Search Results: life and works of beethoven by burk john n

New York: Modern Library. Nearly fine copy. 1943. reprint. hardcover. 8vo, 469 pp. .

Modern Library. Cloth. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Smaller, dark red cloth, embossed logo, 463 lightly browned pages plus catalog, slight separation between frontispiece and title page to inner front hinge. DJ black and white with yellow and red portrait of Beethoven on front. DJ is worn, torn and chipped. Poor DJ/Near Good book.

New York: Modern Library, (1943). Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. Modern Library #241.2. This reprint is probably ca. mid 1950s. Red cloth boards with a small 1/4" tear on spine. Black, white, gold dust jacket with price $1.65 on flap. Dust jacket has a half-inch chip, rubs and edgewear.on spine.

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. Jacket is rubbed and price-clipped. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 469 pages .

New York: Modern Library, 1943. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, 469, (2) pp. Previous owner address label on front pastedown; light rubbing to the corners. The jacket is price-clipped, and is slightly scuffed along the upper and lower edges. The binding is tight and the text is clean.

"The events of his life and the circumstances under which he wrote his majestic music are presented with the purpose of giving the general reader a faithful portrait." dj cover

Modern Library, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Ed Thus. First ed. thus. Very good/Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, small chips and tears along top and bottom edges of dustjacket. Modern Library #241..

NY: The Modern Library, 1943. ML 241. Former owner's inked name along upper edge of fep, else textblock is clean and tight; grey pattern end pages. Dark blue top page edges. Very worn, rice-clipped dust jacket, rubbed and shelf soiled, worn edges, taped stained top and bottom edges, chipping to corners. 469pp., including indices.. Cloth. Very Good/Fair (in mylar). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Modern Library, 1943. Very Good. Beethoven, Ludwig Van. The Life and Works of Beethoven. Burk, John N.. NY: Modern Library, 1943. 469pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Red cloth with black top edge. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping. Front hinge split a bit but holding.

Modern Library, 1943. Cloth. Very Good/Near Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Slightly smaller book, red cloth, black and gilt logo very fine on front and spine, 469 pages plus catalog. Ink name on half-title page. (Inside DJ it states "388 Outstanding Books...") Covers are very slightly worn overall. (Number 241) DJ glossy with black and white thin-striped background, portrait of Beethoven in red and yellow on front, white back very slightly browned. DJ has very slight wear to most top edges. Near Good DJ/Near Very Good book.

NY: Modern Library, 1943. Book. Very Good+. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 467pp, dated "1943", but is probably a 1960s reprint. The ISBN number is for archival purposes by the publishers and does not appear in the book. Green endpapers. Burgundy cloth, no marks or tears. A very nice copy..

Modern Library, 1943. Fine in very good dust jacket with a three inch closed tear and crease to front panel in mylar cover..

Modern Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (music history, classical, biography, composers) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

NY: Modern Library, 1943. dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; red Blument(#241 in series, lists to 405 on dj reverse). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

NY: Modern Library, 1943. dj w/lite chipping, clipped price, in mylar; red Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on black; Rockwell Kent end papers; t(#241 in series, lists to 371 on dj reverse);p owner's name. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

New York: The Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Some bumping at spine ends. Dust jacket is chipped at corners, top edge and spine ends. DJ price clipped. Includes the discography, which was removed from printings in 1954. ; Toledano binding '8', Kent Endpapers, Dust Jacket 'h5', listing 352 titles. First of two dust jacket releases. ; Modern Library; Vol. 241.1; 483 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1961]. Hardcover. This Modern Library edition includes both a biography of the great German composer, as well as a section offering a brief description (including some musical notations) of most of his major works. With index of names to be found in this volume. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 405 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1961 (though 1943 date appears in book). ML #241.2. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and with some dulling to cover gilding, else a well-preserved, clean, tightly bound copy. Price-clipped jacket with scuffing to extremities (especially at head of spine), otherwise bright, intact and protected in archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; viii, 469, (2, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. 483p. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly faded; otherwise clean and tight. Vintage Modern Library edition with Rockwell Kent endpapers.

New York: Modern Library, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Spine slightly cocked, very good in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with light rubbing. Modern Library, No. 241.

New York: The Modern Library, n.y.. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 469pp, (2pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild edgewear (mainly head of spine) to otherwise bright and lovely jacket; small ownership signature on front pastedown. First issued by ML in 1946, this fresh and tight copy of #241 is a later printing ($1.95 jacket flap price dates it to circa 1962).