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Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950
by Jackson, Paul
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0931340489
- ISBN 13
- 9780931340482
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Corrected reprint edition. Thick quarto, red cloth covered boards. with gilt spine titles. 569 pp. including index and selected bibliography notes and list of operas and casts of recorded broadcasts. Ilustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt, in a crisp, sharp, tight, glossy unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08825
- Title
- Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950
- Author
- Jackson, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0931340489
- ISBN 13
- 9780931340482
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Oregon
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- METROPOLITAN OPERA NEW YORK , DISCOGRAPHY, MET, METROPOLITAN, RADIO, BROADCAST, HISTORY, MUSIC, VOCAL, OPERATIC, AMERICAN, AMERICA, MUSICOLOGY, CAST, PERFORMERS, SINGING, SINGER, ACTING,
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- Music;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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