Tetrazzini (Madame Luisa) How to Sing
£75
London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1923.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
A treatise on the art of singing, by an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano of great international fame.
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A little light spotting to extremities, overall very good; jacket with a few minor chips and closed tears, but overall very good.
Frontispiece, jacket portrait.
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