Parrott Eric O Editor (3 results)
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 13.04
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Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ill., music ; 23cm. Subjects; Opera ; Humor. Opera Anecdotes. Humour in English Special subjects Opera Anthologies. Humour in English Special subjects O…pera. 1 Kg.
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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US$ 31.14
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Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ill., music ; 23cm. Subjects; Opera ; Humor. Opera Anecdotes. Humour in English Special subjects Opera Anthologies. Humour in English Special subjects O…pera. 1 Kg.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 9.95
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Paper. Condition: VG+. First Thus. 230 pages of `SEND-UP'. A collection of writers has satirized opera in a variety of ways. Perhaps the easiest oto understand is the DIY Opera Kit (`Fish another pearl out of the deep .') - page 216, contributed by D.A. Prince. Writers include : Paul Griffin,T.L. McCarthy and Noel Petty. Sent-up… are: Charles Gounod's `Faust', Richard Wagner's `The Flying Dutchman', and Donizetti's `Anna Bolena' - among many others. B/W drawings by Shields decorate TEXT. 3 indices at back. Cond : Paper wrapper is red w/ black lettering. Cover graphic is a colourful montage of clowns, knives, Vikings and devils. Nasty bump at page 113. Creases and fading at back cover. Some soft corners, edges and spine fine. Binding fine, no names nor marks nor tears. Good humorous reference ! Quote (p. 113) (Elektra)(Paul Griffin) : " E-lek-tra lives in Greece. She is a Greek girl. She is a prin-cess. E-lek-tra is not hap-py. She wears dir-ty clothes. Her Dad-dy has gone a-way, and she has a new Dad-dy, called Ae-gis-thus. Ae-gis-thus does not like E-lek-tra. He beats her. He is cru-el. E-ven her Mum-my . .". Sue Shields (illustrator).
