Old World War One vintage edition of The Victrola Book of Opera by Samuel Holland Rous - Stories of the Operas with illustrations and descriptions of Victor Opera Records. It is copyright 1919 by the Victor Talking Machine Company with the prices of the different records from the 1919 price list.
This has lots of photos of the opera singers in costumes, the stage sets etc.. There is a description of each piece and the price of the record. It has 436 pages. The front joint of the book is cracked.