Annals of Opera 1597 - 1940; compiled from original sources ; Vol. I and Vol. II: Text (second edition, revised and corrected)
by Alfred Loewenberg; introduction by Edward J. Dent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue
- Seller
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About This Item
Geneva, Switzerland: Societas Bibliographica, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. Two volumes, complete as issued--first published in 1943, this printing revised 1955. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, vol. 1 : xxv + 340 pages (680 columns compiled in 340 pages), --with approximately 360 additional blank pages inter-leafed; vol. 2: 340 pages (760 columns compiled in 380 pages)--with approximately 380 additional blank pages inter-leafed; gilt spine titles on red cloth. A very good, clean, neat and sturdy hard cover over all, with minor wear and rubbing to the cover, hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed, with slight soiling to the exterior fore-edges. Volume two has been annotated with addition entries by hand on many of the blank pages and beginning with the year 1899, many printed entries have been 'boxed' in red pencil and additional information penciled in--all apparent corrections to the text.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33617
- Title
- Annals of Opera 1597 - 1940; compiled from original sources ; Vol. I and Vol. II: Text (second edition, revised and corrected)
- Author
- Alfred Loewenberg; introduction by Edward J. Dent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Without dust jacket (if issue
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Societas Bibliographica
- Place of Publication
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Opera; Music; Music History; Reference; Classical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
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