New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. 348 pages. Illustrated w/ b&w plates. Indexed. Gilt titles, top edges and embossed covers. Frontispiece of Melba (Dame Nellie Melba [1861-1931], born Helen Porter Mitchell, legendary Australia opera soprano). Deckled page edges. Lower cover corners bumped and worn through to boards. Worn spine with frayed ends and mild stains to back cover. Binding loose. Gift inscription on ffep and previous dealer notations. Occasional pencil marginalia.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: DeWitt Enterprises (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L0031
Title: Melba: A Biography
Author: Murphy, Agnes G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1909
Keywords: Opera Music Biography

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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