London, UK: Chatto & Windus. 316pp. b/w plates. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine very slightly sunned. Very minor shelf wear to dustwrapper. A lovely copy. Appears hardly read. . VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1995.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 095825
Title: Purcell: A Biography
Author: Keates, Jonathan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+
Jacket Condition: VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0701146931
ISBN 13: 9780701146931
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1995
Pages: 316
Size: 240mm x 160mm.
Keywords: Music, Purcell, composers, biography, H&M

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...