morris whiting (10 risultati)

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. ht1972 7¼"x9½"; (pages 461-534); Soft Pictorial Cover, staple-bound; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: Foreword: Opting out of Revolution (Reactions to the French Revolution by Richard Cobb); Peter the Great: A Russian Hero by Sergius Yakobson; General John Burgoyne by Aram Bakshian, Jnr.; Voltaire and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew by J. H. R. Salmon; Yoshitsune and the Triumph of Misfortune by Ivan Morris; Stop on the Exchequer, 1672 by Eynon Smart; The Quakers American Proprietaries by Richard Simmons; Medals and Historical Mysteries (Commemorative medals issued for historic events) by J. R. S. Whiting; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editors; Notes on Archives; Notes on Further Reading; Notes on Contributors.

Condizione: Good. Good condition book with dust jacket. DJ has little wear, sunning to edges. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 256pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Poor. Morris N. Einson, Dixie and Black (illustratore). Large format original sheet music.Very heavy edgewear with heavy repair of spine using string or thread - but still an interesting piece. Piano and lyrics. Richard A. Whiting was a major American composer born in 1891 and active until his death in 1938. He was one of the important figures of the Tin Pan Alley and early Hollywood songwriting worlds. Whiting composed numerous hit songs that became widely performed in theaters, films, and radio broadcasts. His music is known for its melodic accessibility and strong emotional appeal, and he worked with many leading lyricists of his time, including Egan. Together, Egan and Whiting formed a successful songwriting partnership that contributed to the popular music landscape of the 1910s and 1920s. Their collaborations often blended sentimental lyrics with memorable, singable melodies designed to appeal to both stage performers and home audiences. Songs like this reflect the broader Tin Pan Alley tradition of crafting emotionally engaging, commercially successful popular music during a formative period in American entertainment history. The cover illustration, is, frankly, problematic and worth discussing. Einson was a prolific New York-based illustrator, frequently identified as Morris M. Einson (1883-1936), known for creating cover art for popular American sheet music during the early 1900s, particularly around 1910-1920. Working with publishers like Jerome H. Remick & Co., Einson illustrated covers for ragtime, popular songs, and hits from musicals. "Dixie" or "Dixieland" refers to the regional term for the American South. The song (with lyrics by Raymond B. Egan and music by Richard A. Whiting) romanticized the South, referencing a "dear old Mammy" and "days of old Black Joe," evoking popular minstrel-style imagery of the era.While "Black" in this specific context refers to "Old Black Joe"?a fictionalized character from a 19th-century Stephen Foster song?the search results highlight a deeper, separate history regarding "Dixie." It was historically an indigenous Northern negro refrain related to a Manhattan slave owner named "Dixy" before being appropriated as a Southern Confederate anthem. The sheet music from 1916, which Einson illustrated, contributed to the sentimental, romanticized view of the South, often described in that period as "negro allegory" or "pathetic negro allegory" , which is of course deeply offensive, but still of historical interest.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Series: Bell Books on Ph 256p green hardback with silver lettering to spine, green pictorial jacket slightly scuffed along the edges and spine sunned, light library markings, pages clean and unmarked, binding tight, very good Language: English.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Bottom of inside front cover and title page have a touch of soil; 26 pages have underlining and/or other annotations; reading copy. 162 p., illustrated. [br 3].

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

Condizione: New. Wellart, Carol (illustratore). In.

Paper Covers. Condizione: Very Good. Michael Gilroy, Brendon McGawley, Darren Whiting, Tom Hart, Joe Broderick, Melanie Brown Richard Alderson (illustratore). First. This is the first issue of a monthly horror magazine. Packed with stories, text, and art work. No creases to the covers. Stapled slightly glossy cover. Horror art work to cover. Size: A4. Book.

PAP. Condizione: New. Wellart, Carol (illustratore). New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. Wellart, Carol (illustratore). New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.