The New Encyclopedia of the Opera
by David Ewen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 1971. Third Edition. First Printing. Very Good copy. Fair jacket. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Unmarked, clean copy. Light bumping of head and tail of spine. Jacket: Pieces missing on head and tail of spine. Chipping of edges. Closed tear on upper spine. Moderate shelf rubboing. In protective jacket cover.. 1st Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001351
- Title
- The New Encyclopedia of the Opera
- Author
- David Ewen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MUSIC, OPERA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
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About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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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...
- Fair
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...