Maurice Ravel -- Variations on His Life and Work
by Stuckenschmidt, H. H. ; [Paul Hume's Copy]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pages; Philadelphia: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Autograph; 272 pages; Signed by Paul Hume on ffep. Clean and secure in original turquoise cloth binding in very good dustjacket. Translated from German by Samuel R. Rosenbaum. Comprehensive treatment of Ravel's life and professional status in relation to other contemporary French and European composers. "... A biography that must unquestionably be regarded as the definitive book on Ravel. "; Signed by Notable Personage, Related .; Biography and Autobiography, Music and Performing Arts, Most Recent Listing .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44776
- Title
- Maurice Ravel -- Variations on His Life and Work
- Author
- Stuckenschmidt, H. H. ; [Paul Hume's Copy]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chilton Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Maurice Ravel, Music Composers
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...