Stephen Heller: His Life and Words. From the French of H. Bardbedette
by (HELLER). BROWN-BORTHWICK, 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
London: Ashdown & Parry, 1877.. First edition, small 8vo, (x), 89, (1), xii pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece and a folding plate of music. Original gilt titled and decorated green cloth, light rubbing to extremities otherwise a very good copy. Heller was a Hungarian composer and concert pianist.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18206
- Title
- Stephen Heller: His Life and Words. From the French of H. Bardbedette
- Author
- (HELLER). BROWN-BORTHWICK, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Ashdown & Parry
- Date Published
- 1877.
- Keywords
- Art Music
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
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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- Gilt
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