Kathleen Ferrier, 1912-1953 A memoir (with 50 Illustrations) by Neville Cardus - 1955

H. Hamilton, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Eighth Impression. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible foxing and tanning to text block edges and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and light rubbing to spine.

London: Hamish Hamilton. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1954. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, black marker pen initials to inside front cover and endpaper and to front cover of DJ taped internally to reverse of front endpaper, rear endpaper stuck to inside rear cover, paper edge toned. ; Fourth impression, November 1954. Red cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to black spine panel. Good reading copy, no names inside. ; B&W Photographs; 128 pages; Kathleen Ferrier was an English contralto who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist. Her death from breast cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death. Contributions by Benjamin Britten, Sir John Barbirolli and others edited by Neville Cardus and with fifty illustrations. .

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1954. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Dustjacket has some light edgewear and is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Book has some quite mild foxing to preliminary pages and a previous owners name to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 125 pages. Contributions by Neville Cardus, Roy Henderson, Gerald Moore, Benjamin Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Dr Bruno Walter. A tribute to the talented and popular British contralto. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Introduction by Neville Cardus. Contents: 1). Neville Cardus: The girl from Blackburn. 2). Sir John Barbirolli: Kathleen...The last years. 3). Benjamin Britten: Three premieres. 4). Roy Henderson: Per Ardua...5). Gerald Moore: The Radiant Companion. 6). Dr. Bruno Walter: Farewell. With The Royal Philharmonic Society's gold medal, recordings by Kathleen Ferrier and 32 illustrations. 125 pag. . Second impression. Red cloth/goldprint. Good copy.. 22cmx14cm.