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Two Volumes, each Very large. Approximately 15 1/2" X 18". Both are autograph Facsimiles. The first is a copy signed and inscribed by Stravinsky to Claudio Spies on Good Friday, 1965. Oddly, Claudio has written that he had this in his possession in December of 1964. My guess is that Claudio had this made and Stravinsky signed it at Claudio's house when he came over to visit the following Easter. Each side has two sheets of paper glued to each other, each half is about 10 X 14. Then the same configuration is clipped together at the top. It appears to me, that as both Stravinsky and Spies were conductors, that this was assembled for that purpose. The second book, with the green cover, is identical tot he first in size and content. The difference is that it is not inscribed. Secondly, it has numerous pencil notations, particularly in the left margins. The condition as far as I can tell, it is a homemade facsimile with all the idiiosyncrasies of such an endeavor.