Opera Singers: A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of Some of the Most Famous Singers of the Day
by KOBBE, Gustav
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- Hardcover
- first
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, R.H. Russell, 1901., 1901. First edition. Small folio. Illustrated with 30 full page b/w portraits and many smaller b/w photographs of singers in costume, taken from some of their best known performances. Original tan pictorial boards with a photograph of a rather stern looking Brünnhilde, cloth spine (chip to top of spine; rubbing). Good. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Printed at Press of the J.W. Pratt Co., New York. Short biographies of several turn of the century prima donnas including Mme. Nordica (Lillian Norton), Mme Calvé (Emma Roquer), Emma Eames and Mme, Melba (Nellie Mitchell).. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304970
- Title
- Opera Singers: A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of Some of the Most Famous Singers of the Day
- Author
- KOBBE, Gustav
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, R.H. Russell, 1901.
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- PERFORMING ARTS;
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