THE MIRROR OF MUSIC, by Stanley V. Makower - 1895 [1st Ed./ Scarce]

$225.00

The Mirror of Music

by Stanley V. Makower

First edition, The Keynote Series #15. London: John Lane, at the Bodley Head, 1895

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

Green covers have title and illustration stamped in white.
Boards show some bumping, bowing, a bubble, edgewear. Corners are bumped, scuffed. See photos.
Spine has gilt text, white key, and is a little darkened with crushed ends. See photos.
Binding has a slant, is shaken, with a tender signature ending at pg. 112. See photos.
Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing.
Title page illustration by Aubrey Beardsley.
Illustrated with bits of musical scores in the text.
Interior is gently age-toned, tanned at margins. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. See photos.
Text block edges have uneven fore and foot edges, cut edges at head are foxed.
PS2026.0702

179 pages. 4 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches

First Edition. The Keynotes Series #15. Publisher's green boards with illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. The scarce first edition of Stanley V. Makower's debut novel about the importance of music. Boards show some bumping, binding is a little slant with some tenderness. Interior is age toned, more so at margins, free of markings. Publisher's catalogues at rear. Condition is overall Very Good Minus.

The first novel by Stanley Victor Makower (1872-1911), the Cambridge educated son of German Jewish immigrants. Makower dedicated his novel to French cabaret singer and star of the Moulin Rouge, Yvette Guilbert. The Mirror of Music was part of the publisher John Lane's Keynotes Series of Novels and Short Stories, which were issued in London between 1893 and 1897. The early titles, including ours, were designed by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), who provided the full aesthetic suite (front cover, title page, and key logo).

Printed in Edinburg by T. & A. Constable, printers to Her Majesty. Copyright edition also published in Boston by Roberts Brothers.

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