Life of Beethoven
Language: English
Published by Folio Society, London, 2001
- Hardcover
- New
Condition: New
£ 37.35
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SPLENDID: NEW hardcover (orig. 2001, 3rd printing 2004), EXCELLENT rich-brown slipcase, the volume quarter-bound by Cambridge University Press in rust-brown Feincanvas extending 1.0" to HANDSOME engraved gilt-rule & front & back panels SUMPTUOUSLY covered in spring-green Feincanvas w/ "Beethoven" BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on spine & w/ 19th century engraving by an unidentified artist of Ludwig van Beethoven cameoed in gilt border on front panel, end-paper illustrations (manuscript scores by Ludwig van Beethoven), frontispiece (Beethoven composing his Missa Solemnis, by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820), 41 further illustrations, IMMACULATE text-block exterior, PRISTINE interior EXQUISITELY typeset in Granjon & printed on SUPERB St Paul's Wove paper * 6.25" x 10.0", 1.10 kg (in slipcase), xx+614 (634) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: A BEAUTIFUL copy of a handsomely-designed and stunningly well-produced edition of among the greatest classics of musical biography. "This superb slip-cased edition of a great classic is a splendid choice as a presentation-gift copy or for addition to any Beethoven collection." - John Letterman, for Mnemosyne.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Life of Beethoven
- Author
- Thayer, Alexander; Revised by Elliot Forbes; Edited by with an Introduction by Ian Curteis
- Publisher
- Folio Society, London
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- Excellent Slipcase
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Folio Society Edition
- Printing
- Unstated First Print
- Item weight
- 1.1 kilograms
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