Kobbe's Complete Opera Book Hardcover (original cloth) - 1976

Putnam, New York, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. numerous photographic illustrations, plots, indexed. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This completely reset ninth edition is the result of by far the most extensive revision of the book ever undertaken. Accounts of 91 additional operas are given for the first time, the book now contains details of over 300 regularly performed operas. Several previously unpresented composers are included and others are covered more fully. All photographic illustrations are new, and nearly 100 new musical examples have been added. Rubbing of the book corners with bumping to the top book corners and back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down – the sticker has ghosted to the free front end page. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a little creasing to the top corners of the dustwrapper. Fading of the back strip and to the left hand edge of the front panel. Browning of the rear panel. ninth printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVIII, 1694 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music; ISBN: 0370100204. ISBN/EAN: 9780370100203. Inventory No: 0288958. . 9780370100203