Igor Stravinsky

New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 245 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good to very good dust jacket. Dust jacket not price clipped, $6. NOTE: The previous owner placed scotch tape on the dust jacket at the head / heel of spine and the corners / extremities ostensibly to prevent wear. Includes works of art by: Pablo Picasso, Russell Cowles, Edward John Stevens Jr., Paul Klee, Cady Wells, Marc Chagall, Carlus Dyer, Antonio Frasconi, P. G. Napolitano, J. E. Blanche, Arnold Newman, Fred Plaut, Edward Weston, John Vachon. Designed by Merle Armitage. Published August 1949. Tributes to the composer by: Boris de Schloezer, Erik Satie, Eugene Goossens, Jean Cocteau, Henry Boys, Osbert Sitwell, Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, Merle Armitage, Robert Craft, Nicolas Nabokoff, Edwin Corle. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.