-Birkenau. The author alone escaped the gas chambers and was sent to do slave labour in a nearby factory; later he was transported to Buchenwald. He was set free by the U.S. Army near Jena in April 1945 as one of the last surviving members of a death-march column of Buchenwald inmates. "The Terezin Requiem" was written at the request of surviving fellow-prisoners and to honour the memory of the very talented young conductor Rafael Schnachter as well as the nameless five hundred artists who helped create the Requiem.' (Quotes taken from the flaps of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in the original dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. The UK edition of this work is quite scarce, especially in the fragile dustwrapper. The book was also published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Publishers, New York, and this first American edition is more commonly found. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on flyleaf: "Oliver, with love from Ma + Pa, May '64" From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Moderate shelfwear to DJ (unclipped), toning around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred in a chipped and worn dj. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 83pp. Very Good in Chipped and Torn Dustjacket.