Overture and Beginners a Musical Autobiography by Goossens Eugene (12 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good PLUS. Hardback 1951. Front end paper inscription is dated 1951. Clean & tight. JACKET SPINE IS DULL. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref o16787. Overture & Beginners. A Musical Autobiography by Eugene Goossens. Published by Methuen, London.

1st edition. "This book surveys the family's activities over a century of music-making and is written by the eldest member of the fourth generation. He describes the outstanding musical events of the period from his own and his family's personal experience of them, and writes with lively appreciation of his encounters with such famous figures as Debussy, Casals, Sir Thomas Beecham, Melba and Delius (to name but a few)". pp.viii/327, black & white portrait photo frontispiece + 21 further photo illustrations, and 5 further illustrations in the text, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, dustwrapper darkened with edgewear and tears to top of spine. G+/Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Purple boards and dasrker purple spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Price-clipped jacket slightly frayed around top and base of spine. Internally owner's 3 cm x 1 cm label on ffep. No other faults.

Condition: Good. 1951. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper has been signed by the Author and dedicated. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hard. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Front and rear boards sunned along edges, spine sunned also, light edgewear to corners and head/foot of spine, light spotting to closed edges of text block, light spotting to fep, pp very clean and clear to read, binding sound. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 328 page hardcover with photo illustrations (16 halftone plates and 5 line drawings). Appendices list Goossens opera productions and works. The entire Goossens family is included in the autobiography. Dust jacket is just good condition - a few chips and paper browning - but all copy present. Exterior is full purple cloth with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Prior owner name (composer Otto Luening) on inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Boards show some signs of bowing. Minimal edgewear. Minimal shelfwear. Minimal, but noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Small wrinkles in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

8vo, hardback, viii + 327pp. Good condition in like dustwrapper (general wear, price clipped, faded spine, head and foot fo spine chipped and worn, several small closed tears, mild creasing, a few little marks). Some foxing to page edges, lightly foxed at endpapers and prelims. Contents very good. Pictures available on request.

hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", (lacking jacket) 328 pages In his Foreword to this book, Eugene Goossens wrote - "I have attempted a record of the modest, though not exactly passive, roles played by the Goossens family throughout a period of some fourscore years of musical activity in both England and America" - written as first permanent conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australia. [Goossens left Australia in disgrace in 1956, having been fined for importing indecent photographs and films]. Portrait frontispiece, 26 photos. Top 2" cut from front endpaper (previous owner's name?). Some minor foxing. Book in GOOD condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1951 Methuen Press. Good solid copy, mild to moderate reading/age wear, no DJ if issued, may have some light markings or exowner inscription. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Spotting to page edges and endpapers.