TheBestseller
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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of February 5, 1940

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A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
Cover of A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE

A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE

by Oscar Levant · Doubleday, Doran

10 wks at #1 · 3 on list

A series of essays on Oscar Levant's various life experiences, his early days, his studies (which included years of lessons with none other than Arnold Schoenberg), his encounters with famous musicians and show business personalities, such as Harpo Marx, and above all, his relationship with George Gershwin and his family.

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WIND, SAND AND STARS
Antoine St. Exupery

WIND, SAND AND STARS

by Antoine St. Exupery · Reynal & Hitchcock

25 wks on list

English translation of "Terre des hommes". Autobiographical account of air travel, captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight.

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CAROLINE OF ENGLAND
Peter Quennell

CAROLINE OF ENGLAND

by Peter Quennell · Viking Press

2 wks on list

"Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 ? 20 November 1737[1]), commonly referred to as Caroline of Ansbach, was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain."--Wikipedia.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.