Berta Geissmar (52 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

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Condition: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Bon. Edition 1996. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Edition 1996. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: The Baton and the Jackboot. Recollections of a Musical Life. Author: Berta Geissmar. Publisher: Hamish Hamilton. London. Year Published: 1944 Edition: 1st Edition Dimensions: 20cm x 14cm. Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: Notes: Missing contents page. Previous owner inscription on front end sheet. SKU: VSS / 227 / G / 5402 / 4061 / BW Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable Book condition: Poor. Rubbing, fading, bumps, creasing, age toning, foxing, handling marks, marks. Binding: Intact. Pages: 404 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Lightly rubbed and tanned covers. Minimal internal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 1945 3rd reprint hardback with dustjacket. A book about music and politics: the life and career of Dr Geismar, in her time a fiesty female as manager of the berlin Philharmonic orchestra, then from 1936 as General Secretary and organising manager of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Interior has small pencil initials otherwise clean with all pages tight in binding. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles clean and unscuffed, dustwrapper unclipped, worn to edges as shown in photos.

paperback, 8vo, 40pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

paperback, 8vo, 34pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

paperback, 8vo, 61pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

paperback, 8vo, 36pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very Good condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn, Frayed DJ. First American Edition. 327pp. Illus. "Music in Europe before and during the Nazi years - Behind the scenes with Furtwangler and Beecham." (loc 1023/1).

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40 pages a very good copy with no creases and no previous ownership markings.

Geissmar, Berta, 1892-1949. Two Worlds of Music. New York: Creative Age Press, 1946, 327pp., good red cloth, spine a bit faded, jacket flaps laid in. Germany before Hitler - Hitler's Germany, 1933-1935 - American Interlude, 1936 - Pre-War England, 1936-1939 - England in War Time, 1939-1945.

Geissmar, Berta, 1892-1949. Two Worlds of Music. New York: Creative Age Press, 1946, 327pp., good dust-jacket, worn around edges, original price $3.00, good red cloth with very slight bruise at top of spine, a few red pencil lines in margins, review copy, dated review slip tipped in. Exilarchiv 1825 Emigrated from Germany in 1935. Wilhelm Furtwängler's secretary, manager of the Berlin Philharmonic; held similar positions in London with Thomas Beecham.

Hardcover. Condition: Used Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition, Third Printing. In German Language. 303 Pages. A Clean And Soundly Bound Book, Previous Owner's Name On Endpaper. Not Ex Library.

8°, 471 S.m. Reg., typogr. OBrosch., Kanten berieben, ger. Gebrauchssp., papierbed. gebräunt; gutes Expl. Erste deutsche Ausgabe dieser Autobiographie "von der Verfasserin selbst bearbeitet und ergänzt"; DtExilAr.1824.

8°, Frontispiz, 341 S.m. Reg., roter OLwdbd.m. goldgeprägt. Titelschrift u. farb. typogr. OUmschl., dieser m. ger. Gebrauchssp., papierbed. etw. gebräunt; insges. schönes Expl. Erste niederländische Ausgabe dieser Autobiographie; DtExilAr/2 8483. Sprache: Niederländisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 404pp, plus some monochrome plate illustrations. In blue publisher's cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded where there is dust jacket loss, small stain on front. Text block edges tanning and foxing. Free endpapers starting to fox, previous owner's on front free endpaper, page margins tanned. Otherwise internally neat and clean. Dust jacket has tape repairs, loss to bottom rear, chipping, not price clipped. Berta Giessmar (1892-1949) was secretary and business manager to both orchestral conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Wilhelm Furtwangler. She worked for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra until 1935 when, because of her Jewish heritage, she fled Nazi Germany for London.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardcover, no d/j. The light blue boards have a badly faded spine and front and back edges, some foxing and a sticker on fep. Illustrated. Recollections of a musical life.

8vo, 404pp. Original Cloth in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. Light foxing on fly papers. b/w photographic illustrations on plates.

Condition: Very Good. 0th Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Some foxing to pages. Previous owner's details on front end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 404, 12 illus/ photos inc Hitler at Bayreuth and a faked photo of Hitler with Sir Thomas Beecham. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Names of music class on ffep.VG in clean decorative, price-clipped slightly edgeworn d.j. by Furse (lacking smallish piece at top corner of front panel and tiny pieces to d.j. head of spine section). A important illustrated memoir about music, politics and the Nazis in 1930s Berlin; music in pre-war London; and the German author's experience of the Blitz.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprinted 1944. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Front hinge is weak. Dust Jacket unclipped. Includes removeable plastic cover. Complete with 12 illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Zufriedenstellender Umschlag. Berta Geißmar: Taktstock und Schaftstiefel. Erinnerungen an Wilhelm Furtwängler. Vorwort und Anmerkungen von Fred K. Prieberg. Dittrich-Verlag, Köln 1996. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, 411 Seiten mit sw-Abbildungstafeln, ordentlicher Zustand. - Titel lt. Schutzumschlag: Erinnerungen an Wilhelm Furtwängler und Sir Thomas Beecham.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 328pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; fore text block edge untrimmed. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends, cloth on boards a little rubbed. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers starting to tan; pages starting to age. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve, has some staining on rear, 2cm closed tear bottom front, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. Betha Geissmer was secretary to two prominent 20th century conductors, Sir Thomas Beecham and Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Ohne Schutzumschlag. Stärkere Gebrauchspuren am Einband und an den Seiten.