Tales of Hoffmann - Retold from Offenbach's Opera.
by Falls, Cyril
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Alfriston, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatto and Windus, London, 1913. First edition.. Hardback.. Colour illustrations by A. Brantingham Simpson. Very Good (-), without dust jacket. Inside gutter cracked at tail. Period gift inscription.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Much Ado Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32096
- Title
- Tales of Hoffmann - Retold from Offenbach's Opera.
- Author
- Falls, Cyril
- Format/Binding
- Hardback.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus, London, 1913. First edition.
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About the Seller
Much Ado Books
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Alfriston, Aberdeen
About Much Ado Books
Nestled in a charming Medeival village, tucked in the South Downs of East Sussex, Much Ado offers a hand-picked selection of new and old books. Our stock ranges from cheap-and-cheerful paperbacks to rarities for collectors.New books are not taken from bestsellers lists, but instead are selected for their quality or interest. Owners Cate Olson and Nash Robbins ran a shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts for 20 years before moving to Alfriston, where Much Ado has been open for more than two years.If your primary interest is in old and antiquarian books, please contact us before visiting.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.