Pleasures Of Music

New York: Viking Press. VG+/VG-. 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 42, 54. 1st edition/1st printing. Maroon cloth binding with tan cloth spine and black printing on spine. Book is clean, tight and straight; pages are clean and tight without any tears or marks other than several presentation signatures to previous owner on front end page along with a Seasons Greeting sticker and poem that has been attached with two stickers. Dust jacket is price intact, it is bright and clean; there is wear to edges, corners and folds and chipping at upper and lower spine edges with material missing, spine is faded. "A reader's choice of great writing about music and musicians...more than one hundred selections including fiction, music at large, music & drama and more"...from dj. ; 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"; 624 pages .