SLEE, JO

Quarto, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1994

KEYWORDS: pop popular music Morrissey art entertainment The Smiths biography biographies memoir

COPLEY, IAN

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor glue staining seeping through to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning, chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: Charles Wood music biography biographies memoir criticism classical composers

STEVENSON, RAY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983

KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography

BROACKES, VICTORIA (Ed) & MARSH, GEOFFREY (Ed)

Heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, white & orange lettering to red cloth spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: V&A Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: v&a museum exhibitions David Bowie music musicians art photos photography icons pop

SORELL, WALTER

Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1973

KEYWORDS: art arts mask masks history literature music

JUSLIN, PATRIK N (Ed) & SLOBODA, JOHN A (Ed)

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: academic education music theory research compositions

MERTENS, WIM & HAUTEKIET, J (Trans) & NYMAN, MICHAEL (Preface)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Kahn & Averill / Alexander Broude 1983

KEYWORDS: music history minimalism western US American

HODSON, GEOFFREY

Quarto, red faux leather boards, grey lettering to front board, xiii + 35pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of ffep) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, heavy creasing & tearing to edges- some considerable loss to rear cover, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1979

KEYWORDS: parapsychology clairvoyance music theosophical metaphysics superphysical

BYRNE, DAVID

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: McSweeney's 2012

KEYWORDS: music appreciation criticism David Byrne

ROSEN, CHARLES

First edition. Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w, (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: Charles Rosen music classic classical style Mozart Beethoven criticism theory history first edition

THOMSON, JOHN MANSFIELD (ed)

Typed letter signed by author enclosed. Super 8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: music history recorder instrument Cambridge Companion

BLUME, FRIEDRICH; NORTON, MD HERTER (transl)

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: classic classical romantic music criticism history

RIPIN, EDWIN M & WRAIGHT, DENZIL & O'BRIEN, G GRANT & FERGUSON, HOWARD & CALDWELL, JOHN & SCHOTT, HOWARD & DOWD, WILLIAM

8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: keyboard music instrument early history

BLADES, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 509pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm adhesive residue to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions music history percussion instruments culture

WINTERNITZ, EMANUEL

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, light to moderate rubbing & surface loss, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions music musical instruments history historic symbolism western art criticism intepretation appreciation

RUSSELL, RAYMOND & SCHOTT, HOWARD (Revised by)

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, unpaginated prelims + 208pp + 103 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light rubbing & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to apge edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning, chafing & foxing, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1973

KEYWORDS: revised edtion music history harpsichords clavichords early keyboards instruments classical

WALLS, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 184pp, Near Fine (sl staining/soiling to top edges of page block) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2003

KEYWORDS: music history performance entertainment

DRECKI, JACEK ROMAN

Octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 186pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Quo Vadis 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musical history Ignacy Jan Paderewski musicians piano pianists

FRIEDWALD, WILL et al & TAYLOR, YUVAL (Ed)

Octavo, illus lgossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, ix + 241pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A Cappella Books 2002

KEYWORDS: music jazz theory philosophy history criticism

McLEAN, MERVYN & ORBELL, MARGARET

Oblong quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 324pp, VG (light rubbing & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate foxing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, new publishing info tipped in to title & copyright pages, single vertical crease to pgs 9-10), in d/w, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & scuffing to spine, moderate tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori songs music heritage culture te reo