Author: Victor Talking Machine Company
Publisher: Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, New Jersey
Format: Hardcover (Decorative Red Cloth with Gilt Opera Figures)
Condition: Very Good+ — beautifully preserved for 1939. Light age toning, strong binding, rich gilt still bright. No dust jacket (as issued). Protected in an archival sleeve.

• Premium Deluxe Variant: Unlike the standard smooth cloth trade copies, this luxury gift edition features a heavily textured grain finish, dark embossed geometric borders, and an ornate gilt-paneled spine designed for high-end home libraries.
• End-of-an-Era Imprint: Published in 1929, this specific Eighth Edition marks the final version issued under the independent Victor Talking Machine Company banner before the historic corporate takeover that established RCA Victor.
• Superior Structural State: These reference guides were manufactured on heavy coated stock that routinely caused the bindings to lean or break over the decades. This copy has completely avoided the severe spine degradation common to the format.

• Condition: Very Good Plus / Near Fine Collector Condition.
• Details: The original deluxe binding remains firm, square, and structurally tight. The detailed gold-foil stamping on the spine and front board is beautifully sharp and clear. The internal text block is clean, holding flat pages showing a gentle, uniform natural paper toning consistent with its century-long history. Entirely free of modern ink stamps, underlining, or cracked hinges.
  
  
  
  
• Jacket State: Issued without a dust jacket.