Music
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1883-1891 2Vol The Organ-Cases and Organs of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceLondon: 1883-1891Arthur George Hill's very scarce complete two volume historical study of the organ and their cases, illustrated throughout with large original drawings from the author.
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1942 Diversions, Some Sketches and MonologueLondon: 1942A very scarce collection of humorous sketches and monologues from English theatrical figure Herbert Farjeon.
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1888 Musical Instruments and Their HomesNew York: 1888A nice first edition copy of this very scarce work by Mary Elizabeth Brown, an extensive catalogue of the musical instruments held in her collection.
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c1880 A Sammelband of 20 Songs For PianoLondon: c1880A charming very scarce collection of twenty songs for vocals and piano, a selection of popular pieces of sheet music from the Victorian era.
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1903 Paris qui ChanteParis : 1903-4Twenty-nine issues of this illustrated French weekly magazine of the arts, from August 1903 to March 1904, bound in one volume.
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1875 La Petite MarieeParis: [1875]The first edition of the musical sheets for 'La Petite Mariee,' a three-act opera-bouffe first performed in 1875.
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2007 Rock Legends at RockfieldCardiff: 2007A signed first edition of this fascinating work telling the story of one of the world's greatest recording studios, and the rock music legends who worked there. -
c1856 Lays and Ballads from English HistoryLondon: c1856A smart copy of this scarce nineteenth-century work of lays, ballads, and poetry from English history.
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1909 SongsLondon; New York: 1909A variety of musical sheets from the twentieth century bound in one volume.
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1955 My Record of MusicLondon: 1955The first edition of this musical autobiography by Compton Mackenzie, a bright copy signed by the author.
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1941 English MusicLondon: 1941A beautifully bound first edition copy of this charming history of English music, bound for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
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1910 Kneipe in Honour of C.F. Chandler Given by the Officers and Students of the Chemical Department Columbia UniversityColumbia University: 1910A smart bound copy of the hymns sung at a part given for C.F. Chandler at the Chemical Department, Columbia University , on May 13, 1910. A very scarce object.
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1927 Ballads of All NationsLondon: 1927A smart copy of this selection of ballads from Europe and the Middle East, edited by R. Brimley Johnson and translated by George Borrow.
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2016 The Beatles A Hard Day's Night: A Private ArchiveLondon: 2016Illustrated throughout with bright photographs and fascinating ephemera, this is an unprecedented archive of never before published photographs of the Beatles in the early 60s.
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1889 Angling SongsEdinburgh: 1889A first edition copy of this charming book on songs for fishing, written by Thomas Tod Stoddart.
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1907 Studies in Modern Music Second SeriesLondon: 1907The second series of Hadow's popular biographies on prominent musical figures, this volume in a prize binding from Harrow.
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c1930 17 String QuartetsLondon: c1930An uncommon volume collecting together seventeen string quartets composed by Beethoven, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.
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1898 L'enfant-Dieu Recueil de Vieux Noels Des Pays de Champagne et De LorraineParis: 1898An uncommon anthology of Christmas carols from the Champagne and Lorraine regions of France. Set to music by Georges Fragerolle.
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1927 The Chelsea Song BookEngland: 1927A delightful collection of twenty traditional English songs arranged for piano, illustrated with chromolithographs.
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1904 The Martial Music of the ClansGlasgow: 1904The first edition of this work, allocating various Scottish clans the music associated with them in history and tradition.
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1877 The Songs of ScotlandLondon & New York: 1877A charming collection of Scottish music bound in charming decorative cloth.
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c1800-1804 3vol in1 Music Scores The English Fleet in 1342 and Paul and VirginiaLondon: c1800-04Three bound volumes of scarce sheet music from the start of the nineteenth century.
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c1800 A Collection of Glees, Canons, Madrigals, etc.Unkown: c1800A very scarce collection of numerous glees, canons, madrigals, ets. in two volumes.
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1933 Pervigilium VenerisSussex: 1933A very scarce work setting an anonymously authored Latin poem to music for orchestra.
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1948 The Rape of LucretiaLondon: 1948A first edition of this commemorative volume of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera, 'The Rape of Lucretia'.
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1928 Songs Heard in PalestineNew York: 1928And excellent copy of the first edition of this charming collection of Jewish music as collected and sung by Anna Shomer Rothenberg, accompanied by piano arrangements composed by Meyer Posner.
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1888 Commemoration in 1888, the Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588London: 1888A commemorative collection of ten hymns printed in honour of the three-hundredth anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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1825 The Select Melodies of ScotlandLondon: 1825A scarce six volume in one collection of Scottish verses and music, compiled and signed by George Thomson.
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1869 2Vols Scotish SongsGlasgow: 1869A scarce two volume anthology of traditional Scottish songs, poems and ballads.
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1898 Das Klavier Und Seine MeisterMuchen: 1898A wonderful German work looking into prolific and popular pianists.
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1912 A la Decouverte de la Musique JaponaiseParis: 1912An exciting and very scarce extract from the Société Franco-Japonaise of Paris exploring the art of Japanese music.
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c1890 OratoriosLondon: c1890A lovely composition of seven volumes in one containing music sheet by notorious composers G. F. Handel, John Brahms, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.
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1945 Ungkarlens Visebog Og Aegtemandens SalmebogCopenhagen: 1945A collection of hymns based on Hungarian ballads by Aage Berntsen.
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c1885 Death and Life (Mors et Vita); a Sacred Trilogy, and The Passion (The Seven Words of our Saviour on the Cross)London & New York: c1885A wonderful leather-bound collection of scores of 'Mors et Vita' by Charles Gounod and 'The Passion' by Joseph Haydn.
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1959 Moving into AquariusLondon: 1959The scarce first edition of this fascinating and unconventional autobiographical work by English composer Michael Tippett.