1913: Tales of Hoffman Retold From Offenbach’s Opera by Cyril Falls & Illustrated by A. Brantingham Simpson

By (author)Cyril Falls

$75.00

Tales of Hoffman Retold From Offenbach’s Opera is a classic book that retells the famous opera by Jacques Offenbach. Written by Cyril Falls and illustrated by A. Brantingham Simpson, R.O.I, the book was published by Chatto & Windus in London in 1913. The book is a hardcover cloth volume with ornamentation and gilt lettering on the cover and spine. It has 164 pages with deckled fore-edges and top edges gilt.

Although the book has some minor wear and fading to the spine, it is a high-quality publication with thick paper and excellent print. The volume is tightly bound and very clear, with no writing anywhere in the book.

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Tales of Hoffman Retold From Offenbach’s Opera by Cyril Falls & Illustrated by A. Brantingham Simpson, R.O.I., published by Chatto & Windus in London, 1913. 164 pages

Hardcover cloth volume with ornamentation and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Minor wear to cover and some fading to spine. Deckled fore-edges, top edges gilt. No writing anywhere in the book. The volume is tightly bound and very clear. Some foxing and fading to pages due to the passage of time.

An absolutely beautiful antique edition very high quality publication with thick paper and excellent print.

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