1939. No Edition Remarks. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper, 'To Mary Garden, the finest executant musical artist I have ever known, devotedly, Virgil Thomson, November 1939'. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing slightly more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Text block edges slightly marked. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt is a little dulled and worn.