Music and drama; a bibliography of bibliographies (The Besterman world bibliographies) by Theodore Besterman - 1971

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971-01-01. Loose Leaf. Very Good. 0x0x0. Ex-library hardcover no dj (green boards) in very nice condition with the usual library markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Rowman And Littlefield. Very Good. 1/1/1971. Hardcover. 0874710464 . This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Issued with no dustjacket. Not ex-library. Inside pages are clean. .

Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, N.J., first separate edition, 1971. Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm,. [x], 365 pp. Approximately 1,800 entries. A separate volume containing the bibliographical entries relating to bibliographies on Music, Drama, Opera and related subjects extracted from the 5 volumes of Besterman's monumental "A world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes, and the like" (4th and best edition). The coverage is geographically very wide-ranging, and includes both separately published books and monographs and serial publications (though not bibliographies appearing in periodicals). Classified arrangement (an author index would have been valuable). Besterman's indication of the approximate number of entries contained in each work is particularly useful. Top edge of textblock smokestained, otherwise Good.

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 365 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on music, opera, vocal music, drama and stage includes approximately 1500 entries.