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New York, New York, USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. BX6 - A hard cover first American edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. The words FIRST PUBLISHED and the year appear on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine wity very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some tape staining on the front and back outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is a very, very light bump to the front top right board corner plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, front and back free endpapers, and copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some light label staining on the spine plus it is price clipped plus it is still in the original… Read More

North Pomfret, Vermont, USA: David & Charles, 1984. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in textured green paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there is a piece (about 1.25"x2.5") torn from the bottom right corner of the front free endpaper plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with a 4.5" cut across the back through both the mylar and the dust jacket plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library labels on the spine and front plus it is sitll inm the original library mylar sleeve. Heavily illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A book about the friendships between Ivor Atkins, organixt of Wrocester Cathedral from 1897 to 1950, and Edward Elgar, the noted… Read More

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2003. CE4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound cop in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some light creasing on the bottom edges of the front and back covers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A book that documents four centuries of music composition in the Netherlands. It contains a hundred articles written by over forty specialists. Eash essay deals with the life and work of an individual composer and includes a discography. About the contributors, indexed, 437p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Dover Publications, Inc., 1962. BY6 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tigth, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated light purple wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some very light overall rubbing plus there is some light creasing on the front and back covers. This is book contains the full libretto, translated from the Italian by Ellen Bleiler, in modern English as well as a plot cummary, background information, sources peerformance history, a brief biography of the composer, musical themes, and is illustrated 63 black and white photographs and reproductions. Bibliography and critical comments, chronological list of Puccini's works, 124p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Prague, Czech Republic: Panorama, 1982. B1 - A Czech language text hardcover revised edition book in very good condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. The Mylar plastic protected dust jacket has minor overall shelf wear with some light edge wear, very light creasing and rubbing. The blue cloth bound book has only very minor overall shelf wear with an ink inscription on one of the front free endpapers and some edge wear on the back free endpaper. The National Theatre in Prague has an extraordinary position in Czech cultural history. This resulted from the tradition of Czech theater, which since the mid-18th century became the major tool of national awakening. It also rose to this prominence because it was build from voluntary collections as a symbol of Czech national revival with a status comparable to other culturally advanced nations of the world. The work of design and construction brought together leading architects, painters and sculptors. Unfortunately a fire destroyed their work… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1966. BC6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf waer with some very, very light bumping to the right board corners plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bototm spine edges plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus there is the original owner's name in felt tip pen on the front free endpaper plus there is a book store price stamp in black ink on the front free endpaper plus there is some spotting of the tinting of the top outside paper edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs and music scoring. A book about the elementary musical form of the opera intended as a foundation for the enjoyment of opera as well as a foundation for the study of opera history and aesthetics. 245p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.