Alice in Orchestra Land
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Overview:
- Title: Alice in Orchestra Land
- Author: Ernest La Prade
- Year: 1934
- Publisher: Cobden-Sanderson
- Price: 3/6
- Pages: 170
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Alice in Orchestra Land
- Notes:
- 1st UK ed. of the work, 1st ed. this title
- 1st printing "First published October, 1934. Second impression November, 1934." --library records (LCCN and OCLC, below)
- "Case binding of red cloth. Title, author and publisher in white on spine. Illustrated dust jacket." "Decorations by Malcolm Easton. Line photoengravings." --OCLC One dealer at Amazon (2019-10-07) provides an image of the 3rd printing, 1935, with jacket, {{ASIN|B001PF5C8Y}}.
- "Foreword by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, F.R.C.M." --publisher advertisement (below) Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967) was "chief conductor of London's internationally famous summer music festival the Proms from 1948 to 1967" (from his Wikipedia biography).
- Publication date from listing in "This Week's Diary", The Observer 1934-10-07 p6: "chief books appearing this week", under Thursday; probably -10-11, possibly -10-04.
- Price from publisher advertisement, The Observer -11-04 p8; "This most original book tells children, in the manner of a fantastic story, all there is to know about the various instruments in an orchestra."
- Cover image from Amazon UK 2019-10-06.