Bela Bartok His Life and Works by Emil Haraszti Very Rare 1938 Limited Edition

  

Béla Bartók - His Life and Works (Emil Haraszti) - Limited edition no. Limited Oiseau-Lyre edition - rare collectible biography / music study. 249 of 300 of Emil Haraszti's Béla Bartók - His Life and Works, printed on Oiseau-Lyre paper by the Lyrebird Press. Very scarce in the market. Béla Bartók - His Life and Works.

Edition: Limited edition - one of 300 copies on Oiseau-Lyre paper (this copy numbered 249 of 300). Publisher: The Lyrebird Press / L. 32 x 25 cm (quarto). Rarity note: Very few copies appear for sale in the secondary market at any one time; comparable asking prices are limited but tend to be in the mid-three-figure zone. Béla Bartók - His Life and Works by Emil Haraszti.

Limited edition printed on Oiseau-Lyre paper; this copy is numbered 249 of 300. The book is a large quarto volume of approx. 104 pages with portrait plates and a bibliography. It is a scholarly biography with critical assessment and references - a useful addition to music libraries and Bartók collections.

Overall condition: For a book approaching 90 years old this copy is in good to very good condition. The cloth boards are intact. Internally the printed pages are clean and complete with natural paper yellowing to the page edges consistent with age. Securely packed with protective materials. Collection welcome from Wellingborough (near Northampton), convenient for Peterborough and Milton Keynes, with the M1, A1(M), A45 and A14 nearby.

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