Search Results: Music from Bensons Antiquarian Books

London: Methuen & Co, 1904. Cloth. Good. Bound in dark cloth with gilt titling. In good condition. Minor marking and rubbing to covers, tear in cloth on spine. Prize label on front end paper, foxing to first and last few pages, some spots of foxing to margins throughout. Front hinge is cracked but secure, binding is otherwise good and secure. 276 pages plus 40 page publishers catalogue. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Weekes & Co., 1918. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good- condition, an acceptable reading/reference copy. Covers are rather grubby, much of spine is worn away, front cover is loosening, secured with book-repair tape. A few minor markings internally, a few notes in pen and pencil in margins, but generally clean. Binding is loosening, but still secure. 100 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Stanley Paul, 1936. Cloth. Good. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling. In good- condition, an acceptable reading copy. Some marking to covers, rubbing to edges, cloth is split and a bit frayed at spine edges. Inscription on front end paper, slight browning to end papers and page margins, a very few spots of foxing and minor markings internally, but generally clean. Front hinge is cracked but secure, frontispiece is loose at the top of the page but is also secure, binding is otherwise good and secure. 295 pages with 49 illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Warner Bros. Publications, 1984. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Some creasing to covers, quite a lot of pencil comments, fingerings etc. internally, a few comments in pen also, otherwise clean. Binding is good and secure. 63 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Clive Bingley, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hard back in very good condition. Covers are clean, with very slight rubbing to edges. A very few light markings internally, otherwise clean. Binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with a few minor markings and slight rubbing to edges. 114 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: White Lion Publishers, 1976. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Hard back in very good- condition. Covers are clean, light foxing and marking to external page edges. A few spots of foxing to first and last few pages, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with age-yellowing and very slight creasing to edges. 364 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Bloomsbury, 1992. Soft cover. Good. Rollman, Charlotte.. Soft cover in good+ condition. Creasing to spine, minor rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean throughout. Binding is tight. 608 pages + glossary. Over 200 line illustrations and musical examples and 10,000 entries. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Boosey & Co, 1900. Soft cover. Good. Illustrated lithograph brown front cover, 32 pages, toning to the pages, minor marking internally. Various composers; Meissler, Caryll, Bucalossi, Liddell, Audran, Lamothe, Desormes, (Valse x4, skirt dance, barn dance, polka, lancers). Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Duff & Hodgson, 1880. Soft cover. Good. Fine colour lithograph title showing ships in the setting sun, lithographed by T. Packer after the original by J. Turner. 5 pages of music. Toning to the pages, some marking, slightly cropped at the bottom edge of the title. The music by Hobbs, the words by Duff. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: John Blockley, 1875. Soft cover. Good. Black and white lithograph title + 5 pages of music, + publisher's list on the reverse of the last sheet. The sheets are clean, minor marking. Written by H. E. Blockley, composed and published by John Blockley. Transcribed for the piano by Jules Favre. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Chappel & Co / Joseph Williams, etc., 1850. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A collection of sheet music, usual numbering anywhere from circa 3 pages to 15 pages; 32 works in total, 1840's-1850's. Not bound, generally fairly tidy, some toning and marking, one with margin chipping to the title, another with loose pages. Includes; The Drum Polka, By Jullien. London; Jullien & Co. / The Bridal Wreath by Henry Oakey, London; Joseph Williams / The Fair Swan of Erin by Richard Frederick Harvey, London; Joseph Williams. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, by Mozart, London; Leader & Cock. / Raphael, Nocturne, by Comettant. London; Joseph Williams. / When the Swallows Hasten Home by Theodore Oesten, London; Robert Cocks & Co / La Dance des Fees, by Alfred Jaell, London; Robert Cocks & Co / Fantasia by Bellini, London; Joseph Williams / Charles Halle's edition of Mozart's Works, No. 20 Sonata, London; Chappell & Co/ Charles Halle's… Read More

Paris: Gallet et Fils, 1930. Soft cover. Good. Fine art deco colour front cover in red and blue, 4 pages of music, the pages of music are browned, some pencil notes. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Prague: Panton, 1965. Cloth. Good/Good. Bound in pale cloth with red, black and blue titling and decoration. In good+ condition. Minor marking to covers, inscriptions on front end paper, slight browning to page margins, otherwise clean internally, binding is tight. In good dust jacket, age-yellowed with minor marking and rubbing to edges. 562 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Berlin: Siegel & Schimmel, 1895. Soft cover. Good. Armorial eagle emblem on the front cover in red, black and gold. Pages; (2), 5, (1). Toning to the pages, some minor marking to the title and rear page. A couple of neat repaired edge tears, cropped slightly at the bottom edge of the front cover. Circa 1890-1900. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Oslo: Ernst G. Mortensen, 1941. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good+ condition. Some darkening to cover edges, minor marking and rubbing to covers. Some marking to first couple of pages, otherwise clean internally. Slight wrinkle to pages; not easily visible, but can be felt. Binding is very good. 187 pages with many illustrations. Text in Norwegian. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Paris: Lemoine, 1850. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Staining to the pages, but otherwise still quite bright, some toning to the front title cover. Pages; (2), 7.

France, 1978. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Some rubbing and creasing to covers, bottom right corner of back cover is missing. Page corners are slightly dog-eared, slight browning to page margins, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. 130 pages. Text in French. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Oxford University Press, 1947. Cloth. Good/Good. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Covers are clean, some foxing to external page edges. Foxing and browning to first couple of pages, a very few spots of foxing elsewhere, generally clean internally. Binding is very good. In good dust jacket with browning and some wear to edges. 243 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paris: Amand Girard., 1906. Soft cover. Good. Engraved brown title page of the 'Enchanteresse' (bust of a young lady). Toning to the pages, minor marking, 7 pages. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard back in good+ condition. Ex-library, with tape marks on covers, stamps and labels on first and last few pages, stamp on external page tops, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with light rubbing and blank paper label on spine. 193 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall