Author: HALTRECHT, MONTAGUE. SIGNED COPY.
Title: The Quiet Showman. Sir David Webster and the Royal Opera House.
Description: London. Collins, 1975., Biography of Sir David Webster, appointed General Administrater of the Royal Opera House in 1944 & continued in that post until he retirement in 1970. 319 pages including bibliography and index. 26 b./w. photographs. 23.5cm. x 15cm. Near fine except previous owner's name on f.e.p. and they have occastionally written a word or a remark neatly in the margins, which suggests they might have been a friend of Webster or connected to the Opera House. Marked on endpages where d./w. was taped on. Near fine d./w., but marked along edge of flap from old sellotape, priced £6. 1975

Keywords: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Benjamin Britten Sadlers Wells


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