Musica

E Theatre de R. Wagner, de Tannhaseuser a Parsifal: Tristan Et Iseult

Maurice Kufferath · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Leipzig, Otto June, 1894. Leather. A critical examination of Wagner's celebrated opera, Tristan and Isolde, based upon classical myth. Printed in French. Maurice Kufferath was a music critic whose works regarding his friends and associate Richard Wagner are considered aut...

Songs of Scotland: Volume I

George Farquhar Graham [With Accompaniments by T.M. Mudie, J.T. Surrene, H.E. Dibdin, and Finlay Dun] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Edinburgh, Wood and Co. 1854. Leather. The scarce first abridged edition to a collection of national folk songs from Scotland, dating back to the fifteenth century. The scarce and first abridged edition of the Songs of Scotland, a collection of traditional national folk songs,...

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

Haruki Murakami; Jay Rubin [Translation] · 2016 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Harvill Secker, 2016. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, first impression, of this insightful collection of conversations between writer, Haruki Murakami, a jazz enthusiast and record collector, and Ozawa, the renowned Japanese conductor. In the publisher&apos...

The New Osram Music Magnet Advertisement and Guide

1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Newcastle-On-Tyne, Fletcher Bros. 1929. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce folding advertisement and guide to the new Osram Music Magnet, with illustrations. Very scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A folding advertisement brochure to the new Osram Music Magnet, most lik...

A Short Account of a Violin by Stradivari Dated 1690; Now in the Possession of Messrs. W.E. Hill & Sons

W. E. Hill & Sons · 1890 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, W. E. Hill & Sons, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this brightly illustrated account of a violin by Stradivari. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with three colour plates with tissue guards and a folding facsimile. Collated complet...

Syntagmatis Musici Tomus Secundus de Organographia

Michael Praetorius · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Wolffenbuttel, Elias Holwein , c1890. Cloth. A facsimile copy of this treatise from German composer Michael Praetorius with illustrations, in the original German. German. Second volume of three. Scarce facsimile edition. Illustrated with twenty-two double-sided plates, three o...

Six Lectures on the Recorder and Other Flutes in Relation to Literature

Christopher Welch · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on the recorder in literature, by Christopher Welch. The first edition.A series of six lectures exploring the recorder and flute and its place in literature, ...

Musical Memoirs of Scotland

Sir John Graham Dalyell · 1849 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Edinburgh, Thomas G. Stevenson, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of historical studies on the instruments of Scotland. First edition. Illustrated with forty plates. Collated complete. A study of musical instruments across Scottish history, w...

Eight Canzonets Peculiarly Adapted for Ladies with an Accompanyment for the Piano Forte or Harp

Thomas Billington · 1780 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Longman & Broderip, 1780. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition volume of eight canzonets for ladies, a very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.A volume collecting eight charming canzonets, put to music and "peculiarly adapted" for ...

An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!

Richard Clark · 1822 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London, W. Wright, 1822. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating history of the British national anthem 'God Save the King/Queen', a unique study of the country, complete with plates. The first edition, a large paper copy.Illustrated with forty pl...

The Popular Songs and Melodies of Scotland

George Farquhar Graham; J. Muir Wood · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Bayley & Fergurson, 1900. Cloth. The revised and enlarged Balmoral Edition of this collection of the songs and melodies of Scotland by George Farquhar Graham, with revisions by John Muir Wood. The revised and enlarged Balmoral edition of this uncommon work in the publi...

Love Letters to the Beatles

Bill Adler · 1964 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Anthony Blond, 1964. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this humorously illustrated collection of love letters written to The Beatles at the height of Beatlemania. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of genuine love letters set to English...

Mon Premier Livre de Chansons

Jean Colin · 1968 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1968 . Hardback. A scarce, early edition of this collection of music and lyrics by composer Jean Colin, colourfully illustrated by Hélène Poirié. Early edition, first published in 1962. Bound in the publisher's original bright pictorial board...

Studies in Modern Music. Hector Berlioz. Robert Schumann. Richard Wagner.

W. H. Hadow · 1911 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1911. Leather. A very smart copy of the first series of Hadow's musical biographies, a lovely illustrated copy bound by Hatchards. In a smart crushed morocco binding by Hatchards.The first series of W. H. Hadow's brief biographies on f...

A Mass for Five Voices, and, Cantiones Sacrae

William Byrd · 1841 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Musical Antiquarian Society; Chappell, 1841-42. Leather. Two musical pieces by important Renaissance composer William Byrd bound in one volume. Two musical works by William Byrd bound in one volume.'A Mass For Five Voices, Composed Between the Years 1553 & 1558, F...

Henry Leslie&Apos;S Musical Annual, 1871

Henry Leslie · 1871 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1871 . First edition. Cloth. English composer and conductor Henry Leslie's very scarce illustrated musical annual for the year 1871. A very scarce work from Henry Leslie, a leader in supporting amateur choral musicians in Britain, reme...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this illustrated work by John Gay. Illustrated with eight tipped in colour plates from artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. Collated, complete. Handsomely rebound in quarter morocco. With music arr...

Vocal

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, Various, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce collection of thirty-eight musical sheets for vocal pieces in one volume. Dated from contents. Featuring thirty-eight musical sheets for vocals, some English, others French, for the following titles:'In Days of Langsyne' f...

Fairburn&Apos;S Comic Constellation, for 1816, Being a Capital Collection of New Songs, Now Singing, and Lately Sung at the Theatres Royal, Sadler&Apos;S Wells, Vauxhall, &C.

John Fairburn · 1816 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Fairburn, 1816. Disbound. A very scarce collection of songs from theatrical productions in the early 19th century, compiled by John Fairburn. A very scarce work, disbound but intact. Ink inscriptions to the title page and to page 11. A collection of the lyrics of ...

Travis&Apos;S Amateur Organist

John Hiles [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, C. Jefferys, c1896. Cloth. Six volumes of musical scores of the amateur organist, as published by Charles Jefferys. Six volumes of eleven. Very scarce. Dated from decorative bookplate. Musical scores for the amateur organist, including: Adacio, Benedictus, Incline Thin...