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Les oeuvres du Sieur Hadoux, commentées expliquées et rendues intelligibles. Enrichies du portrait, de l'auteur, et autres Pièces intéressantes

Les oeuvres du Sieur Hadoux, commentées expliquées et rendues intelligibles. Enrichies du portrait, de l'auteur, et autres Pièces intéressantes by [BRAHAIN DUCANGE, Pierre Auguste (d. 1833)], pseudonym “André Rhiba d'Acunenga.”

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Title
Les oeuvres du Sieur Hadoux, commentées expliquées et rendues intelligibles. Enrichies du portrait, de l'auteur, et autres Pièces intéressantes
Author
[BRAHAIN DUCANGE, Pierre Auguste (d. 1833)], pseudonym “André Rhiba d'Acunenga.”
Seller
Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
“A Criticopolis” [i.e., Holland]: s.n., 1783. 8vo (195 x 116 mm.). 187 pages (including half-title Commentaire sur les oeuvres...). Type-ornament tailpieces and dividers. Contemporary mottled quarter calf, smooth spine gilt and with green morocco lettering piece, edges stained red (joints restored, corners bumped). *** Only Edition of a surreal literary spoof, mocking erudition and critical apparatuses. Under the anagram André Rhiba d’Acunenga, the author presents the idiosyncratically spelled “Euvres” of the fictional author Hadoux (printed in Criticopolis or the “city of critics”) in an elaborate scaffolding of tongue-in-cheek commentary. Opening with a “Prefaciuncule,” the long preliminary material includes a snappy verse epistle to the author, a verbal portrait, also in verse, of the same (preceded by an Avis “essenciel” explaining why the “poetic brush” is preferable to an engraving), several more silly forewords and epistles, and a title-page facsimile. Each of these paratextual elements has its own footnoted commentary. The two plays of Sir Hadoux, The Green Dragon and The Little Cabaret, which the preliminaries promised NOT to include, mainly provide an excuse for extravagantly laudatory afterwords (”Molière had nothing on le Sieur Hadoux”...) and droll footnotes filled with pseudo-erudite and/or punning remarks on word choice and etymology, fictional biographical details, and chatty digressions. The edition concludes with Hadoux’s minor works (under the crudely punning title Chansons ou Chancons) and more satirical annotations. The “editor” alludes throughout to typographical details of the edition itself, which makes use of a variety of fonts and typographical devices, including an acrostic of his name with the letters printed sideways. The true author, Brahain Ducange, was a Dutch-French journalist and evidently talented international secret agent. Early in his career he lived in the Hague and Leiden, wrote for the Leiden Gazette (the most important international news source of the time), and later published his own short-lived political periodical there, Le Batave, ou le Sans-Culotte (1793-1794). His involvement in revolutionary politics allegedly included a collaboration with Robespierre’s police during the Terror, and he is said to have worked as an operative in the Batavian coup d’état in 1798. The Wikipedia entry, relying on a biography of the Dutch general Herman Willem Daendels, portrays Brahain Ducange as a conman who betrayed confidences, tricked ambassadors, and swindled his way from the Netherlands through France, Spain, Germany and Austria. Between stays in prison he worked for various embassies. Michaud, editor of the Nouvelle Biographie Générale, wrote that he knew Ducange personally, and that he had “the reserved and polite demeanor of a former diplomat” (NBG 12:377, note to entry on Ducange’s son, the writer Victor Henri Joseph Brahain Ducange). Toward the end of his mysterious life Ducange was forced to fall back on his literary talents, as a copywriter and editor for the children’s book publisher Alexis Eymery. The edition was probably printed in the Netherlands. The signatures on five of the eight leaves in the quires, use of catchwords on each page, and page numbers enclosed in parentheses are all practices associated with Dutch books (cf. Sayce, Compositorial practices). I locate no American institutional copies of this unusual satire, which evokes Sterne as well as Borges (7 copies located: Royal Library of the Netherlands, Gemeentearchief, BnF (2 copies), Bordeaux Municipal Library, Augsburg, British Library). Short-Title Catalogue Netherlands 24060494; Quérard, Superchéries littéraires IV: 109, no. 6511; Paul Lacroix, ed., Bibliothèque dramatique de Monsieur de Soleinne II: 194, no. 2296; Conlon, Siècle des Lumières 83: 1019; Weller, Die falschen und fingierten Druckorte II:221.
Shipping Manifest for the Barque Equator, Documenting Cargo on a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1850-1851

Shipping Manifest for the Barque Equator, Documenting Cargo on a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1850-1851 by [California - Gold Rush Period - Mercantile History] Alsop and Company

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Shipping Manifest for the Barque Equator, Documenting Cargo on a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1850-1851
Author
[California - Gold Rush Period - Mercantile History] Alsop and Company
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Auger Down Books (United States)
Description
Callao: Alsop and Company, 1850. Folded ship manifest measuring 15 ¼ x 12 ½ inches. Fine condition with slight normal wear. A very scarce Gold Rush period shipping manifest for the Barque Equator, captained by William Weir, listing the passengers and cargo for a voyage to San Francisco in December of 1850, with notations showing the vessel’s arrival in San Francisco in May of 1851. Alsop & Co. was the work of Joseph Alsop, the grandson of Continental Congress delegate John Alsop, and his friend Henry Chauncey. Originally from Middletown, Connecticut, the pair established Alsop & Co. in New York City in 1824, and would eventually play a large role in the gold trade in California and trade extensively in South and Central America. Chauncey, Alsop and others were among the partners in the trans-Panamanian railway that helped transform trans-continental trade in 1850. One of Alsop & Co.’s treasure boxes was aboard the S.S. Central America when it sank in 1857, carrying gold to the Eastern United States from Panama. The shipping manifest offered here lists the primary cargo as 195 tons of coal, and also lists the names of fourteen passengers on the voyage. Imported coal - from Callao in this case - was essential to heat houses and run furnaces at factories, including assay offices, before the development of a local coal industry in California. We find only two instances of Gold Rush-era ship manifests - which were usually thrown away - surfacing in the trade or auction records, this one and one other, which sold for $3,600 at PBA Galleries in 2014.
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Mein ABC by VOGELER, Heinrich; Otto Julius Bierbaum

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Mein ABC
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VOGELER, Heinrich; Otto Julius Bierbaum
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1908. VOGELER, Heinrich. Mein ABC. 28 pp., first cover illustrated with a lithograph in black and enhanced with gold. 160 x 145 mm., publisher's boards, in a new cloth folding box. Offenbach am Main: Gebrüder Klingspor, 1908. An immaculate copy of this exquisite art nouveau alphabet with the illustrations by Heinrich Vogeler accompanying poetry by Otto Bierbaum. Elegantly printed in a small edition at the Klingspor Press "for a few friends"
HYMNI ET COLLECTAE, ITEM EVANGELIA, EPISTOLAE, INTROITUS, GRADUALIA, ET SESQUENTIAE &C

HYMNI ET COLLECTAE, ITEM EVANGELIA, EPISTOLAE, INTROITUS, GRADUALIA, ET SESQUENTIAE &C

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HYMNI ET COLLECTAE, ITEM EVANGELIA, EPISTOLAE, INTROITUS, GRADUALIA, ET SESQUENTIAE &C
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Coloniae [Köln]: Geruinum Calenium & haeredes Ioannis Quentel [John Quentel, heirs of], 1585. Hardcover. Very small octavo, [16], 623 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in later full brown morocco with gilt tooling to spine and boards and gilt titling to spine by F Bedford. Moderate wear and rubbing to joints, with split beginning at lower edge of front joint. Small chip to head of spine; light rubbing and wear to corners and edges of boards. Text block edges stained red and ten gilded. Text block moderately age toned with scattered foxing. Bookplate of collector Edward Arnold affixed to front pastedown. Early ink inscription to title page reading "liber monastery stabulensis," likely indicating that the volume was once in the library of the Abbey of Stavelot in Belgium. A few very small pencil annotations scattered through margins. With 79 in-text woodcut illustrations. USTC: 664508. EH Consignment. Shelved case 4. 1381213. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
THE MASTER [signed]
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THE MASTER [signed] by Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

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THE MASTER [signed]
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Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780330485654
Description
London: Picador, 2004. Hardcover. Octavo, 359 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is white with gold print. Price unclipped: “£15.99”. Boards in black cloth; slight bump to front top edge. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1403532. FP New Rockville Stock.
Report from the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade Carried On There (In: Reports from committees of the House of Commons which have been printed by order of the House, and are not inserted in the journals, Vol. II)

Report from the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade Carried On There (In: Reports from committees of the House of Commons which have been printed by order of the House, and are not inserted in the journals, Vol. II)

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Report from the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade Carried On There (In: Reports from committees of the House of Commons which have been printed by order of the House, and are not inserted in the journals, Vol. II)
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Walkabout Books (United States)
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Near fine
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[London], 1776. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. Second edition of this important report, first issued in 1749 and bound here (as issued) with 12 other committee reports first published between 1737 and 1765. Folio, 486 pp, with one folding map (not related to the Hudson's Bay report), in a later binding of quarter leather and marbled boards. Each report has its own title page, but a title page for the full volume is lacking; otherwise a fine copy. According to ESTC (N69513), four volumes of these committee reports were officially ordered to be printed on 28 June, 1773, and were published in 1774-1776. They were reprinted, along with 11 additional volumes and an index, between 1803 and 1820. The 1803 reprint of this report is commonly found, but this 1776 edition is scarce. See Peel 26, TPL 213. In 1749, the House of Commons appointed a committee of enquiry into the lands and trade of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). It was undertaken as a result of a petition made by a group led by Irishman Arthur Dobbs, who hoped to have the HBC''s trade monopoly revoked on the grounds that their policies had led to a loss of British control of the fur trade and that showed little interest in promoting expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. The Report offers a history of the Company from its formation and includes the journal of Joseph La France, a pioneer trader with the Indians inhabiting the region of the Great Lake, who describes visits into French Canada, the state of the fortresses there, and French trade with the Indians. It also includes testimony given before the Committee by many witnesses, including serveral people employed by the HBC as well as merchants engaged in trade in HBC territory. The Appendix includes the text of the HBC's charter, a list of vessels sent by the HBC in search of a Northwest Passage, tables of the HBC's annual sales and exports, "A Journal of a Voyage and Journey undertaken by Henry Kelsey, to discover, and endeavour to bring to a Commerce, the Naywatamee Poets [an unidentified people who may have been the Hidatsa or Gros Ventre], 1691," and much other interesting material.
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Evening Edged in Gold. A FairytalefArse: 55 Scenes from the Cou/u/ntryside for Patrons of Erra/o/ta. by SCHMIDT, Arno.

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Evening Edged in Gold. A FairytalefArse: 55 Scenes from the Cou/u/ntryside for Patrons of Erra/o/ta.
Author
SCHMIDT, Arno.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
London & Boston: Marion Boyars, (1980).. First UK edition.. Folio. 215 pp w/table of contents. Bump to one upper corner, else near fine in full blue cloth with printed cover and spine labels. Light soiling along bottom edge of rear cover, chip to spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. Translated from the original German by John A. Woods. Winner of the National Book Award for Translation. A stunning production, the text appearing as typescript, with inserted illustrations, asides, and corrections.
NIGHTSPAWN

NIGHTSPAWN by Banville, John

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NIGHTSPAWN
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Banville, John
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780393086461
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: W.W.Norton, 1971. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Banville on the title page. Faint beginning board edge toning, slight spinecocking; dustjacket with two tiny closed tears on the rear panel topedge, edgewear at the spine ends and bottom corner of front flap clipped (price is printed on the upper corner). Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Banville's second book. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
The Yankee Whaler.

The Yankee Whaler. by Ashley, Clifford W.

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The Yankee Whaler.
Author
Ashley, Clifford W.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Here's a rarity right in plain sight. It's the scarce London printing of the first trade edition, limited to 1625 copies. No mat
Description
London: Martin Hopkinson & Company, 1926. Here's a rarity right in plain sight. It's the scarce London printing of the first trade edition, limited to 1625 copies. No matter where it was published, it remains one of the key books on American whaling, and is still the best general source of whaling know-how, with Ashleys inimitable illustrations and much technical information on whaleships and whaling, as well as scrimshaw. Forster 160. Bound in publisher's decorated cloth over boards, top edge gilt. A fine, brilliant copy in illustrated dust jacket, which differs from the American jacket. Jacket is lightly chipped at spine ends and the backstrip shows some tanning. Housed in custom slipcase. . 21 x 28 cm. xxiv, (2), 379 pp. b/w and color plates.
The Burglar in the Closet

The Burglar in the Closet by Block, Lawrence

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The Burglar in the Closet
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Block, Lawrence
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780394423746
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Block on the title page. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly rubbed. Quarter black buckram with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, remaindered at the bottom edge, clean otherwise. The second book in Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
MINIATURE ROMANCES FROM THE GERMAN, WITH OTHER PROLUSIONS OF LIGHT

MINIATURE ROMANCES FROM THE GERMAN, WITH OTHER PROLUSIONS OF LIGHT by NO AUTHOR

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MINIATURE ROMANCES FROM THE GERMAN, WITH OTHER PROLUSIONS OF LIGHT
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NO AUTHOR
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1841. NO AUTHOR. MINIATURE ROMANCES FROM THE GERMAN, WITH OTHER PROLUSIONS OF LIGHT LITERATURE. Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1841. Small 8vo., brown quarter-morocco leather and marbled boards. First Edition. Good (some wear & rubbing, chip to head of spine, library plate rear pastedown). $150.00.
Black: A Celebration of a Culture

Black: A Celebration of a Culture by Deborah Willis

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Black: A Celebration of a Culture
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Deborah Willis
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781592580514
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Irvington, NY: Hylas Publishing, 2004. Very Good +/Very Good. Irvington, NY: Hylas Publishing, 2004. Second Printing. Quarto. 320 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Photographic dust jacket and boards. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with some faint toning to verso. Boards show light shelfwear with some bumps along bottom edge. Front board bows slightly, but overall binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Nine Women

Nine Women by Grau Shirley Ann

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Nine Women
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Grau Shirley Ann
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
As New
Description
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. 1st Edition. Full Leather. As New. 8vo., 204pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Special Signed First Edition from the Franklin Library. Original Blue leather with gold titles and decorations in gilt, hubbed spine, a.e.g. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible flaws. Signed by the author on the ffep. Publishers letter included. A gorgeous collectable copy.
Thicker Than Water: A Memoir SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Thicker Than Water: A Memoir SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Washington, Kerry

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Thicker Than Water: A Memoir SIGNED FIRST EDITION
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Washington, Kerry
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780316497398
Condition
Very good +
Description
New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kerry Washington in ink to page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 311pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A very presentable first edition, signed by award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely moving" journey of her life so far (Isabel Wilkerson), and the bravely intimate story of discovering her truth. While on a drive in Los Angeles, on a seemingly average afternoon, Kerry Washington received a text message that would send her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. In an instant, her very identity was torn apart, with everything she thought she knew about herself thrown into question. In Thicker than Water, Washington gives readers an intimate view into both her public and private worlds-as a mother, daughter, wife, artist, advocate, and trailblazer. Chronicling her upbringing and life's journey thus far, she reveals how she faced a series of challenges and setbacks, effectively hid childhood traumas, met extraordinary mentors, managed to grow her career, and crossed the threshold into stardom and political advocacy, ultimately discovering her truest self and, with it, a deeper sense of belonging. Throughout this profoundly moving and beautifully written memoir, Washington attempts to answer the questions so many have struggled with: Who am I? What is my truest and most authentic self? How do I find a deeper sense of connection and belonging? With grace and honesty, she inspires readers to search for-and find-themselves.(Publisher).
Batman

Batman by GARDNER, Craig Shaw

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Title
Batman
Author
GARDNER, Craig Shaw
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
(New York): Warner Books, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Very good or better with creasing on the spine and page toning. Based on the svreenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren and the character created by Bob Kane. Movie tie-in novelization for the 1982 Tim Burton directed *Batman* film starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
Academic Graffiti
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Academic Graffiti by Auden, W. H.; Sanjust, Filippo (illus.)

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Academic Graffiti
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Auden, W. H.; Sanjust, Filippo (illus.)
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
ISBN
9780394471839
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1972. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; unpaginated (approx. pp. 120), illustrated in b/w throughout. Scuff mark on rear board, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly soiled on rear panel; spine sunned; VG in mylar, not price-clipped. Sixty-one little poems by Auden, accompanied by an illustration.
The Little Match Girl: A Living Story Book (#13 in Series)

The Little Match Girl: A Living Story Book (#13 in Series) by [Andersen, Hans Christian]

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The Little Match Girl: A Living Story Book (#13 in Series)
Author
[Andersen, Hans Christian]
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Tokyo, Japan: Zokeisha / Crown Publishers, 1967. Board Book. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Izawa, T.; Hijikata, S. Minor ink scribble on one page and back cover, minor wear to corners. 1967 Board Book. [16 pp.] Part of a series of classic stories for children, illustrated with dolls and puppets in a stop-motion style. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845. It has been adapted to various media, including animated, live-action, and VR films as well as television musicals and opera.
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Eighth Music book containing The Organ of Bach by William l. Sumner and matters related to this subject ... Second Edition by [BACH]. Hinrichsen, Max

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Eighth Music book containing The Organ of Bach by William l. Sumner and matters related to this subject ... Second Edition
Author
[BACH]. Hinrichsen, Max
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London, New York: Hinrichsen, C.F. Peters, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full dark green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 367 pp.

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