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A Knight At The Opera
by Bing, Sir Rudolf
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399126538
- ISBN 13
- 9780399126536
- Seller
-
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$65.53NZ$32.77
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Sir Rudolf Bing, the renowned Gerneral Manager of the Metropolitan Opera for twenty-two years, reveals what running the country's greatest opera company entails. He generously shares his personal beliefs and opinions of the stars, designers, directors, managements, boards of directors and his priceless impressions of the opera - both yesterday and today... Introduction by Garson Kanin. Many wonderful b/w photographs. Repleat with appendix (1&2) and index. Taupe-coloured boards with matching endpapers, burgundy cloth spine with gilt title print. Photo dust jacket. A square, bright copy of this out-of-print book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A1136
- Title
- A Knight At The Opera
- Author
- Bing, Sir Rudolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399126538
- ISBN 13
- 9780399126536
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Opera Biography ISBN 0-399-12653-8 Sir Rudolf Bing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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