Twentieth Century Composers. Volume I American Music Since 1910. Presentation copy from the Author with 5 handwritten and signed notecards
by Virgil Thomson. With an Introduction by Nicolas Nabokov
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0297002643
- ISBN 13
- 9780297002642
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1971 first edition, first printing. Signed by Author. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 204 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge dyed red, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends a little rubbed, previous owner's nameplate to the front paste-down, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good plus, edges curled a little, edges rubbed, spine a little sunned, not price clipped. This is a presentation copy from Virgil Thomson to his friend Author Jonathan Mayne. Loosely inserted are a letter from the publisher to Mayne sent with the book saying that Thomson has personally instructed them to send him a copy. And also 5 handwritten and signed notes from Thomson to Mayne, two are Christmas postcards and two are postcards and one is a brief handwritten thank you note on Thomson's notepaper.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018047
- Title
- Twentieth Century Composers. Volume I American Music Since 1910. Presentation copy from the Author with 5 handwritten and signed notecards
- Author
- Virgil Thomson. With an Introduction by Nicolas Nabokov
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297002643
- ISBN 13
- 9780297002642
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 204
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NON FICTION MUSIC TWENTIETH CENTURY COMPOSING CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE COMPOSERS SURVEY JAZZ
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