Yehudi Menuhin. The Story of the Man and the Musician
by MAGIDOFF, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel (Corréa), 1957.. 8vo. 269, (3) pp. Fine contemporary full vellum, gilt and black lettering and ruling to the spine, the upper board decorated with musical notation in gilt and black, original card covers bound in at the front and rear, gilt speckled endpapers, lengthy inscription to the front flyleaves regarding Menuhin signed by a Madeline Guigou, whose initials, dated 1960, also appear on the spine. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. A delightful and, no doubt, unique copy. Although the subtitle here is in English, the text of this edition is in French. The first English edition was published By Robert Hale the previous year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34253
- Title
- Yehudi Menuhin. The Story of the Man and the Musician
- Author
- MAGIDOFF, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel (Corréa)
- Date Published
- 1957.
- Keywords
- General Music
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...