Search Results: Music and Dance from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1979). Twelfth impression. Octavo, dark blue boards, pp. 304; illustrated. Previous owner's name on endpaper, remainder mark to bottom page edge, else very good in dust jacket..

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2004). Reprint (3).. Octavo, black boards,pp. viii, [2], 270; illustrtaed. Very good or better in dust jacket. .

(Berlin): Gestalten, (2011). First edition.. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo, pictorial boards printed in red, black and white, pp. 288, the pagination includes 16 pages of photos, most in colour. Engaging account of artistic life in Berlin between Autumn 1987 through 2010. Multi media artist and musician Danielle De Picciotto brings this era vividly to life in her striking, descriptive prose style. The author's focus is more upon the arts community of Berlin and her artist friends than upon herself, and she provides vivid accounts of Berliners: Gudrun Gut, Dr. Motte, Roland Wolfe, Jim Avignon, Beth Moore Love, Alexander Hacke, Einsturzende Neubauten and others. Hardcover in dust jacket, and as new in the publisher's shrink wrap. Highly recommeded.

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1973]. First edition. Square 4to., purple cloth, unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. With a 2 page introduction by Steinbeck. Previous owner has written Condon's date of birth and death beneath Condon's name on the title page. Book is otherwise internally clean and near fine. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a small chip to the rear panel, and some light edge wear and small tears..

London: William Collins, 1944. First edition. A volume in the "Britain in Pictures" series. Edges of the fragile boards rubbed, else a very good clean copy in a faded and torn used dust jacket..

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: (Cambridge): Da Capo Press, (2002). First edition., 2002. Octavo, plum boards, pp. xvii, 270; illustrated. Biography of the influential jazz singer who was afflicted with Kallman's syndrome, a genetic deficiency. Fine in dust jacket..

Faber and Faber, Limited edition, one of 200 signed and numbered copies.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed. limited. Fine in slipcase

San Francisco: Backbeat Books, (2003). First edition.. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, pale blue boards, pp. 132; illustrated in colour. Beautifully presented inlay work of Canadian guitar maker / luthier Willim Grit Laskin. Laskin is the first and only musical instrument maker to receive Canada's most prestigious national craft award, the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence. Fine in dust jacket. May require extra postage, depending on shipping destination, and delivery standard required.

Chigwell: Storyville Publications, (1978). Octavo, black cloth, pp.xiv, 150. A near fine copy [no dust jacket]..

Toronto: House of Exile, 1976. First edition, #134 of 300 copies signed by Somers. 8 ½" x 5 ½", orange cloth, unpaginated. The text reproduces in facsimile Canadian composer Harry Somer's score for this notable work for voice. Exile Editions number 4. Fine in dust jacket with slight wrinkling along the spine, else near fine. .

Brooklyn: Institute of Medieval Music, Ltd., (1969). Quarto, navy blue cloth, pp. [xi], 70. Musical scores. A fine copy. No dust jacket, presuably so issued..

New York: Da Capo Press, 1977. An unabridged reprint of the English edition in six volumes. originally published between 1900-1908. Octavo, sturdy blue cloth bindings, pp. xiii, 400; ix, 436; ix, 528, [x], 538; vi, 460; x, 472. The first three volumes are authorized translations by Ellis, volumes four to six are original works by him. Previous owner's small rubber-stamp on endpapers, else a very good, clean set. No dust jackets, as issed. The considerable weight of this set will likely necessitate a request for additional postage, which will be dependant on shipping destination and delivery standard required. .

London: Victor Gollancz, 1981. First edition. Ca.27.5 x 25 cm; pp. 120;illustrated. Errata slip tipped to half-title. Fine in dust jacket with a large adhesive stain (the size of an address label) to the top corner of the front panel, and some light edge wear/tiny tears, else very good. .

Toronto: Collins, (1983). First Canadian edition. Inscribed by Domingo, "To Ellen, In Friendship". The book additionally bears a non-authorial inscription to the same individual, presenting the book as a gift. Book is fine, the attractive dust jacket has some scuffing to the rear panel, else very good..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1970). First edition. Octavo, white cloth, pp. xxviii, 226; illustrated with musical scores. The subject of the book is "New Diatonoic Modal Principle". Date written in ink and smudged area on front free endpaper, else very good, in a dust jacket with a few tears and condiderable creasing to the front flap..

(N.p): Doubleday Canada, (2017). First printing. Hardcover, 244 pages; Incscribed by Alan Doyle, frontman of Great Big Sea, with a small drawing: "Cheers Terry / Alan Doyle". Book was printed and bound in the USA. Fine in dust jacket. ..

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1988). First English edition., 1988. Octavo, dark blue boards, pp. 223, [1]; illustrated. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket with faint damp-staining along the top edge..

New York: George Sully and Company, (1928). Octavo, light blue cloth, pp. [xv], 105; illustrated. A variety of stunts, and masquerade suggestions for dances and balls. Front free endpaper roughly removed, small stain to fore-edge, covers lightly soiled, else about very good..

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1978). First English edition in two volumes. Octavo, black boards, pp. xxiii, 327; x, 329 - 654. This translation is based on the second, revised and Enlarged German-lanuage edition of 1978. A fine set in slipcase, lacking the dust jackets..