Igor robert craft ed (8 résultats)

First Edition. 1985 1st edition with numerous B&W illustrations; tightly bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering and design to front and spine. Dust jacket edges lightly worn and chipped; short tear from top of front hinge; spine a bit yellowed. Small yellow mark at base of page fore-edge. Otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. …

Etat : as new. Etat de la jaquette : as new. hbk square 4to profusely illustr b+w photos selected by Vera Stravinsky and Rita McCaffrey text from Stravinsky interviews, 1912-1963 an excellent clean tight unmarked copy in sleeve-protected dj almost as new.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good-. 1st Edition. Crimson cloth, gilt publisher's logo to front and gilt lettering to spine. 239pp. 183 b/w illus. Water stain to back board. Repaired tears and water damage to back of dust jacket. Previous owner's signature to half-title page, o'wise contents clean and in very good condition .0. HEAVY BOOK (2.7 KG) - WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. …

239pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good, solid copy. First Edition.

Quarto; hardcover, with gilt spine titling and upper board publisher's insignia and decorative endpapers; 239pp., with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; spotting to upper text block edges and a few marks otherwise. Illustrated dustwrapper with mild wear to edges; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Bubushkin was Vera Stravinsky's pet name during their fifty years together - from 1921 when Diaghilev first introduced them in Paris, to Igor's death in 1971. Robert Craft is able to explain cryptic private references, identify almost all the names and offer background information about the people and situations discussed. Vera's diaries present a scarcely credible schedule of journeys, dinners, concerts, movies, parties and theatre going and a sparkling array of famous names and glamorous places. In spite of this, she was not at all star-struck, being in awe only of her husband. The Stravinskys' witty and wry comments on contemporaries are thought-provoking and sometimes hilarious. While the letters represent the entire surviving correspondence between the couple during their periods of separation, Vera's diaries document the time they spent together, and are the only record of Stravinsky's life in Hollywood. A comprehensive and revealing picture of these two extraordinary characters and their powerful relationship.…

With 183 illustrations. Thames and Hudson, London 1985. 4to. 240 pages. Publisher's cloth in dust wrappers. Light wear to the wappers. Near fine / Very good wrappers. * The correspondance of Vera and Igor Stravinsky, 1921-1954, with excerpts from Vera Stravinsky's diaries, 1922-1971.** Craft was the Stravinsky's close friend and the conductor of many of Stravinsky's great works.…

London, Faber and Faber, 1982, 1st ed., XIX,(1),471 pag., plates, hardcover with dustjacket (fine).

3 volumes. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1982-85. XIX+471 + IX+544 + X+543 pages. Illustrations and plates in b/w. Publisher's black cloth with dust wrappers. Untrimmed fore-edges. I protective mylar covers-.