Music & Dramatic Arts from Bird's Books

Folio, 190pp, beautifully illustrated with numerous photographs of Thorgerson's work. Artists that he has worked with include many well known musicians and groups including classic covers for Pink Floyd, The Cranberries, Peter Gabriel, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Led Zeppelin. Also included in the book are discussions about the work as well as examples of the graphics.

Routledge, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Church Music and Protestantism in Post-Reformation England' breaks new ground in the religious history of Elizabethan England, through a closely focused study of the relationship between the practice of religious music and the complex process of Protestant identity formation. Hearing was of vital importance in the early modern period, and… Read more about this item

London: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, 1956. Softcover. Good. Programme of the 1956 season, 4to pictorial softcovers with a silhouette of Mozart on the front Some chipping and shelf ware. 100pp illustrated throughout in black and white and colour, some historical notes and interesting vintage adverts. The 1956 season featured six operas by Mozart - Idomeneo, Die Enführung Aus Dem… Read more about this item

London: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, 1957. Softcover. Good. Programme of the 1957 season, 4to pictorial softcovers from an original painting by Peter Rice. Some chipping and shelf ware. 84pp illustrated throughout in black and white and colour, some historical notes and interesting vintage adverts. We have a couple of other programmes from Glyndebourne available.

London: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, 1999. Softcover. Very good. Mary Fedden. Programme of the 1999 season, 4to pictorial softcovers, cover (Picnic at Glyndebourne) by the opera loving artist Mary Fedden. 144pp illustrated throughout in black and white and colour, some historical notes and vintage adverts. We have a couple of other programmes from Glyndebourne available.

London : Eyre Methuen, 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good +. The Threepenny Opera. 8vo, blue cloth boards with tan coloured price clipped dust jacket in very good condition. Xviii + 124pp. Contents include introduction, the plays and notes and variants. Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century, probably best… Read more about this item

London: W. Hay, 1775. Hardcover. Very Good +. Scarce. Complete in 3 volumes. 12mo. Full blue leather, 5 bands and gilt tiles on spine. All edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers with gilt decoration on leather at pastedown. Vol. I , ii + 170pp plus index & one page of publisher’s catalogue, has a piece missing from the edge… Read more about this item

London: Camden Society, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth boards with blind embossed decoration on covers. Xviii + 408pp. Tears to spine. Ex reference library with pictorial bookplates on pastedown. Inner book in excellent clean condition. A book of fascinating songs which show the political mood in England of the period.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 160pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the early 1920's. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 139pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 140pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. Undated circa 1925. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 140pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. Undated circa 1920. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 168pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. Undated circa 1925. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 168pp. 4 plays. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. Xxxiii + 160pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. The classic children’s story with Tinker Bell… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 148pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the early 1920’s. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.

Edinburgh: Albyn, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Fair. 8vo red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 151pp illustrated with photographs. This book tells the story of theatre in Ayr in the 20th century. ”..in a wider sense it is a documentary of the Scottish stage”. Dust jacket complete but worn, please see pictures. Previous owner’s name… Read more about this item

Piccadilly: H. Berthoud, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Cooper; Sharp; Clint; De Wilde; Waldeck. 4to, library rebound in green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and library name on cover. 72pp with frontispiece and 19 other plates. Contains 20 engraved portraits of actors in character by Cooper alongside biographies of the actors. As with other copies of… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with label on spine. 180pp. Marbled endpapers with some discolouration. Nice and clean inside.

London, 1959. Softcover. Near fine. 8vo, card wraps. 64pp. A review of the needs of the arts and artists in Britain. This is a discussion of the various methods used to fund the performing and visual arts.