About this title: These diaries begin when English author Isherwood moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to work as a screenwriter and, in bulk, focus on the years he spent there during WWII. Included are his friendships with the likes of Aldous Huxley, Charlie Chaplin, and Greta Garbo, and his spiritual discipleship to the Swami Prabhavananda.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Volume 1: 1939-1960. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First U. S. Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins, N Y.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Stated first edition, first u.s. printing.......hardcover edition w/ dustjacket....nice clean copy of this LARGE book WITH BRODART DUSTJACKET COVER INCLUDED....remainder mark...literature. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0061180009. First American edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First American Edition (so states), first published in Grea...
Binding: Hardback in d/j.
Publisher: HarperCollins., (NY)
Date Published: [1997]
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Used. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Sale mark bottom edge. One of the most celebrated writers of his generation, Isherwood emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, together with W. H. Auden. These diaries describe his search for a new life in California, where he eventually settled. 24.2cm. Weight 53 oz. Single volume. Hardback. Published @ $40.00. pp1048. Gray boards and black cloth, chronology, glossary, index. First American Edition (so states), first published in Great Britain, 1996. read more
Edition: First US Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Original black boards, silver titles to spine. 1048 pages, chronology, glossary, index. Remainder mark to lower edge, very slight creasing to dustjacket. The diaries span the period from Isherwood's arrival in the United States with W. H. Auden, and describe his conversion to Hinduism, his pacifism in World War Two, his work as a screenwriter and his friendships with gifted writers and intellectuals. Near fine-a bright, tight copy. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michael de Capua Books, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780061180187ISBN:0061180181
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Ink mark on bottom edge. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. liv, 1050. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Edited and Introduced by Katherine Bucknell. read more
Edition: First
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, (London)
Date Published: (1997)
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: First American edition. Edited and introduced by Katherine Bucknell. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review copy. Publisher's prospectus laid in. read more
Edition: First
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Harper, NY
Date Published: (1997)
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: First American edition. Good hardcover. First US edition. Name inside front cover. Remainder mark. Book is split between pages448-449. Spine intact. Spine twist. Name inside front cover. Reading copy only. read more
Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: hardback
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub., New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket; Small remainder mark on lower foredge, DJ with light shelf wear, else an attractive copy, like new. 1st American Edition. 8vo 1048 pp; ALWAYS WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; 28 YEARS OF FAST/RELIABLE SERVICE. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Quarter Cloth
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780061180002ISBN:0061180009
Description: Near Fine in Very Good dj. 8vo. 1048pp. Illustrated dj. Light rubbing to dj corners and spine ends. Light bumping to lower dj fore corners and dj spine head. Soiling to dj spine head and folded edges. Light yellowing to dj edges. Text block lightly soiled. Covers slightly bowed. Extremely light rubbing to book spine ends. Interior like new. Binding tight. read more
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