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Getting To Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II
by Fordin, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394494415
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494418
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About This Item
Random House, New York, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Second impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 383 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. It is covered by a clear Brodart wrapper. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. Oscar Hammerstein II (1895?-1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat, and, with longtime collaborator Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theatre. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre & Plays; United States; Music. ISBN: 0394494415. ISBN/EAN: 9780394494418. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5272. . 9780394494418
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5272
- Title
- Getting To Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II
- Author
- Fordin, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394494415
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494418
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, Librettists--United States--Biography Theatre & Plays; United States; Music. ISBN: 0394494415 EAN: 9780394494418 Fordin, Hugh Getting To Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II
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