Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. 728 pages. Small sticker with former owner's name at top edge of front free endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 26993
Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Beschriftungen / Markierungen bis 20 %; Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke. Moffatt Oxenbould has lived and breathed opera for more than forty years. And from the first, his career has been linked with what would eventually become Australia's national opera company. From stage manager to artistic director, Oxenbould's career has been an outstanding one, growing in tandem with the Opera as it developed into the prestigious and renowned company it is today. Genial, deeply knowledgeable and thoroughly entertaining, Moffat Oxenbould's memoirs are filled with riveting backstage stories of divas and disasters, outback tours and stunning triumphs, of all the international and local stars and productions for which the Opera is justly renowned, as well as the significant struggles for survival that the company has faced in the last five decades. Having worked with everyone from Pavarotti to Sutherland, Luhrmann to Kosky, David Hobson to Simone Young, Oxenbould's story is fascinating both in its retelling of a life spent backstage and as the story of the life of an opera company. timing Is Everything is essential reading for anyone with a drop of greasepaint in their blood and a song in their heart. Seller Inventory # f1f5dc77-dd8c-45c6-9edf-03d0411a3716
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Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Hardback. 1. 2005, First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by a previous owners name sticker on the front free endpaper. The d/w is also near fine with only light edge rubbing. Seller Inventory # 19378030
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Moffatt Oxenbould has lived and breathed opera for more than forty years. And from the first, his career has been linked with what would eventually become Australia's national opera company. From stage manager to artistic director, Oxenbould's career has been an outstanding one, growing in tandem with the Opera as it developed into the prestigious and renowned company it is today. Genial, deeply knowledgeable and thoroughly entertaining, Moffat Oxenbould's memoirs are filled with riveting backstage stories of divas and disasters, outback tours and stunning triumphs, of all the international and local stars and productions for which the Opera is justly renowned, as well as the significant struggles for survival that the company has faced in the last five decades. Having worked with everyone from Pavarotti to Sutherland, Luhrmann to Kosky, David Hobson to Simone Young, Oxenbould's story is fascinating both in its retelling of a life spent backstage and as the story of the life of an opera company. Timing Is Everything is essential reading for anyone with a drop of greasepaint in their blood and a song in their heart. DJ; Heavy. DJ worn along top edge. 464 pages. Seller Inventory # 1348900
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Seller: A Small Bookshop, ELMHURST, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Colour and B&W photographs throughout. 24 x 16 cm. 728 pp. Seller Inventory # 005045
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Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Condition: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 728pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to outer page edges, large owner's inscription on half-title. / Very good d/w rubbed on corners. Seller Inventory # 66152
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still very good. Moffatt Oxenbould spent most of his career with the Australian Opera and saw the birth of the national company, the construction of and move to the Sydney Opera House, the merger with the Victorian State Opera - each triumph and every low point, with all the outstanding productions in between. Oxenbould vividly recalls stories with great humour. Seller Inventory # 00017
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Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA82907333171384
Quantity: 1 available