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The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta
by Anderson, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517091569
- ISBN 13
- 9780517091562
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Avenel, New Jersey: Wing Books/Random House, 1993. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Thus. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A complete guide to the world of opera, featuring Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and the operas Carmen, Figaro and Rigoletto--and so many more. Black cloth over spine with gilt titles, bright blue boards, very clean, no wear to extremities, tight & solid binding, square, with endbands; faint duskiness to lower corner and lower edge of text block. Pages toned, quite clean, no markings of any kind. 692 pages. 6.4 x 9.5 inches. 1993, Wing Books/Random House, Avenel, New Jersey
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025435
- Title
- The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta
- Author
- Anderson, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0517091569
- ISBN 13
- 9780517091562
- Publisher
- Wing Books/Random House
- Place of Publication
- Avenel, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MUSIC COMPOSERS OPERA ORCHESTRA
- X weight
- 0 oz
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