AIDA: In Cooperation with The Metropolitan Opera Guild. Retold by Florence Stevenson. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. CATALOG INFO: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. 61 pages Hardcover with Dust jacket in archival protective cover. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Dust jacket has some curling and bumps on the edges. Otherwise a clean, tight copy. Uncommon in this state. "Opera Aida is based on a story written by Egyptologist August Mariette, inspired by Pharaonic history at its height. The story is about a victorious Egyptian Pharaonic officer, Radamis. He falls in love with his captive Aida who tempts him to reveal to her his secret military plans. Pharaoh Ramses knows about their secret and sentences Radamis to prison in a cellar till death. Aida herself hides in the cellar to face death with her lover."--TE. . . $24 +🚢 ☘️Claim by commenting "ME" or "MINE". Visit #claimitMINE for more of our shop items and our purchase & shop policy info. . . . #AIDA #MetropolitanOpera #FlorenceStevenson #LeonardEverettFisher #GiuseppiVerdi #PulitzerPrize #Opera #booksales #bookworm #booklover #firsteditionbooks #seasidec_books | Collecting Collection Collectable | First Edition | Collecting | Collectable | Gift ware Books | Collectables Collecting ref: grp_14_bk_aida https://www.instagram.com/p/B2svmdvAb67/?igshid=1iegpqlbxf4cr
