Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts
Alan Wagner
Published by Collier Books, NY
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Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB000MUQ2M8I3N01
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Title: Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts
Publisher: Collier Books, NY
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Prima Donnas and other Wild Beasts
Published by
Argonaut Books, Larchmont, NY, 1961
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Hardcover
Seller: Patina LLC, Charleston, WV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition/1st Printing. In excellent used condition. Jacket shows some wear. Seller Inventory # 003301
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Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts
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Argonaut Books, 1961
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Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Fair. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 250 pages. Black dust jacket over marbled paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Sticker to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Scuffing to rear pastedown. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to spine ends. Some scuffing to edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Some tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Seller Inventory # 1683791498TMB
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Prima donnas and other wild beasts
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Argonaut Books, 1961
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Hardcover
Seller: Adkins Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
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Hard cover. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 2009180180
Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts - Alan Wagner (1963, 1st Collier PB)
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Soft cover
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts by Alan Wagner offers a witty, insider's tour of the temperaments, rivalries, and theatrical excesses that have long defined the world of opera. Written with warmth and sharp comic timing, the book blends anecdote, history, and cultural commentary, pulling readers behind the velvet curtain to reveal the human drama that unfolds both onstage and off. Wagner draws on figures ranging from Jenny Lind and Nellie Melba to Toscanini and Caruso, presenting opera not as distant high art but as a living, combustible theater of personality. This is the First Collier Books Edition, 1963, the first paperback printing, published by Collier Books (a division of the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company). Originally issued in hardcover earlier in the decade, this edition brought Wagner's popular and accessible opera writing to a wider audience during the golden age of American mass-market paperbacks. The volume includes a contents list, cast of characters, and a concluding index, underscoring its usefulness as both entertainment and reference. Condition: The book is in Good condition. Covers show general age-toning, edge wear, and light creasing, with a small circular discount mark on the front cover. Spine is intact and legible. Interior pages are clean and complete, with mild toning typical of early-1960s paperback paper stock; no loose pages observed. An engaging mid-century opera title, this first Collier paperback printing remains appealing to collectors of music history, opera ephemera, and classic cultural paperbacks. Alan Wagner (1924-2008) was an American opera commentator, broadcaster, and writer best known for making opera accessible to general audiences. A former CBS television executive and the longtime host of the radio program Living Opera, Wagner became a leading mid-20th-century popularizer of operatic history, personalities, and performance practice in the United States. Seller Inventory # NF.WAG.1963.1
Prima donnas and other wild beasts
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Argonaut Books
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (music, opera, anecdotes ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Seller Inventory # K02OS-00068
Prima donnas and other wild beasts
Published by
Argonaut Books, 1961
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Hardcover
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence! Seller Inventory # XZBIP3GZZLTX4
Prima donnas and other wild beasts
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Argonaut Books
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Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB0007DPIXYI3N00
Prima donnas and other wild beasts
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Argonaut Books
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Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB0007DPIXYI5N01
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Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts
Published by
Argonaut Books, Larchmont, New York, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Front fly with a small area of light label residue and rear pastedown with a small area of offsetting at the base of the gutter from the red cloth backstrip, near fine in a price-clipped and worn, about very good dust jacket with two small internal tape reinforcements. A book about opera and its stars. Seller Inventory # 570797
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Prima Donnas and Other Wild Beasts
Published by
Argonaut Books, Larchmont, New York, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 250pp. A bit of spotting on first couple pages, tiny nicks at the foot of the spine, near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears, rubbing, and a crease on the spine. A book about opera and its stars. Seller Inventory # 587241