Standard Stories from the Operas
London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Item #002709
Second impression of the first edition of the combined volume. xxiii, 968 p.p. Blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top edge blue. Sixteen B&W plates + colour frontis. Light rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine ends and corners. Light foxing to fore edge of text block. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting, endpapers lightly foxed. Illustrated dust jacket is price cliped, has small chips to spine ends and corners, sunning to edges and spine, perforations to joints. Stories of 154 operas, as well as short biographies of composers and a useful index of operas with dates and places of first performances.
Price: $60.00