The Complete Opera Book - The Stories of the Opera, Together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation
by Gustav Kobbe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1935 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 19th Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive description of the major operas. 993pp illustrated with 64 black and white plates. Gilt lettering to spine. Fore edges untrimmed and top edges sunned. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. DJ edgeworn with faded spine and detached rear flyleaf. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage will be requested..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006089
- Title
- The Complete Opera Book - The Stories of the Opera, Together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation
- Author
- Gustav Kobbe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 19th Impression
- Publisher
- G P Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Gilt
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