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Image for The Art of Skating; Containing Many Figures Never Previously Described, with Illustrations, Diagrams, and Plain Directions for the Acquirement of the Most Difficult and Elegant Movements.

The Art of Skating; Containing Many Figures Never Previously Described, with Illustrations, Diagrams, and Plain Directions for the Acquirement of the Most Difficult and Elegant Movements.

By: Anderson, George ('Cyclos')

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Horace Cox: 1868

Seller ID: 021117

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

vii + 71pp, 5 full page diagrams, 3 full page drawings, illustrations in text. Blind-stamped covers, gilt titling to front, some fraying/rubbing to edges, general ageing to contents, a few marks and creases, front hinge slightly weak but quite secure, pencilled owner's name to title page, binding tight. Overall a Good copy of a scarce title.
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An Encyclopedia of the Violin

By: Bachmann, Alberto / Introduction By Eugene Ysaye / Translated By Frederick H Martens / Edited By Albert E Wier

Price: £40.00

Publisher: New York, D Appleton and Company: 1925

Seller ID: 022781

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xiv + 470pp, 4 colour plates, 78 illustrations. Gilt on green boards, light edge rubs, general ageing to contents, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped with loss, hole to front flyleaf where price removed, small area of staining to spine head, to be supplied in a removable protective sleeve) dustwrapper.
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Granville Bantock: A Personal Portrait

By: Bantock, Myrrha

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, JM Dent & Sons Ltd: 1972

Seller ID: 021683

ISBN: 0460039717

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 203pp, index, list of principal works, 16pp illustrations, music examples and line drawings in text, top edge of pages coloured green. Black boards, light ageing only, a VG copy in a near VG (small corner loss, price-clipped) dustwrapper.
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Image for Vocal Selections from Billy: A New Musical. Featuring Michael Crawford (Signed Copy). (Charles Hansen Educational Sheet Music & Books) E8476A

Vocal Selections from Billy: A New Musical. Featuring Michael Crawford (Signed Copy). (Charles Hansen Educational Sheet Music & Books) E8476A

By: Barry, John (Music) / Black, Don (Lyrics)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: USA, Edwin H Morris & Company, Inc: 1975

Seller ID: 030652

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

64pp, music scores, black and white photographs. Softback, general light browning, slight scuffing to upper rear corner of back cover, minor surface loss, light ageing to contents, overall a Good+ copy. Signed 'With Love, Michael Crawford' on front cover
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The Making of Stringed Instruments: A Workshop Guide

By: Buchanan, George

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, BT Batsford Ltd: 1997

Seller ID: 031958

ISBN: 0713481404

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

205pp, index, illustrations throughout. Ex-school library, digits to verso of 1/2 title, stamps to title page otherwise contents VG. Light wear to covers, overall a Good+ copy.
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Banding in the Dales: A Centenary History of Muker Silver Band

By: Bythell, Duncan

Price: £10.00

Publisher: North Yorkshire, Muker Silver Band: 1997

Seller ID: 016950

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

60pp, illustrations, 4pp in colour. Small softback, a VG clean tight copy.
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Frae Glesga Toon: The Songs and Stories of Alex Campbell

By: Campbell, Alex

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Essex, Folk Scene Publications Ltd: 1964

Seller ID: 019156

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

55pp, illustrations, scores and words to a number of songs. Softback, illustrated card covers, light general wear, ageing to page edges, overall a VG copy. Personalised gift dedication from the author to title page.
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Wagner and the Art of the Theatre

By: Carnegy, Patrick

Price: £18.00

Publisher: USA, Yale University Press: 2006

Seller ID: 022333

ISBN: 0300106955

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xviii + 461pp, index, bibliography, notes, illustrations. Black boards, light wear only, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper.
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Jess Stacy: The Quiet Man of Jazz

By: Coller, Derek

Price: £20.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Jazzology Press: 1997

Seller ID: 018511

ISBN: 0963889044

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

296pp, cd in pocket at rear, indexes, discography, 12 appendices, illustrations. Softback, creasing to upper front corner of rear cover and adjacent pages, minor marking to edges, otherwise light reading wear only. A Good tight copy. Signed by author to 1/2 title: 'With Best Wishes, Derek Coller'.
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The Perfect Portable Gramophone: 'His Master's Voice'

By: Cooper, Dave

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, New Cavendish Books: 2003

Seller ID: 030373

ISBN: 1872727492

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

123pp, index, colour and black and white illustrations. cd to rear pastedown. Laminated pictorial boards, slight colour fading to spine and adjacent edges, bookplate to front endpaper, overall a VG copy.
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A Special Flame: The Music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Based on the Proceedings of an International Symposium Jointly Organised By The Elgar and RVW Societies

By: Edited By John Norris and Andrew Neil / Articles By: Kennedy, Michael / Fereman, Lewis / Anderson, Robert / Lucas, Claire-Louise / Darnborough, Jonathan / Adams, Byron / Pope, Michael / Cobbe, Hugh / McGuire, Charles / Connock, Stephen

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Hertfordshire, Elgar Editions: 2004

Seller ID: 031519

ISBN: 0953708292

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

vi + 186pp, index, references, a collection of 11 articles. Red cloth boards, gilt titling and decoration, a VG copy, no dustwrapper, presumably as issued.
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Conspiracy of 30 (Thirty): Their Misuse of Music from Aristotle to Onassis

By: Edwards, Virginia Davis / Edwards, William B (Editor)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: USA, Conspiracy Press: 1994

Seller ID: 030055

ISBN: 0962837202

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

iv + 567pp, index, endnotes, bibliography, illustrated. Black cloth boards, gilt titling and design, bumping to lower front corners, slight foxing to contents, overall a near VG copy, no dustwrapper, presumably as issued. Heavy book, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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The Giggleswick Scores of Edward Elgar

By: Elgar, Edward / with an Introduction and Brief Notes By WR Mitchell

Price: £10.00

Publisher: North Yorkshire, W.R. Mitchell: 1990

Seller ID: 021880

ISBN: 1871064120

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

24pp. Card covers, slight corner creasing, very slight sunning to spine, a VG copy.
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Hank Williams: The Biography

By: Escott, Colin (With George Merritt and William MacEwen)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Little Brown & Co: 1994

Seller ID: 019351

ISBN: 0316249866

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 307pp, index, discography, sources, map, 16pp plates. Quarter-bound in black over tan boards, light wear only, a VG clean tight copy in (colour fading to spine) dustwrapper.
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A World of Antique Phonographs with Price Guide

By: Fabrizio, Timothy C / Paul, George F

Price: £24.00

Publisher: USA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US): 2007

Seller ID: 030371

ISBN: 0764326961

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224pp, index, glossary, bibliography, colour illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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Studies in Jazz Series No.31: Stride!: Fats, Jimmy, Lion, Lamb and All the Other Ticklers

By: Fell, John L / Vinding, Terkild

Price: £30.00

Publisher: USA, Scarecrow Press: 1999

Seller ID: 022728

ISBN: 0810835630

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xvi + 237pp, index, bibliography, 5 appendices. Black boards, VG copy in dustwrapper.
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The Edison Cylinder Phonographs, 1877 - 1929. A Detailed Account of the Entertainment Models Until 1929.

By: Frow, George L / Sefl, Albert F

Price: £100.00

Publisher: Kent, George L Frow: 1978

Seller ID: 030404

ISBN: 0950546224

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 207pp, bibliography, glossary, 4 appendices, black and white photographs and drawings throughout, a Second Impression 'Some Additions and Corrections' slip tipped in to page iii. The number 1614 stamped to verso of title page, the book appears to be a first edition other than the amendment sheet, which may itself be the second impression designation. Brown boards, light ageing, a VG copy in (a few edge rubs, minor nicks, colour fading to spine) dustwrapper.
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Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1993

Seller ID: 018508

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

38pp + 8pp index, printed one side only. Spiral bound publication, card covers, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries, occasional note) otherwise a VG tight copy. Scarce. Discography.
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Will Bradley Orchestra Plus Freddie Slack Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1997

Seller ID: 018509

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

24pp + 7pp index, printed one side only. Spiral bound publication, card covers, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries, occasional note) otherwise a VG tight copy. Scarce. Discography.
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Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1985

Seller ID: 018551

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

28pp + 7pp index. Green card covers, stapled publication with black tape spine, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries) otherwise light wear only, a VG copy.
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Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1999

Seller ID: 018552

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

40pp + 8pp index. Pink card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), minor mark to front cover, otherwise light wear only, a VG copy.
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Count Basie and His Orchestra 1936 - 1945

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1987

Seller ID: 018564

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

56pp + 8pp index. Blue card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), light wear only, a VG copy.
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John Kirby and His Orchestra & Andy Kirk and His Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1991

Seller ID: 018565

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

16pp + 2pp index, 14pp + 3pp index. Blue card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), light wear only, a VG copy.
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Bob Crosby and His Orchestra Volume One: 1935 - 1945

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1996

Seller ID: 019294

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

47pp listings plus 13pp index (single-sided printing). Spiral bound publication, pencilled annotation throughout (mainly ticks but also additional entries and amendments to book).
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Teddy Powell and His Orchestra

By: Garrod, Charles

Price: £15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1990

Seller ID: 019302

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

24pp + 4pp index at rear (single-sided printing). Card covers, occasional annotation (ticks, additional tracks to discography), overall a VG copy.
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Harry James and His Orchestra Volume One 1937 - 1945

By: Garrod, Charles / Johnston, Peter

Price: £20.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1996

Seller ID: 019309

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Very Good

76pp + 11pp index (single-sided printing). Spiral bound publication, pencilled annotation throughout (mainly ticks alongside entries).
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis

By: Gedminas, Antanas / Gudynas, Pranas / Kuzminskis, Jonas / Stauskas, Petras

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Vilnius, Vaga: 1983

Seller ID: 020417

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

31pp + 429 illustrations, many in colour, some folding. 4pp biography in Lithuanian / Russian / English / French / German. Yellow cloth boards, bumping to edges in 2 places, gift inscription to 1/2 title, overall a VG copy in (slight edge browning) dustwrapper. A study of the Lithuanian painter and composer MK Ciurlionis, 1875 - 1911. Edition not stated.
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The Phonograph and How to Construct It. With a Chapter on Sound.

By: Gillett, W

Price: £12.00

Publisher: G.L. Frow: 1978

Seller ID: 030353

ISBN: 0950546240

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 86pp, index, 3 drawings in text, 6 folding plates at rear. Small softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Facsimile of the 1892 edition published by E & FN Spon.
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Image for Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Illustrated with Ten Highly-Finished Portraits, Engraved on Steel, and Numerous Engravings on Wood, Under the Superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath

Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Illustrated with Ten Highly-Finished Portraits, Engraved on Steel, and Numerous Engravings on Wood, Under the Superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath

By: Heath, Charles

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, David Bogue:

Seller ID: 021662

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

xiv + 160pp, 10 tissue-guarded plates, drawings in text. Brown boards, gilt titling and decoration, spine dulled, slight fraying to spine head/tail, some edge rubs/bumps, general foxing to contents, owner's name to front endpaper and 1/2 title page. Some plates showing signs of looseness, but all are still well attached, one plate is reinforced with (aged) white tape, so not a recent repair. Overall a Good copy. Undated, the plates are dated 1844, the British Library dates the book as 1845.
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Hot Man: The Life of Art Hodes (Music in American Life)

By: Hodes, Art / Hansen, Chadwick / Discography By Howard Rye

Price: £8.00

Publisher: USA, University of Illinois Press: 1992

Seller ID: 031321

ISBN: 0252017536

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 164pp, index, discography, 29 illustrations. Black boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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Gerry Mulligan's Ark. New, Revised and Enlarged Edition with Discography By Raymond Horricks and Gordon Jack

By: Horricks, Raymond / Jack, Gordon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Isle of Wight, The Owlet Press: 2003

Seller ID: 031881

ISBN: 0953380041

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

ix + 293pp, addendum, 2 discographies, bibliography, 6 appendices, 10 illustrations by Chris Buswell. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy.
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Art Tatum: A Guide to His Recorded Music

By: Laubich, Arnold / Spencer, Ray

Price: £20.00

Publisher: USA, The Scarecrow Press: 1982

Seller ID: 022783

ISBN: 0810815826

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

xxviii + 330pp, 4 appendices, chronological discography. Gilt on maroon cloth boards, light ageing, some light pencilled annotation to discography, and notes to rear endpaper, a near VG copy, no dustwrapper.
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..... Through the Glass (1994) for Chamber Ensemble of Sixteen Players (or Larger Ensemble) (Score)

By: Matthews, Colin

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Faber Music Ltd: 2000

Seller ID: 021262

ISBN: 0571519210

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

51pp. Large softback, light wear only, a VG copy.
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Skiffle: The Definitive Inside Story

By: McDevitt, Chas (Forewords By Mark Knopfler, George Harrison and Joe Brown)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Robson Books Ltd: 1997

Seller ID: 018400

ISBN: 1861051409

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xxiii + 294pp, index, bibliography, illustrations. Blue boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. A first-hand account of the Skiffle phenomenon from its formative days in jazz clubs and coffee bars to international acclaim in places such as the Royal Festival Hall.
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Elgar's Legacy: A Centennial History of the Malvern Concert Club

By: Messenger, Michael

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Hertfordshire, Elgar Editions: 2003

Seller ID: 020397

ISBN: 0953708276

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 440pp, index, sources, references, 2 appendices, illustrations. Gilt on green boards, an excellent copy in dustwrapper.
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Elgar's Legacy: A Centennial History of the Malvern Concert Club

By: Messenger, Michael J

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Hertfordshire, Elgar Editions: 2003

Seller ID: 020883

ISBN: 0953708276

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 440pp, index, sources, references, 2 appendices, illustrations. Gilt on green boards, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper.
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Sound Revolutions: A Biography of Fred Gaisberg, Founding Father of Commercial Sound Recording

By: Moore, Jerrold Northrop

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Sanctuary Publishing Ltd: 1999

Seller ID: 031928

ISBN: 1860742351

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

344pp, index, black and white photographs. Softback, two (production) laminate lines to rear cover otherwise light wear only, a VG copy.
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''It's the Only Wish I've Got' - The Story of The Elgar Birthplace

By: Neill, Andrew

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Worcester, Elgar Foundation Enterprises Limited: 2006

Seller ID: 031477

ISBN: 0954855337

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 80pp, index, footnotes, 6 appendices, illustrated. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy.
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English Cathedral Music in New York: Edward Hodges of Trinity Church

By: Ogasapian, John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: U.S.A., The Organ Historical Society: 1994

Seller ID: R14812

ISBN: 0913499129

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

x + 244pp, index, bibliography, illustrations. Mauve boards, light wear only, pencilled note indicating that this book was received from the author to front endpaper Page 220 is blank in book, the printed version in loosely inserted, otherwise a VG tight copy. No dustwrapper, possibly as issued. Biography of Edward Hodges, covering his early life in Bristol to his marriage, Trinity and the Church Choral Society to his illness and final years. Scarce.
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A Prevailing Passion: A History of Worcester Festival Choral Society

By: Parsons, Mary

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Worcester, Osborne Books Ltd: 1996

Seller ID: 021155

ISBN: 1872962955

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

vii + 136pp, index, bibliography, appendix, illustrations. Softback, slight creasing to front cover and title page (from a paper clip) otherwise light wear only.
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Meet You in Atlantic City: Travels in Springsteen's New Jersey

By: Pettifer, James

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Oxford, Signal Books Ltd: 2018

Seller ID: 030918

ISBN: 1909930709

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

xviii + 291pp, index, further reading, black and white illustrations. Softback, a VG copy. Flat signed by the author on title page.
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Cayuga: For Fifteen Players (1999) (Score)

By: Phibbs, Joseph

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Faber Music Ltd: 2003

Seller ID: 021263

ISBN: 0571520383

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

81pp. Large format softback, light wear only, a VG copy.
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Polish Music and Chopin Its Laureate

By: Rayson, Ethel

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, William Reeves: 1916

Seller ID: 022149

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 64pp, index, 4 plates. Brown cloth boards, gilt titling, Foyles label to front pastedown, light foxing, a VG copy.
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Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton

By: Reich, Howard / Gaines, William

Price: £16.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Da Capo Press Inc: 2003

Seller ID: 021782

ISBN: 0306812096

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xiv + 288pp, index, 3 appendices, notes, 16pp illustrations. Quarter-bound in yellow over brown boards, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper.
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North Texas Lives of Musicians Number 5: Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra!

By: Sparke, Michael

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Texas, University of North Texas Press: 2010

Seller ID: 031885

ISBN: 1574412841

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 345pp, index, bibliography, notes, 20pp photographs. Red boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. The story of the bandleader, 1911-1979.
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Broken Music

By: Sting (Gordon Sumner)

Price: £120.00

Publisher: London, Simon & Schuster Ltd: 2003

Seller ID: 019374

ISBN: 0743231848

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

337pp, not illustrated. Grey boards, uneven ageing to contents, 2 sections of the text have browned more than the rest, overall a VG copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription to title page reads:- 'To Tessa, Sting :)'. Scarce signed copy by the lead singer of The Police. First impression of the first edition, complete number line present.
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A History of the Birmingham Town Hall Organ: Produced to Mark the Reconstruction of the Organ (1984) and the 150th Anniversary of Its Installation in the Town Hall.

By: Thistlethwaite, Nicholas

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Birmingham City Council: 1984

Seller ID: 020242

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

56pp, notes and references, 4 appendices, black and white photographs. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy.
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Jan Garbarek: Deep Song (EastNote: Hull Studies in Jazz)

By: Tucker, Michael

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Hull, The University of Hull Press: 1998

Seller ID: 031905

ISBN: 0859586847

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

390pp, index, bibliography, discography, notes, illustrations. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy. A study of the lyrical art of Norwegian saxophonist and composer Jan Garbarek.
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Bird's Diary: The Life of Charlie Parker, 1945 - 1955

By: Vail, Ken

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Surrey, Castle Communications Plc: 1996

Seller ID: 032128

ISBN: 1860741320

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

175pp, fully illustrated including black and white photographs. Large format softback, reading creases to covers, a VG copy.
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Bluegrass, 1950 - 1958. Bill Monroe: The Father of Bluegrass Music

By: Wolfe, Charles K / Rosenberg, Neil V

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Germany, Bear Family Records: 1989

Seller ID: 019553

ISBN: 3924787123

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

65pp, illustrated, Contents include a Biographical Sketch; An Overview of the Decca Sessions, 1950-1958; Song Notes; Discographies (Chronological and Numerical). Also included is a loose double-sided Discography Update (slightly edge creased). Small softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Scarce.
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