Schoenberg (SIGNED by Schoenberg; Ward Ritchie's copy)
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1937. Second Edition Limited to 50 copies. Large octavo; [xv], 319pp plus plates. 'ONE OF FIFTY SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED BY (s) Arnold Schoernberg.' Publisher's dark leatherette with bright gilt-design to the front panel cracked (with chipping and wear to extremities), new endpapers, chipped mylar dust jacket else a Good to Very Good copy. Foreword by Leopold Stokowski, bibliography of Schoenberg works, portraits by Edward Weston and George Gershwin, a self-portrait by Arnold Schoenberg, candid camera photographs by Otto Rothschild (two ink drawings by Carlos Dyer not present) at rear. Laid in is the program for Schoenberg's March 26, 1941 lecture at UCLA's Josiah Royce Hall along with Coronet magazine's November, 1939 4-page article 'A Note on Schoenberg.' Ward Ritchie's copy (printer, book designer, book collector and author) with his signature to copyright page. Item #23082
Price: $1,000.00