Search Results: wagner a pictorial biography

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The Viking Press / A Studio Book , 1964. Call numbers on label on spine under mylar, d/j taped on, school name markered out inside front cover, on lower portion of title page, and inside rear cover, pocket removed from rear. 144 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by 148 Photogravure Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Good. Viking 1964 hardcover. Minor wear to cover. Slight tilt to spine. Pages unmarked, with dedicatory note inside front cover. No dust jacket.

Viking Press, 1964. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Edgewear to jacket..

Thames AndHudson, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 144 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present.Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Sticker to rear panel.

Thames and Hudson, 1963. Hardback in very good + condition with near fine condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve.. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Thames & Hudson, 1963. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Boards are rubbed and marked.Scarring.One inscription.Stamp.Tanning.Tightly bound.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London & Boston: Thames and Hudson. Very Good/Very Good. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titling. No ownership inscription. 144 page. 148 photogravure illustrations. Clean and tight. Like all rebels who turned out to be geniuses, Wagner was greatly disliked in his own lifetime. He can still rouse heated reactions even today, partly on account of his music, partly on account of his personal character and partly on account of imaginary political connections. At the same time, as performances of his works show, no composer makes a more direct impact on a modern audience. Walter Panofsky, a leading Continental music-critic, has written a highly readable account of the main facts of Wagner's life, drawing on his Autobiography, letters and published sources, together with some new material recently forthcoming from Bayreuth. It is a colourful story - the years of hardship, debt and political exile, of endless… Read More

London: Thames and Hudson, 1963. Translated Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 144 pages: illustrations (black and white), facsimiles, music, portraits; 24 cm. Subjects: Wagner, Richard 1813-1883; Pictorial works.Wagner, Richard 1813-1883. Composers Germany; Biography.Composers Germany; Pictorial works.