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The Complete Opera Book - Revised Edition with Premium Binding
by Kobbe, Gustave
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. First Edition Thus. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; VG+ to Near Fine condition. Stated Third impression of Revised Edition, Feb., 1937 (revision was 1935); 993 pages, 8.5 x 5.5"". Special red cloth & half-leather binding- leather corners & spine w/ 5 raised ribs; gilt spine lettering, boxing & violin motif; gilt lining to corner & spine edges. Gilt top edge of text block, rough-cut side & bottom edges. Binding is tight, bright & square w/ light rubbing, trace of soil; light edge wear to spine & to corner tips. ALL gilt is bright, crisp & intact. NO bumps, scuffs or sun discolor. Copy displays very well. Heavy red (linen?) endpapers are unmarred. Gift note (small & neatly written) dated 12-25-38, on 1st blank page. Frontis & text are tight, clean & unmarked. Handsome, well preserved copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295
- Title
- The Complete Opera Book - Revised Edition with Premium Binding
- Author
- Kobbe, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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