New York: Hill and Wang. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1963. New Enlarged Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in blue cloth over gilt boards, gilt lettering on black panel on spine. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, spine lightly sunned, former owner's bookplate on fep and inscription on ffep, former owner's notes on reverse of ffep, edges of boards lightly soiled, else very good. GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxx, 594 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23671
Title: Encyclopedia of the Opera
Author: Ewen, David
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: New Enlarged Edition. 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1963
Keywords: Music, OPERA, Encyclopedia, Reference
Bookseller catalogs: Reference;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...