History of Music Project (Vol. V: Fifty Local Prodigies)
San Francisco: NP, 1940. Hardcover. Ex-library. Mimeographed typescript. 8vo. xii,203, [2], pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. "A survey of musical prodigies developed in San Francisco during the past four decades (1900-1940), with additional data presented in the form of graphs, tables, appendices on patrons, pedagogues, conservatories, schools, scholarships, and a selected list of bibliographical references." Illustrated with mounted b/w photographs of Lajos Fenster, Alice Frisca (Mayer), Marylin Doty, Ruggiero Ricci, Lina Paglughi, Peter Paul Loyanich, Hephzibah and Yaltah Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Frances Karon, Ruth Slenczynski and Yasuko and Akiko Takakuwa. Minor scuffing to boards. Ex-libris to inside of front boards. "Discard" stamp and abrasion to free front endpaper. Perforated library stamp as well as colored stamp on title-page. "History of Music Project" prepared with assistance of the Works Progress Administration of California; sponsored by the City and County San Francisco. Vol. V of the series "History of Music in San Francisco." Overall very good condition. vg. Item #15817
Price: $125.00