Rinna Evelyn Wolfe (7 results)

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed with warm inscription by the author. Clean copy in bright covers. Light shelfwear to corners. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Octavo in red glossy illus wraps; 131p, numerous b&w photos. Calvin Eugene Simmons (1950?1982) was an American conductor and the first African American to lead a major U.S. symphony orchestra. Born in San Francisco, he began piano with his mother and by age eleven was conducting the San Francisco Boys Chorus under founder Madi Bacon. After studies at the Curtis Institute (1970?73) with Max Rudolf, he became assistant conductor of the San Francisco Opera (1972?75), winning the Kurt Herbert Adler Award, then assisted Zubin Mehta at the Los Angeles Philharmonic before, at twenty-eight, becoming music director of the Oakland Symphony. He guest-conducted major orchestras and opera companies, debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1978 with Hansel and Gretel, led the Ojai Music Festival the same year, worked at Glyndebourne (1974?78), collaborated with Jonathan Miller on Cos? fan tutte in St. Louis, and premiered Menotti?s La Loca in San Diego (1979). At the San Francisco Opera, he conducted La Boh?me and the acclaimed Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. He also co-wrote the short story ?Addio San Francisco? (in Murder at the Opera, 1989) under a pseudonym. His final performances were Mozart?s Requiem in summer 1982; he died in a canoeing accident near Lake Placid at thirty-two and was memorialized in Oakland and San Francisco for his brilliance, wit, and versatility. Fine First ed., first printing (full number line).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First edition, stated; first printing, full number line; a People in Focus Book. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Lewis (1844-1907), one of the most renowned sculptors of the nineteenth century, often incorporated African and Native American themes in her works. The book is unmarked; spine uncreased; a flare to the front wrap; a "Carter G. Woodson Book Award" sticker on the front wrap; Mylar protected. Signed by Author(s).…

Inscribed and signed by the author to Jacob Needleman with photocopied pages related to the author's organizational work laid in; 128 Pages. Paperback in very good condition. Signed.

Condition: Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Fine in green pictoriaboards with red lettering; no dust jacket. Short biography of black woman who became an educator, organizer & political leader long before the American Civil Rights Movement began. Illustrated with B&W photographs. SIGNED, inscribed & dated by the Author on half-title page. Black Studies, Women Studies, Signed. Signed by Author. …

First printing. Award-winning book written for young adults about the remarkable life of Edomonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire", an American sculptor, with a dual heritage of African-American and Native American culture (Chippewa / Ojibwa) , who became one of the first women of color making a living as a professional sculptor in Western history and who gave to the world a visual tribute to her people. Born free in Upstate New York, educated (due to her brother's success in California during the gold rush) at Oberlin, she traveled first to Boston where she met many notable abolitionists including Horace Greeley and Frederick Douglass, but she spent most of her career in working in Rome, Italy. In addition to the biographical information, this also describes some of her lost works, and the fortuitous finding of some thought to be lost. A title in the People in Focus Book series. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. In addition, a brief holographic note from the author is laid in. Illustrated with photographs. List of sculptures referenced, notes, bibliography, index. 128 pp. Carter G. Woodson Book Award sticker on the front cover of the dustjacket. An uncommon title, especially in hardcover and signed. Fine in fine dust jacket.…