Purple-Eyes and A Lady

Madame Butterfly :: Loftus // DC // No flashI can’t say I have ever really thought about the origins of the story Madame Butterfly, and have never heard of John Luther Long, but I was delighted to find this very old book in a charity shop yesterday. There is no publication date, but from the style I would put it in the 1910–1920s. The typesetting is so quaint, the pages old and crackly. It is a beautiful object in itself.

I also was thrilled to find some very old sheet music in such a state of decrepitude that it will be perfect for use in my random poems. The soft paper is so old it has gone floppy, the edges would disintegrate with rough usage. 

Isn’t this the prettiest dedication? ~ Those Exquisite Hands :: Loftus // DC // No flashFrontispiece :: Loftus // DC // No flashWords & Music :: Loftus // DC // No flash