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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times
by Alan Walker
Farrar, Straus and Giroux • New York • 2018
ISBN 978-0-374-15906-1U.S. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
Stated “First edition, 2018” with number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Original dust jacket present. Original flap price $40.00 / Canada $52.00.The landmark modern English-language biography of Chopin by Alan Walker, author of the definitive Franz Liszt biography. Ten years of research in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice; Sunday Times (U.K.) Classical Music Book of 2018; one of The Economist’s Best Books of 2018.
Covers Chopin’s childhood and youth in Poland, the years with George Sand, and his death in Paris in 1849. Illustrated, with maps, notes, catalogue of works, and index. About 768 pages.CONDITION
Used – Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket.
• White cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; jacket complete with embossed profile medallion
• Binding sound; pages clean and unmarked — no highlighting, no owner name
• Not a library copy
• Light wear to jacket corners and edges
• Small “L1” mark on the top edge of the text block
• Page edges slightly cream/toned, typical of this paper
• Please review all photos; they show the actual book
This is the original FSG hardcover first, not the later Picador paperback.DETAILS
Author: Alan Walker
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Copyright: 2018
Printed in the United States of AmericaFormat: Hardcover with dust jacketA strong copy for pianists, music students, and biography collectors.Questions welcome. Ships promptly and securely.
