William Walton : the romantic loner : a centenary portrait album
by Humphrey Burton and Maureen Murray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198162359
- ISBN 13
- 9780198162353
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Contents: Introduction -- 1. The Oldham Childhood 1902 -- 1912 -- 2. 'A Superior Education' Oxford 1912 -- 1920 -- 3. The Artful Lodger London 1920 -- 1929 -- 4. A Decade of Masterpieces 1929 -- 1939 -- 5. Public Service & Private Grief 1939 -- 1948 -- 6. Marriage & Exile 1948 -- 1955 -- 7. The Making of La Mortella 1956 -- 1971 -- 8. The Grand Old Man 1972 -- 1983 -- Index. viii, 182 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. First edition, first printing. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016027
- Title
- William Walton : the romantic loner : a centenary portrait album
- Author
- Humphrey Burton and Maureen Murray
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0198162359
- ISBN 13
- 9780198162353
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2002
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