Italian Opera: An Introduction including Stories of Twelve Famous Operas (Signed)

First English language edition, first impression.  Signed by the author on the title page.  128pp, with 28 photographic illustrations and musical examples in text.  Green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine.  8vo.  Cloth a little pushed in at corners and spine tips, a minor indentation on the fore edge.  Upper text block edge dust dulled.  Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper else neat, clean, bright and tight internally.  In its original glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped, bumped at edges, sunned at spine with some toning visible on the interior.