New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 2006. Inscribed and signed by the author. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 304 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Previous ownerÕs bookplate to front pastedown; else, no other noticeable damage or flaws; interior tight, clean and bright; a very nice copy. Very good/Very good. 2006. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0307262855 9780307262851 [US]

ISBN10: 0307262855, ISBN13: 9780307262851, [publisher: Knopf] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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New York Alfred A Knopf Inc 2006 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 6.5 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 304 pages.

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ISBN10: 0307262855, ISBN13: 9780307262851, [publisher: Alfred a Knopf] Hardcover "An anecdote-filled behind-the-scenes look at more than forty years of the highlights, successes, and day-to-day inner workings - all about productions, the divas, and backstage dramas - of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, by Joseph Volpe, the only general manager to have risen through the ranks.". "This book is the story of Volpe's years leading up to those at the Met, from his first job as a stagehand at the Morosco Theater to the odd jobs he picked up moonlighting: setting up a searchlight or laying down a red carpet for a movie premiere, changing titles on the marquees at the Astor, Victor, and Paramount theaters. It is his Met years - from apprentice carpenter to general manager - that give us a story about New York and the business of culture. Volpe looks at the Met today, an institution full of vast egos and complicated politics, as well as its glittering past - the old Met at Thirty-ninth and Broadway, and the political and artistic intrigues that exploded around its move to Lincoln Center. With candor, he writes about the general managers he worked under, including Rudolf Bing and Anthony Bliss; his own embattled rise to the top; the maneuverings of the blue-chip board; his bad-cop, good-cop collaboration with the conductor James Levine; and his masterful approach to making a family of such highly charged artist-stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido ...

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ISBN10: 0307262855, ISBN13: 9780307262851, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf 2006(06) New York] Hardcover First Edition Very good in very lightly edgeworn, lightly rubbed jacket First Edition hardbound
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Alfred A. Knopf 2006 Hard cover Very Good Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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New York Alfred A. Knopf 2006 1st Hb. VG+ in VG+ jacket 304 pages, biblio., index, spine extremities lightly bumped, dj extremities lightly bumped.

New York Alfred A. Knopf 2006 Hardcover Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 304pp. Illustrations. Near fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition of this memoir by the fifteenth general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1990-2006)--handsomely signed and inscribed by him in black ballpoint on the title page: "To Mario / All the best / Joseph Volpe."