The Magic Flute: an Opera in Two Acts. Music by W.A. Mozart; English version after the Libretto of Schikaneder and Giesecke
by AUDEN, W.H. and Chester Kallman, trans.; Rouben Ter-Arutunian, illus
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, [1956]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.25cm.); original cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xv,[5],108pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Some general edge wear to jacket extremities, most notably at spine ends, spine rather sunned, else Very Good and sound. BLOOMFIELD & MENDELSON A37a.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23982
- Title
- The Magic Flute: an Opera in Two Acts. Music by W.A. Mozart; English version after the Libretto of Schikaneder and Giesecke
- Author
- AUDEN, W.H. and Chester Kallman, trans.; Rouben Ter-Arutunian, illus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1956]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Illustrators;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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