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My First Forty Years
by Placido Domingo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394523296
- ISBN 13
- 9780394523293
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$6.50$4.55
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About This Item
New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1983 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1983. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to board bottoms. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($15.95); light edge bumps; slight rubbing to panels. Black boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine.256 pp 8vo. In this book the author gives a totally personal book about the public side of his life; a buoyant account of his development as an artist, as well as a wide range of his ideas and opinions on everything from zarzuela singing and the tenors of the pas to digital recording and the high price of opera tickets. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010623
- Title
- My First Forty Years
- Author
- Placido Domingo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394523296
- ISBN 13
- 9780394523293
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- opera, opera singers, Placido Domingo, music, theaters, opera houses, Italian opera singers, male opera singers, National Opera of Mexico, Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, art,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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