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Messiah Highlights and Other Christmas Music: A Selection of Music By Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and Others
by Willcocks, David, Compiler and Editor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870994921
- ISBN 13
- 9780870994920
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Henry Holt and Company, 1987. This handsome First Edition, with a Number Line ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The book is a complilation of Christmas music complemented by full-color artwork from the Metropolitan Museum's vast collection. There are approximately 80 illustrations. The book includes a List of Illustrations and an Index of First Lines. The book is bound in a rich red cloth with a gilt die-stamped vignette illustration of a trumpeting angel on the front panel and gilt spine titles. The book also includes illustrated endpapers. The musical selections by Handel, Bach, Britten, Berlioz and others include music, lyrics, and piano accompaniment throughout. The book measures 9 1/4 by 10 5/8 inches and includes 120 pages. The dust jacket has light shelf rubbing. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Raphael, della Robbia, Monaco, Memling, David, Boucher, Rembrandt, Durer. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002083
- Title
- Messiah Highlights and Other Christmas Music: A Selection of Music By Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and Others
- Author
- Willcocks, David, Compiler and Editor
- Illustrator
- Raphael, della Robbia, Monaco, Memling, David, Boucher, Rembrandt, Durer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870994921
- ISBN 13
- 9780870994920
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Christmas, Classical Music, Art, Painting
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Non-Fiction; Music; Poetry; Art, Painting, Drawing, Photography. Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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- Gilt
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- Vignette
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- Number Line
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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