Opera Caravan: Adventures of the Metropolitan Opera on Tour 1883-1956
by Eaton, Quaintance
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. Account of Metropolitan Opera touring seasons, INSCRIBED by the author. Includes locations & casts of performances from 1883-1956, listed chronologically. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket lightly rubbed with a few short tears, creases, badly faded spine. Text clean; xv, blank, 400 pages; index, b/w photo plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s0754jk
- Title
- Opera Caravan: Adventures of the Metropolitan Opera on Tour 1883-1956
- Author
- Eaton, Quaintance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Music, Operas, Travelling Shows, Backstage, Touring Company, Touring Casts
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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