Dorothy Prohaska (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. pp.viii, 211p, frontispiece and 8 plates, a very good plus hardback in a very good dust-jacket, NOT FROM A LIBRARY and completely clean from any former owner markings [0521077893]. A book in the 'Anglica Germanica - Series 2'.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. very good +. 6 x 90 in. Ochre cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new except for some light foxing two of the end pags. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; like nearly new with some tiny ink marks on the upper front. Drama. Stax.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Minor signsof wear to edges extremities of jacket. Hard back is in very good, bright and solid condition. Pages are very clean, clear and tight throughout. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General light soiling, and two closed tears of several inches to front, of dustjacket. Some yellowing and mild foxing stains to edges and first 6 pages. Former owner's name stamped on front endpaper. Gold cloth boards very clean and interior free of markings/highlights. Includes 8 pages glossy b/w illustations and fold-out map of Vienna in the 1820s. Mylar covers jacket. 211 pp.…

Condition: COME NUOVO. Cambridge at the University Press cm.14,5x22, pp.VIII,212, 1 map hardcover, clothbound, dust jacket. Coll:Anglica germanica Series,2. Ferdinand Raimund (17901836) was a noted comic actor in the tradition of the Viennese Popular Theatre. He wrote plays to suit the talents of his ensemble at the Leopoldstadt comedy theatre and to entertain the Viennese community, but a powerful ambition to rise above the merely local drove him to develop the conventional dramatic forms beyond their traditional limits. Dorothy Prohaska examines his plays, and discusses their local characteristics as well as their individuality. She is closely informed about the Vienna of the time, and many sections of the book, showing in detail how the plays draw on contemporary life, are full of colourful detail about the city itself. She reveals the complexity of Raimund's development as a playwright within the popular tradition and assesses his achievement as an original dramatist.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No DW. 1st Edition.

Condition: Sehr gut. VIII, 211 Seiten. Dust jacket slightly dusted. - Very good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 990 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 98 pages. Short Stories: The Huntress; The Nightingales in Central Park; The Man Who Couldn't Kill; Caterwauling Company. Articles: Theives I Have Known - department store plainclotheswoman tells of her violent encounters with amateur and professional shoplifters; Adventures of the Mind - The Elusive Neutron; Great two-page color photo of Albany's Delmar Men's Orchestra rehearsing; Our Year of Escape - Ira and Patricia Spring and their kids fulfill their goal of spending a year in the Alps; England's Confusion on the Left - is the British Labour Party devouring itself in a Communist-backed 'civil war'?; Battles Under the Basket - photo-illustrated article on the pro basketball players who fight for rebounds - with photos of Gene Conley, Jack Twyman, Hub Reed, Si Green, Darrall Imhoff, Elgin Baylor, Jim Krebs, Alex Ellis, Bob Pettit, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Kenny Sears; Frank Lloyd Wright - Definant Genius - The Years of Glory (conclusion) - photo-illustrated article; A Road Out of the Slums - New York City's bold attempt to provide culture for under-privileged children. Serials: Captives of the Storm (part 1 of 2); The Case of the Curious Spinster ( part 2 of 7). Ads: Fig Newton cookies (color photo ad inside front cover); Salem cigarettes - couple in wooded area; Puss'n Boots cat food; GTE answering machine; Two-page color ad for the Pontiac Safari Station Wagon (1961 Bonneville); Hammond Organs; Larson boats; Zenith stereos; Old Crow Bourbon; Lucky Strike cigarettes - photo of couple in meadow grass; Nice ad for the Oldsmobile Starfire features a red convertible; Dial soap; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Del E. Webb's Sun City development in Arizona; Centerfold ad for Philco home appliances includes photo of satellite; Florida tourism; Heinz Ketchup ad features sepia-toned photo of 1960 Masters and U.S. Open Champion Arnold Palmer; Two-page Caterpillar photo ad features a new nine-mile stretch of freeway at Pueblo Colorado and features photos of Jay Martin, George Fellows, Howard Butler, J. Marlowe Jensen, and Earl Beardsley; Color-photo Pitney-Bowes postage meter features shapely lady resembling Brigitte Bardot; Telephone Company ad features Parris Island recruits phoning home on Saturday night; De Beers ad features illustration of floral lady; Color ad for the renault Dauphone (red); Back cover ad for L&M cigarette's sweepstakes. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, February (Feb.) 4, 1961 - Frank Lloyd Wright Hugh Gaitskell Canon John Collins The Huntress; The Nightingales in Central Park; The Man Who Couldn't Kill; Caterwauling Company. Articles: Theives I Have Known - department stor. Illustrated by Clymer, John (cover); Prohaska, Ray; De Mauro, Don;Lewicki, James; (illustrator).…