396pp, 12pp publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends and corners, cloth wearing. Rear covers stained. Cocked. Black endpapers, gutter cracking in front. Previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper. Gutters stretched in various places. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Carlo Donati is a young lawyer and member of an Italian opera company, he gives up his own marriage to keep a watchful eye on Nita, his sister, who has run away with Merlino, the singer in an Italian troupe.
