Old Fogy. His Musical Opinions and Grotesques. With an Introduction and Edited by ... Huneker
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, [1913]. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small 8vo. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. Boards a trifle faded, small bump at front bottom edge; jacket a little soiled and frayed. Item #409415
First edition, first binding with figured endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Huneker on the dedication page: "This book of musical jollies is for the Weils – Ottilie and Otto – with the regards of their old friend James Huneker, May 1914, New York." Otto Weil was involved as a director and manager in the music scene in New York, for several years being with the business staff of the Metropolitan Opera Company. "Old Fogy" – the music critic Huneker himself – writes on Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Liszt, et al. Unusual in the dust jacket. Merle Johnson, p. 274. (BA).
Price: $150.00