first edition Hardcover
1987 · London
by SACHS, Harvey
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States. (Inventory #: 354940)