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Talks with Great Composers
by Arthur M. Abell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$57.15$40.01
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About This Item
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1955 Philosophical Library, New York. 1955. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front pastedown and scattered pencil underlining through Brahms section. Book Condition: Very Good; light dustsoiling to textblock top; mottling to cloth at bottom edges of front and rear boards. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($2.75); chipping at head and tail; closed tears at tail and bottom of rear panel. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and PL emblem on front board. 167 pp 8vo. This book reveals the intellectual, psychic, and spiritual experiences of Brahms, Puccini, Strauss, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg while creating their immortal masterpieces. These disclosures were made during the years 1890-1914 to the author who was a close personal friend of the composers. This is the first time in musical history that a book describes in detail the inspirational processes of creative geniuses while at work. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013025
- Title
- Talks with Great Composers
- Author
- Arthur M. Abell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Philosophical Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- musical composers, intellectual experiences, psychic experiences, spiritual experiences, Brahms, Puccini, Strauss, Humperdinck, Bruch, Grieg, inspirational processes, creative geniuses, Philosophical Library, Great Composers
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- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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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- Brodart
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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