1947 With Strings Attached INSCRIBED by Musician Joseph Szigeti, 2nd Printing

Description: With Strings Attached. Reminiscences and Reflections. By Joseph Szigeti. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. May, 1947. Second Printing. INSCRIBED by Author/Musician. Original dust jacket. 341 pp + xvii [index], 8.5 x 5.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: Front flap detached; rear flap torn at head of hinge. Head and tail of dust jacket scuffed/chipped, but lettering is still legible. Bottom edge of dust jacket's front cover worn with chipping. Normal soiling and wear to dust jacket, but still attractive. Orange cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped; gilt lettering dulled but still attractive. Top edge sprayed blue; fore-edge deckled. Light foxing exhibited on paste-downs from dust jacket. Author inscription, in blue/black ink, found at top edge of title page: "For Dorothy Jensen, Sincerely Joseph Szigeti. Honolulu, 1952." Normal toning throughout text-block; some light foxing around plates. Worming exhibited on pages 145 - 185, text remains legible. Binding intact. Please see photos. Joseph Szigeti (1892 – 1973) was a Hungarian violinist. Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with the renowned pedagogue Jenő Hubay. After completing his studies with Hubay in his early teens, Szigeti began his international concert career. His performances at that time were primarily limited to salon-style recitals and the more overtly virtuosic repertoire; however, after making the acquaintance of pianist Ferruccio Busoni, he began to develop a much more thoughtful and intellectual approach to music that eventually earned him the nickname "The Scholarly Virtuoso". Inscribed by author/musician. Second printing, with original dust jacket. GIFT QUALITY! FORN-SHELF-0572-BB-2406-HK1730

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