Ornella Volta Ed (6 results)

Paperback. Some minor traces of use, still a (very) good copy. Text in German. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Some minor traces of use, still a (very) good copy. Text in German. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Book measures 7 x 9.25 inches. Paper-covered boards. A Fine, As / New Copy. Edited and with introduction by Ornella Volta. Translation by Antony Melville. This is the largest selection, in any language, of the writings of Erik Satie (1866-1925). Although once dismissed as an eccentric, Satie has come to be seen as a key influence on modern music, and his writings reveal him as one of the most beguiling of absurdists, in the mode of Lewis Carroll or Edward Lear--but with a strong streak of Dadaism (a movement in which he participated). The nonconformism of Satie's private life seems deliberately calculated: he assumed various personae at different periods of his life, from the mystical "velvet gentleman" to the Dadaist disguised as quizzical bureaucrat. His poignant, sly and witty writings embody all of his contradictions. Included here are his "autobiographical" "Memoirs of an Amnesic"; gnomic annotations to his musical scores ("For the Shrivelled and the Dimwits, I have written a suitably ponderous chorale I dedicate this chorale to those who do not like me"); the publications of his private church; his absurdist play Medusa's Snare; advertising copy for his local suburban newspaper; and the mysterious, calligraphed "private advertisements" found stuffed behind his piano after his death. Satie referred to himself as "a man in the manner of Adam (he of Paradise)" and added: "My humor is reminiscent of Cromwell's.I am also indebted to Christopher Columbus, as the American spirit has sometimes tapped me on the shoulder, and I have joyfully felt its ironically icy bite." He died as he lived: "without quite ceasing to smile.".…

Rústica con sobrecub. Condition: Aceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. Primera edición. Antología preparada y seleccionada por Ornella Volta y Valerio Riva ; prólogo de Roger Vadim. -- 310 p., il. b. y n. -- Contiene: Los vampiros de Hungría y de los países circundantes / Dom Augustin Calmet ; Carnaval / Lawrence Durrell ; Carmilla / Sheridan Le Fanu ; El bello vampiro / Theophile Gautier ; Berenice / Edgar Allan Poe ; Chriseis / Simon Raven ; El horla / Guy de Maupassant ; La señora Amworth / E.F. Benson ; La aventura del vampiro de Sussex / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; La capa / Robert Bloch ; Viy / Nicolai Gogol ; El insolente / E.C. Tubb ; Un vampiro / luigi Capuana ; El hombre del piso de arriba / Ray Bradbury ; La muerte de Drácula / Bram Stoker. Auraleón (illustrator).…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:2851840738. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. A smart copy of this thrilling 1960s anthology of vampire short stories, with contributions from Stoker, Gogol, Le Fanu, and Poe. The second English language Pan Books impression of the anthology 'I Vampiri tra Noi', first published in Milan in 1960.Presented by - and with a forward from - Roger Vadim, a French screenwriter, film director and producer known for his relationships with Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda, and for directing 'Barbarella'.This anthology of fifteen vampire short stories is edited by Ornella Volta and Veleria Riva.Among the fifteen tales present are 'Carmilla' by Sheridan le Fanu, 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire' by Conan Doyle, 'The Death of Dracula' by Stoker, and 'Viy' by Gogol.With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Front wrap bright, with a touch of fading to back strip, and spotting to rear wrap. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Tear to final advertisement leaf. Good. None (illustrator). book.…