The Life of Jullien, Adam Carse, 1951

The Life of Jullien; Adventurer, Showman-Conductor and Establisher of the Promenade Concerts in England, together with a history of those concerts up to 1895, by Adam Carse (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London).

Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge. 1st edition, 1951.

A very good red cloth hardback with dustjacket. The book itself is very good. Covers are clean and tight, with some fading to the front (caused by light coming through the lighter area of the dusjacket design. the dustjacket is intact, but has a 2.5cm to both top and lower edges and a few nicks, and general soiling to rear.

Some spotting to endpapers, and owner's inscription to first free endpaper. Text is bright and clean throughout, and soundly bound. Illustrated.

Text in English.

xi + 136pp + Plates.

Dimensions: Approximately 230mm high x 158mm wide x 15mm deep.

Weight: Approximately 340g (unpacked).