Books Tell You Why, Inc.

First edition/first printing in Very Good condition, large damp stain to top of spine in alike dustjacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobstrusive) inventory number on front paste down.

This book is a photographic chronicle of the Metropolitan Opera from its debut in 1883 to its farewell in 1983. It features the work of photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bruce Weber, and Annie Leibovitz, who captured the opera house and its performers in documentary-style photography.; 8vo; FSA.