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Pavarotti La Boheme
by Girardi, Michele (text)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Bologna, 2008): Fondazione FMR Marilena Ferrari. First Edition. Quarto. A special edition not for sale, limited to 1000 copies, The present copy is number 479. 211pp. table of contents and colophon, written in English and Italian with personal recollections of the man by Claudio Abbado, Renata Scotto, and Franco Zeffirelli, illustrated throughout by "real" photographs, single and double paged. This work is a tribute to Pavarotti's accomplishments beginning with his opera debut in La Boheme in 1961. This limited edition was not for sale but given to institutions, opera houses and some of the most prestigious libraries across the country and the world. Bound in black cloth decorated with clover, photographic pastedown of Pavaratti, lettering gilt, spine lettering gilt, housed within cloth covered slipcase. A fine bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021561
- Title
- Pavarotti La Boheme
- Author
- Girardi, Michele (text)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fondazione FMR Marilena Ferrari
- Place of Publication
- [Bologna, 2008)
- Keywords
- Photographs Opera English Italian Limited Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music History and Theory;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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