Desmond Stone (63 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fundamentals of Marketing This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, x + 244 pages, brown quarter-cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover overall with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper clean and cream white. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Almost Like New. First Edition. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Top edge of front board is slightly bumped.

Hb. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 1st. Hb. VG-/VG-. 1st. 244pp. Index, Notes. Stamps top-edge, light soiling, DJ: wear extremities, rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. book is tight with no markings, great copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine in Fine Dustwrapper. Hardbound. New copy. No marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is FINE ; in a wrapper. Bio. Stax.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Small Tears. bumped corners.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1500grams, ISBN:9780415370974.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press hardcover in dust jacket, 1996, first edition-1st printing, jacket price $30.00; unread and carefully stored, No marks/tears or other defects; (Fine/Fine). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound With Boards With Gold Paper Over One Quarter Dark Brown Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Rule On The Spine. The Book Has Moderate Shelf Wear. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by author on front endpaper with inscription, "To Melina ___ ___ with best wishes. Rochester, NY ___ 1996." Jacket spine head and spine base bumped. x, 244 pp. Alec Wilder wrote songs and lyrics of unsurpassed beauty and originality, and his work won the respect and admiration of such important musical figures as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Mitch Miller, Gunther Schuller, and many others. Yet Wilder seemed almost to court obscurity. Both in the music he composed and in the way he lived his life, Wilder valued the unique and eccentric over the established and easily acceptable. And though he authored the definitive American Popular Song--which critics praised as "singular" (Studs Terkel), "pioneering" (Whitney Balliett), "rewarding" (Milton Babbitt), and "a joy to anyone who really cares about American popular music" (Max Morath)--his own contribution to that music has remained, until now, too little known and far too little appreciated. Desmond Stone's engaging and lively biography brings Alec Wilder's life and music into the spotlight where it belongs. Ranging from Wilder's childhood in Rochester, New York, to his rise as a major writer of popular songs in the 1940s, to his relationships with Frank Sinatra and the cabaret singer Mabel Mercer, Stone gives us rich insight into the creative process and profound influence of this highly unorthodox composer. We see the impulses and musical concerns that led to such standards as "I'll Be Around" and "It's So Peaceful in the Country." We also get an inside view of how he wrote his monumental American Popular Song, which remains the most significant study of America's great songwriters. More important, we get a vivid sense of a haunting, incorruptible melodist whose unique personality was mirrored in his music. Man and composer dared to be different. When Wilder in the late 1930s wrote his famous Octets, the music world did not know what to make of these irreverent, highly original pieces. Yet they had a seminal influence on jazz chamber music in America. Wilder would go on to compose hundreds of instrumental numbers. Whether he was writing concert pieces for an unprecedented and highly unusual group of instruments, or mixing jazz, classical, and popular idioms in a single song, or dashing off a sonata for a friend, Wilder followed the dictates of his own creativity rather than the expectations of the musical establishment. Such independence and unpredictability earned him the hostility of many critics but the enduring respect of the musicians he wrote for. Here then is a fascinating private portrait of a man who lived a nomad's life, who loved riding trains so much he kept a timetable in his pocket at all times, a man whose only home was a small room he maintained at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan (where he often held court in the lobby), a man with a serious drinking problem as well as the kindest and most generous of friends. Essential reading for anyone interested in American popular music, Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself provides a much needed account of this complex, colorful, and highly original life. Signed by author.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 8vo, 224 pp., From the writings of Samuel Butler, Trollope, Froude, Twain, Shaw, Michener and others Fine copy in fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, tears and clipped.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition - a paperback original. Scrantom's sticker on back corner. 1989 Trade Paperback. 223, [1] pp. Foreword by Desmond Stone. A wonderful collection of nostalgia. Perfect for anyone interested in Rochester, New York history or anyone looking to meander into bygone days. Signed by author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Slight wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Torn, Tattered DJ. First Edition. 244pp Bibliography and index. Unusual, interesting composer. Author of "American Popular Song". (loc 950/1).

8vo, 244pp. black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

ex lib, first edition, minimal markings, 224pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled).

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. Bound in stiff, glossy green wraps with photo of Wilder on the front panel. 97 pp. book on the works of Mr. Wilder.