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Handel's Messiah: A Celebration
by Luckett, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0575052864
- ISBN 13
- 9780575052864
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 258pp. Cloth and cloth clean and bright. Binding sound. Just a hint of soiling in a few spots on edges of pages. Just a hint of wear to dust-jacket. A nice, clean, attractive copy
Synopsis
An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028755
- Title
- Handel's Messiah: A Celebration
- Author
- Luckett, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0575052864
- ISBN 13
- 9780575052864
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- music history classical
Terms of Sale
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Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota
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About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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