Wagner Writes from Paris...Stories, essays and articles by the young composer by Jacobs, Robert & Skelton, Geoffrey (eds.)

New York: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The John Day Company/An Itext Publisher, 1973. Copyright © 1973 . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Poor/Dust Jacket Missing. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 198 pp. Heavily used book in poor quality, but still a good reading copy with clean text. Dust jacket missing. Cover boards almost completely detached from spine. Slightly slanted spine. Stain on fore edge of front cover board.

NY: J. Day Co, 1973. First. Hard Cover. Yes. First printing. Cloth, 198 pps. with index, index of the writings. Composer Richard Wagner is seen in a new and unexpected light through this collection of his letters written from Paris in the 1840s. At age 26, Wagner gave up his as yet-undistinguished muiscal career in Germany and travelled to the French capital to make his fortune with his grand opera "Rienszi". He met with no success and was forced to earn a living through journalism and musical hackwork---but he did compose his masterpiece "The Flying Dutchman". The letters presented here show his disallousionment with the world of music at that time and place but the themes expressed as he looked longing back to his native Germany presaged the ideals which were to dominate his later life. A fine, fresh copy in bright, crisp dust jacket with a tiny snag lower edge.

Allen & Unwin, 1973. 1st . Hardcover. A FINE tight copy in a Near FINE bright dj.

Day Publishing Company, J. H. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The John Day Company, 1973. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in ivory cloth, in near-fine (wrinkled upper back edge, with two sm vertical tears repaired inside jacket), in mylar-protected dust jacket. A77

New York: John Day, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. DJ has a few small nicks to edges "The writings presented in this book present Wagner in a new and unexpected light. They strikingly convey what he thought, felt, and suffered as a young man , before bitterness and frustration took their toll." 198 pages; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 197 pp. Frontispiece detached.

New York: John Day, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 198pp. Fine in a very good tape repaired dustwrapper with short tears and rubbing.

GB: Allen & Unwin, 1973. Printed wrappers state Uncorrected Copy. Text ends on page 188. Minor cover wear. Blank spine has title written in ink. . 1st Edition. Paperback. VG-. Uncorrected Copy.