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Life of Rossini
by Stendhal
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orion Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. New & Revised Edition; American Issue. Hardcover. New and Revised Edition, translated and annotated by Richard N. Coe. New York: Orion Press, 1970. First Printing thus of the American Issue. 8vo. xxiii,566pp, Index, Notes. Blue cloth, unworn, near fine condition (slight wear to foot of spine); dj very good minus (moderately worn/rubbed, rear panel lightly soiled, few short tears). Stendhal's [Henri Beyle] biography of Rossini appeared in English once before, in 1824, but in the form of a "hasty pamphlet" containing a "rather uninspiring first draft" now here printed as the "first complete English edition
fully corrected as to its facts" ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 566 pages .
Synopsis
Reprint of the rev. 2nd ed., originally published by Calder & Boyars in 1970. Includes bibliographical refences (p. 482-485) and index. Translated from the French.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14207
- Title
- Life of Rossini
- Author
- Stendhal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- New & Revised Edition; American Issue
- Publisher
- Orion Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Biography, Music, Musicians
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
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