Ethel Smyth — Impressions That Remained: Memoirs

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1920. Cloth. A presentation copy of the second half of Ethel Smyth's memoir, the celebrated English composer and member of the women's suffrage movement, inscribed by the Smyth. The third edition. The author's presentation copy with their inscription to the front free endpaper: "Colonel H. Norman Barnett from Ethel Smyth&apos. Illustrated with a monochrome photographic frontispiece, vignette musical quotations, and six monochrome plates, Collated, lacking the plate to pp. 4. Ethel Smyth's memoir, providing an account of her life, travels, musical career, and her friendships. Ethel Smyth was a noted English composer and member of the women's suffrage movement, being the first female composer to become a dame.   Volume II only of a two volume set. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with minimal edge wear and a slight lean. Bookplate of 'John Sparrow' to the front pastedown, and author's inscription to the front free endpaper. Offsetting to endpapers with slight cockling to the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages, with offsetting to the title page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None stated. Very Good Indeed .