Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover edition, Second printing of The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas by John Freeman First Edition stated, 1986 Norton. Second Printing with partial number line 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a convex spine and front cover, lightly soiled page blocks, tight binding, moderate spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with a two by one inch blue stain on the corner of the last free end paper. This is due to an uneven folding of the rear paste down and end paper, and is completely hidden by the dust jacket. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The front end paper and paste down and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear and heavy edge wear, the 11-84 date code and the price visible on the front flap . Looks great in a new archival wrap.
Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.
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