Verlag: New York: Grove Press, (1981.), 1981
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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First edition - 1st trade paperback printing. From the back cover: "Why has the Reagon administration singled out El Salvador, a small, poor Central American nation, as the testing fround for a new foreign policy? Is El Salvador really on a Soviet 'hit list?' Are the violence and political unrest in that country the outcome of along, indigenous struggle against poverty and tyranny common throughout Central America, or are they, as the Reagon administration claims, the by-products of outside interference by the Soviet Union, Cuba, and their allies? El Salvador: Central America in the New Cold War, providing background material and discussion of these important issues, is an indispensable guide for those who want to understand the intensifying turmoil in El Salvador and Central America as a whole." Map frontispiece, photographs, bibliography and resources, index. 397 pp. Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.
Verlag: Grove Press Inc [1981], New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0394178947 ISBN 13: 9780394178943
Anbieter: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, USA
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Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First Thus. New York: Grove Press Inc [1981]. Near Fine. 1981. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0394178947 . First edition thus [originally Grove Press in 1970]. This title is listed in Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 1] as by Bruce Abbot citing a 1970 Grove Press edition. "Clara Reeves, a beautiful, inexperienced young girl of good family, is determined to find her sister, who has disappeared under mysterious and provocative circumstances". Pictorial wrappers, 223+ pages. Near Fine copy [minor spine cocking, cheap paper starting to tan]. .
Verlag: Grove Press, Inc. 1981 (c.1972), New York, 1981
Anbieter: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Illustrated by (cover design) Paul McMillen (illustrator). 1st Evergreen Edition. [minor wear only to book, but there is a small hole punched in the front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) An endlessly fascinating read-through of the correspondence files of the legendary producer of GONE WITH THE WIND and other classics (and an occasional non-classic) -- albeit, as editor Behlmer explains in his foreword, presenting "a rather one-sided case, with no opportunity for the several victims of Selznick's unhappiness or, in some instances, wrath, to offer rebuttals or countercharges." The selection of memos -- from among two thousand file boxes of Selznick's papers -- was a monumental task, and although it was by necessity a highly selective process, at the end you feel like you've gotten a pretty comprehensive picture of DOS -- "at times pontificating and overly fussy," as the editor allows, but "also brilliant, knowledgeable, tasteful, painstaking, and possessed by what he was doing." The book itself was something of a landmark of cinema scholarship: never before had a book of film history (or biography) been presented as an assemblage of primary documents, and it's not saying too much to state that it raised the bar for future film historians' excavation of such archives. Quite fittingly included in the important bibliography "100 Books on Hollywood & the Movies." (xx).
Verlag: Grove Press, 1981, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0394170873 ISBN 13: 9780394170879
Anbieter: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Archival Photographs (illustrator). First Edition, 6th Printing. Text/Near New w/folded corner to pg 29 & showing trace margin discoloration. Illustrated cover/Fine. 16 pages of b/w photos. Life story of Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (1919-1952), 2nd wife of General Juan Domingo Peron, who rose from poverty to be the powerful First Lady of Argentina. Beautiful, saintly & sinful, savior of the poor while amassing emmense personal wealth --- a legend for generations to come. In 1946, shortly after marrying erón, Eva began campaigning for her husband in presidential elections. As the First Lady that year, her speeches championed "the shirtless" as she called the working class; the message became foundational to populist Peronism, and Our Lady became lovingly referred to as "Evita". She diverted funds to social programs such as schools, orphanages & hospitals, supported the passage of women's suffrage in 1947. A legendary figure for generations to come. 199 pgs w/archival photos in 14 chapters followed by Epilogue.
Verlag: New York. Grove Press 1981.,, 1981
Anbieter: Eike Georg-Grabe, Kassel, Deutschland
201 S. + Anhang, zahlr. schw./w. Abb. OPbd. OU, leichte Gbrsp., guter Zustand Name auf Vorsatz Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.
Verlag: New York: Grove Press, (1981) dj, 1981
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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Hardcover first edition - First printing. The first novel by this songwriter and composer, who, among other things has toured and recorded with Fats Domino. B. B. King and others. "Set inside the music and record business in the late fifties and early sixties, [this] chronicles the private lives and public careers of a cluster of people caught up in the shifting storms created by the advent of rock music. An insider's story of the singers, musicians, producers, agents, D. J.'s, and corporate moguls, of all those whose lives joined in the exhilaration and the struggle that went into creating the new music. As the story cuts between the recording centers of Nashville, Chicago, Hollywood, and New York, the history of the early years of rock'n roll dramaticallly unfolds." 446 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (foxing to top edge of textblock, but otherwise clean and tight, short tear to back cover of dj, bit of wear to top of dj spine).
Verlag: New York: Grove Press, (1981) dj, 1981
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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Hardcover first edition - First printing. An update to his classic study, "The Pleasure Seekers" this begins with the question "Does anyone care?" and goes on to describe a society where addictive substances -including legal ones like alcohol, caffeine and nicotine - are increasingly a part of our society. He points out the criminalization of just a small portion of these substances and the application of drug laws hide the real issue - one which is becoming more obvious now that addiction to prescription opiates is becoming one of the pressing health issues in the US. Bibliography, index. 160 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Verlag: New York: Grove Press, (1981) dj, 1981
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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Hardcover first edition - First printing. The first novel by this songwriter and composer, who, among other things has toured and recorded with Fats Domino. B. B. King and others. "Set inside the music and record business in the late fifties and early sixties, [this] chronicles the private lives and public careers of a cluster of people caught up in the shifting storms created by the advent of rock music. An insider's story of the singers, musicians, producers, agents, D. J.'s, and corporate moguls, of all those whose lives joined in the exhilaration and the struggle that went into creating the new music. As the story cuts between the recording centers of Nashville, Chicago, Hollywood, and New York, the history of the early years of rock'n roll dramaticallly unfolds." 446 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Verlag: Grove Press New York 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo 320pp., frontis, appends., bibliog., indexes,
Verlag: New York. Grove Press. 1981., 1981
ISBN 10: 0802141188 ISBN 13: 9780802141187
Anbieter: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Deutschland
Paperback. 380,(4)pp. 10th printing. Small 8vo. Covers slightly worn, slightly yellowed. Pages sunned. Slightly used. ISBN 0802141188.
Verlag: New York. Grove Press. 1981., 1967
ISBN 10: 0394171306 ISBN 13: 9780394171302
Anbieter: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Deutschland
Paperback. 256pp. 9th printing. 8vo. Covers slightly worn. Spine yellowed. Pages slightly sunned. slightly used. ISBN 0394171306.
Verlag: New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Later reprint of Gelber's hyper-realistic play about drug addicts, first published by the Grove Press in 1960, inscribed by the theatre's founder Judith Malina to the owner of the Press: "For Barney Rosset with loving gratitude for your pioneering work for art & freedom. With love, Judith." Malina's inscription further notes that it was inscribed "On the occasion of Rosset's visit to the revival of The Connection in 2009 at the Living Theatre on Clinton Street." The Connection was first performed by the New York-based radical theatre company The Living Theatre, which had been founded in 1947 by Judith Malina (1926-2015) and her husband Julian Beck (1925-1985). In 2009, the company revived Gelber's play to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Barney Rosset (1922-2012), owner of the Grove Press and editor of the Evergreen Review, was essential in publishing material that challenged the cultural status quo in US of the 1950s and 1960s. "Writers came to Grove because it championed their work in an often hostile environment. In the fifties, repressive obscenity laws made it illegal to publish D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Rosset deliberately set out to overturn these laws, publishing and defending these books, and others, in court. Over the years, Grove took on hundreds of lawsuits, in the process expanding the range of public discourse" ("Barney Rosset, The Art of Publishing", in The Paris Review, No. 145, 1997). Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. 9 black and white photographs, of which 8 are double-page spreads. Inscribed by Judith Malina on the half-title. Wrappers slightly toned and rubbed. An excellent copy.
Verlag: London / Ballydehob (Ireland) / France / New York, Calder / BBC / Grove Press, 1959 - 1981., 1981
Anbieter: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Irland
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Octavo. Original Softcover / Stapled / Hardcover (differing bindings in this collection). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare collection of interesting titles, letters by irish writer John Montague to Louis le Brocquy on Beckett, a signed book of poems by Beckett, etc. 1. Samuel Beckett - "Embers" A New Play for Radio [This is the original BBC Double-LP-Recording in original BBC-wrappers]. First Edition. London, BBC Transcription Service, 1959. 4°. 2 Records with three sides recorded (Side One and Two: "Embers" by Samuel Beckett / Side 3: "Living Radio" "A Discussion about the 1959 Italia Prize Awards"). In the original, Yellow BBC-Sleeve. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the covers. Very Rare ! 2. Samuel Beckett - Poems in English. [The very rare Limited Edition (one of only 100) signed by Samuel Beckett]. irst Edition. London, John Calder, 1961. 8°. 53 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Excellent, close to new condition. No. 51 of only 100 copies on untrimmed, handmade paper [Vergé pur fil]. Signed by Samuel Beckett. Extremely rare in this condition ! 3. Samuel Beckett (Editor Paul Auster) - The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett. Four Volumes in slipcase. 4. Le Brocquy, Louis / Montague, John / [Dupin, Jacques] / [Samuel Beckett]. Small Archive of personal correspondence between irish-american writer John Montague and irish artist Louis Le Brocquy plus many related items. The correspondence also includes John Montague touching on Samuel Beckett. The core of the collection includes 1. Extremely insightful and important, very personal manuscript-letter from John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy - Inside an envelope addressed by John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy at his french residence 'Domaine des Combes' with Louis Le Brocquy's answer carefully tucked into the same envelope, treasured by John Montague. The densely filled, very personal 4-page-manuscript letter from John Montague, is dated Christmas 1981, written after "a sabbatical [.] on a long tour which led me as far as Los Angeles" and is a strong reflection of John Montague's personal struggles, thoughts and influences as a writer; he talks about his ten years of teaching in the US "after O'Riada's death led to a vacuum" and "enduring the semi-bourgeois limbo of Cork". Montague speaks about the time "after the harness came off" and he "felt quite strange, and after thirty years my stammer returned in painful, nearly uncontrollable force". Montague even touches on his fears about his health and continues "I clocked into a clinic for a rest cure.so far liver excellent, so it is not Sean or Brendan all over again (in any case, loving the stuff, as you do, I can't overdrink; the tastebuds are against it)". Montague dives into comparisons with Samuel Beckett: "Did you realize that Sam Beckett was under analysis at the Tavistock Clinic for two years ? - The early Beckett is a smart alec; the break comes when he has to survive in post-war France and accept "his own darkness". Montague also touches on his struggle with his mother "Isn't it terrible that we spend up to nearly middle-[a]ge coping with the traumas of youth, with no way round it ? - I have cleared/cleaned/buried & forgiven my mother in my next book "The Dead Kingdom"." - The letter continues to talk about books, "the Landslide Manuscript", poetry and his work etc. etc. He mentions a Dupin "play" which "will travel in my Paris luggage". Montague also touches on the subject of the Irish Troubles and writes "I have always, by the way, believed that 1916 may have been a mistake as Yeats said: "For England may keep faith - For all is said and done" / Montague speaks about "My own area of Tyrone is blessedly free from all but minor incidents" - Amazing document of confidence and trust between two irish landmark personalities. 2. Louis Le Brocquy's answer to John Montague is dated "New Year's Day 1981"[which should have been 1982]: