C O N D I T I O N : Good - in Poor DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, several nicks and tears with notable loss. Boards a little soiled. Offset to endpapers. Foyles sticker to front pastedown. Internally bright and clean - a better copy than it sounds. N O T E S: Hardback. DJ. C O N T E N T S : A tragedy in two acts. In the passages where Ransome and his mother speak in verse Auden has written some of the best rhetorical poetry of his generation. 123pp. Size: 8vo Demy (8½" x 5½") Dust wrapper in protective, removable sleeve. ||| || |

Capa dura. Em . 431 pg.

First Edition 240 pp. browning to end papers, jacket scuffed, with some marks and chips

9.0" (23 cm) Tall Square, binding becoming a bit brittle, table of contents pages detaching from book but present. Exterior has light overall handling wear. 274 pp. Contents: Aristotle, "Theory of Music"; Gass, "The Music of Prose"; Auden, "Notes on Music and Opera"; Matthews, "The Precisions of Passion"; Hardwick, "The Eternal Heartbreak"; Sarton, "Without Regret"; Corn, "French Baroque Music"; Rorem, "Virgil (1944)"; Thomson, "Of Portraits and Operas"; McClatchy, "Laughter in the Soul"; Moss (illustrations by Gorey), "Johann Sebatian Bach" and "Frederic Chopin"; Gonzalez, "Paying Dues"; Jarrett, "In Search of Folk Roots"; Baraka, "Diz"; Young, "We Jazz June/We Die Soon: Jazz Film THoughts"; Simic, "No Cure for the Blues"; Carruth, "Good Old Wagon"; Bratton, "A Note on Doc Pomus"; Spector, "The Induction of Doc Pomus into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"; Scott, "An Interview: On Himself and Doc Pomus"; Felder, "The Girls in the Band: A Profile of Women in Alternative Music"; Metcalf, "Just Listening: A Musical Memoir of the Fifties"; Ganesan, "Musical Heroes: A Memoir"; Carter, "Dancing Lessons"; Garcia Lorca, Federico, "Cante Jondo"; Guillermoprieto, "I Samba"; Cullman, "Cheb Khaled & the Politics of Pleasure." http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/1250067.jpg