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The Life and Work of Sir Arthur Sullivan. Composer and Personage.

ALLEN, Reginald with D'LUHY, Gale R. · 1975

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Piermont Morgan Library, 1975. Hardcover. Folio. Thoroughly documented catalogue of the extensive collection at the Piermont Morgan Library which examines his life in both his worlds. B/W photos. Facs. letters & music exs. Includes an inserted errata page. Handsome volume for ...

Ring Resounding, The Perfect Wagnerite, & Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind, & His Music.

CULSHAW, SHAW & GUTNAM. · 1972

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Time-Life Records, 1972. Hardcover. Three volume boxed set. Fine condition. B/W & col. photos & illus. Owner's stamp to feps.

The ABC of Church Music.

RHYS, Stephen & PALMER, King ed. · 1967

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Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine in dj. Music exs. 212pp.

Opera in America. A Cultural History.

DIZIKES, John. · 1993

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Yale University Press, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Fine in dj. B/W photos. The first comprehensive cultural & social history of musical theatre in the United States from 1735 to the present. xii, 612pp.

England's Sea Story. A Popular Record of the Doings of the English Navy From the Earliest Days.

LEE, Albert. · 1904

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Andrew Melrose, n.d. (c.1904). Hardcover. Gilt to decorated cover (ship) & spine. Frontis. B/W plates. A little foxed. Corners a little worn. Condition good. Very rare. ix, 336pp.

Remembering Bix. A Memoir of the Jazz Age.

BERTON, Ralph. · 1974

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Allen, 1974. Hardcover. B/W plates. A personal bio by an associate of Bix Biederbecke. Good condition. xv, 428pp.

The KGB Directive.

COX, Richard. · 1981

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Hutchinson, 1981. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. 336pp.

Beat the Turtle Drum.

GREENE, Constance C. · 1976

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Viking Press, 1976. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine of price-clipped dj, small sticker mark to back cover of dj, o/wise good condition. Illustrated by Donna Diamond. 119pp.

The Making of King Kong. The Story Behind a Film Classic.

GOLDNER, Orville & TURNER, George E. · 1976

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Ballantine Books, 1976 (1975). 4to Paperback. Good condition. B/W photos & illus. Chronicles the making of the horror classic King Kong. Fascinating. 287pp.

The Australian Scented Garden.

PIRIE, Chris. · 1984

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Harper & Row, 1984. 1st Australian edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Colour photos & line illustrations. Examines the secrets of fragrance & its fascinating history as well as providing an exhaustive list of scented plants, both native & exotic, that are suitable for Aus...

Audacity.

EVANS, Alan. · 1985

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Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Fine in dj. 239pp.

Pontius Pilate. A Narrative of Twenty-Four Hours in his Life.

CAILLOIS, Roger. MARKMAN, Charles Lam trans. · 1963

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Macmillan, 1963. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Rare. 111pp.

Dark Flame.

WILLIAMS, Mary. · 1988

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William Kimber, 1988. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. 268pp.

Social Work and Social Work Education.

GORE, M.S. · 1965

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Asia Publishing House, 1965. 1st edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. A few neat internal stamps to feps only, o/wise good condition in price-clipped dj. Traces the history of social work & major sociological changes in India during the last three centuries & discusses the problems rai...

Catalogue of the Palaeozoic Plants in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History).

KIDSTON, Robert. · 1886

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London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1886. 1st edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Spine & corners worn. Rear hinge worn. Contents good. 288pp.

Philip Massinger. The Man and the Playwright.

DUNN, T.A. · 1957

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Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Some wear to dj, some rubbing to top & bottom edges, o/wise good. Frontis. Examines Massinger's stagecraft, dramatic structure, blank-verse style & his view on life. 285pp.

The Language of Thackeray.

PHILLIPPS, K.C. · 1978

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Andre Deutsch, 1978. Hardcover. Ex-library, a few pages with pen underlining, o/wise good. No dj. 205pp.

Money, Mania and Markets. Investment, Company Formation and the Stock Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Scotland.

MICHIE, R.C. · 1981

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John Donald, 1981. Hardcover. Spine of dj sunned, o/wise condition vg. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. Examines "...the development of the stockbroking profession and its institutions in nineteenth century Scotland, showing that this was not a steady and gradual progression but...

Structure and Style in Javanese. A Semiotic View of Linguistic Etiquette.

ERRINGTON, J. Joseph. · 1988

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University of Pennslyvania Press, 1988. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. The "...first systematic, scoiolinguistically oriented account of the standard dialect used by traditional Javanese elite". 290pp.

The Financial Structure of Multinational Capitalism.

GROU, Pierre. TAYAR-ADAMS, Aline trans. · 1985

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Berg, 1985. Paperback. Condition vg. An in-depth analysis of multinational capitalism. 246pp.