woodstock ny the overlook press 1999 (10 results)

black & black embossed ĵ cloth hardbound 8vo. 8ş (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xix+419p. 4 b&w maps. 46 glossy b&w plates. acknowledgments. notes on the plates. bibliography. index. history. biography. world war i. arab revolt. ottoman empire. british empire. arab history. ~T.E. LAWRENCE, "Lawrence of Arabia," began his role in World War I as a map clerk and ended it as one of the greatest military heroes of the century: He altered the face of the Middle East, helped the Arabs gain their freedom after five hundred years of domination by the Ottoman Turks, and almost Single~handedly formulated many of the precepts of modern guerrilla warfare. Yet he refused any honors for his achievements and spent much of the rest of his life in the ranks of the army and the Royal Air Force, in near obscurity. A brilliant propagandist, rhetorician, and manipulator, Lawrence deliberately turned his life into a conundrum and set out to mystify those who came after him, thereby assuring his place as a mythical cult figure for posterity. He saw himself as an intellectual rather than a soldier, a wanderer after sensations rather than a man of action; he was obsessed throughout his life by the idea of pain and had an abnormal fear of being hurt, yet emerged from the most devastating war in history as the ideal of heroism and courage. A man whose sensitivity allowed him to adjust his personality according to the company he was with, he wore an endless series of masks. But who was the real man behind the masks? Desert explorer and Arab scholar Michael Asher set out to solve this riddle of appearances. Retracing many of Lawrence's desert journeys, he gained startling new insights into his character. The result is an extraordinary biography combining the techniques of the detective story, travelogue, epic history, and high drama. It clears away some of the false trails, captures the authentic atmosphere of the Arab Revolt, and for the first time removes a cloud of film from Lawrence's life.

, Anissimov, Myriam. Primo Levi : tragedy of an optimist. Translated by Steve Cox. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1999, x, 452pp., very good dust-jacket, very good green half-cloth, slight wear, previous owner's name. Translated from French. Full biography of Primo Levi, 1919-1987. 9780879518066 ISBN 0879518065.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. first U.S. ed. Octavo, xvi + 384 pages. Includes black and white photo repros., filmography, bibliography, notes, and index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 021210B.

SIGNED first edition - 1st trade paperback printing. The first book in a new series of original gay and lesbian writing, a "groundbreaking anthology of all-original science fiction stories brings together some of mainstream's and science fiction's most notable and daring writers - gay and straight - creating worlds where time and place and sexuality are alternative to the empirical environment." Among the contributors are Keith Hartman, Ellen Klages, Jim Grimsley, Rebecca Ore, Stephen Baxter and more. SIGNED by Nancy Kress at her story "State of Nature." Notes on authors. 375 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers.

Hardcover first edition - First printing. His first collection of poetry, containing 40 poems, most published here for the first time. Small erratum slip tipped onto the front endpaper. 72 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Condition: VG in VG DJ. Photos, line drawings (illustrator). 1st ptg. Though only 26 when he died, Beardsley's short life came to be one of the defining figures of the fin de siecle, a precocious line artist who redefined the limits of black-and-white art. His erotic decadent illustrations for Oscar Wilde's Salome and the famous journal The Yellow Book set the tone for his style by turns shocking, facetious and cruel. Author Sturgis has uncovered a great amount of new material and used many previously untapped sources to produce the most compelling and definitive account of Beardsley's life to date. Wonderful copy.

8vo. Hardcover, dustjacket, 72 pp. Stated first edition. ISBN: 0879518979. Dustjacket has scuff on front cover, back flap corner has fold. Fine in near fine dustjacket protected with a mylar cover. [b91].

Hardcover first edition - First US printing. "Primo Levi is represented in this world almost entirely by his writings, and his public self--shy, intelligent, diffident--in some respects disguised the man within. This first biography delves deeply into the life and mind of the controversial writer" a chemist by training, a partisan during World War II, a philosopher, and most importantly a survivor of the concentration camps and a Holocaust witness. Translated from the French by Steve Cox. List of Primo Levi's works. Photographs, notes, glossary of concentration camp terms, bibliography, and index. x, 452 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages, very minor shelfwear.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ANISSIMOV, MYRIAM Primo Levi: Tragedy of an optimist. [HARDCOVER]. Woodstock NY: Overlook Press, 1999. Large 8vo., x, 452 p. Original binding. Dust wrapper. Ex-library copy. Very good ISBN: 9780879518066 CATALOG: Literature KEYWORDS: Biography Jewish World War II Italy A biography of the Italian chemist and writer describes his experience in Auschwitz and his life-long mission to tell the world about the Holocaust.

purple & black embossed 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xii+450p. 27 glossy b&w photo illustrations. index. world history. world war ii. nazi germany. third reich. american history. journalism.~ THROUGH HIS BROADCASTS for Edward R. Murrow on CBS Radio, William Shirer was a masterful chronicler of the events in Europe that led up to World War II. His first major Berlin broadcast was an eyewitness account of the Anschluss~the fall of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938. Soon after, Shirer covered Neville Chamberlain's betrayal of Czechoslovakia and that country's subsequent capitulation. For the next two~and~a~half years, Shirer's broadcasts covered the staggering news of the almost unbelievable Soviet~Nazi non~aggression pact; German threats against Poland and the Nazi invasions of Norway, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium; the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, and the threatened German invasion across the Channel. The reportage in "This Is Berlin" offers rich insights into the period before the darkest days descended and World War II began. With chilling immediacy, these broadcasts take the reader to the front, providing flashpoints of the imminent war in the words of America's most trusted correspondent. An introduction by noted historian John Keegan and a preface by Shirer's daughter, Inga Shirer Dean, serve to put Shirer's life and work into context.