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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIOLIN-MAKERS. Translated by J. B. Kozak. Edited by Patrick Hanks.
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1968. Two volumes. 482; 399pp. Extensively illustrated in colour and black & white. Original cloth gilt. Folio. Dust wrappers. First edition. Hinges of volume 2 expertly strengthened. An excellent set.
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ENGLISH SONG- BOOKS 1651-1702 A BIBLIOGRAPHY With A First - Line Index of Songs.
London: For The Bibliographic Society At The University Press, Oxford, 1940 [for 1937]. [i-iv], v-xxi, [1-3], 4-439[1]pp. 46 b/w figures within the text. Quarter cream buckram over grey boards. Edges untrimmed. 4to. First Edition. An excellent copy
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FANCIES and AYRES. Edited by Helen Joy Sleeper.
Wellesley College: 1950. [18], 117 pages. Original faux ring binder, titled in gilt. Name on endpaper; else very good.
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FARELLI'S CARD MAGIC A Practical Treatise on Little-known Card Sleights, including numerous new Card problems. Illustrated by Seventy-eight Photographs and Sketches, also many Diagrams.
London. Edward Bagshawe & Co. No date [1933]. Two parts, both in original illustrated wrappers. 105 pages, plus ad's in total. First edition. Covers of part two a little rubbed and soiled; short tear and split to the heel of the spine of Part One; else a very good set.
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FOR MAGICIANS ONLY.
Los Angeles. F. G. Thayer, 1923. 146 pages, plus 2 of ad's. Original blue cloth, gilt Octavo. First edition. At the foot of the title, this copy has the remains of another publisher's label, possibly a U. K. firm that had acquired the distribution rights. A very nice copy.
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FRANCIS HOPKINSON The First American Poet-Composer (1737-1791) and JAMES LYON Patriot, Preacher, Psalmodist (1735-1794). New Introduction by Richard A. Crawford.
New York: De Capo Press, 1967. Hardcover. Tissue dust-wrapper. Name on endpaper, else a fine copy.
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GROVE'S DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Fourth Edition edited by H. C. Coles. Supplementary volume.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1945. xvi, 688 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth, gilt. Octavo. Endpapers and half-title lightly spotted; else a very good, bright copy.
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HEIGHO FOR A HUSBAND! A comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Hay-Market, on Tuesday, January 14, 1794.
London: T. Arrowsmith, 1794. iv, 60pp. Unbound as issued. Octavo. First edition. Front and back pages a trifle grubby; some page turning to corners; fore-edges uncut also with some turning; else a good copy.
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HISTORY OF THE BOEHM FLUTE With Dr Von Schaufhäutl's Life of Boehm, and an Examination of Mr Rockstro's Version of The Boehm-Gordon Controversy. Second Edition.
London: Rudall, Carte, & Co, 1892. [i-iii],iv-vii, [viii-ix], x-cxxv, [cxxvi], preface to the second edition. [cxxvii], cxxviii-cxxix, [cxxxx] preface to the first edition. [1], `2-270pp. [2 press reviews, and 16pp. adverts to rear]. Black & white illustrations and tables within the text. Maroon pictorial cloth, gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed ' John Radcliffe from the Author Jan 1 1983'. Octavo. Recased. Boards have some wear to corners, and to head of spine. Spine faded. Recased with endpapers. The original endpaper, which bears the presentation inscription, has some loss of paper to fore-edge. Else a handsome copy.
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HOW TO BUILD A BAROQUE CONCERT HARPSICHORD.
New York.Pageant Press. 1954. [vi], 42pp. 21 line illustrations. Original cloth, gilt. Dust wrapper. Octavo. First Edition. Slight wear to wrapper edges, and small area of loss to rear of wrapper. Else, a very good copy.
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HUNGARIAN FOLK MUSIC.
London: Oxford University Press, 1931. [6], 218, 8 pages. Original green cloth gilt. Quarto. First edition. A near fine copy, but without dust-wrapper45. 00.
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"IMPROMPTU" Illustrated by the author.
London. George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, 1939. Softback. 94 pages. Illustrated throughout. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy.
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IN SEARCH OF HARMONY. By Charlo.
New York: Crambruck Press, 1964. [8], 14 leaves of music and song, printed on one side only, [2leaves]. Coloured etched frontispiece signed by the artist Fred Halbers. Bound in untitled ribbed patterned cloth. 21 x 18 cm. Contained in a plain cardboard slipcase. This being number 3 of an edition of twenty numbered copies. Loosely laid in a four sheets of printed music and song, each signed by Charlotte Cramer Sachs, some with a brief message, and one entirely manuscript piece of music with words, dated 1966. Also laid in is a manuscript note identifying the composer. Slipcase a little rubbed and a little worn; else a fine copy with excellent additions.
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IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK.
1952. 191 pages. Illustrated throughout. Hardback with original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Some short tear in wrapper; else a very good copy.
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JACOBEAN CONSORT MUSIC. IX Musica Britannica A National Collection of Music.
London: Stainer and Bell Ltd, 1955. 229 pages. Original printed softcovers. Few light brown spots to covers; else a very good and clean copy. Quite heavy so will incur extra postal charges. Contact us directly for a shipping quote info@davidmilesbooks.com
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LATER MAGIC with new miscellaneous tricks and recollections of Hartz the Wizard. New and enlarged edition with 266 illustrations.
New York. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1935. xviii, 738 pages. Original pictorial cloth. No dust-jacket. Octavo. Spine a little faded and with a short tear at the head of the lower joint; else a good clean copy.
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LES INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE MÉCANIQUE. Adaptation française de Philippe Rouillé.
Paris: Gründ, 1992. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 240 pages. Illustrated in colour and in black & white. A fine copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote. info@davidmilesbooks.com
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LIBRO De Teintos Discoursos De Musica Practica, Y Theorica De Organo Intitulado Facultad Organica (Alcala, 1626). Transcripcion y estudip por Santiago Kastner.
Barcelona: 1948. Two softback volumes, being parts 6 and 12 of the series Monumentos de la Musica Espanola. Foxed on endpapers and titles, and occasionally throughout; small loss to heel of spine of Volume II; else very good.
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MAKERS OF THE HARPSICHORD AND CLAVICHORD 1440 TO 1840.
London: George Ronald, 1956. Hardcover. Pictorial Dust-wrapper. xxv, [3], 169, [3], pages followed by plates. Original cloth, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. 4to. First edition. Wrapper creased and worn; rear inner joint cracked; name on endpaper; else very good. This volumes is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Contact us directly for a shipping quote info@davidmilesbooks.com
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MARGOT FONTEYN. dancers of To-day No. 1.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1954. 32pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions of photographs. Original cloth. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. Reprint. Six of the photographs have been signed. Three by Fonteyn, two by Michael Somes, and one by Alexander Grant. Wrapper has some loss to the top front panel resulting in the partial loss of some lettering. Else a very good copy.
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