The American Singer: A Hundred Years of Success in Opera
by Thompson, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1937. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, The Dial Press, 1937. First edition. 8vo. Dark red silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, rough cut pages, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white plates throughout, 426 pp. No dust jacket. Former owner 'ex libris' plate. Text block is clean, tight and appears gently read. Very good..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018814
- Title
- The American Singer: A Hundred Years of Success in Opera
- Author
- Thompson, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CLASSICAL MUSIC UNITED STATES GREAT VOCALISTS SINGERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; United States History;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Text Block
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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....
- Gilt
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