Search Results: Music / Biography from Hall of Books

Thames and Hudson, 1988. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1988, with unclipped jacket. In overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation - gift inscription to front endpaper; upper edge to page block slightly dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Kecskemet: Kodaly Institute, 1999. Paperback. Fine. First Hungarian paperback edition with compliment slip signed by the author, 1999, in overall fine condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotations or inscriptions; text and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

W. H. Allen, 1972. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1972, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little unread; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Northway Publications, 2000. 1st. Paperback. Fine. First edition paperback with a preface by John Dankworth, 2000, in overall fine, unread condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth impression hardback, 1964, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket tanned to spine (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Harvill Press, 1953. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition hardback translated by G. S. Fraser and Erik De Mauny with a Preface by Arthur Honegger, 1953, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - white dj tanned to spine and slightly soiled; black cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; light toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Novello And Company Limited, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback pamphlet in Biographies Of Great Musicians series, 1966, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - rubbing to edges crease to front cover lower rh corner. Internally clean. Stapled binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Bristol: Preston Publishing House, 2013. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition paperback, 2013, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - light rubbing to edges with faint crease to front upper rh corner. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Cassell, 1977. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition hardback, 1977, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges (now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Oxford University Press, 1931. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition in The Musical Pilgrim series, 1931, in overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - light tanning to spine and edges. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name in pencil neat to ffep dated 1942; text clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Eyre Methuen, 1981. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback in the Composer as Contemporary series, 1981, with price-clipped jacket. In overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Faber and Faber, 1970. Hardback. Good. Second edition hardback, 1970, with no jacket. Ex. library book, only a couple of the usual stamps and markings, no pages removed. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - illustrated boards rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, musical examples and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photograph available.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback edition in the Master Musicians series, 1955, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - trace of old price to dj front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears very little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name to ffep; toning to page-ends but text, illustrations and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Hutchinson, 1999. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing hardback, 1999, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Quartet Books, 1976. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition, 1976, in overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed to edges with a couple of creases to lower front rh corner. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

HarperCollins, 1998. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition first printing hardback, 1998, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges (now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. First Griffin edition paperback, 1999, in overall near fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1981, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dj with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed and a little chipped to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

New York: Barricade Books, 1994. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing hardback, 1994, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only slight signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; very slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available.

Cambridge University Press, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback reprint, 1978, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - slight rubbing to edges, spine remains uncreased. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.