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Bernstein: A Biography
by Peyser, Joan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688049184
- ISBN 13
- 9780688049188
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York USA: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Black half-cloth binding with gilt titles, black boards, clean, sunned along upper edge of front panel, upper corner gently bumped. Tight, solid and square. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Clean and unmarked jacket has slight edgewear. Not price-clipped. Joan Peyser traces Bernstein's life (1918-1990) from his Boston childhood through his Tin Pan Alley apprenticeship, his Broadway successes, his struggle for a foothold in the society of serious music, his remarkable careeer as conductor, composer, and thinking man's celebrity, and his emergence as America's most admired cultural ambassador. 481pages with index. 6.5 X 9.5 inches. Beech Tree Books/William Morrow Publsiher, New York, 1987.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012711
- Title
- Bernstein: A Biography
- Author
- Peyser, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688049184
- ISBN 13
- 9780688049188
- Publisher
- Beech Tree Books/William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York USA
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MUSICIANS-UNITED STATES; BERNSTEIN, LEONARD, 1918 - 1900; CONDUCTORS; COMPOSERS; MITROPOULOS, DIMITRI; COPLAND, AARON; BARBER, SAMUEL; MENOTTI, CAROL; DIAMOND, DAVID; HOMOSEXUALITY;
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- 0 oz
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