THE UNCONQUERABLE TRISTAN: The Story of Richard Wagner
by (Wagner, Richard). Steigman, B. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933.. 1933.. Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. There is a light stain to the spine & the head & tail are rubbed. Half-title, title, [4] leaves & 376 pages. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white portrait plates. Very good. <p>First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3661
- Title
- THE UNCONQUERABLE TRISTAN: The Story of Richard Wagner
- Author
- (Wagner, Richard). Steigman, B. M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933.
- Date Published
- 1933.
- Keywords
- MUSIC; COMPOSER; GERMAN; RICHARD WAGNER; OPERA; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; MINNA WAGNER; MATHILDE WESENDONCK; COSIMA WAGNER; B.M. STEIGMAN; PORTRAITS; PLATES; 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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...