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Testimony : the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich / as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis
by Volkov, Solomon [editor]
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- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0241103215
- ISBN 13
- 9780241103210
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About This Item
London : Hamilton, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of Tania and Tony Webster. Physical description; xxxiv, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes Includes index. This translation also published: New York : Harper and Row, 1979. Subject; Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich 1906-1975. Composers. Composers Soviet Union ; Biography.
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- Title
- Testimony : the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich / as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis
- Author
- Volkov, Solomon [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241103215
- ISBN 13
- 9780241103210
- Publisher
- London : Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
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