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San Francisco Opera; The First Seventy-Five Years
by Joan Chatfield-Taylor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0811813681
- ISBN 13
- 9780811813686
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£14.30£10.01
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 1997 Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA. 1997. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; lightly bumped tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($50.00); bumping to head and tail; edge bumping; light rubbing to panels. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 181 pp 4to. This chronicle of the San Francisco Opera's history pays homage to the distinguished directors, the talented young singers, the brilliant costume and set designers, and the stars who have made the SFO an internationally acclaimed institution over it's 75-Year history. Many B&W and color photos, chronological list of every performance since 1923, stage sets, and costume sketches. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Due to weight/size, no international shipping.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010176
- Title
- San Francisco Opera; The First Seventy-Five Years
- Author
- Joan Chatfield-Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0811813681
- ISBN 13
- 9780811813686
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- opera, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, Opera singers, Divas, voice, theater, opera sets, opera music, opera directors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Architecture/Design;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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