The Metropolitan Book Of Opera by Pitts Sanborn
1937. No Edition Noted. 396 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with a photographic black and white frontis. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with visible foxing and dog-eared pages throughout. Moderate tanning to text block edges with front endpaper and frontis detached but present. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting with sticky residue to pastedowns. Boards have visible tape reisdue and rubbing with notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends with tape to interior.