The jacket has major loss to the spine and in patches to the front; there a gift iinscription on the front end paper. The pages are rough cut and the spine cocked. Overall a clean, solid copy. The book is made up of biographies of 19th and early 20th century composers, many accompanied by tipped in portraits. 277 pages, followed by a list of other Foulis publications. First published in 1913, third impression.