Edward MacDowell: A Study

190 pp., xv [1969] /xii [1908]. First published 1908; This copy, First Thus, published in 1969, a facsimile edition. 16 black and white illustrations, including the Frontispiece portrait of MacDowell. With a new Introduction by Margery L. Morgan for the 1969 First Thus printing. Contents divided into 8 Chapters in 2 Parts: THE MAN (I) "Records and Events"; (II) "Personal Traits and Views"; THE MUSIC-MAKER (III) "His Art and Its Methods"; (IV) "Early Experiments"; (V) "A Matured Impressionist"; (VI) "The Sonatas"; (VI) "The Songs"; (VIII) "Summary"; List of Works, pp. 181-190. Dark blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine. Golden-yellow dustwrapper not price-clipped ($10.00) with Title letters in golden-yellow superimposed over a dark blue band across top third front cover; Author name and name of Author of "new Introduction" in dark blue letters superimposed upon a golden-yellow background. Dustwrapper has long been in thick mylar and is in Fine condition, adequately protecting book itself. Book has a superficial liquid splotch stain on part of the top edge (NO bleeding onto pages of text) and is Ex-Library with white sticker for Call Letters and Numbers on bottom spine, affixed to mylar sleeve and with a Pocket [and a red 'Discard' stamp on it] on rear flyleaf of book, showing book had never been checked out of the "Berklee [College of Music] Library"; Similar 'Discard' stamp on ffep, adjacent to 'Property of / Berklee Library' stamp; Green fabric tape has been used to secure dustwrapper to book, leaving offsetting at top and bottom ffep and rear flyleaf the size of the tape opposite tape locations at top and bottom dw panels. Beyond these external transgressions, book is FINE: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curs); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. The way to read a Music Classic: Remarkable condition for a book more than 50 years-old.…