1903. Second Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Eight operas bound in one book, each paginated separately. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is notably forward leaning.