The Chelsea Song Book
New York: Minton,Balch. 20 charming color illustrations by Juliet Wigan and calligraphy by Margaret Shipton. Slim 4to, pictorial cloth backed boards (quite rubbed). New York: Minton, Balch, N.d. ca. 1925. Internally fine. More
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An Hospital for Fools. A Dramatic Fable As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By His Majesty's Servants.; To which is added the Songs with their Basses and Symphonies, and Transposed for the Flute. The Music by Mr. Arne, Sung by Mrs. Clive.
London: Watts, 1739. Copperplate head and tail pieces. Very thin small 8vo, 1/4 black leather, marbled boards, rubbed. 8pp + 28pp + 8pp of additional songs. Many illustrated bars of music. London: J. Watts, 1739. Scarce. Very good. Ex-libris of on inside front cover, a perforated stamp on the half-title and offsetting and an additional early round heavily gilt book plate on the fly-leaf. Small white paper pasted on inside rear cover. More
Musical Voices of Asia: Report of [Asian Traditional Performing Arts 1978]
Tokyo: Japan Foundation, 1980. Illustrated. Small 4to, red boards, d.w. (Tokyo): Japan Foundation, (1980). Fine. More
Tromboners or Musical Anecdotage.
New York: Knopf, 1932. Illustrated. 110pp. 12mo, yellow cloth; slightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. More
Harvard Dictionary of Music.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. 833pp. 8vo, cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. More
The Cabaret.
Illustrated in black & white. Vibrantly decorative endpapers. 192pp., 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Universe, (1976). A near fine copy with a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Stages of Menotti.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. Profusely illustrated. 255pp. 4to, cloth, worn dust wrapper. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, (1985). A very good(+) copyin a very good dust wrapper. More
Igor Strawinsky. (Stravinsky)
New York: Schirmer, 1936. Photographic portraits by Edward Weston, other illustrations, Title in red and black. 158pp., 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Schirmer, 1936. First Edition. Articles and critiques by Eugene Goossens, Henry Boys, Olin Downes, Merle Armitage, Emile Vuillermoz, Jean Cocteau, Eric Satie, et al. Presentation from Merle Armitage (on the last page) who also designed the book. More
The Irish and Highland Harps
New York: Praeger, 1969. Introduction by Seoirse Bodley. Black & white illustrations. 4to, green cloth, d.w (price clipped and slightly soiled). New York: Praeger, (1969). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Monteverdi; (The Master Musicians Series).
London: J.M. Dent, 1963. Illustrations and music examples. 212pp, 12mo, cloth. London: J.M. Dent, (1963). More
The Monteverdi Companion.
New York: W.W. Norton. Illustrated. 328pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company Inc, 1968. Fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Finlandia, The Story Of Sibelius.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. Illustrated. 241pp. 8vo, blue cloth. N.Y.: Henry Holt And Company, 1941. Good copy. Previous owners' bookplate on the inside of the front cover. More
The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II
New York: Knopf, 2008. Foreword by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, Introduction by Ted Chapin. 81 photographs. 422pp., 4to, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; 2 pages dogeared and creased, otherwise text is fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Operas of Puccini.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Frontis. 269pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. sunned on spine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Operas of Puccini.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Frontis. 269pp. 8vo, red cloth (small clipping on the author taped inside front cover; light pen underlining on just a few pages). New York: Oxford UP, 1968. Very good. More
Modern Street Ballads.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. 56 illustrations from old woodcuts. 405p. 8vo, gilt pictorial blue cloth. London: Chatto and Windus, 1888. Near Fine. More
Tropical Touches; (Songs from South America).
thin 12mo, cloth. N.Y.: H. Hoyt. (1916). vg. More
Estampies et Danses Royales. Les Plus Anciens Textes de Musique Instrumentale au Moyen Age
Paris: Fischbacher, 1907. Illustrated. 35 pages. Short slim 4to, original printed wrappers; unopened, title page discolored, covers dust soiled. Paris: Fischbacher, 1907. A very good copy. More
Le Coeur des Grands Musiciens.
Paris: 1958. Pictorial wrappers. Paris, (1958). More
Decentralisation musicale.
Pref. de Gabriel Faure. 12mo, pr. wrs. Paris, (1912). More
Music in the 20th Century: from Debussy through Stravinsky.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1966. 708pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; chipped New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., (1966). More
New Looks at Italian Opera: Essays in Honor of Donald J. Grout.
New York: Cornell University Press, 1968. Illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; N.Y.: Cornell University Press, (1968). Very good in a very good dust jacket. Includes selections by Robert M. Adams, Denes Bartha, Robert A. Hall, Jr., William C. Holmes, Claude V. Palisca, Nino Pirotta, Luigi Tagliavini, Jack Allan Westrup. More
Words about Music.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Illustrated with musical notation. 205pp. Tall 8vo, purple cloth, slightly worn d.w. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More