The Complete Opera Book - The Stories of the Operas, Together with 410 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation
by Gustav Kobbe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1933 Book. Good. Beige Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gustave Kobbe died before completing this book and the final material was supplied by Katharine Wright and Ferruccio Bonavio. 955pp with index, illustrated with 63 portraits in costume and various scenes from operas, in black and white. Emblem to front board and lettering to spine. Lower edges untrimmed and rubbed to extremities, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage will be requested..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005517
- Title
- The Complete Opera Book - The Stories of the Operas, Together with 410 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation
- Author
- Gustav Kobbe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- G P Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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