First edition, first impression. 330pp, plus three sections of black and white plate illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed at corners and spine ends. Small bookseller's ticket on front paste down. Front free endpaper has been corner clipped and there's a small, mild stain at the top of p.11. Dust wrapper bumped and toned on extreme edges, price clipped and a little shelf worn.
Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) was a concert pianist, known for her recordings and transcriptions of works by Bach, her promotion of contemporary composers, her four-decade long affair with Arnold Bax and her activism on Jewish and Zionist causes. A prolific writer, she published two books in her life time as well as countless articles and opinion pieces. Her memoirs where published after her sudden death in 1967.
