Berta Geissmar (55 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

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

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.…

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.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: Good. Facsimile of 1946 ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable. 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.…

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, 36pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very 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.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 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).

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

Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Couverture différente. Edition 1948. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Different cover. Edition 1948. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

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.…

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.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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.

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.

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: 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. …