Berta Geissmar (49 results)

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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.

- Softcover
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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.
Published by Boosey & Hawkes,, 1948
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United KingdomVictoria Bookshop
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

- Softcover
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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.
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Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vintagestan Books, Waltham, LINCS, United KingdomVintagestan Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
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Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Garden City Books, Herts, United KingdomGarden City Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 L…ondon 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.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1948,, 1948
- Softcover
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Add to basketpaperback, 8vo, 40pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1949,, 1949
- Softcover
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Add to basketpaperback, 8vo, 34pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1949,, 1949
- Softcover
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Add to basketpaperback, 8vo, 61pp, illustrated, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1948,, 1948
- Softcover
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Add to basketpaperback, 8vo, 36pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very Good condition.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Lazy Letters Books, Market Rasen, United KingdomLazy Letters Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Lightly rubbed and tanned covers. Minimal internal wear.
Published by Creative Age, NY, 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.Austin Book Shop LLC
Contact seller3-star sellerHard 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).

- Hardcover
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germanymedimops
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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 ma…ps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.

Published by New York: Creative Age Press, 1946, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellerGeissmar, 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.

Published by New York: Creative Age Press, 1946, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellerGeissmar, 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 193…5. Wilhelm Furtwängler's secretary, manager of the Berlin Philharmonic; held similar positions in London with Thomas Beecham.
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United KingdomKarl Eynon Books Ltd
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40 pages a very good copy with no creases and no previous ownership markings.

- Hardcover
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germanymedimops
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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.
More imagesPublished by Hamish Hamilton, London, UK, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United KingdomBookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet)
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 owne…r'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.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Joan Andrews, Alton, United KingdomJoan Andrews
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.

- Softcover
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germanymedimops
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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.
Published by London, Hamish Hamilton, reprinted 1945., 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, AustraliaGrant's Bookshop
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Add to basket8vo, 404pp. Original Cloth in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. Light foxing on fly papers. b/w photographic illustrations on plates.
Language: German
Published by Atlantis Verlag, Zurich, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: NorWest Books (UK), Minehead, United KingdomNorWest Books (UK)
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, 1948
Seller: Ammareal, Morangis, FranceAmmareal
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Add to basketCondition: 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 ite…m's net price to charity organizations.
More imagesPublished by Hamish Hamilton,, London,, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 ed…geworn 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.

Published by Hamish Hamilton
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United KingdomChapter Two Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Some foxing to pages. Previous owner's details on front end papers.
More imagesPublished by Hamish Hamilton, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United KingdomHALCYON BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. 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. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS…ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.

Language: German
Published by Dittrich Verlag ein Imprint der Velbrück GmbH Bücher und Medien, Köln, 1996
- Hardcover
Seller: Paderbuch e.Kfm. Inh. Ralf R. Eichmann, Bad Lippspringe, NRW, GermanyPaderbuch e.Kfm. Inh. Ralf R. Eichmann
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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.
More imagesPublished by Create Age Press, New York, NY, USA, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United KingdomBookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet)
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.

Language: German
Published by Atlantis Verlag, Zürich, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Linthof Markt, Uznach, SwitzerlandLinthof Markt
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Ohne Schutzumschlag. Stärkere Gebrauchspuren am Einband und an den Seiten.