Beatt: Music and Manners: Personal Reminiscences and ..., Manukau in Manukau, Auckland for sale

Hinges broken on both volumes. Preliminary leaves i-vi detached and loose in Volume Two. Moderate foxing. Previous owner's rubber name stamps. Loss of cloth at head of spines on both volumes. 30mm tears to cloth at head of joints on Volume One. Newspaper review of this title from an 1887 edition of"The Athenaeum"pasted to front endpaper of Volume One. ; Two volumes (complete). Volume One ("Music"): x, 390 pages. Volume Two ("Manners"): vi, 351, [1] pages + 40 pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt musical notation on front boards."In the cours of his journalistic travels Mr. Kingston met many musical celebrities, most of whom are still living, and his observations concerning their artistic and intellectual gifts as well as their personal qualities are generally characterized by keen and correct judgment"- from the"Athenaeum"review. History of music, Europe, 19th century.; 8vo
Beatt: Music and Manners: Personal Reminiscences and Sketches of Character. In Two Volumes.
Author
Beatt
Title
Music and Manners: Personal Reminiscences and Sketches of Character. In Two Volumes.
Publisher name
Chapman and Hall, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1887
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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Key words
Literature
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