2003, ISBN: 9780670838684

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

UK,8vo p/back Original,1st edn.UK,8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually fo… Mehr…

UK,8vo p/back Original,1st edn.UK,8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt, subject's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated covers with white,blue and pale blue lettering to front,spine/backstrip and rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top +fore- edges though slightly toned (paper quality used in some signatures) generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - but accidental top corner uniform crease to pp183 to pp208 (the last page),else appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, 8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,8-208pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,7 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7 (b/w) and pp144/45 (colour) respectively,a discography with side projects and collaborations [an index of articles referenced and picture credits. The first biography of one of modern rock's most influential figures. Emerging from the morass of controversy,suicide and potent musical legacy that was Nirvana,the Foo Fighters established themselves - against all odds - as one of the most popular rock bands in the world. Deflecting early critical disdain,Dave Grohl has single-handedly reinvented himself and cemented his place in the rock pantheon.This is his story,from his pre-Nirvana days in hardcore band Scream to his current festival-conquering status as a Grammy-winning,platinum-selling grunge legend reborn.Across the Foo Fighters albums,the whole sordid yet remarkable Nirvana tale,a pre-history in the nascent Washington DC punk scene and right up to date via Grohl's flirtations with bands such as Queens of the Stone Age and Killing Joke,this is an utterly comprehensive and insightful chronicle of Dave Grohl's remarkable life. Author Martin James is a music and popular culture journalist who has enjoyed editorial positions at Muzik,Melody Maker,as well as contributing to The Independent,The Guardian,Mixmag and Urb magazine.Martin has also written books on Fatboy Slim,The Prodigy and Moby. With this in-depth book,he pieces together the life story of one of the most remarkable,enigmatic and yet amenable stars in recent music history. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., LONDON.INDEPENDENT MUSC PRESS,2003., 5, New York: Viking; Penguin, 1996. xxv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Spine rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In 1948 the column-writing Alsop brothers produced an article for the Saturday Evening Post, then the country's preeminent weekly magazine. Its title: 'Must America Save the World?' Their answer was a resounding yes. Indeed, Joseph and Stewart Alsop were there in those heady postwar years when the country's foreign-policy elite created what became known as the American Century. As men of words, they served as confidants of and cheerleaders for the men of deeds, who came largely from the country's patrician class. The Alsop brothers were themselves sons of this class. Theodore Roosevelt was the brothers' great-uncle. Eleanor Roosevelt was their mother's first cousin. They grew up with members of this Anglo-Saxon elite, went to school with them, socialized with them. And they threw the considerable weight of their column behind the efforts of these statesmen to refashion the world. Writing four times a week, they appeared in nearly two hundred newspapers; their work also graced the pages of the major magazines of the time. Thus, they wielded immense influence throughout the nation from the victory in World War II to the defeat in Vietnam. Stewart was a political analyst of rare acumen, while Joe, his older brother, was a curmudgeon with an aristocratic bearing and a biting wit. He once likened a dinner at Lyndon Johnson's to 'going to an opera in which one man sings all the parts.' He was a friend and confidant of John Kennedy, a teacher of Washington ways to Jackie Kennedy. When he called people in the highest echelons of officialdom, they responded." "In Taking On the World, Robert W. Merry, a Washington insider himself, has fashioned an intricate and fascinating combination of biography and narrative history. As Mr. Merry puts it, 'Within the lifetime of the Alsop brothers the country was remade. And its remaking illuminates their careers, just as their careers illuminate the American Century.' Robert Merry casts brilliant light on these two remarkable men, and on one of the most tumultuous periods of the country's history." - Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Collectible., Viking; Penguin, 1996, 4<

1996, ISBN: 0670838683

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[EAN: 9780670838684], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Viking; Penguin, New York], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xxv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. PRESENTATIO… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780670838684], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Viking; Penguin, New York], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xxv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Spine rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In 1948 the column-writing Alsop brothers produced an article for the Saturday Evening Post, then the country's preeminent weekly magazine. Its title: 'Must America Save the World?' Their answer was a resounding yes. Indeed, Joseph and Stewart Alsop were there in those heady postwar years when the country's foreign-policy elite created what became known as the American Century. As men of words, they served as confidants of and cheerleaders for the men of deeds, who came largely from the country's patrician class. The Alsop brothers were themselves sons of this class. Theodore Roosevelt was the brothers' great-uncle. Eleanor Roosevelt was their mother's first cousin. They grew up with members of this Anglo-Saxon elite, went to school with them, socialized with them. And they threw the considerable weight of their column behind the efforts of these statesmen to refashion the world. Writing four times a week, they appeared in nearly two hundred newspapers; their work also graced the pages of the major magazines of the time. Thus, they wielded immense influence throughout the nation from the victory in World War II to the defeat in Vietnam. Stewart was a political analyst of rare acumen, while Joe, his older brother, was a curmudgeon with an aristocratic bearing and a biting wit. He once likened a dinner at Lyndon Johnson's to 'going to an opera in which one man sings all the parts.' He was a friend and confidant of John Kennedy, a teacher of Washington ways to Jackie Kennedy. When he called people in the highest echelons of officialdom, they responded." "In Taking On the World, Robert W. Merry, a Washington insider himself, has fashioned an intricate and fascinating combination of biography and narrative history. As Mr. Merry puts it, 'Within the lifetime of the Alsop brothers the country was remade. And its remaking illuminates their careers, just as their careers illuminate the American Century.' Robert Merry casts brilliant light on these two remarkable men, and on one of the most tumultuous periods of the country's history." - Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Books<