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Six Plays: Madame Butterfly; Du Barry; The Darling of the Gods; Adrea; The Girl of the Holden West; the Return of Peter Grimm
by Belasco, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Deems Taylor with best wishes David Belasco November 1928". Deems Taylor (1885-1966) was an American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music. He was known as "the dean of American music". A quite uncommon title. Very Good, cloth rubbed, top corner title page dog-eared, several pages with small marginal paper loss, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004859
- Title
- Six Plays: Madame Butterfly; Du Barry; The Darling of the Gods; Adrea; The Girl of the Holden West; the Return of Peter Grimm
- Author
- Belasco, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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