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OPERA AT HOME

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1927

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Light brown rexine hard cover with gold embossed lettering and design. Opera at Home is dedicated to the imperishable memory of Adelina Patti and Enrico Caruso. 463 pages, illustrated with many photos. Descriptions of operas and productions with those on gramaphone records by ''His Masters Voice''. Portraits of Adelina Patti and Enrico Caruso frontis. Preface by Sir Hugh Allen and picture page 6-8. Index of Operas, Composers and list of illustrations. Front end paper has written in ink 'H. Rickey Dec. 1934'. Poetry newspaper cutting, hand written verse, and small water colour picture placed between pages 186-187. Also between pages 382-383 is printed note dated 6 Feb 37.

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