Music
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1928 Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont and FletcherLondon: 1928A very smart copy of this limited edition work, comprising the songs featured in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays put to music.
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1916 La Fille du Regument Opera-Comique en Deux ActesParis: 1916An attractively bound edition of Gaetano Donizetti's French opera comique, containing the sheet music for the opera, in the original French.
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1834 Les Amours de VenusParis: 1834A very scarce, beautifully bound, pocket sized collection of intimate songs. An almanac of the 'amours de venus'.
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1907 Tom an AutobiographyBradford: 1907A very scarce, first edition of the pioneering Black artist Thomas Rutling's autobiography.
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1907 Tom an AutobiographyBradford: 1907A very scarce, first edition of the pioneering Black artist Thomas Rutling's autobiography. Signed by him, with a dedication to one Miss Wight. -
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1972 Facade an EntertainmentLondon: 1972A fine signed limited edition copy of this influential poem put to music by William Walter, with a 7 inch record of Edith Sitwell reading the poem to music in 1929. -
1929 The Hums of PoohLondon: 1929A fine, first edition copy of this musical work, which is based on A.A Milne's famous titles 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'House at Pooh Corner'.
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1836 The Rhine Boat Lay of Many Lands Romance Very Scarce SignedLondon: 1836A very scarce copy of this musical poem by Mark Lemon and Frank Romer. Signed by Frank Romer to the title page. -
1912 2vol British Museum Catalogue Of Printed Music Between 1487-1800 By SquireLondon: 1912A catalogue of Printed Music Published Between 1487 and 1800 now in the British Museum printed by the order of the Trustees of the British Museum and written by W. Barclay Squire.
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1928 Songs and Lyrics Beaumont and Fletcher Limited Edition DustwrapperLondon: 1928A collection of songs and lyrics taken from the play of the two Renaissance playwrights Beaumont and Fletcher.
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1925 Spring Songs With Music Flower Fairies Barker Linnel First Edition IllustratedLondon: [1925]A first edition copy of this charming collection of twelve songs, written and beautifully illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker with accompanying musical scores by Olive Linnel.
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1883 Pan-Pipes Book of Old Songs Theo Marzials Walter Crane Illus Colour PlatesLondon: 1883A charming collection of old songs and poems set to music by Theo Marzials, colourfully illustrated by Walter Crane.
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1927 Autumn Songs With Music Flower Fairies Barker Linnel First Edition IllustratedLondon: [1927]A first edition copy of this charming collection of twelve songs, written and beautifully illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker with accompanying musical scores by Olive Linnel.
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1848 Festive Songs William Sandys Percy Society ScarceLondon: 1848A fascinating collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century festive songs, published by the Percy Society with a fascinating introduction by the renowned English solicitor and member of the Society, William Sandys.
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1890 The Golden Treasury of Art and Song Very Scarce Bell Mack Colour IllustratedLondon: [1890]A very scarce copy of this charming collection of songs, with beautiful accompanying romantic pastoral scenes.
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1870 2vols Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs David Herd Sidney Gilpin ReprintEdinburgh: 1870A two volume set of works offering a unique look into the musical culture of Scotland.
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1810 4 vol in 2 Old Ballads Historical and Narrative Evans IllustratedLondon: 1810A complete four volume set of Thomas Evans's collection of 'Old Ballads', bound in two volumes.
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c1850 Songs Duets Instructions in the Art of Singing Music Scores Very ScarceLondon: c1850A charming collection of songs and duets, with an informative preface containing 'Instructions in the Art of Singing' with various exercises and 'easy solfeggio' for vocalisation.
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1903 JUST SO SONG Book KIPLING 1st US edLondon: 1903Twelve songs from the author's Just So Stories set to music.
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c1900 Songs without Words MENDELSSOHN StephanoLondon: c1900A collection of piano works from Mendelssohn.
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1925 Folk Songs South John Harrington Cox Anthology Folklore United States MusicCambridge: 1925A scarce first edition anthology of American folk songs from the South.
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1929 5vols Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Grove Colles Third Edition Illustrated ColourLondon: 1929A lovely, copiously illustrated third edition reprint copy of George Grove's 'Dictionary of Music and Musicians', edited by H. C. Coles and complete in five volumes.
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1907 Jamaican Song and Story Water Jekyll Alice Werner Music StoriesLondon: 1907An unusual work exploring the art and culture of Jamaica, with musical notations through the volume.
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1937 J. Armiger Trollope College Youths History Society Bellringing HistoryWoking: 1937A scarce first edition of this history of bellringing in Britiain.
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1896 Musa Pedestris Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes John S Farmer Subscriber OnlyN/A: 1896An anthology of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes from 1536-1896.
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1979 Society and the Lyric Song Culture in 18th Century Scotland by T CrawfordEdinburgh: 1979An interesting history on Scottish music.
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1902-1906 6Vol The Connoisseur Illustrated Magazine for Collectors Leather BoundLondon: 1903-1906A uniformly bound collection of The Connoisseur, being a fine art publication and famous collectors' magazine lavishly illustrated with full page plates.
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c1910 5 vols The Strand MUSICAL PortfolioLondon: c.1910Charming selection of various sheet music, from composers including Bonheur and Cuthbert Clarke
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1945 Musical Instruments Historic Rare and Unique Hipkins Gibb Illustrated Coloured PlatesLondon: 1945A fully illustrated informational guide to important rare, historical, and beautiful musical instruments throughout time and across the globe.
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1954 9vol Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Eric Blom IllustratedLondon: 1954A revised extensive dictionary on music and musicians, the fifth edition edited by Eric Blom
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c1840 BINGLEY'S SELECT VOCALIST Songs Glees Duets IllustratedLondon: c1840A charming and unusual Victorian song book.
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1810 Essays on Songwriting English Songs Aikin FOLK SONGSLondon: 1810A collection of essays on the art of song-writing, with examples of traditional English songs.
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c1880 Temple Church CHORAL Service Edward J. HOPKINS HymnsLondon: c1880A rare original copy of this Victorian hymnbook, in an Inner Temple binding.
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1930 A History of Music in Pictures Edited Georg Kinsky Illustrated SangorskiLondon; Toronto: 1930An illustrated history of music, from the earliest civilisations to the early twentieth century.
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c1890 A Collection of Various Musical Compositions Collected TogetherUnknown: c1890A personal collection of musical scores bound together, in a leather binding.
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c1850 Taglioni's Favorite Shawl Dance Ballet Sheet Music In Leather BindingLondon: c1850A scarce volume of sheet music.