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The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation.
by Kobbe, Gustav
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. c. 1950. First Edition (?). Twentieth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with many full-page portraits in costume and Scenes from the Opera. . There is a one-inch closed tear on the edge of the spine, else near fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . B & W photographs . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxii, (i), 1009, (63-plates) pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28838
- Title
- The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation.
- Author
- Kobbe, Gustav
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition (?). Twentieth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- c. 1950
- Keywords
- OPERA, Musical scores, Illustrated Books;, Short Stories, Music, Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre & Performing Arts;
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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