The Waltz Emporors, the Life and Times of the Strauss Family
by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399111670
- ISBN 13
- 9780399111679
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, NY, 1973,, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Good. Quarto, hardcover good Ex-lib with good green pictorial ornate dj in mylar. first ed. Front hinge cracked, stamp, and pocket.. Decorated endpapers. Replete with photographs, decorated endpapers. 272 pp. including index. Why does the music of the Strauss men, wr itten for the courts and ballrooms of old Vienna, still appeal after 100 years? Here author captures the sparkle of Vienna and brings to life the charm and brilliance of the great Johann and his fath e r, Johann, and his brothers Eduard and Josef. The full story of the family saga beginning with the first Strauss whose father was a tavern keeper. How the later sons brought the magic to Russia and Am erica.
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- Seller
- bookwitch (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3746
- Title
- The Waltz Emporors, the Life and Times of the Strauss Family
- Author
- Wechsberg, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0399111670
- ISBN 13
- 9780399111679
- Publisher
- Putnam, NY, 1973,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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- Quarto
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- Hinge
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...