1. Adair, Yvonne.

Music through the Percussion Band. A comprehensive scheme of work from the earliest stages, with games and exercises for playing, listening, reading and conducting.

Second Edition. London etc., Boosey & Co. Ltd., 1954. 14 cm x 22 cm. VII, 225 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2. [Adorno, Theodor] Tiedemann, Rolf (Hrsg.).

Theodor W. Adorno. Beethoven. Philosophie der Musik. Fragmente und Texte. Herausgegeben von Rolf Tiedemann.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1993. 13 x 20,5 cm. 388 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand. Mit einer Grusskarte des Herausgebers. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. [Theodor W. Adorno. Nachgelassene Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Theodor W. Adorno Archiv. Abteilung I: Fragment gebliebene Schriften. Band 1].

3. Anonymous.

Gramophone Classical Catalogue – December 1983. Listing Records & Tapes.

Harrow, General Gramophone Publications Ltd, 1983. 14 cm x 21 cm. VI, 425 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear

4. Antheil, George.

Two Toccatas for the Piano.

New York, G.Schirmer, 1951. Folio. 8 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Matthäus-Passion [Translates: “St Matthew Passion – Piano Score”] – Oratorium von Johann Sebastian Bach – Klavierauszug.

Eigenthum des Verlegers – 7644. Leipzig, C.F.Peters, no year (c.1890). Quarto (20 cm wide x 27 cm high). 166 pages. Hardcover with oroginal brochure bound within. Stamped by Max Leichssenring Musikalienhandlung (Music-Score-dealer in 19th century Hamburg). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6. [Baez, Joan] Siegmeister, Elie / Solomon, Maynard.

The Joan Baez Songbook. Arrangements and Introduction by Elie Siegmeister. Preface by John M. Conly. Illustrated by Eric Von Schmidt. Edited by Maynard Solomon. Music Editors Christa Landon & Jack Lothrop. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

New York, Ryerson Music Publishers Inc., 1964. 20.4 cm x 27.8 cm. Frontispiece. 189 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor rubbing to cover edges and corners. Otherwise, clean and bright.

7. Bax, Arnold.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate – (Luireach Naoimh Padraig). From the Irish Gaelic.

London, Chappell & Co., December 1923. Quarto. 34 pages. Original Softcover with a few markings in pencil. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [Beatles, The] Sansom, Clive A. / Marchbank, Pearce / Coke, Jane.

Pocket Beatles Complete. [Easy to Read Arrangements of 184 Beatles Songs, Including a Complete Discogrpahy of British Record Releases].

London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Cologne, Wise Publications, 1979. 14 cm x 20 cm. 383 pages. Illustrated with eight black-and-white portrait photographs of The Beatles and one black-and-white group photograph (on inside front pastedown). Original Hardcover (yellow cloth with embossed black lettering on cover and spine). Designed by Peace Marchbank. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827).

Stunning, original 19th century Gouache of Beethoven by E.F. Göbel; after a painting of Beethoven by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887), which is now in the possession of the Library of Congress. Germany, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 48 cm x 34,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary 19th century painting with fresh impression of the signature-face of this timeless composer.

10. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Grove, George.

Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies.

Third Edition. New York, Dover Publications, 1962. 8°. 407 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Leitzmann, Albert.

Beethoven’s Briefe. In Auswahl herausgegeben von Albert Leitzmann.

Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1924. Octavo. XIX, 307 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband mit verziertem und vergoldetem Einbandrücken. Außergewöhnlich guter Erhaltungszustand. Namenseintrag und Adresse des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt.

12. Benedict, Sir Julius.

The Lily of Killarney. Opera in Three Acts. The words by Dion Boucicault and John Oxenford. Edited by J. Pittman.

London, Boosey and Co, 1872. 26 cm. 272 pages. Including one vocal score. Original hardcover. Good condition but with signs of external wear. Some noticeable rubbing of spine with a tear on its bottom outer edge. Also, the spine has become half-detached on inside page. Royal Edition of Operas.

13. Bennwitz, Hanspeter [Hrsg.].

Komponistenbriefe des 19. Jahrhunderts. Bericht des Kolloquiums Mainz 1994.

Stuttgart, Steiner, 1997. 8°. 185 Seiten. Noten. Softcover / Broschur. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse / Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz ; Jg. 1997, Nr. 4]

14. [Berlioz] MacDonald, Hugh.

Berlioz.

London / Melbourne / Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1982. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 261 pages with eight pages of photographs, four line illustrations and sixty-two music examples. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Near Fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [The Master Musicians]

15. Berlioz, Hector / C. R. Fortescue (Translator).

Evenings in the Orchestra. Translated by C.R.Fortescue with an introduction and notes by David Cairns.

England / U.S.A / Australia, Penguin Books, 1963. 13 cm x 20 cm. 153 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Bock, Alfred.

Deutsche Dichter in ihren Beziehungen zur Musik [Widmungsexemplar von Alfred Bock]. Klopstock – Wieland – Lessing – Schiller – Goethe – Herder – Jean Paul – Romantiker – Hoffmann – Lenau – Heine – Grillparzer.

Neue Ausgabe. Giessen, J.Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, 1900. Octavo. XI, 264 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler, sehr dekorativer Ganzleinenband mit wundervollen Jugendstil-Elementen. Nahezu neuwertige Erhaltung. Extrem seltenes Widmungsexemplar von Alfred Bock. Die Widmung liest sich: “Meinem Freund – Prof. Dr. H. Walther in aufrichtiger Gesinnung – G[iessen], May.18 – Der Verf[asser]”.”

17. Borodin, Alexander (Composer 1833-1887) / Gergiev, Valery (Conductor).

Prince Igor / Knjaz’ Igor – [Kirov Opera and Orchestra / In a new performing edition by the the Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg / Opera in four acts and Prologue.]

Germany, Philips Classics, 1995. CD Size. Booklet and 3 CD’s. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition. As new. [Philips Digital Classics].

18. Boulez, Pierre.

Orientations – Collected Writings.

London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1986. Octavo. 452 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. [Boulez, Pierre] Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (Editor) / Cooper, Martin (Translator).

Orientations – Collected Writings.

London / Boston, Faber and Faber, 1986. 16 cm x 24 cm. 541 pages. Some black and white diagrams and bars of music throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. [Brahms, Johannes] Musgrave, Michael.

The Music of Brahms.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 329 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

21. Brendel, Alfred (* 1931 –).

The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings. 35 CD – Box-Set. / Mozart – Beethoven – Schubert – Chopin – Schumann – Liszt – Balakirev – Mussorgsky – Prokofiev – Stravinsky – Schoenberg.

Brilliant Classics, [2008]. CD Size. 35 CD’s. Original Hardcover Cardboard-Box. This rare set of 35 CD’s is in excellent condition.

22. Cohen, Leonard.

Songs of Leonard Cohen: Herewith: Music, Words, and Photographs.

London, Collier-Macmillan Ltd., 1969. 21.6 cm x 27.8 cm. 96 pages. With black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor wear to cover. Pages 11-14 loose and pages following beginning to separate. Otherwise clean and bright.

23. Condon, Eddie.

We Called It Music – A Generation of Jazz. Narration by Thomas Sugrue.

Fourth Printing of the first edition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1970. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 341 pages. Eight pages of black and white photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (yellow cloth) / No dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with occasional pencil markings.

24. Corkery, Daniel.

The Philosophy of the Gaelic League.

First Edition. [Ireland], Conradh na Gaeilge Ath Cliath, [c.1943]. Small Octavo. 14 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to cover. Rare pamphlet !

25. [Däubler, Theodor]

Festalmanach Universitäts Ball 1928.

[Berlin], Fischer, 1928. Klein Oktav. 64 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen plus im Anhang: “Programm zum Universitätsball 1928 am 14.Februar in den Gesamtraeumen des Kroll-Etablissements”. Original Softcover. Schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe dieses sehr seltenen Almanachs mit Beitraegen und Illustrationen bedeutender Autoren der Weimarer Republik. Vordere Broschur und Buchblock sehr gut erhalten. Hintere Broschur lose mit stark angeraendertem und geloesetn Programm zum Ball. Alle Illustrationen in sehr guter Erhaltung. Beiliegende: Zwei originale Eintrittskarten zum Universitaetsball (Herrenkarte und Damenkarte) / Ausserdem beiliegend zwei originale Eintrittskarten zur Staatsoper am Platz der Republik in Berlin am selben Tag.

26. D’Aponte, Lorenzo / De La Chavanne, M.C.D.

Mémoires De Lorenzo D’Aponte. Poète vénitien et collaborateur de Mozart.

Paris, Pagnerre, 1860. 13.3 cm x 21.9 cm. XXVII, 356 pages. Original Hardcover. With quarter leather and marbled boards. Raised bands on spine with gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners, spine and boards rubbed. Moderate foxing to edges and pages throughout. Front pastedown contains small sticker: “Kenneth Mummery Books and Music Bournemouth, England”. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

27. Davidson, Gladys.

Standard Stories from the Operas.

London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1947. 13 cm x 19 cm. XXIII, 968 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

28. Debussy, Claude (1862 – 1918) / Martino Tirimo.

The Piano Works [Martino Tirimo] – 4 CD – Box-Set. CD1: Children’s Corner Suite (includes Snow is dancing & Golliwog’s cake-walk) – Images I & II – Berceuse heroique – Mazurka – La Plus que lente – Masques – Elegie – The Little Negro – Page d’album – Morceau de concours – Hommage a Haydn – D’un cahier d’esquisses / CD 2: 12 Etudes – 3 Estampes – L’Isle joyeuse / CD 3: Complete Preludes (Books I & II – XXIV, incl. La Fille aux cheveux du lin – La cathedrale engloutie – Minstrels – Les collines d’Anacapri) / CD 4: Suite Bergamasque (Prelude – Menuet – Clair de Lune – Passepied) – Imagie Oubliees (1894) – Reverie – Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) – Premiere Arabesque – Deuxieme Arabesque – Ballade – Valse Romantique Nocturne – Danse Bohemienne – Pour Le Piano-Suite.

Athene Records / Regis Records Ltd., 2002. CD Size. 4 CD’s. Original Softcover Cardboard-Box. This rare set of 4 CD’s is in excellent condition.

29. Ditfurth, Franz Wilhelm von [Hrsg.].

Die historisch-politischen Volkslieder des dreissigjährigen Krieges. Aus fliegenden Blättern, sonstigen Druckwerken und handschriftlichen Quellen gesammelt und nebst den Singweisen zusammengestellt.

Heidelberg, Winter, 1882. 8°. XVI, 355 S. 37 Notenbeispiele. Hardcover / Modernes Ganzleinen mit eingebundener Originalbroschur. Die eingebundene, originale Titelbroschur sauber geloest (liegt bei). Sonst sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Alter Besitzvermerk / Kaufvermerk auf der Broschur: Ex Libris List & Francke, 1885 – 3 MK, 80 pf.

30. [Duffy, Charles Gavan / Davis, Thomas] / Grattan Flood, W.H.

The Spirit of the Nation or, Ballads and Songs by The Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music, arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte.

New Edition, with preface and Introduction by W.H.Grattan Flood. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1911. Quarto. XXII, 368 pages – including the often missing Corrigenda Leaf (Errata). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated clothbinding that has been recently professionally restored. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Besides a 6 cm smudged repair to the front board in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and sought after publication.

31. Dyson, Edward.

The Golden Shanty.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1929. Small-8°. 179 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with bound in original dustjacketcover by Phil May. Rubbed and used binding. Inside little foxing. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick (ask for more titles).

32. Fischer, Ernst Gottfried.

[Monochord] Versuche über die Schwingungen gespannter Saiten, besonders zur Bestimmung eines sichern Maßstabes für die Stimmung .

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 28 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 215 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823), plus ein grossformatiger, gefalteter Kupferstich, welcher ein “Monochord” [Kanon / Sonometer] von zwei Seiten darstellt (Untertitel: “Monochord – zu genauen Versuchen über die Schwingungen der Saiten”). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

33. Fletcher, Leonard.

The Carlton-Strauss Waltz Album for Piano and Piano Accordion.

Glasgow, Mozart Allan, No Date. 22.5 cm x 29 cm. 23 Pages of music sheets. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

34. Foster, Stephen.

The Songs of Stephen Collins Foster. A Collection of his Most Famous Songs.

London, W. Paxton & Co. Ltd, No Date. 22 cm x 28 cm. 40 Pages of music sheets. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

35. Francis & Day.

Popular Community Song Book I: For All Occasions.

London, Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd, No Date. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 192 Pages of music annotations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Covers around lower spine detached.

36. Gauk, Alexander (Aleksandr Vassilievich Gauk) (1893 – 1963).

Historical Russian Archives – Alexander Gauk Edition – Volume 2: 10 CD Box-Set with Live Recordings made between 1949 and 1961. 10 disc box set featuring the recordings of conductor Alexander Gauk. The works include Tchaikovsky’s ‘4th Symphony in F Minor, Op. 36’, Cesar Cui’s ‘Suite No. 2 in E Major, Op. 38’, Liapunov’s ‘Symphony No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 12’, Franz Schubert’s ‘Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D 417’ and Ravel’s ‘Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet & Strings’ – Piston’s Symphony No.6 “Gettysburg” and many others. Some of the featured orchestras include the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of USSR and the Grand Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Committee.

Brilliant Classics, [2010]. CD Size. 10 CD’s. Original Hardcover Cardboard-Box. This rare set of 10 CD’s is in excellent condition.

37. [Gilbert & Sullivan] Smith, Geoffrey.

The Savoy Operas: A New Guide to Gilbert and Sullivan.

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1983. 17 cm x 24 cm. 236 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

38. [Gounod, Charles] De Bovet, Marie Anne.

Charles Gounod. His Life and Works. With portrait and facsimiles.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1891. 23cm x 14.5cm. xxxii, (3) 244 pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor stain on endpaper. Stamp and annotation by previous owner on end paper. Spine starting to separate from the block. Minor traces of foxing to end papers and title page. Text itself in excellent condition. Very Rare !

39. Guralnick, Peter.

Sweet soul music. Rhythm and blues and the Southern dream of freedom.

London, MOJO, 2002. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. 438 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

40. Harold Bolton / Arthur Somervell.

The National Song Book – Volume II.

London, Boosey & Co, 1930. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. 45 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

41. Hughes, Herbert / [Provenance: Cantor Philip Moddel].

Irish Country Songs. [Musical Score and Text]. [Volume I and Volume IV including a two-sided sheet of manuscript musical nottaions by Cantor Philip Moddel]. Volume I: Edited, arranged and for the most part collected by Herbert Hughes / Volume IV: Edited and arranged by Herbert Hughes.

London, Boosey & Co. Ltd., no year [1936] Octavo. VII, 106 pages. Original Softcover. Poor good condition with stronger signs of wear. From the library of composer Philip Moddel.

42. Hullah Brown, John.

The Hullah Brown-Spencer Dyke Violin Method.

London, Joseph Williams Ltd., 1929. 24cm x 31cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

43. Irish Book Bureau.

The Tri-Colour Song Book. [Including two pages with “Great 1916 Picture – showing the last stand of the heroes of Easter Week in the GPO just before evacuation with Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke and Joseph Plunkett].

Dublin, Irish Book Bureau, no year [c.1930]. Small Octavo. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Fragile with some minor damages only. Overall in good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

44. Jonas, Daniel / Los Desterrados.

Miradores.

Crusoe Records, 2008. Octavo. 1 Booklet. Original Hardcover Jewel Case with original CD with booklet. New Condition – Still in original shrinkwrap ! Unplayed !

45. Keel, Othmar.

Die Welt der altorientalischen Bildsymbolik und das Alte Testament / Am Beispiel der Psalmen.

Zürich, Einsiedeln, Köln, Benziger; Neukirchen : Neukirchener Verlag, 1984. 31 cm. 390 Seiten. Überwiegend Illustrationen. Softcover / Kartoniert. 4. Auflage, 1984. Dezentes Bibliotheksstempelchen. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

46. Kiely, Benedict.

And as I rode by Granard Moat. [compiled by] Benedict Kiely.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1996. Octavo. 228 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

47. Kietzmann, Otto.

Zur Lehre vom Vibrationssinn.

Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1927. 8°. S. 377-422. Softcover. Originale Titelbroschur. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren an der Broschur. Dublette der Uni Mainz.

48. Levin, David J.

Unsettling Opera. Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinksy.

Chicago / London, The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 8°. XIX, 254 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s – mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

49. Liberace.

LIBERACE – An autobiography.

First Edition. London and New York, W.H.Allen, 1973. Octavo. XII, 312 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original (price-clipped) dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare in this condition !

50. Macdonald, Alasdair / [Antony Miall]

Stowe – House and School.

First Edition. London, W.S. Cowell, 1951. 23 x 29 cm. 78 pages with several photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Original cloth / In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscribed with several signed dedications to the previous owner, Stowe – pupil Antony Miall, throughout the book. The dedications are written by several former classmates of the recipient of this monograph. The book deals with: The House at Stowe / The Family / The Gardens and Grounds / The First Lustre / Stowe in War and Peace / The Ten Years’ Grace //