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Diaghilev
by Buckle, Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. A big, tall, Imperial octavo format copy, being a stated First American Edition, in black cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct copper lettering to spine, bright and clean of interior, the faintest of smudging to bottom page tips. Protected in a Gaylord dust jacket protector, fully intact, only mildly worn, but moderately sunned along edges. Fine line drawing endpapers front and rear. Several score black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxiv [2], 3-616 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351718
- Title
- Diaghilev
- Author
- Buckle, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dancers theatre the performing arts Richard Buckle
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