Caruso; the Man of Naples and the Voice of Gold by Ybarra, T. R - 1991

NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co.. [1953]. First Edition. Hardcover. Good, owner lable in front cover, few ink marks .

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1953. Hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Good. 8vo.. 315 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 1/4. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Mostly white glossy dj, edgeworn with several small tears. No interior damage or markings noted.

The Cresset Press, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Edition. 230 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Signed by the author with dedication to front free end paper. Map panels have minimal visible markings. Slight wear between panels with some minor splitting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.

Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1953. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Bookplate. Price-clipped..

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Hardcover. 1953. 1st Edition. 8vo 315pp . Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly edgeworn and foxed .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 315pp; DJ slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG/VG- condition. Biography of the opera star Enrico Caruso.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($4.50). A square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with several of Caruso's own drawings and caricatures, as well as 14 endpaper photographs. Appendix (listing Caruso's performances at the Met, 1903-20). Bibliography. Bound in the original red cloth, lettered in bright gold. From the Dust Jacket: "It took Enrico Caruso fifteen years of labor and disappointment to make his way from the back streets of Naples to the stage of New York's Metropolitan Opera House... Years of engagements in second-rate Italian opera houses finally led him to the stage of La Scala in Milan, to sing under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. From that day forward success was his. Caruso first sang in New York... on November 23, 1903. Before long, his… Read More

Cresset Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit chipped - rubbed.a few small tears.No inscriptions.Well bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Original red cloth and photograph endpapers. Book is fine and unmarked; jacket is price clipped with light color fading to spine and a tiny chip to the rear panel edge. Still an attractive copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1991. Hard Cover. LEATHER-BOUND GREAT LIVES SERIES. VERY FINE.