Beschreibung
First Edition (SD, 'Published, October, 1913'). Once listed, this will be the Only first edition for sale anywhere on the Internet. There was a second edition published in 1915, another in 1923, and another in 1928. All the later printings appear to have been published by A. C. McClurg. This first edition was published by Browne & Howell. In addition, the book is signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Once listed, will also be the Only signed copy for sale anywhere on the Internet. The inscription reads: 'To Mrs. D.M. Lord with the sincere regards of Geo P. Upton, Chicago, Nov 18. 1913.' Inside the book when I first purchased it some years ago was (and still is) a separate signed letter from the author, written on the same date to 'My Dear Mrs. Lord.' The author writes of his gratitude to Mrs. Lord for her friendship and kindness to someone named May who was clearly a relative of Mr. Upton, possibly his daughter, who had passed away after a 'hopeless, helpless, illness'. The author writes that he wants Mrs. Lord to accept the gift of the book 'as a tribute to you from us both.' The book is dedicated to five people, one of whom is named Alice. Mrs. Lord's full name was Alice Barbee Lord. Of course it could have been another Alice. The bookplate of Daniel Miner Lord and Alice Barbee Lord is affixed to the front inside cover. I have provided a photograph of the front side of the letter. You can see that there is a little brown imprint just off the top edge. That same horseshoe-shaped imprint can be seen off the top edge of the front inside cover, the front end paper, and the signed half-title page. It disappears after that. You can see the covers in the photos. There is some soiling on the front, on the spine there is a little smooth rubbing, or perhaps just white discoloration. The red or orange lettering on the spine is somewhat faded at the top. There is also crinkling at the spine ends. The edges and corners have only a little bit of light rubbing. The book is quite solidly bound from cover to cover. All the pages are pretty nicely tight. There are no instances of a space between any of the facing pages or between the covers and any of the pages. There is a small triangular loss off the middle edge of the front end paper. There are no other losses. There is also a thin brown crease off the middle edge of the signed half-title page. There is a color frontispiece which also has the same thin crease, although colorless here. The title page has some toning or receded spotting which appears to be a reaction to the glossy paper of the frontispiece. There is no such toning or spotting on any of the other pages in the book. The frontispiece is free of spotting, it is also very clean. The pages are very clean. I saw no more than half-dozen or so with a few small, light tan spots. That includes the last three pages. There are around ten little tan spots on the middle page edge and on some of the pages you will also see a tan spot just peeking over the middle edge. I haven't found any corner creases, no placeholder creases or dogeared corners. There are no markings in the book. The aforementioned bookplate is the only attachment. And the author's signed inscription is the only writing. 'George Putnam Upton was an American journalist and author. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834. He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune. He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905.'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005029
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: In Music Land: A Handbook For Young People (...
Verlag: Browne & Howell, Chicago, Illinois
Erscheinungsdatum: 1913
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: James Bloomfield
Zustand: Good
Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)
Auflage: 1st Edition
