Letters of Edward Elgar and Other Writings
by Elgar, Edward; Young, Percy M. (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London, England, U.K.: Geoffrey Bles, 1956. This is a complete selection of the letters of the British composer, selected, edited, and annotated by the leading authority on Elgar, author of a biographical study; includes a few other writings and an appendix with letters from G. B. Shaw to Elgar, with a frontispiece photograph of Elgar as well as many other photographs and illustrations throughout the text (green textured cloth with gold lettering on spine, end papers slightly foxed, pages slightly tanned; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005274
- Title
- Letters of Edward Elgar and Other Writings
- Author
- Elgar, Edward; Young, Percy M. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London, England, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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