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THE FURTWANGLER RECORD.
Portland: Amadeus Press, 1996. Reprint, 8vo., pp. 376, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, decorative endpapers; foxing to edges, a few very light spots to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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JOHANNES BRAHMS. Life and Letters.
Oxford& New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 8vo., pp.xxviii,858, navy hardcover, gilt, ribbon bookmark, 50 b/w illustrations; slight creasing to upper corners between p.681-684, light crease to upper corner of first few leaves, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good, clean copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly shelf-worn and lightly sunned to spine.
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MUSIC IN THE ENGLISH COURTLY MASQUE, 1604-1640.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.xix,372, navy hardcover, gilt, 15 b/w plates; light toning to edges, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, and lightly creased to margins.
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ODE TO A HIGHFLYING BIRD. My Tribute to the Music of Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker.
London: Beat Publications Ltd, 1964. First edition, pocket 8vo., pp.(32), glazed cream hardcover lettered in black, colour-illustrated throughout; small ownership inscription to front free endpaper, ‘Seven Shillings’ label bound in, rubbing and light surface soil to pale boards, small tear to paper covering at foot of upper joint, lower corner of rear board bruised, overall a very good copy of this scarce curio.
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CARL NIELSEN AND THE IDEA OF MODERNISM.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2010. 8vo.,pp. xix, 314, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations, musical examples and tables; ownership autograph to front paste down endpaper, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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Richard Strauss: A Critical Commentary On His Life And Works [Set of Three Volumes]
London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1978. Corrected reprint, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xv,462;xi,452;xxi,552, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispieces and plates; top edges a little dusty, else a very good, fresh set, in unclipped dust-jackets, which are sunned to spines of Volumes II and III, else very good.
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THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPE.
Its History, Literature, and Music, With Some Account of the Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes Relating to the Instrument and its Tunes.
Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1977. Small 8vo., pp.420, green hardcover, gilt; slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in vg price-clipped dust-jacket.
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HYMNS OF THE ROMAN LITURGY.
London: Longmans, 1957. Large 8vo., pp.xxiii,263, blue hardcover, gilt; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is foxed, with closed tears to folds and edges, reinforced to reverse.
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THE ORGAN AS A MIRROR OF ITS TIME.
North European Reflections, 1610-2000.
Oxford University Press, 2002. 8vo., pp.xvii,374, brown faux-leather, gilt, with accompanying CD Rom; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A DIRECTORY OF COMPOSERS FOR ORGAN. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition.
Swindon: John Henderson (Publishing) Ltd. 8vo., pp.xii,789, red faux-leather hardcover, gilt; a fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE KEYBOARD MUSIC OF J.S. BACH.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. 8vo., pp.xv,475, red cloth lettered in silver; fine, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly sunned to spine.
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WILLIAM BYRD. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1997. 8vo., pp.xvi,480, green hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; slight bowing to front board, with slight bruising to lower corner of front board, a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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MUSICA BRITANNICA A NATIONAL COLLECTION OF MUSIC XCVIII.
Richard Dering Motets and Anthems.
London: Stainer and Bell, 2015. 4to.,pp. xxxi,135, burgundy hardcover, gilt lettering, musical score; neat pencil annotation to front paste down endpaper, a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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REASSURING EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PROTESTANTS -
The Librettist’s Intended Message for Handel’s Messiah, Explored Within the Context of Eighteenth Century Belief.
York: Quacks Books, 2017. 8vo., pp.viii,522, paperback; signed by author to title, a fine copy.
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BISHOP AND SON ORGAN BUILDERS.
The Story of J.C. Bishop and his Successors.
Lincoln: Laurence Elvin, 1984. Signed by the author, small 4to., pp.356, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 101 b/w plates to the rear of volume, further in-text illustrations; small typed reference note to front paste-down endpaper, very good indeed, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine and margins.
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MAURICE DURUFLE, 1902-1986.
The Last Impressionist.
Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 2002. 8vo.,pp. xv,215, pictorial hardcover, b/w plates and figures; lightly sunned to spine, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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JOHN TAVERNER, TUDOR COMPOSER.
Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1979. 8vo., pp.xvi,283, pictorial cloth, b/w plates; a very good, fresh copy. (No dust-jacket).
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PURCELL STUDIES.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 8vo.,pp. xii,305, hardcover, yellow title block to spine with black and yellow lettering, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 8vo.,pp. xvi,302, hardcover, gilt, b/w plates, tables and figures; brief typed annotation on paper label to front paste down endpaper, otherwise near-fine, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE ORGAN MUSIC OF J.S. BACH. Three Volumes.
Volume I: Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias, Fugues, Sonatas, Concertos and Miscellaneous Pieces (BWV 525-598, 802-805, etc). Volume II: Works based on Chorales (BWV 599-771, etc). Volume III: A Background.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Three volumes, the set, 8vo.,pp. 365; 357; 309, navy cloth, gilt, musical score figures; ownership print out stuck down to front free endpapers of each volume, otherwise clean and very good, in very good dust-jacket, volume I is price-clipped, volume III is lightly sunned to spine and extremities, lightly rubbing to extremities, overall a very good set.
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