Alice in Orchestralia
by La Prade, Ernest
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Snell, Carroll C.. Charming little alternative version of "Alice in Wonderland,'' in which Alice goes "in delightful fashion into the heart of that most wondrous land of all--the land of music." Long section in rear discusses different composers & instruments essential to building an orchestra. Orig. published in 1925 by Doubleday, Page, this is a 1955 printing with a new Foreword by Walter Damrosch & a charming pen-and-ink frontispiece & like illustrations throughout the 171 pages by Carroll C. Snell. Small hardcover 12mo has blu-black cloth-covered boards with yellow lettering & decoration to front & spine. Condition is Good+: generally very clean, pages modestly & uniformly tanned, but unmarked save for 2 old Ex-Lib stamps & remains of a card pocket inside front cover/title page. Moderate-heavy rubbing to extremities. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010561
- Title
- Alice in Orchestralia
- Author
- La Prade, Ernest
- Illustrator
- Snell, Carroll C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- ALICE WONDERLAND GIRLS CHILDREN FICTION ORCHESTRA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BAND MUSIC FANTASY ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts: Theater/Dance/Music & Musicians;
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