Author: Toye, Francis.
Title: For What We Have Received: An Autobiography.
Description: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. 1948. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The extremities are slightly faded & the dw is rubbed & somewhat darkened. The dw spine is faded & the head is chipped & reinforced internally with scotch tape. xi, 311 & xiii pp. Illustrated in B&W with portrait frontispiece, plates & full-page illustrations. There is light staining to a few pages. Good.

First American edition.

Born in 1883, English raconteur, gourmet, connoisseur and wit Francis Toye was the author of admired biographies of Rossini and Verdi. He numbered many of the celebrated artists, authors and musicians of his age among his friends and acquaintances. Good .

Keywords: MUSIC; MUSIC CRITIC; AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; FRANCIS TOYE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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