BEECHAM, SIR THOMAS. — Frederick Delius.

London: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st edition. "Written in fulfilment of a personal pledge to Jelka Delius[the wife of Delius], and..makes clear the facts of the composer's life, disentangling them from the ambiguity and legend that his previous biographers - and even Delius himself, when in playful mood - have surrounded them." Pp.228, portrait frontispiece + 16 further black & white illustrations, spotting to closed page edges. Green cloth, dustwrapper has edge wear and two 1cm tears to top of rear cover. G+/G+.