Show Music on Record : From the 1890s to the 1980s
by Raymond, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0804457743
- ISBN 13
- 9780804457743
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co Inc, 1982. Previous owner's neat bookplate on reverse of half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with bad tear to front and chip/tear to top of spine. 253pp. This book is a treasure for devotees of the American musical, on stage, or television or in film. It is a comprehensive listing of commercial recordings plus composer performances ranging from Robin Hood in 1891 to the musicals of the 1980s. It includes nearly 4000 show and musical films, English and foreign. It indexes these in a number of ways for ease of use and includes over 100 photographs, many showing actual recording sessions, sheet music covers and Playbill covers. A fascinating book for the enthusiast. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fair. 11.25 x 8.75 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004470
- Title
- Show Music on Record : From the 1890s to the 1980s
- Author
- Raymond, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804457743
- ISBN 13
- 9780804457743
- Publisher
- Frederick Ungar Publishing Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Films, Movies, Stage, Television,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts - Music;
- Size
- 11.25 x 8.75 inches
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Godley Books
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