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London: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 1985 First English edition. No ISBN. HB. Cream cloth, with blind-stamped logo to front, title to spine. No dustjacket. 48pp. With b&w photos & illustrations in plates.This copy belonged to the clarinettist Basil N. Tschaikov. Fine. Very light spotting to closed page edges.

London: Northern Songs Limited, 1965 & 1967 First editions. Two volumes published in 1965 and 1967. Paperbacks: laminated pictorial card wrappers featuring colour photos of the Beatles. 132pp & 141pp, large quartos. Music and lyrics to 100 Beatles songs composed by Lennon and McCartney from A Hard Day's Night to Sergeant Pepper. Forewords by Dick James. Illustrated with 2 full page b&w photos of Lennon and McCartney in each volume. The first volume has small b&w photos on the wrappers of other pop artists. Very Good condition. Well-bound and unmarked pages. The wrappers are bright with light wear to the laminate at edges, and darkening to extreme edges; large crease to front of Vol. 1., and tear at base of spine.

London: Proteus (Publishing) Ltd, 1982. First Edition In this comprehensive study, the author has brought together 200 of the anchor men of rock to give us an unusual and fascinating look at the drummer's art. HB, first edition, 126pp, colour and b/w photographs throughout. Dust jacket is v slightly creased. A fine copy and DJ nonetheless.

London: Jarrolds undated HB, 192pp, frontis and 8 illustrations. Author's note dated 1945. Marbled paper covers with dk red leather spine and corners. Spine gilt banding with laid on title label. Some tanning to pages, Faint waterstain top left edge of frontis and half title. A Very Good copy.

Italy: Teatro alla Scalla 2006 HB, 263pp with colour illustrations. Italian text. 2006 season detail. Fine/Fine

London, Peter Davies, 1966 Hardcover, First UK edition in dustjacket. 248 pages with illustrations. The story of one of the greatest jazz pianists ever. A Very Good clean copy without inscriptions in a Very good but lightly rubbed price clipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

London & Dublin: Longmans Green & M.H. Gill, 1912 Reprint. HB. Green cloth lettered in black to front cover. vi, 104pp. Includes 1872 Preface. Musical notation throughout in the text. Very Good copy; , clean pages, some creased corners; and light stain to back.

Vienna, Dr. Siefried Mueller, 1969 Hardcover books in dustjackets. These appear to be a limited edition of 500 published by the authors. This being No 82. The text is stencil -duplicated due to finacial restraints! Book I has 289 pages with illustrations and a four page list of errata and addenda Book II has 268 pages with illustrations and Addenda. Both volumes are bound in red covers and are Very Good with some light handling wear and bumps to spine of Vol I. The Jackets are worn with small losses and creases to edges. The colour (white) has slightly tanned. A good addition for the Stan Kenton Fans. Pictures available as are other Stan Kenton publications.

London: Doubleday, 2017 First edition, second impression. HB. Cloth and dustjacket. 422pp. With b&w photos and illustrations in text throughout. Photos of broadcasting house to endpapers. Fine copy, with tanning to page edges due to type of paper, and small price-clipping to jacket..

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1937 Hardcover, large folio, first edition. 241 pages. A massive book of 96 Camera portraits of Ballet Dancers taken by Gordon Anthony including all the greats of Ballet. A Very Good Book without inscription. Quarter buckram? with Red boards. No dustjacket. Ocaissional foxing, not affecting plates. Pictures available

London: Golden Gallery Press, c.1948 First edition, limited, copy no.14, signed by the author. Undated but from contents c.1948. HB. Full green leather, lettered in gilt to spine and on gilt bordered panel to front cover. All page edges gilt. 96pp, large quarto. Illustrated with 6 colour plates from paintings by the author, and part-coloured drawings by her in text and to endpapers, as well as b&w photos of performances and leading dancers and choreographers of the day. Includes Sadler's Wells, Ballet Rambert and Ballets Russes. Luxuriously produced book for its period. Very Good condition: contents clean and well-bound, small gift inscription on half-title, 1953. Covers clean and bright, abrasions to corners and spie ends, slight bow to upper board.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 2002 Hard cover book. xii, 256pp with score examples. A practical guide for both the listener and performer. Includes a CD of selected examples played and introduced by Charles Rosen, recorded in Italy in 2001. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. No inscriptions , not price clipped. Pictures available.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 2002 Hard cover book. xii, 256pp with score examples. A practical guide for both the listener and performer. Includes a CD of selected examples played and introduced by Charles Rosen, recorded in Italy in 2001. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. No inscriptions , not price clipped. Pictures available.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950-54 First editions thus, 1950 and 1954. Two Penguin Scores. Paperbacks: card wrappers printed with colour decorative patterns, titled to front and spine, small oblong format, 102pp & 144pp. Penguin Scores No.9 and No.24. Symphony No. 1 has a biographical note(7pp) by McNaught and introduction by Gordon Jacob, who edited the series. Symphony No.2 has an introduction again by Jacob (which is translated into German and Spanish also). Very Good copies. Both have neat owner's name inside front wrapper. No.1 has some wear to wrapper spine. Well bound pages. Pages clean, the scores unmarked. Photos available.

London: Allen Lane, 2013 First edition, first impression. SIgned by the author with dedicatory message, on title page. HB. Cloth and dustjacket. 665pp. With 59 b&w photos & illustrations in plates. Colour pictorial endpapers. Acclaimed biography of Britten showing great sensitivity to his music and the complexity of his relationships. Fine in Fine jacket, now in clear sleeve.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972 First UK edition. HB. Blue cloth lettered in gilt and photo-illustrated dustjacket in blue, black and white. 253pp. With b&w photos in plates and text. Biography of the great blues singer Bessie Smith, the first full account of her life and career based on much new research including meetings with people close to her. Very Good+ book, with small smudge to fore-edge, in Very Good bright jacket with light rubbing to edges.

The Supreme Magic co Ltd 1977 Balloons with Personality, Hints and Kinks for Clowns! Balloon animals and How to Make Them. Soft covers, 1st ED, 35pp with figures. A VG+ copy.

London, Vision Press Ltd, 1976 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket, Signed by the author to half-title page. The first book to describe the making of a ballet through all stages. A Very Good copy in a Very Good clean and unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available

London: Studio Vista, 1974 First edition. HB. Orange cloth lettered in gilt to spine, and photo-illustrated dustjacket. 143pp, quarto. Well illustrated with b&w photos in text throughout, some whole page. Detailed history from silent film to the 1970s. Wth film list chronology at end and bibliography. Fine clean and bright copy, two feint ink marks to bottom of page edges jacket with small price-clipping.

London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012 First edition. HB. Cloth, and colour pictorial dustjacket.. 224pp, large quarto. With photos and illustrations in text throughout, many in colour, as well as to endpapers. Written by admired Bond Roger Moore, with help from Gareth Owen. Fine copy.