New York, NY: E. P. Dutton. First (presumed) edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xv, 403 pages of text including indexes to operas, and names. Hardcover blue cloth binding slightly rubbed; spine slighhtly crimped; corners slightly bumped; measures 19.4cm in height. Illustrated with a frontis. portrait of Feodor Ivanovich Shaliapin (1873-1938) and..... More