Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1987, 1987
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
PAPERBACK, heavily used copy with crease marks on spine, cheap paper is browning but the book should be good for another reading before falling apart. DONINGTON, ROBERT. Wagner's Ring and its symbols; the music and the myth - HEAVILY USED COPY. London: Faber and Faber, 1987, Third edition, reprinted, 342pp., . CONTENTS: Family trees in the 'Ring' -- Myth & music -- Rhinegold -- The Valkyrie -- Siegfried -- Götterdämmerung. Contents: Myth and music. Symbols at work ; Symbols common to our species ; Wagner's attitude to his symbols ; Symbols as archetypal images ; Symbols regarded as functions of psychic consciousness ; Symbols as inner experience ; The musical symbols ; The dramatic symbols ; Wagner's characters as symbols -- Prelude to 'Rhinegold'. The beginning of the world as a symbol for our own beginning ; The state of nature and the fall from innocence ; Accepting the opposites or escaping them in fantasy ; The return to nature in rebirth symbolism -- 'Rhinegold', scene I. Alberich and the Rhinemaidens ; The Rhinemaidens and their gold ; Money seen as the root of all evil ; The fire under the water ; Accidentally on purpose? ; The renunciation of love ; A Promethean theft? -- 'Rhinegold', scene II. Wotan as an image of the self ; Wotan as a sky-god and a saviour god ; Wotan as psychic consciousness ; Wotan as ego consciousness ; Wotan as father-image ; Fricka as part of Wotan's inner femininity ; Other representatives of the eternal feminine ; The god's dilemma ; Loge the trickster and his tricky remedy -- 'Rhinegold', scene III. The paradox of the situation brought out in the music ; The underworld of Nibelheim ; The ring as a symbol for the self ; Tarnhelm as a symbol of unconscious fantasy ; The tricking of Alberich -- 'Rhinegold', scene IV. Wotan acts the ruffian ; Alberich curses for the second time ; Alberich's curse : sheet disaster or blessing in disguise? ; Erda prophesies to Wotan and Freia is ransomed ; The curse gets to work : Fafner murders Fasolt ; Valhalla the impregnable fortress at last -- 'The Valkyrie', act I. Incest hpysical and mythological ; Incest a danger in the flesh and in fantasy ; Transgression or heroic accomplishment? ; Mythological incest as a ritual marriage ; Siegmund and Sieglinde in their hour of destiny ; Sieglinde and Hunding hear Siegmund begin his story ; Siegmund tells us of his unquiet and lonely life ; Siegmund's story shows Hunding to be his enemy ; Why Wotan is entangled in his bargains ; The sword in the tree ; The sword itself ; the long winter ends with the coming of love -- 'The Valkyrie', act II. Brynhilde as Valkyrie and more than Valkyrie ; Wotan and Fricka ; The sacrificial significance of Siegmund's death ; Wotan confindes in Brynhilde ; The end of Siegmund ; The consequences of Siegmund's death -- 'The Valkyrie', act III. The Valkyrie sisterhood and the rescue of Sieglinde ; Wotan's estrangement from Brynhilde ; The partial reconciliation of Wotan and Brynhilde ; The parting of Wotan and Brynhilde -- 'Siegfried', act I. Mime and Siegfried ; Mime and Wotan ; The forging of nothing -- 'Siegfried', act II. Alberich and Wotan ; Siegfried and the forest murmers ; Siegfried and Fafner ; Alberich and Mime ; Siegfried's foster-father ; The birds guide Siegfried toward Brynhilde -- 'Siegfried', act III. Wotan and Erda meet for the last time ; Wotan and Siegfried ; Siegfried and Brynhilde ; To thine own self be true -- 'Götterdämmerung', act I. Life's two faces : the light and the dark ; The three aged Norns ; The journey to the Rhine ; The Gibichungs ; Siegfried and Gutrune ; Siegfried and the magic potion ; The plot against Brynhilde -- 'Götterdämmerung', act II. The personal shadow and the shadow archetype ; The quarrel between Brynhilde and Siegfried ; The alliance of Brynhilde with Hagen ; The terrible mother as invisible partner in the plot ; The plot against Siegfried -- 'Götterdämmerung', act III, part 1. Siegfried accepts his destiny ; Siegfried's narrative and self-dis.
Published by London & Boston: Faber & Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
61 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. First trade paperback printing of this revised edition.
Published by London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First UK edition. 306 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper) else very near fine in like dust jacket.
Published by London: Faber and Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 145 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with a light reading crease to spine.
Published by London ; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1987, 1987
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
very good dust-jacket, right edge of pages is wavy in margin, book itself appears unused, otherwise very good black cloth. LEBRECHT, NORMAN. Mahler remembered. London ; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1987, xxx, 322pp., . NOTE defect which in no way impacts the use of the book but is quite noticeable. 9780571150090 ISBN 0571150098.
Published by London: Faber and Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 150 pp. Publisher's price sticker on rear cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Published by London & Boston: Faber & Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 59 pp. Two pen strokes to bottom edge, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1987, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 057114960X ISBN 13: 9780571149605
Seller: Tall Stories BA, Stoneyford, Ireland
Paperback. Condition: UsedAcceptable. Fair. Remainder. paperback, 203 pages, general wear to edges and some marks on edge of pages.
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Published by Faber & Faber (1987), London, UK, 1987
ISBN 10: 0571147771 ISBN 13: 9780571147779
First Edition
Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Faber & Faber. Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. (1987). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 366 pp., pages toning .
Published by Faber and Faber (c.1987), Boston/London, 1987
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [a lovely, as-new copy]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) The screenplay for the acclaimed 1985 film, based on the novel by Manuel Puig, about "two men -- one a political prisoner, the other a homosexual window dresser -- [who] share a Latin American jail cell" and despite seemingly having nothing in common, find a way "to help each other survive the abuse and terror of prison." The book also includes an essay on independent filmmaking by David Weisman, producer of the movie, which received four Academy Award nominations. (William Hurt won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance.).
Published by Faber Music [1987], London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0571509649 ISBN 13: 9780571509645
Seller: Colin Coleman Music, Stewkley, United Kingdom
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Publisher's printed wrappers. Size: Folio. [ii], 48pp.
Published by London: Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Austwick Hall Books, Austwick, United Kingdom
Paperback in very good condition.
Published by London: Faber & Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First UK edition. 239 pp. Page edges browned (cheap paper), else near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1987, 203 pp. (History of World Architecture), 1987
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Den Haag, Netherlands
Paperback, oblong format, spine a bit discolored, slight traces of use, else in good condition. Text in English. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Please see description or ask for photos.
First edition. Hardcover. Top edge faintly spotted, o/w fine in fine price-clipped dustjacket.
Published by Faber Music [1987], London, 1987
Seller: Colin Coleman Music, Stewkley, United Kingdom
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Size: Folio. xiii, 57, 15pp. Stapled as issued in publisher's printed wrappers.
Published by Faber and Faber. London and Boston. 1987, 1989
ISBN 10: 0571150969 ISBN 13: 9780571150960
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1987) 1987 1st UK edition. 8vo paperback (137 x 215mm). Ppxviii,254. Colour & b/w photographs, b/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Heavy spotting to top edge, but internally clean and solidly intact paperback. A look at the way of life, customs and culture of the indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic and Subartctic, including their hunting practices. "Your way of life, down South as white people, is a way of life I myself would not want to live. We are people who are free to go hunting every day." .
Published by London. Faber and Faber. 1987. 1. Auflage., 1989
ISBN 10: 0571150969 ISBN 13: 9780571150960
Seller: Antiquariat & Verlag Jenior, Kassel, HE, Germany
254 S. Kartoniert. Zahlreiche s/w und wenige farbige Photographien, Abbildungen und Karten auf Tafeln. Register. Kanten und Cover bestoßen und mit Knickspuren. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel und Anstreichungen. Gut erhalten. Sprache: eng.
Published by London, Faber & Faber 1987., 1987
First Edition
First edition thus. Octavo-size paperback. Fine. Illustrated in b/w by Alan Howard.
Published by London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 234 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper) else near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Published by London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First UK edition. xvi + 142 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Compiled by Robert Coles, MD, with his introduction. Afterword by William Eric Williams, MD.
8vo; pp. (iv), 186; index; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Published by Faber & Faber, London. 1987. First edition., 1987
ISBN 10: 0571149235 ISBN 13: 9780571149230
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
8vo, 210pp. Very good hardback copy with yellowed edges, in like dust jacket.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. (xii) 148; stiff illustrated wrapper, minor chipping to wrapper, minor browning to page edges, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by the author.
Published by Faber and Faber (1987), London, 1987
Seller: Brick Walk Books, Orleans, MA, U.S.A.
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First edition. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Iris Combe, international judge and breeder, has turned her expert attention to the fascinating study of pastoral dogs and herdsmen. Uncommon.
Published by London Faber & Faber 1987., 1988
ISBN 10: 0571129935 ISBN 13: 9780571129935
Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
fine. Schrader's Oscar nom. scrn.play based on the Manuel Puig novel and dir. by Hector Babenco. Actor Oscar winner for William Hurt. 15 b&w stills. 1st paper edition. Binding is wraps. Book.
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