Decca Book Opera (8 results)

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 556 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Navy blue cloth boards; faded spine; minimal wear round edges; wear at both spine ends; title & pbl in gilt on spine. Cut edges tanned, grubby. Cream endpapers; name in ink on ffep. Texr block tight; pages clean; Contents Page & List of Illustrations at front; Index at end; b/w illustrations in text; b/w photos on plates incl frontispiece. No jacket. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 556 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Notable tear spine head. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 556 pages.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 556 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate to heavy edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xiv, 559p. Ex-library.

gr-8°. XIV, 556 S. mit Abb. OLn. Mit zahlreichen Beiträgen namhafter Musikwissenschaftler der Zeit.

Copertina rigida. Condition: discrete. Testo inglese. Prima edizione. Prefazione di Erich Kleiber. 8°,pg.560. Legatura in tela editoriale con titoli in oro al dorso. Strappi alla sovracoperta policroma. Con 47 illustrazioni fotografiche in nero fuori testo. 1420 gr.