friede eleanor (8 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good -. First Printing. Jacket scuffed with edgewear. Boards are lightly bowed from moisture exposure, minor edgewear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. "First published in 1964 by Simon and Schuster, Inc." and "First printing" stated. Fine wraps/paperback. Very light, barely noticeable creases/folds along spine of front cover and running from head to heel of spine. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/previous use.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Blue paper boards with blue and red lettering on spine and red lettering on front cover, quarter white cloth spine. Pictorial free end papers front and back. Not price clipped. Selected, edited and introduction by Donald and Eleanor Friede. Text is clean and binding tight. This book is about a feast of reading, and the lost world of luxury and elegance brilliantly evoked. Bemelmans' extraordinary charm captivated all who had the pleasure of meeting him. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4".

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Dustjacket price clipped, with some short tears and edgewear. Now in clear, protective sleeve. A glorious, illustrated, celebration of a lifetime love affair with dining, by the author-illustrator of the classic Madeline series. Here is the best of Ludwig Bemelmans on the subject he loved most: the good table.The entrancing memories and charming pictures collected here transport the reader behind the scenes of the great hotels of Europe and America--including the immortal Hotel Splendide--and such restaurants as the Tour d'Argent in Paris and Le Pavillon in New York.Memorable dishes, the eccentric geniuses of the kitchens who created them, the opulent and often astonishing patrons who ordered them, the legendary wines and the occasions they toasted, are all evoked in rich and piquant flavor.The gifted and exuberant Ludwig Bemelmans was trained as a boy for a career as a restauranteur, and La Bonne Table is in effect his gastonomical autobiography. The high--and sometimes riotous low--points of his life with food, from Austrian cafes to the late, lamented Ritz of New York, are narrated with delight and zest as he celebrates beer and sausages, pressed duck and caviar, and the chefs who cooked for him. He remembers with decidedly mixed emotions the ways of the busboy and the waiter, and the qualities that make up the perfect maitre d'. He muses over great menus and great eaters--and soon makes the reader very hungry.Here, truly, is a feast of reading on the art of dining well.

8vo. pp 446. End papers fairly browned otherwise VG+ in near VG dust jacket very slightly creased and very slight wear at top edges. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 446 pages; B&W illustrations. Minor foxing spot on front cover. Light yellowing on pages. Minimal rubbing and fading on the covers and spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Autograph; 446 pages; His Lifetime Love Affair With The Art Of Dining -- In His Own Words and His Own Pictures, From Behind The Scenes And At Table. Contents clean and secure in original binding of white cloth spine and light blue boards (small strip of toning at base of spine) in very nice dustjacket. Laid-in is a manuscript letter written and signed by Madeleine Bemelmans (author's wife) to Christine Stevens, warmly thanking her and her husband Roger Stevens for their continuing hospitality to her and her daughter Barbara. Introduction by the Friedes. Illustrated with Bemelmans' wonderful drawings. "Bemelmans' celebration of a lifetime love affair with dining. The author-illustrator of the classic Madeline series writes about the subject he loved most: the good table.The entrancing memories and charming pictures collected here transport the reader behind the scenes of the great hotels of Europe and America--including the immortal Hotel Splendide--and such restaurants as the Tour d'Argent in Paris and Le Pavillon in New York. Memorable dishes, the eccentric geniuses of the kitchens who created them, the opulent and often astonishing patrons who ordered them, the legendary wines and the occasions they toasted, are all evoked in rich and piquant flavor." Christine Gesell Stevens (1918 2002) was an American animal welfare activist and conservationist. Stevens founded the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in 1951 and the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) in 1955. Under Stevens's leadership the SAPL succeeded in helping to pass animal protection laws including the Animal Welfare Act, Humane Slaughter Act, Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Roger Lacey Stevens (1910 1998) was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator, and real estate executive. He was the founding Chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (1961) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1965). In politics, he made a mark as chairman of the Democratic Party's finance committee in 1956. He produced more than 100 plays and musicals over his career, including West Side Story, Bus Stop, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1971, he received Special Tony Award for his body of work. He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter, Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard. Stevens was the General Administrator of the Actors Studio as well as one of the producers of the Playwrights Company, a member of the board of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), and one of the members of a Broadway producing company he founded in 1953 with Robert Whitehead and Robert Dowling. In 1961, he was asked by President John F. Kennedy to help establish a National Cultural Center, and became Chairman of Board of Trustees of what was eventually named the Kennedy Center from 1961 to 1988. In 1965, he received an appointment from President Lyndon Johnson as first Chairman of the National Council on the Arts later named the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1986, Stevens was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. On January 13, 1988, Stevens was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. In 1988, he was also awarded the National Medal of Arts. ; Signed by Notable Personage, Related.

Condizione: Very Good. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NYC., 1964. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. Absolutely beautiful copy. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.