ISBN10: 0713993863, ISBN13: 9780713993868, [publisher: London. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press] Hardcover First Edition London. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press. 1999. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. 8vo. 780pp. Weighty tome. Black boards with gilt titles to spine. Musical score design to endpapers. Hint of softening at wide spine ends but very minimal. Glossy decorated dust wrapper which is unclipped with some minor shelf wear along the top rear edge and head of spine. Condition is near fine. Frontispiece showing caricature of Berlioz and his orchestra by Grandville 1846. Three sets of inserts containing glossy monochrome photographic reproductions. Flat signed by the author to the title page without dedication. This second volume completes David Cairns's titanic life of Berlioz. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished and published sources, Cairns recreates the vivid everyday reality of Berlioz's life. He tells in detail of the composer's struggles to establish himself in Paris, and shows how his work was created and performed against the grain of Parisian musical life, where Berlioz earned his living by music criticism and was commonly thought of as a journalist. For the first time, biographical justice is done to this fascinating, complex human being.
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Allen Lane, Date: 1999-11-04. Hardcover. Very Good. 5.9954 cent in x 23.7819 cent in x 16.1877 cent in. FIRST EDITION with sightly marked dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order 1999. Allen Lane ISBN 0713993863 9780713993868 [GB]