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1971580761971. SINGER Isaac Bashevis. THE TOPSY-TURVY EMPEROR OF CHINA. Pictures by William Pene du Bois. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. New York: Harper & Row 1971. First edition. Small 4to. Fine in a very good dust-jacket price-clipped spine-sunned shalloe creasing and small nicks along tope-edge of back panel. unknown books
19738236Garden City NY: Doubday & Co 1973. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of this 1973 collection of 32 of Asimov's science essays. Clean and Near Fine in a bright VG dustjacket with its $6.95 dustjacket price intact. Very light chipping at the panel edges and light soiling to the rear panel otherwise clean as could be. Octavo 321 pgs. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Doubday & Co hardcover books
193031355New York: John Day 1930. First edition. Black cloth blocked in red very good condition. Publisher's or manufacturer's dummy copy. Comprises the text through page 3 including George Gershwin's preface the Table of Contents with zeroes for page numbers three illustrations. The striking dust jacket's front and spine panels are tipped to the front endpapers. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> John Day hardcover books
19308142JNew York: John Day 1930. First Edition. Ownership signature. From the introduction by George Gershwin: “A book that needed to be written.a swell a gorgeous story.†A study of the personalities and forces that gave birth to American popular music ragtime jazz and “other secrets of The Great American Noise.†Illustrated. Fine in a very good colorful dust jacket with some fading a 3/4†piece missing from the base of the spine small chips and tears. Scare in dust jacket. John Day unknown books
1930110997New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
193084308New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932-35. Contemporary bookplate near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
1930WRCLIT73329New York: John Day Company 1930. xi73411pp. Large octavo. Smooth blue-green cloth stamped in black. Eight plates. A very good copy in quite worn and chipped pictorial dust jacket. First edition this being in one of at least three variants of the binding we've noted over the years. "Goldberg's breezy not totally accurate history has advantages that come from close acquaintance with the popular music industry" - Horn. HORN 1169. John Day Company hardcover books
1984146794Hanover NH: Ediciones del Norte 1984. Paperback. 172p. signed with a brief inscription by Goldemberg text in Spanish very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The Jewish Peruvian writer has lived in New York since 1964 teaching at CCNY and directing the Latin American Writers Institute. Ediciones del Norte paperback books
1984146572Hanover NH: Ediciones del Norte 1984. Paperback. 172p. text in Spanish very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The Jewish Peruvian writer has lived in New York since 1964 teaching at CCNY and directing the Latin American Writers Institute. Ediciones del Norte paperback books
1997RASIWOR00fpCollier-Macmillan 1997. Very Good. Asimov Isaac. The World of Carbon. New York NY: Collier-Macmillan 1997. New revised edition sixth printing. 158pp. Indexed. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and faint creases to top corner and edge of front cover. Price on front cover has been scratched out. Several dog eared pages. Former owner's name in ink on first page. Collier-Macmillan paperback books
198942237New York: Shapolsky Publishers 1989. First edition large 4to pp. 310; text in double columns; original paper-covered boards in red dust jacket printed in black white and gilt; about fine. <br/><br/> Shapolsky Publishers hardcover books
193942055New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1939. 8vo pp. xii 2 485; original brick cloth faintly dampstained stamped in black and gilt extremities a bit worn previous bookseller's ticket mounted to ffep; interior very good. Copyright date 1938. <br/><br/> D. Appleton-Century Company hardcover books
1983132142Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1983. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories all but two first published between 1976 and 1982. "Belief" and "Ideas Die Hard" both first published in the 1950s somehow escaped publication in an earlier Asimov single-author story collection so he included them here. The stories are "something of a return to Asimov's older style. Whimsical clever liberal and the stories tend to feature absent-minded academics and to end with punch lines." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 423. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. #132142 Doubleday & Company unknown books
197626008NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1976. 2nd printing. SIGNED "To Ramelle" by the illustrator. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG/VG pc/few chips & tears at extremities. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. 4to. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
197218905New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto; red cloth with titling and illustrations stamped in black on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 39pp; illus. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with just a hint of spine sunning to note. Singer's translation of the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction presented for a juvenile audience and superbly illustrated throughout. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
196088781NY:: Abelard-Schuman. Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. B000SR5YPQ . First edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings thus only good in a good both corners of front flap are clipped dust jacket. . Abelard-Schuman, hardcover books
1960UASIWEL00afSignet 1960. Very Good. Asimov Isaac. The Wellsprings of Life. NY: Signet 1960. 224pp. Indexed. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name on first leaf. Sparse pencil notes upon the rear matter. Signet paperback books
197013717ENew York: Jules Power International Productions Inc 1970. Fourth Draft dated 3/18/70. 41 page mimeographed script for a documentary by Isaac Asimov exploring the wide range of human perspectives and perceptions of the Universe - from the microscopic realms to the outer reaches of space. Bradbound. “Final recorded version†hand-written in pencil on the front cover in an unknown hand. With “Jules Power†written in ink on the front cover. About fine copy with some very minor creases from reading in printed wrappers. Very scarce. Jules Power International Productions, Inc unknown books
1973BL3318Cambridge:: University Library 1973. 1973. 4to. x 129 pp. Illus. Gilt-stamped brown cloth. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0902205056 University Library, 1973. hardcover books
19718226New York: Walker and Company 1971. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV TO HIS CLOSE FRIENDS LES & CHAUCY BENNETTS on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1971 revised edition following the 1966 1st edition. Clean and VG in a bright price-intact VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine ends and light creasing along the panel tips. Octavo Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Walker and Company hardcover books
198309358New York: Doubleday & Company 1983. First Edition. Near Fine/About Fine. octavo 214 pages; INSCRIBED by the author on title page: "To Arthur / Isaac Asimov / 22 Oct 83" - inscription is to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. First edition stated. Dust jacket with price of $13.95 on front flap. Mr. Parson's name and date on ffep. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company unknown books
1983290072New York: Doubleday 1983. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo cloth backed boards d.w. very lightly rubbed at edges. New York: Doubleday 1983. First Edition.<br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
1992144931New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday 1992. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Expansion of Asimov's short story "The Ugly Little Boy" first published in GALAXY in 1958. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #144931 Doubleday unknown books
1992102931New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday 1992. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Expansion of Asimov's short story "The Ugly Little Boy" first published in GALAXY in 1958. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #102931 Doubleday unknown books
199291584New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday 1992. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Expansion of Asimov's short story "The Ugly Little Boy" first published in GALAXY in 1958. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #91584 Doubleday unknown books