448pp, plus several black and white plate illustrations. Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Grey cloth is soiled and worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Schuyler Garrison Chapin was an American arts administration, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, then vice president of piano makers, Steinway & Sons, and later Commissioner for Cultural Affairs for New York City during the mayoralty of Rudy Giuliani.
