First edition, first impression. viii, 242pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and four further monochrome plates. Black publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends, mildly marked. Text block edges spotted. Endpapers a little toned, previous owner's name on front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A series of pen portraits and conversations musicians who performed at the San Mateo Woodlands Theatre, including Gabrilowitsch, Walter Damrosch, Toscanini, Molinari, Albert Coaes and Bruno Walter.