SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP — The Fifth String
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1902. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Publisher's full green cloth embossed with an elaborate gilt design on the front cover with a violin, a glass, leaves and red apples, gilt lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. With frontis and 4 b&w drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, bottom tip of front cover is slightly bumped, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. NEAR FINE. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 125 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .