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Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer
by Farrar, Geraldine
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 114 [3] pp. Lacking jacket. Green cloth with gilt stamped titling. Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Toning to endpapers and frontispiece. First edition. Autobiography of the popular American Opera singer and actress, Geraldine Farrar. Illustrated throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 444
- Title
- Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer
- Author
- Farrar, Geraldine
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Opera, metropolitan Opera House, Toscanini, New York Society, Gibson Girl
Terms of Sale
small volume
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About the Seller
small volume
Biblio member since 2023
Providence, Rhode Island
About small volume
Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
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