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Modern Opera Houses and Theatres, 3 Volumes
by Sachs, Edwin O. and Ernest A.E. Woodrow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Ex-library with label on spines, inside front and rear covers, stamps on ffep and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Benjamin Blom, 1968. Hardcover. VG (Ex-library with label on spines, inside front and rear covers, stamps on ffep and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Bindings tight.). Three volume set bound in navy cloth boards with gilt design on front covers, gilt spine lettering. Volume 1 has illustrated front end paper, bw illustrated front end paper, xv, 60 pp followed by 152 bw plates. Volume 2 has illustrated front end paper, bw illustrated title page, xvi, 54 pp followed by 169 bw plates. Volume 3 has illustrated front end paper, bw illustrated title page, 122 pp with bw illustrations; 170 pp with bw illustrations, viii index in rear. A three volume complete set, reprint of the 1896-98 edition. Volume 1 has 100 plates and 93 illustrations in the text. Volume 2 has 100 plates and 95 illustrations in the text. Volume 3 includes 3 supplements with 20 plates adn 860 illustrations.
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Details
- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 187491
- Title
- Modern Opera Houses and Theatres, 3 Volumes
- Author
- Sachs, Edwin O. and Ernest A.E. Woodrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Ex-library with label on spines, inside front and rear covers, stamps on ffep and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Benjamin Blom
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Theater / Ballet ; Theater Architecture ; ;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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