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Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide: A Guide to Research (Composer Resource Manuals)
by Smialek, William Trochimczyk, Maja
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0815321805
- ISBN 13
- 9780815321804
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Garland Publishing Inc.* Binding and cover condition: Black & white photo-illustrated quarter bound boards with turquoise blue cloth spine, gilt title to spine & white to face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 190 pp. text. v pp. author notes, advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Important books, articles, reviews and theses on Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) in Western European languages and in Polish are cited; selected references in languages such as Russian, Czech, and Japanese are included as well. The Chopin legend is considered through studies of the performance tradition and a discography of recent and re-issued recordings. Short essays outline the historiography of Chopin research and the current direction of scholarship.* A NEAR VG++ ex-library copy of the 1st./1st. fnl, with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1277
- Title
- Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide: A Guide to Research (Composer Resource Manuals)
- Author
- Smialek, William Trochimczyk, Maja
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0815321805
- ISBN 13
- 9780815321804
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- NY USA 195
- This edition first published
- November 1, 1999
- Size
- 22.3 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm
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