xx, 460pp, some black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth wearing. Fore and bottom text block edges tanning. Free endpapers starting to tan; bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper, pages starting to age. Volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.
Austrian Fritz Kreisler (1875 – 1962) was a reknowned violinist and composer, spending much of his life living and working in the United States.