xii, 183pp, handful of black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends; quite cocked, mottling to boards. Top text block edge tanning, remaining edges starting to tan. Front free endpaper starting to tan; pages starting to age; gutters strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.
Autobiography of Elena Gerhardt (1883-1961), the German mezzo-soprano considered one of the finest interpreters of German classical lieder.