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The Magic Flute: An Opera in Two Acts. Music by W. A. Mozart. English version after the libretto of Schikaneder and Giesecke
by W. H. Auden; Chester Kallman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good- Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1956-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good- Dust Jacket. Random House, New York, 1956. First printing stated (1st American edition). Publisher's cloth backed and decorated paper boards. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. DJ is rubbed and edges have several tears and chipping. Not price clipped. DJ protected in Mylar wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 209487
- Title
- The Magic Flute: An Opera in Two Acts. Music by W. A. Mozart. English version after the libretto of Schikaneder and Giesecke
- Author
- W. H. Auden; Chester Kallman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956-01-01
- Weight
- 0.44 lbs
- Keywords
- MUSI|stre20
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The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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