HANDEL'S MESSIAH: A Touchstone of Taste
by (Handel, George Frideric). Myers, Robert Manson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948.. 1948.. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are creased. The dust wrapper is rubbed & chipped with short tears & pieces out. The rear panel is spotted with a large piece out of its top edge. xxii & 338 pages. There is a piece excised from the top corner of the front endpaper. 7 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece, & black-and-white illustrations & facsimiles. Good. <p>First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11027
- Title
- HANDEL'S MESSIAH: A Touchstone of Taste
- Author
- (Handel, George Frideric). Myers, Robert Manson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948.
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Keywords
- MUSIC; CHORAL MUSIC; ORATORIO; MESSIAH; HISTORY OF MUSIC; COMPOSER; HANDEL'S MESSIAH; GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL; ILLUSTRATIONS; ROBERT MANSON MYERS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Octavo
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