THE AGE OF HUMANISM 1540-1630 Vol 4
Oxford University Press, 2004. 0193163047. Reprint. Tall 8vo. Original laminated boards (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxv + 978, illus with musical notations (no inscriptions). More
Music
A HUNDRED YEARS OF MUSIC
Duckworth, 1955. 2nd edn reprint. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), diustwrapper (accession number label at tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 520 (ex public library with usual stamps and markings). More
BEETHOVEN The Philosophy of Music
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005. Reprint. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 268 (some page corners folded over; no inscriptions). More
LA MUSICA EN LA SOCIEDAD CANARIA A TRAVES DE LA HISTORIA l Desde el período aborigen hasta 1600.
Madrid : Cromoimagen, 2005. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 350, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
DICTIONARY OF OPERA & OPERETTA
Bloomsbury, 1989. 0747504814. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered light grey cloth (bumped at top corner of upper board, creased on lower board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 691 (no inscriptions). More
SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad.
Somerville MA: Candlewick Press, 2015. 9780763668181. 1st edn. 8vo. Original yellow lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 456, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
BAROQUE MUSIC From Monteverdi to Handel.
Thames & Hudson, 1994. 9780500016060. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge a little dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 224, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
SLEEPING PRINCESS
George Routledge & Sons, 1940. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (spine lightly faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xi + 49, illus with 64 tipped-in b&w plates (small mark at fore-edge of prelims; no inscriptions). More
GREGORIAN CHANT.
Burns & Oates, 1958. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (torn and chipped at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xiv + 529, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste down). More
THE CALLAS LEGACY The Complete Guide to Her Recordings on Compact Disc
Portland Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1996. 4th edn later printing. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xviii + 236, illus with b&w plates (publisher's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Longmans Green & Co., 1938. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 8½ ins). Original red/brown cloth (small tears at head and tail of spine and scuffs at corners- otherwise VG in removable protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 252, illus with b&w plates (inner hinges loosened; no inscriptions). More
MUSICAL DEBATE AND POLITICAL CULTURE In France 1700-1830.
Boydell & Brewer, 2017. 9781783272013. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. vi + 232, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE CRITIC AT THE OPERA
Ernest Benn, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (chipped at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 423, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
GYPSY MUSIC The Balkans and Beyond.
Reaktion Books, 2017. 9781780238234. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 221, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
MUSICAL RESILIENCE Performing Patronage in the Indian Thar Desert.
Wesleyan University Press, 2022. 9780819500106. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xx + 226, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
KYLIE LA LA LA
Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. 1st edn. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (corners a little worn - otherwise VG). Pp. unpaginated, illus with b&w and coloured photos throughout (no inscriptions). More
QUEER ARRANGEMENTS Billy Strayhorn and Mid-Century Jazz Collaboration.
Wesleyan University Press, 2023. Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. x + 254, with b&w illus (lacks index; no inscriptions). More
BOB DYLAN Too Much of Nothing.
Red Planet Publishing, 2018. 9781911346609. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 320, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no other inscriptions). More
THE PRO ARTE QUARTET A Century of Musical Adventure on Two Continents.
University of Rochester Press [&] Boydell & Brewer, 2017. 9781580469067. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xvii + 331, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
HARRISON BIRTWHISTLE STUDIES
Cambridge University Press, 2015. 9781107093744. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in ). Pp. xvii + 316, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
I SANG THE UNSINGABLE My Life In Twentieth-Century Music.
University of Rochester Press, 2017. 9781580469005. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black coth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. ix + 404, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
ANTONIO STRADIVARI The Cremona Exhibition of 1987.
J. & A. Beare, 1993. 1st edn signed by author (Beare). 4to. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small nick at head of spine - otherwise Fine in protective cover), slipcase (VG). Pp. 328, illus with coloured plates (no other insciptions). More
A SHORT HISTORY OF BALLET
C.W. Beaumont, 1936. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (very small white mark on upper board, some fading at spine - otherwise VG). no dustwrapper. Pp. 40, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE OPERATIC STATE Cultural Policy and the Opera House
Routledge, 2002. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (chipped and worn at bottom edge of lower board and corners bumped), no dustwrapper. Pp. x + 226 (no inscriptions). More
THE CASTRATO AND HIS WIFE
Oxford University Press, 2011. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (residue of price sticker on upper cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 312, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More