New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. A first American edition of Carlo Gotti's biography of the great Italian composer of operas, Giuseppe Verdi. Per the dust jacket, Verdi was ". . .more than a great musician. He was a singularly lovable and human person, a formidable businessman, an ardent patriot. He knew and corresponded with all the great men of his day--musicians, artists and statesmen." With a frontis photographic portrait of a dapper Verdi. Translated from the Italian by Elisabeth Abbott. --- In full terra-cotta cloth-covered boards with spine titling & decorations in gilt. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with image of Verdi to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped dust jacket with mild chafing to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; vi, 371 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86642
Title: Verdi: The Man and His Music
Author: GATTI, Carlo
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1955

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