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Lives of the Great Composers Volume 3 Brahms, Wagner and their Contemporaries.

Bacharach, A L (ed) · 1948 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Penguin Pelican, 1948. Mass Market Paperback, 191pp, blue and white softback covers. Previous owner's name on half title, otherwise clean and VG+ Includes Brahms, Debussy, Elgar, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner and Wolf... Very Good.

A Dictionary Of Music.

Illing, Robert · 1950 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Penguin, 1950. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 318pp, red and white card covers with matching dustjacket with wear to top edge. Internally very clean and tight. Includes definitions of musical terms and articles on instruments, notation and composition etc... Fine /Very ...

The Road To The Orchestra.

Moore, Stephen S · 1939 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Nelson, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover, 124pp, red cloth covered boards. Sepia photographs, including St Hilda's and Belle Vue Schools, Bradford and instrument players such as Sidonie Goossens. Music and percussion parts. Light spots of foxing, otherwise clean and VG. An intr...

Favourite Operas From Mozart to Mascagni The Plots History and Music.

Hadden, Cuthbert · 1950 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.: Byam Shaw. A reprint, probably circa 1950 of the 1910 first edition. 288pp, brown cloth covered boards, a little worn to the base of the spine, with gilt title. 24 colour illustrations by Byam Shaw. Gift inscription dated 1953 to the flyleaf, ot...

A Dictionary of Music.

Illing, R · 0 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Penguin, 1119. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 318pp, the paper now browning with age, softback covers. One snowpake mark to front cover, otherwise a clean copy... Very Good.

Harrap's Illustrated Dictionary of Music & Musicians.

- · 1989 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Harrap, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover, 469pp, complete dustjacket, b + w illustrations. A very clean copy... As New /Fine.

The Musical Companion.

Bacharach, A L (ed) · 1940 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Gollancz, 1940. Hard Cover, 6th impression. 751 pp, slightly browned with age to edges. Folding chart, frontispiece illustration. Blue cloth boards. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

London College of Music Step 2 Classical Guitar Playing.

Skinner, Tony and Burley, Raymond and Cook, Amanda (eds) · 2008 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Registry of Guitar Tutors, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 16pp, laminated illustrated covers. A very clean copy. Technical work, entry form and the music for the Step 2 Classical Guitar exam - Malaguena, The Chase by Raymond Burley, In a Rush by Franz Biederman...

The Barber of Seville.

Rossini, Gioacchino and Dent, Edward J · 1944 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oxford, 1944. Soft Cover, 59pp, buff soft covers with an illustration of Sadler's Wellls Theatre. Preface, Introduction and opera libretto in English. Internally clean... Very Good.

Melody and Harmony Book Two Elementary Harmonic Progression.

Macpherson, Stewart · 1923 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Joseph Williams, 1923. First Edition. Soft Cover, 178pp and Appendices. Soft covers. Spots of foxing to foredge, a couple of pages with pencil marking, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Harmony for the teacher and the student... Very Good.

Classical Music Lists.

Kupferberg, Herbert · 1986 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Ward Lock, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover, 175pp, complete dustjacket. A clean copy. More than 100 enjoyable lists including composers, compositions, forms and instruments, operas (including ones that were never written), gourmet dishes etc... Fine /Fine.

Hamilton's Celebrated Dictionary Comprising an Explanation of 3,500 Italian French German English and Other Musical Terms Phrases and Abbreviations and Also A Copious List of Musical Characters.

Bishop, John · 0 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Robert Cocks, 1111. Soft Cover, Probably late C19th century - the publishers are 'by Appointment to Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales'. 130th edition. Pocket sized book of 178 pp and publisher's catalogue. card covers, the front one now with loss to edges and attached wit...

Stories of 100 Operas.

Kaufmann, Helen L · 1960 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, Pocket sized book of 336pp. Priceclipped dustjacket with a little wear to top of spine. Internally very clean. The story of each opera is told simply and clearly, act by act... Fine /Very Good.

Guinness Classical 1000 The Top 1000 Recordings of All Time.

Cowan, Rob · 1992 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Guinness, 1992. Soft Cover, Large format. 272pp, softback covers with a crease to the back corner.. Over 200 b + w illustrations. A very clean Near Fine copy. Full label details - the perfect way to build your classical CD collection... Very Good.

Buddy Holly ... a biography in words, photographs and music.

Peer, Ralph and Elizabeth · 1972 · Aucott & Thomas

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Southern Music Publishing Co. Ltd, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback original, card covers rubbed, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 148 pages, photos in the text, discography, bibliography, index. Words and music to 36 songs. Very Good.

Mahler

Seckerson, Edward · 1984 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London, Omnibus Press, 1984. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this 4to paperback edition. A volume in the Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers series. Pp 150 illustrated in b&w throughout. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

Mozart's Operas

Heartz, David · 1990 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1990. Later printing. Paperback. 3rd printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Edited, with contributing essays, by Thomas Baumann. Pp xvi + 363 with 36 b&w illustrations in the text. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

Hollywood wie es wirklich ist.

DEBRIES, Erwin: · 1930 · Versand-Antiquariat Bebuquin

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Leipzig (Orell Füssli), 1930. 16 S. + 61 Bildtafeln. ill. OHLn. vereinzelt braunfleckig. = Schaubücher 33. EA. H.

The Performance Today Basic Record Library

GOLDSMITH, MARTIN · 1995 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

National Public Radio. 1995. Ringbound decorative wrappers, 9" x 6". 70 pages. Classical Music Starter Set; Orchestral; Concertos; Chamber Music; Solo Keyboard; Solo Vocal and Choral; Opera; Other, How many? Hundreds; maybe more. Clean and well bound. Very Good.

The Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music. Volumes One & Two

CROSS, MILTON AND DAVID EWEN · 1969 · Ultramarine Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company. 1969. Black cloth, thick 8vo. Vol. 1, pp. 626 ; Vol. 2 pp. 627-1284. Before Bach to Meyerbeer; Darius Milhaud to Hugo Wolf. Plus, Basic Works for the Music Library; The Anatomy of the Symphony Orchestra; A Dictionary of Musical Forms...