Signed book: The Dream of Gerontius by Cardinal Newman, set to music by Edward Elgar. Novello edition. London: Novello and Company, 1900. Hardcover bound in red cloth, 6.75 x 10, 177 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, "To Mr. Otto Lessman, with great respect & regard, Edward Elgar, 1900." In very good condition, with toning to the completely detached signed page. Considered to be one of Elgar's masterpieces, this piano-vocal score preceded the full score by two years.
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