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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print; DJ in mylar, tears at spine ends and flap corners, portions torn away across top edge, front fore edge, and bottom of spine, rear flap fold has long tear, toning to spine, smudging, shelfwear, price-clipped; Boards in black cloth with black print on gold labels, wear to spine caps and corners, slight shelfwear; Text block has grey tinted top edge, intermittent spine breaks, p. 153-156 loose from binding, clean text, light age-toning to paper, deckled edges; 237 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1338706. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Harper & Brothers 8vo size black clothbound hardcover; 237 tanned, deckle edged pages with illustrated frontispiece and other illustrations on glossy stock. (Illustrations appear more sepia than black and white.) A lovely illustration for the publisher, The House of Harper, appears after the last page. Contents include: Florence 1909-1911 Steyning 1911 London - Holland Street 1911-1912 Steyning 1912 London - 19A Edith Grove 1912-1913 A Florentine Week 1913 Edith Grove 1913-1914 Music at Midnight is the memoir of author, artist and activist Muriel Draper's (1886 – 1952) life in Europe. Married to singer Paul Draper, they entertained writers, artists, dancers and singers including Henry James, Igor Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Chaliapin, Rubinstein, Pierre Monteux, Pablo Casals, Eugene Goossens, Gertrude Stein and John Singer Sargent. When World War I broke out the Drapers returned to the United States. Bumped and worn corners and head and heel of spine; chipped top of spine.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1929. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Ex-library. "3121" inked on title page. Owner bookplate, imprint on FEP. .

Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Harper & Brothers 1929. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.