The Beggar's Opera: A Faithful Reproduction of the 1729 Edition which includes the words and music of all the airs, as well as the score for the overture. With commentaries by Louis Kronenberger and Max Goberman on the literary and musical background and with the original words of all the airs that John Gay adapted for this work

GAY, John

Published by Argonaut Books, Larchmont, New York, 1961

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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Reprint, facsimile of the 1729 edition. Quarto. Half faux leather stamped gilt and half papercovered boards. Spine cracked at joints with linear chip on front joint and one-inch tear on rear joint near on the spine head, very good housed in a matching papercovered slipcase with extremities lightly worn.

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The Beggar's Opera: A Faithful Reproduction of the 1729 Edition which includes the words and music of all the airs, as well as the score for the overture. With commentaries by Louis Kronenberger and Max Goberman on the literary and musical background and with the original words of all the airs that John Gay adapted for this work

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Argonaut Books, Larchmont, New York

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1961

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Hardcover

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Very Good

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