Hardback. Blue imitation leather. Spine, gilt banding, decoration and letters, slightly bumped. Frontboard, embossed decoration, gilt letters, slightly bumped. Backboard, plain marbled effect, slightly bumped. Gilt top edge, deckled fore edge and bottom edge, some foxing, handling marks. Used very good. Pastedown, has a inscription by a previous owner dated 1944. Endpaper, sticker from a previous owner. Half title, yellowed, faint sign of inscription from pastedown, some foxing. Flyleaf and back of frontispiece, foxed. Title page, some foxing around the edge. some foxing around the edge. Publisher page and dedication page some foxing around the edge. Yellowed on back flyleaf, foxed. Minor foxing along the edge of most pages. All pages clean and complete. Publisher: George C Harrap, 1929. A guide to the most famous operatic masterpieces includes plot summaries and commentaries on the music.