Beaumarchais, The Man Who Was Figaro
by Grendel, Frederic
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine./Good
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977 The Hero of The Marriage of Figaro and the Barber of Seville has been immortalised by Mozart and Rossini in their operas based on Beaumarchais's sparkling comedies. Yet the highly eventful life of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais is little known. Playwright, Spy, Music Master, Gun runner and Aviator. A good read. 305 pages. Spine of dustwrapper sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4908
- Title
- Beaumarchais, The Man Who Was Figaro
- Author
- Grendel, Frederic
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine.
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald and Jane's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 240x160mm
- Keywords
- Music. Pre Revolutionary France. American War of Independence.
Terms of Sale
Wadard Books PBFA
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About the Seller
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...