Camille Saint-Saens. A Life. Signed copy.
by REES, Brian:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto and Windus. London. 1999 1st edition.. Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In grey cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Black endpapers. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). Author’s personal note to main title page. Personal, relevant letters loose in front. Else a clean and tight copy. 485pp. With b/w photographs and illustrations. Biography of the composer Camille Saint-Saens.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85435
- Title
- Camille Saint-Saens. A Life. Signed copy.
- Author
- REES, Brian:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus. London. 1999 1st edition.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES brian rees, camille saint-saens, biography, composer, french, life, work, first, illustrated, dustwrapper, signed,
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- Fine
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