Ten Operatic Masterpieces
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth on board. Stamped in gilt and blind. Quarto. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Top edge stained yellow. Intensely dramatic illustrated red and yellow pictorial endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows price of $10.00. 569 pages. More than 80 decorative drawings by Alberta Sordini, Design by Merle Armitage, text by Olin Downes, piano arrangements by Leonard Marker, and introduction by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Calibrated discography with rare "Musicator - BMI Music Locater" strip laid in. Cover cloth slightly faded along bottom edges of both boards. All tips sharp. Two small white flecks on front board. Front board slightly bowed. Binding solid and tight. Text block square with very light foxing on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Grey, black, and red dustjacket has rubbing to leading edges, stains in various locations on all panels, and scattered chipping at extremeties. Presents a thorough, collaborative examination of 10 operatic works: Marriage of Figaro, Tales of Hoffmann, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Aida, Carmen, Boheme, Tosca, Rosenkavalier, Love of Three Oranges, Wozzeck. Dust jacket now in removable archival cover. Very Good+ / Good+. Item #0000119
Price: $75.00