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Frederick Delius
by Beecham, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This is a biography of the composer Frederick Delius by the conductor Thomas Beecham, who promoted Delius' music and was responsible for his rise to prominence as a composer; includes a frontispiece portrait of Delius by James Gunn as well as photographs and other illustrations; also includes a personal letter from Alfred A. Knopf, dated June 2, 1960, to the previous owner, advising her that she could come to his office to obtain a copy of the book, a month before publication in mid-July, in order to give it to her husband on Father's Day (dark red cloth with gold lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004950
- Title
- Frederick Delius
- Author
- Beecham, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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