Caruso
by Ybarra, T R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Cresset Press, 1954. From his beginnings in a poor Neopolitan family, through his long struggle before he first sang La Scala in Milan and meteoric success, his humourous nature and private life. CONDITION Green bds with dulled gilt title (bds fresh with sl. buffed cnrs o/w not worn) pp 230 with 7 photo illus and 10 caricatures of famous people created by Caruso (named to ffep, ends and edges are foxed, text clean) Original wrapper has chips due to paper quality and is age discoloured (not price clipped or scuffed). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8361
- Title
- Caruso
- Author
- Ybarra, T R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- SL.
- slight
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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