F. G. Edwards — Musical Haunts in London

London, J. Curwen & Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition exploring London"s concert halls, theatres, churches, and salons with musical anecdotes and architectural history. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume is an undated first edition, dated here from the preface.Edwards traces the history of concert halls, theatres, churches, and private houses connected with famous composers, performers, and patrons, weaving anecdotes of London"s musical society into accounts of the venues themselves. Illustrated with 13 illustrations, including a fold-out frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight damp staining to boards. The odd handling mark to boards. Slight fading to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Slight offsetting to fold-out frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .