Search Results: trumpets over the sea by j b priestley

Heinemann, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1968. First Edition. 159 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.

Hardback. Acceptable.

4-1: William Heinemann. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover.

London, England: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 160 pages, volume itself has blue cloth covers with sharp silver lettering on the spine. There is wear at the bottom of the book cover and a touch of wear at the top of the book cover. There is a remainder mark at the top of the book pages. Interior of book is clean & binding is tight. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no folded or dogeared pages, no smudges. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. All in all, a quite presentable copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed!

London: Heinemann. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0434603317 . "Being a rambling and egotistical account of The London Symphony Orchestra's engagement at Daytona Beach, Florida, in July-August, 1967." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Small creases on corners and spine ends. Slightly tanned on edges of flaps. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 159 pages .

London England: William Heinemann Ltd. Hardback. First Edition. Trumpets Over the Sea. Slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. In July 1967 J. B. Preistley moved with his wife and his entire household into a rented house at Daytona Beach. Intriguied by the idea of his favourite orchestra's cultivated brass and percussion competing with Daytona's torrid honky-tonk, he had decided to record for posterity the second visit of the London Symphony to the Florida International Music Festival. During the month-long engagement he attended every concert given by the L.S.O., mixed with the musicians and their hosts, and took in the Daytona scene with customary acuity. There is much to treasure in this book, especially for those whose enjoyment of classical music does not wait upon the whim of a critic. Mr. Priestley's analyses of the ambiance and performance of each concert are completely candid, his anecdotes of the musicians themselves amusing and his assessment of the discomforts - and comforts - of… Read More

London: Macmillan. This is a Fine Copy of this book in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names present.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Lovely clean copy internally and the dust-jacket comes nicely protected in a quality acetate cover sleeve.8vo 160pp First Edition 1st Impression . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1968.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.