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Paris: Aubier Montaigne, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Trade Paperback. Small Thin Octavo. 8vo. 175 pp, Collection Les Grands Operas: 1979. Libretto en francais. Pristine, only the slightest sign of prior use, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.5" x 8.25". Wrappers..

University of Chicago Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. Small Octavo. x + 256 pp, acknowledgments, Introduction, 9 titled chapters with footnotes, appendices 1 - 3, Notes, bibliography, index of operatic works, General Index. 1/4" impact indent vertical rear top wrapper. else Fine / Trade paperback. Tight and square, pages unmarked, paper well-preserved. … Read more about this item

Leeds, UK: Routledge / The Society for Italian Studies, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. Large Slim Octavo. x + 312 pp, Foreword, notes on 22 contributors, 21 essay/papers with references - notes, Index. 6.5" x 9.5" red wraps. Binding tight, pages clean, sine with no creases. lower forecorner wrap tip faintly dinged. .

Oxford, UK New York, USA: Oxford University Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. xiv + 263 pp, list of illustrations, Introduction, 4 Chapters, Notes, bibliography, index. 6.25" x 9.5" brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles, blue-gray illustrated unclipped DJ in acetate protector. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, externally crisp with only… Read more about this item

Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Trade Paperback Re-Issue. Octavo. x + 303 pp, originally published @1985. preface, 12 essays grouped under three headings: Heritage; Operatic Practice; Answers to the Past; with notes bibliography, index. 6.2" x 9" blue-gray wraps. Tight, clean, no wear. .

Boston, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xiv (ii), 479 (1) pp, illus. I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History: First Edition, 2013. Not Price Clipped. Very minor wear to top and bottom edge spine dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Burgundy… Read more about this item

Farnham, Surrey, UK / Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Thick Octavo. xviii + 585 pp, Preface, acknowledgments, list of abbreviations, list of music examples, Thirty five years of correspondence between Gooethe and Zelter in three sections - early, middle, late; Appendix, Bibliography, index. 6.25" x 9.5" black laminate cloth boards, gilt spine letters,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillian & Co., Limited, 1929. Book. Illus. by Flint, W. Russell / Brock, Charles E. . Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small Quarto. Small Quarto. vi, 102 (2) pp, illus. With 8 Illustrations in color by W. Russell Flint & Drawings in Pen and Ink by Charles E. Brock: First Edition, 1929. Light external wear. No markings, binding… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: The Burrows Brothers Company, Publishers, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. 298 (2) pp, illus. First Edition, 1898. Owner's ex libris plate on front paste down. Minor external wear, else, Pristine Interior. No markings, binding tight, with slight forward lean, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.6". Brown gilt-decorated cloth with gilt lettering to… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: The Three Candles Limited, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition / Later Printing. 12mo. 12mo. xv (i), 235 (1) pp, illus. 8th Printing, 1967. (First in @1939). Editor's Introduction, alphabetized table of contents - more than sixty, less than a hundred, Appendix: - alternate verses, etc., index of first lines alphabetized. Top fore-edge… Read more about this item

Glasgow, Scotland (UK): Bayley & Ferguson Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Quarto. iv + 256 pp, Inked name top margin title page. (no date on t.p. circa 1930,), more than 200 songs with words and music for piano, indexed by title and/or first lines. 7.6" x 10" black cloth boards, gilt letters fr cover and spine. Red-stained text… Read more about this item

New York: Da Capo Press, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Re-Issue. Large Octavo. 378 pp, introduction - Leon Stein, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Memorial Edition. Original title published in 1905. Founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. list of at least 30 illustrations. Thomas introduced many orchestral works into the United States in the late nineteenth century up to… Read more about this item

Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. xx + 450 pp, Preface, acknowledgments, 16 essay/chapters with end notes - figures - score excerpts, Prelude, 3 Parts, Postlude, index. Part I: Close Readings and Comparative Studies 2-6; Part II: Poetic and Musical Structure - 7-10; Part III: In Search of Cycles - 11-15.… Read more about this item

New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / The Macmillan Co., 1936. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition, Re-Issue. Wide Octavo. viii + 247 pp, previous owner's inked name on ffep, 1st edition was @1923, preface, list of (40 - 50?) articles and their writers, List of composers, Appendix added to 2nd edition, 6.75" x 8.4" maroon cloth boards, gilt… Read more about this item

Toronto, Canada Buffalo, NY London, UK: University of Toronto Press, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo. x + 242 pp, Inscribed in ink on ffep, "To Tom / Best wishes, Carla" list of b&w figuresIntroduction, 4 chapters, epilogue, Notes, bibliogrpahy, index. Binding tight and… Read more about this item

Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xvi, 410 (6) pp, preface, list of 12 illustrations, 18 chapters with footnotes, illustrations, - unpaginated glossy plates, Appendices A - Calendar; b. List of Works, c. Personalia- D, Index. Binding firm and square, pages clean and unmarked and… Read more about this item

New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xii + 690 pp, full number line on verso, Introduction, 79 chapters, grouped into 8 Sections, index of names, index of songs and selected albums. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved, no exterior wear. Black cloth backed &… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pp, 11 chapters, 16 unpaginated glossy b&w photos and illustrations. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, well-preserved. Black cloth boards, silver& red letters and design intact, little or no wear. DJ unclipped, with chipping and edgewear, in protector. Good DJ with VG… Read more about this item

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1930. Book. Illus. by Eenest Thompson Seton. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. xv (iii), 280 (4) pp, illus. Introduction, Art Section and Illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton: First Edition, 1930. Inked name on pastedowns. Light wear with a tide mark along top edge, becoming slightly more pronounced in second half of book.… Read more about this item

New York: G. P.Putnam's Sons, 1973 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. Quarto. 272 pp, illus. First Edition, 1973. 19 titled chapters - profusely illustrated, acknowledgments, index. Price clipped. Only the slightest wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 10". Decorative magenta cloth with gilt lettering to spine,… Read more about this item