Music
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1962 Primitive SongLondon: 1962The first edition of this illustrated analytical work on Palaeolithic and primitive songs and music, enclosed in the original dust wrapper.
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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.
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1927 Autumn SongsLondon: [1927]The first edition of this "Flower Fairies" song-book by Cicely Mary Barker, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.
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c1917 Old French Nursery SongsLondon: c1917A colourfully illustrated book of French nursery rhymes, compiled in the early twentieth-century by Horace Mansion.
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c1930 Frohe KinderliederVerlag: c1930A scarce collection of German children's songs from the 1930s, colourfully illustrated throughout.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Signed1949 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.
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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.
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1847 3Vol Musique des Chansons de P. J. de BerangerParis: 1847A three volume edition of the songs and music of French chansonnier Pierre-Jean de Beranger, illustrated throughout.
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1878 Les Musiciens CelebresParis: 1878A sweeping study of the most celebrated musicians from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century, the third edition of this work., illustrated with some striking engravings portraits of the musicians.
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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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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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Signed2007 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.
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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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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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Taschenbuch zum Geselligen VergnugenLeipzig: 1822A beautifully illustrated German pocket guide to social entertainment.
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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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1925 Dal cor Gentil d'Italia Canti dal Veneto alla SardegnaOxford: 1925A rhythmical collection of traditional Italian folk songs.
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c1909 Richard Wagner's Werke Opern und MusikdramenBerlin: c1909Eleven volumes of the musical works of Richard Wagner.