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Performing Arts
All the performing arts are here, with wonderful illustrations dancing across the page for you.
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1935 Souvenir Programme of the Matinee organised by the Daily Telegraph as a tribute to Miss Marie TempestLondon : 1935A charming souvenir programme dedicated to a star of the opera and the stage. -
1947 Dance Recital Atlanta School of BalletNot Stated : 1947Program of the Atlanta School of Ballet's dance recital in 1947. -
c1780-1790 4Vols in 1 Six English Canzonetts and Six New MinuetsLondon: c1780-1790An lovely collection of four very scarce works of late eighteenth century musical pieces, including two works from Henry Bishop, and another from James Hook. -
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1926 PasticheLondon: 1926A limited edition of this music-room book adorned with drawings by Edmond X. Kapp, signed by the author and artist. -
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1868 The Rivulet: A Contribution to Sacred SongLondon : 1868A collection of hymns for the heart and voice with a signed letter from the author. -
1961-1963 2 Vols The Caretaker & The Collection and The LoverLondon : 1961-1963A smart two volume set of some of Harold Pinter's most significant and influential works for the stage. -
1854 Music and the Art of DressLondon: 1854Uncommon new edition of these scarce essays concerning music and fashion from the 'Quarterly Review.' -
1964 Love Me Do: The Beatles' ProgressLondon: 1964The first UK edition of this biographical work on the Beatles, including their almost overnight popularity and the resulting 'Beatlemania' that followed, written by journalist Michael Braun with various photographs throughout the text. -
c1910 Parts I Have Played, Mr Martin HarveyLondon: c1910A very scarce illustrated biography of prominent British theatre actor Michael Martin Harvey. In the publisher's original wraps, and with an advertisement for the 'Electromobile'. -
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1909 Myself and My PianoLondon : 1909A very scarce copy of this autobiographical work by singer Margaret Cooper, presentation copy signed eight times by the author. -
1876 Bush Ballads and Galloping RhymesMelbourne: 1876An early edition of this scarce work of Australian bush ballads and rhymes, written by noted author Adam Lindsay Gordon. -
1939 Just William, The Story of the FilmLondon: 1939The first edition of this book of short stories, 'Just William', combined with a script of the film, written by Richmal Crompton. -
c1880 Twelve Gaelic Songs with English Gaelic WordsLondon: c1880A very scarce collection of twelve Gaelic songs with English translations, accompanied by music by Margaret Campbell Pattison. -
1921 Musical Instruments Historic, Rare and UniqueLondon: 1921A nice leather-bound work about a range of different musical instruments, written by English musician Alfred James Hipkins, with forty-eight colour plates throughout the text. -
1893 2Vol Old English Popular MusicLondon: 1893H. Ellis Wooldridge's expanded edition of William Chappell's impressive collection of examples of Old English ballads, song and tunes, set to music. -
1966 Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?New York: 1966The first edition, first printing of this fascinating ethnographical work on the Gullah culture's oral, musical, and cultural history. -
1870 National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery SongsLondon: 1870The first edition of this delightful collection of English nursery rhymes set to music, illustrated throughout by the Brothers Dalziel. -
1962 Primitive SongLondon: 1962The first edition of this illustrated analytical work on Palaeolithic and primitive songs and music, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. -
c1900 Sailors’ Songs or “Chanties”London:A smart edition of this very scarce collection of sailors songs from Frederick J. Davis, accompanied with music from Ferris Tozer. -
1872 Theatre de Beaumarchais: Le Mariage de FigaroParis: 1872A handsomely bound copy of 'Le Mariage de Figaro', a play written by 18th century French jack-of-all-trades Pierre Beaumarchais. -
1927 Autumn SongsLondon: [1927]The first edition of this "Flower Fairies" song-book by Cicely Mary Barker, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. -
c1917 Old French Nursery SongsLondon: c1917A colourfully illustrated book of French nursery rhymes, compiled in the early twentieth-century by Horace Mansion. -
c1915 Songs with MusicLondon: c1915A colourfully illustrated children's work of garden verses, written by noted Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. -
c1930 Frohe KinderliederVerlag: c1930A scarce collection of German children's songs from the 1930s, colourfully illustrated throughout. -
1877 The Book of BalladsEdinburgh and London: 1877A brilliantly illustrated edition of Bon Gaultier's 'Book of Ballads', replete with a number of poems and songs from around the world. -
1939 The Ring of Niblung: A TrilogyLondon: 1939A smart copy of this musical drama, including Rhinegold & The Valkyrie as well as Siegfried, colourfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. -
1756 2Vol An Apology for the Life of Colley CibberLondon: 1756Jeffrey Amherst's copy of the fourth edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. -
1926 Fourteen Songs from When We Were Very YoungLondon: 1926A lovely work containing a selection of Milne's children's poems, set to music by the composer Harold Fraser-Simson, with illustrations to each page of sheet music. -
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1903 The Just So Song BookLondon: 1903Twelve of Rudyard Kipling's stories set to music by Edward German, the first edition of this work. -
1983 Danish Emigrant Ballads and SongsIllinois: 1983A lovely first edition of this wonderful collection of street ballads and songs pertaining to the Danish emigration experience. -
1889 Flowers of ParadiseLondon: 1889Beautifully illustrated throughout with chromolithographs, this is the first edition of Reginald Hallward's charming work of music, verse and illustration. -
c1883 Fedora; A Novel Founded Upon the Celebrated DramaLondon: c1883A scarce first UK edition of this dramatic novel, which was based upon Sardou's successful French play, with a sensational illustration on the front board. -
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1949 Sir Halewyn: Examples in European Balladry & Folk SongEdinburgh; London: 1949An interesting first edition copy on the history of European balladry, focusing upon the Dutch folk tale of Heer Halewijn, signed by the author with a letter from the author laid in to the front of text. -
1896 The Quarto, An Artistic Literary & Musical QuarterlyLondon: 1896The first edition of the 1896 publication of this Victorian periodical, focused on artistic, literary, and musical entries.