The Fifth String / John Philip Sousa
Book
124 pages. Tissue guarded color frontis, two full page color illustrations.
Sousa, the "March King", was a composer, bandmaster, and author. This is his first book.
2015.7.297
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1990s
8 in
John Philip Sousa
Howard Chandler Christy
Reprint
New York
New York
United States
North America
1902
Publishers' Binding- Onlay
Lavender decorated cloth with blind stamped floral pattern with oval onlay color illustration of a woman. Titles in gilt to spine and cover. Deckled edges, as issued.
Early undated reprint edition. Flyleaf inscription: "Ella L. Bartlett"