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A Mirror for the Sky: An Opera Based on an Original Conception of Raoul Pene duBois for Portraying the Life of Audubon in a Musical Drama
by West, Jessamyn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Illustrated by Pene DuBois (costume sketches). First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the top of the spine. Inscribed on the half-title, "For Melba Bennett a friend of Phil's, Jessamyn West." With Bennett's bookplate on the front pastedown.
Bennett was the founder of the Palm Springs Historical Society and the Palm Springs Garden Club. She also wrote a book about Robinson Jeffers.
Bennett was the founder of the Palm Springs Historical Society and the Palm Springs Garden Club. She also wrote a book about Robinson Jeffers.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142147
- Title
- A Mirror for the Sky: An Opera Based on an Original Conception of Raoul Pene duBois for Portraying the Life of Audubon in a Musical Drama
- Author
- West, Jessamyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- mf12
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION; Drama & Plays;
Terms of Sale
Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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