Red cloth with gilt decoration on front along with gilt titles and decorations on spine. Foredges also gilt. Some edge corner and surface wear with a number of chips along back spine edge. H owever, book is square and binding is sound with not tears or parting. Interior pages, mainly endpapers, have a good bit of toning and/or soiling. ; Musical Notation; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages; Songs for Glee groups which appear to be the forerunners of Barbershop Quartets. This music must have been cutting edge in the mid-19th century.