Music

1. Albertson, Chris.: Bessie: a biography. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972. 1st. UK edn. 253pp. B/w photos. D/w slightly rubbed on edges with two small, closed tears in top edge else a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9822) £10.00

2. Alker, Elizabeth.: Everything we do is Music: how 20th. Century classical music shaped Pop. London: Faber & Faber, 2025. 1st. edn. (8)327pp. B/w photos. D/w slightly scuffed on back panel otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10101) £10.00

3. Anderson, Robert.: The Dent Master Musicians: Elgar. London: J. M. Dent, 1993. 1st. edn. xvi,493pp. B/w photos. and musical quotations. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8676) £15.00

4. Arnold, Elliott.: Deep in my Heart: a story based on the life of Sigmund Romberg. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949. 1st. edn. ix,511pp. D/w chipped and rubbed with with several closed tears, a faded spine and some minor loss at spine tail. Internally, clean and sound.   (Stock ref 7274) £15.00

5. Ashbrook, William: The Operas of Puccini London: Cassell, 1969 1st. edn. xv, 269 pp. B/w frontis. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1353) £12.50

6. Atwood, William G.: Fryderyk Chopin: pianist from Warsaw New York: Columbia University Press, 1987 1st. edn. xiii, 305 pp. B/w illus. D/w slightly faded on spine and with one small tear in top edge of back panel. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 2882) £15.00

7. Axelrod, Herbert R. (ed.): Heifetz Neptune City: Paganiniana, 1981 2nd. edn. 633 pp. Numerous sepia photos. Contributions from Henry Roth, Constance Hope et al. Laminated bds. (no d/w issued) slightly creased on spine foot and with a couple of tiny bumps in bottom edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1248) £20.00

8. Bachmann, Robert C.: Karajan. London: Quartet Books, 1990. 1st. UK edn. viii,371pp. B/w photos. Translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside. Afterword by Michael Tanner. Edges of text block somewhat tanned. D/w very slightly creased on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6611) £5.00

9. Balliettt, Whitney.: The Sound of Surprise: 46 pieces on jazz. London: William Kimber & Co., 1960. 1st. UK edn. 254pp. D/w with tape stains and consequent paper damage to top and bottom edges but clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 9404) £15.00

10. Balmer, Paul.: Stephane Grappelli: with and without Django. London: Sanctuary Publishing, 2003. 1st. edn. 428pp. B/w photos. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 4930) £10.00

11. Barnes, William Harrison.: The Contemporary American Organ: its evolution, design and construction. Gl;en Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1964. 8th. edn. (6)389pp. Numerous b/w photos., diagrams. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering slightly faded on spine and a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6651) £8.00

12. Beckett, Walter.: The Master Musicians: Liszt. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1963. Revised edn. x,185pp. B/w illus., musical quotations. D/w slightly darkened on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8084) £10.00

13. Behr, Edward.: Thank Heaven for Little Girls: the true storyof Maurice Chevalier’s life and times. London: Hutchinson, 1993. 1st. UK edn. xii, 368pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w a little faded on spine and rubbed along top edge optherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5243) £6.50

14. Blunt, Wilfrid.: On Wings of Song: a biography of Felix Mendelssohn. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. 1st. edn. 288pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5978) £7.50

15. Braun, Michael.: “Love Me Do!”: the Beatles’ progress. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. 1st. edn. 142pp. Numerous b/w photos. Binding slightly cocked. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed and creased on edges otherwise a sound copy.  (Stock ref 5431) £5.00

16. Brophy, John & Partridge, Eric: Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-1918 London: Eric Partridge Ltd. (at the Scholartis Press), 1930 2nd. edn., revd. and enlarged. viii, 222 pp. An edn. of 1000 copies. Inscribed by Eric Partridge. Orange bds. slightly spotted, d/w chipped and worn on extremities otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6078) £75.00

17. Bruynoghe, Yannick.: Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s story as told to Yannick Bruynoghe. London: The Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Cassell & Co., 1957. New edn. 139pp. B/w photos. and four line drawings by Paul Oliver. D/w  creased and rubbed along top edge with several tiny, closed tears othyerwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 9417) £10.00

18. Buckle, Richard.: Diaghilev. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. 1st. edn. xxiv,616pp. B/w photos. Small ownership name to ffep. D/w Slightly rubbed on edges and a trifle faded on spine  otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7253) £6.00

19. Burrows, Donald.: Master Musicians: Handel. Oxford: Oxford university Press, 1994. 1st. edn. xii,491pp. B/w illus. and musical quotations. Binding slightly cocked else a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8677) £15.00

20. Cale, John & Bockris, Victor.: What’s Welsh for Zen?: the autobiography of John Cale. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999. 1st. edn. unpaginated. Numerous b/w photos. and other illus. Signed by John Cale. Pictorial cardboard covers (no d/w issued) slightly bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8315) £250.00

21. Campbell, Margaret: Dolmetsch: the man and his work London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975 1st. edn. xv, 318 pp. B/w photos., text figures. Signed and dated by the author. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 2759) £15.00

22. Carpenter, Humphrey.: Benjamin Britten: a biography. London: Faber & Faber, 1992. 1st. edn. x,680pp. Many b/w photos. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8055) £8.00

23. Charters, Samuel B.: The Country Blues. London: The Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Michael Joseph, 1961. New edn. 203pp. D/w with a couple of tiny, closed tears in top edge else a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9415) £10.00

24. Chevalier, Maurice.: Bravo Maurice! a compilation from the autobiographical writings of Maurice Chevalier. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. 1st. UK edn. 240pp. B/w photos. Translated from the French by Mary Fitton. D/w a little dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5178) £4.50

25. Chilton, John.: Ride Red Ride: the life of Henry “Red” Allen. London: Cassell, 1999. 1st. UK edn. vi(2)216pp. B/w photos. D/w a trifle ceased on edges else a very good copy.  (Stock ref 9403) £8.00

26. Dance, Stanley.: The World of Earl Hines. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977. 1st. edn. x,323pp. Many b/w photos. D/w worn on edges with a couple of small, closed tears in top edge else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9492) £12.00

27. Daw, Stephen.: The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: The Choral Works. East Brunswick: Associated University Presses, 1981. 1st. edn. 240pp. B/w illus. D/w generally a little tanned with some minor creasing at spine head and tail otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9770) £7.50

28. Dawson, Mike.: Freddie and Me: a coming of age (Bohemian) rhapsody. London: Jonanthan Cape, 2008. 1st. edn. unpaginated. A graphic memoir with umerous b/w illus. D/w slightly rubbed on edges  else a clea, sound copy.  (Stock ref 10239) £7.50

29. DeVeaux, Scott & Giddins, Gary.: Jazz New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. 2nd. impression. xx,553pp plus 66pp index and bibliography. Laminated pictorial card covers a trifle creased on back panel with stiff card pack of four CD’s. Together a near fine set.  (Stock ref 7439) £75.00

30. Dodd, Philip.: The Book of Rock. London: Paviliuon Books, 2001. 1st. edn. 512pp. Many cold. and b/w photos. D/w  slightly rubbed and creased on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9781) £12.00

31. Donington, Robert: The Interpretation of Early Music London: Faber & Faber, 1963 2nd. edn. reprint.  608 pp. Numerous text figures of music notations. D/w rubbed and worn with considerable loss to spine but clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 2878) £10.00

32. Donington, Robert.: The Rise of Opera. London: Faber & Faber, 1981. 1st. edn. 399pp. B/w illus. D/w rather rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 6182) £9.00

33. Douglas-Home, Jessica: Violet: the life and loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse London: The Harvill Press, 1996 Special ltd. edn. signed by the author and published for SBC Warburg. x, 342 pp. Numerous b/w photos. Grey cloth with silver lettering and decoration plus a CD in a matching grey cloth folder in a grey cloth fall-down-back box lined with red and blue marbled paper. The whole in very fine condition.  (Stock ref 1888) £45.00

34. East, John M.: Max Miller: the cheeky chappie. London: W. H. Allen, 1977. 1st. edn. 196pp. B/w photos. All pp lightly tanned otherwise a fine copy in the d/w.  (Stock ref 5571) £15.00

35. Ehrlich, Cyril.: First Philharmonic: a history of the Ryal Philharmonic Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 1st. edn. (12)307pp. B/w illus. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8499) £50.00

36. Feather, Leonard: The New Yearbook of Jazz London: Arthur Barker, 1959 1st. UK edn. 186(1) pp. Many b/w photos. Introduction by John Hammond. Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Jazz series. D/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges with several small tears otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 2276) £7.50

37. Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira.: The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies. London: Quartet Books, 1978. 1st. UK edn. 393pp. Many b/w photos. Introduction by Quincy Jones. D/w faded on spine and rather chipped and worn with several small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7153) £10.00

38. Feather, Leonard.: The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties. London: Quartet Books, 1978. 1st. UK edn. 312pp. 200 b/w photos. Foreword by John Lewis. D/w faded on spine  with tape stains to head and tail and several small,closed tears in edges. A clean, sound copy otherwise.  (Stock ref 7154) £10.00

39. Feather, Leonard.: The Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Bonanza Books, 1960. 1st. edn. 527pp. Numerous b/w photos. Appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond. Price-clipped d/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners and faded on spine otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 7152) £15.00

40. Ferry, Bryan.: Lyrics. London: Chatto & Windus, 2022. 1st. edn. xxviii,308pp. Signed by the author on title page. Shallow dent in back board otherwise a fine copy in d/w which is very slightly creased at spine head.  (Stock ref 7518) £35.00

41. Fitzlyon, April.: The Price of Genius: a life of Pauline Viardot. London: John Calder, 1954. 1st. edn. 520pp. B/w illus. Two ownership signatures and dates to ffep. Binding slightly cocked. Price-clipped d/w rather rubbed and worn on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 4449) £15.00

42. Fleming, Fergus.: Amaryllis Fleming. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. 1st. edn. x,294pp. B/w photos. All pp. lightly tanned. D/w faded on spine and adjacent areas of front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9914) £20.00

43. Fokine, Michel.: Memoirs of a Ballet Master. London: Constable & Co., 1961. 1st. UK edn. xvi,318pp. B/w photos. Translated from the Russian by Vitale Fokine and edited by Anatole Chujoy. D/w chipped and worn with several closed tears and minor loss at spine head and tail but clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 7254) £15.00

44. Foreman, Lewis.: Bax: a composer and his times. London: Scolar Press, 1988. 2nd. edn. xxii,506pp. Many b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8606) £20.00

45. Gaines, Steven.: Heroes and Villains: the true story of the Beach Boys. New York: New American Library, 1986. 1st. edn. (6)374pp. Many b/w photos. D/w a trifle creased along edges else a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9590) £14.00

46. Galatopoulos, Stelios.: Maria Callas, Sacred Monster. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 1st. US edn. x, 564pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5198) £10.00

47. Gay, John.: The Beggar’s Opera. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Reprint. 93pp. Eight tissue-guarded cold. plates. Gift inscription to ffep. Paper titling labels to spine and front board. Yellow paper-covered boards with black cloth spine rather rubbed on edges and corners but clean and sound  otherwise.  (Stock ref 9223) £10.00

48. Gelly, Dave.: Being Prez: the life and music of Lester Young. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 1st. edn. xiv,171pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9821) £10.00

49. Giddins, Gary.: Bing Crosby, A Pockctful of Dreams: the early years 1903-1940. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002. 1st. P/B edn. viii, 728pp. B/w photos. Pictorial card covers a little worn on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 4234) £6.00

50. Gilbert, Sir W. S.: The Yeomen of the Guard or The Merryman and his Maid. London: Macmillan & Co., 1929. 1st. edn. vi, 102pp. Eight cold. plates by William Russell Flint and numerous pen and ink drawings by Charles Brock. Gift inscription to ffep. D/w slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4314) £25.00

51. Glikman, Isaak: Story of a Friendship: the letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman London: Faber & Faber, 2001 1st. UK edn. xliv, 340 pp. B/w photos. Commentary by Isaak Glikman and translated from the Russian by Anthony Phillips. D/w very slightly creased on top edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1261) £12.00

52. Goodman, Benny.: Benny, King of Swing. London: Thames & Hudsopn, 1979. 1st. edn. 63pp. of text plus many b/w photos. Introduction by Stanley Baron. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners with a smll, closed tear in spine tail otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9865) £8.00

53. Gourse, Leslie.: Unforgettable: the life and mystique of Nat King Cole. London: New English Library, 1991. 1st. UK edn. xxi, 309pp. Numerous b/w photo. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3996) £7.50

54. Gregor-Dellin, Martin.: Richard Wagner: his life, his work, his century. London: Collins, 1983. 1st. UK edn. xii, 575pp. B/w photos. D/w a trifle dust-marked and slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 3562) £8.00

55. Guest, Ivor,: Ballet under Napoleon. Alton: Dance Books, 2002. 1st. edn. xvi,528pp. Cold. frontis and many b/w iullus. D/w rather rubbed on corners and edges with a slightly faded spine. Internally, very clean and sound.  (Stock ref 7248) £20.00

56. Gyger, Alison: Opera for the Antipodes Sydney: Currency Press & Pellinor, 1990 1st. edn. viii, 364 pp. 139 b/w illus. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1851) £10.00

57. Hampton, Lionel with James Haskins.: Hamp: an autobiography. London: Robson Books, 1990. 1st. UK edn. (12)280pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9411) £6.00

58. Handy, W, C.: Father of the Blues. London: The Jazz Book Club in association with Sidgwick & Jackson, 1961. Book Club edn. xiv(4)317pp. D/w, q very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 9405) £7.00

59. Harry, Debbie.: Face it. London: HarperCollins, 2019. 1st UK edn. (8)352(8)pp. Many cold. and b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9597) £8.00

60. Haskell, Arnold L.: Baron at the Ballet. London: Collins, 1951 Reprint. 222pp. Eight cold. and numerous b/w photos. Foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell. Inscribed by the photographer. Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and decoration  on front board a little faded and rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 6998) £40.00

61. Herbert, Trevor & Wallace, John (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1997. 1st. edn. xx,341pp. B/w photos. Pictorial card covers a little bumped on corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8501) £12.00

62. Ho, Allan B. & Feofanov, Dmitry: Shostakovich Reconsidered London: Toccata Press, 1998 1st. edn. 787 pp. B/w photos. and text figures. Overture (foreword) by Vladimir Ashkenazy. D/w very slightly creased on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1255) £25.00

63. Hodges, Sheila: Lorenzo Da Ponte: the life and times of Mozart’s librettist London: Granada Publishing, 1985 1st. edn. xiv, 274 pp. 18 b/w illus. D/w very slightly creased on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2477) £7.50

64. Hogan, Ita Margaret: Anglo-Irish Music, 1780-1830 Cork: Cork University Press, 1966 1st. edn. xviii, 246 pp. 11 b/w plates, text figures. D/w slightly dust marked and with a closed tear on rear flap otherwise a fine copy of this scarce book.  (Stock ref 7608) £30.00

65. Hold, Trevor.: Parry to Finzi: twenty English song-composers. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2002. 1st. edn. xii,463pp. Many musical quotations. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8085) £25.00

66. Howard, Patricia: Gluck and the Birth of the Modern Opera London: Barrie & Rockcliff, 1963 1st. edn. (8) 118 pp. D/w spine very slightly faded otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 1354) £20.00

67. Hunter, Ian.: Diary of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star. St. Albans: Panther Books, 1974. 1st. edn. 159pp. B/w phgotos. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5432) £20.00

68. Jones, Lesley-Ann.: Freddie Mercury: the definitive biography. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. 2nd. impression. (8)374pp. Cold. an b/w photos. D/w slightly creased along top edge else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 10238) £10.00

69. Kahm, Ashley.: The House that Trane Built: the story of Impulse Records. London: Granta Books, 2006. 1st. edn. x,336pp. Many b/w photos. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and with a small, closed tear in top corner of front panel otherwise a clean bright copy,  (Stock ref 7148) £15.00

70. Kelley, Kitty.: His Way: the unauthorised biography of Frank Sinatra. London: Bantam Press, 1986. Reprint UK edn. xvi, 575pp. Many b/w photos. Price-clipped d/w a little rubbed on edge3s otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5252) £7.50

71. Kennedy, Michael.: The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams. London: Oxford Univewrsity Press, 1964. 1st. edn. xviii,776pp. B/w photos, musical quotations. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8082) £40.00

72. Kildea, Paul.: Benjamin Britten: a life in the Twentieth Century. London: Allen Lane, 2015. 1st. edn. xviii,666pp. Numerous b/w photos. Price-clipped d/w very slightly creased at spine tail otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8079) £10.00

73. McCarthy, Albert.: Big Band Jazz. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. 1st. edn. 360(8)pp. Many b/w photos. Price-clipped d/wotherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9737) £8.00

74. Mezzrow, Milton “Mezz” & Wolfe Bernard.: Really the Blues. London: The Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Secker & Warburg, 1959. Book Club edn. (10)388pp. D/w chipped and worn on edges and corners else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9409) £6.00

75. Monk, Raymond (ed.): Edward Elgar: music and literature. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1993. 1st. edn. xxviii,368pp. B/w illus. and musical quotations. Contains essays by Diana McVeigh, Ivor Keys, Christopher Grogan et al. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8675) £15.00

76. Morrison, Simon.: Bolshoi Confidential: secrets of the Russian ballet from the rule of the tsars to today. London: Fourth Estate, 2016. 1st. edn. xxxii,507pp. B/w photos. D/w a little creased on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7251) £8.00

77. Motion, Andrew.: The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit. London: Chatto & Windus, 1986. 1st. edn. xii,388pp. B/w photos. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6355) £6.50

78. Paphides, Pete.: Broken Greek: a story of chip shops and pop songs. London: Quercus Editions, 2020. 1st. edn. (6)585pp. Lengthy inscription by the author. Binding very slightly cocked else a fine copy in the d/w.  (Stock ref 8109) £10.00

79. Peyser, Joan.: The Memory of all That: the life of George Gershwin. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006. New edn. 320pp. Many b/w photos. Laminated pictorial card covers. A fine copy.  (Stock ref 9820) £12.00

80. Pritchard, Jane (ed.).: Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929. London: V. & A. Publishing, 2010. 2nd. impression. 240pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Includes contributions by Geoffrey Marsh, Howard Goodall et al. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10090) £20.00

81. Rachel, Daniel.: Isle of Noises: conversations with great Brirish songwriters, London: Picador , 2014. 1st. P/B edn. xvi,592pp. Many b/w photos. Card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10110) £10.00

82. Ramsey, Frederic & Smith, Charles Edward.: Jazzmen. London: The Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Sidgwick & Jackson, 1958. Book Club edn. xv(1)360pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w  a little grubby  and stained with one small, closed tear otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9732) £10.00

83. Roberts, David (ed.).: Rock Chronicles: a visual history of the World’s greatest 250 rock acts. London: Cassell Illustrated,  2012 1st. edn. 576pp. Hundreds cold. and b/w photos. Forewors by Alice Cooper. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10111) £15.00

84. Roberts, Peter: Victoria de Los Angeles London: Weidenfeld & Nicolon, 1982 1st. edn. vii, 184 pp. B/w photos. D/w spine slightly faded otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2476) £6.50

85. Rust, B. A. L. &  Allen, Walter C.: King Joe Oliver. London: The Jazz Book Club, 1957. 1st. edn. xii,224pp. B/w photos. Front board slightly bowed. D/w rubbed and worn on edges and corners with several tiny, closed tears else a very good copy.  (Stock ref 9407) £10.00

86. Schweitzer, Albert.: J. S. Bach. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1949. Reprint..Two vols: vol. l, xvi,428pp, vol. ll, vii,498pp. Many musical examples in both vols. d/w’s chippped and worn with several, closed tears amd very minor loss at spine heads and tails. A clean, sound set otherwise.  (Stock ref 10228) £20.00

87. Sears, Benjamin (ed.): The Irving Berlin Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 1st. edn. xii, 219pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4577) £10.00

88. Simkin, Stevie.: What Makes the Monkey Dance: the life and music of Chuck Prophet and Green on Red. London: Jaw Bone Press, 2020. 1st. edn. 328pp. Cold. and b/w photos. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8444) £8.00

89. Skryabin, Alexander.: The Notebooks of Alexander Skryabin. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 1st. edn. xxi(3)263pp. B/w photos. Translated by Simon Nicholls and Michael Pushkin with annotations and commentary by Simon Nicholls. Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Lacks d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10050) £35.00

90. Slick, Grace (with Andrea Cagan): Somebody to Love? London: Virgin Books, 1999. 1st. UK edn. (10)370pp. Cold. and b/w illus. D/w very slightly dust markere else a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9598) £10.00

91. Springsteen, Bruce.: Songs. London: Virgin Publishing, 1998. 1st. UK edn. 306pp. Numeroud b/w photos. Edited by Robert Santelli. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8458) £20.00

92. Starling, William.: Strings Attached: the life and music of John Williams. London: The Robson Press, 2012. 1st. edn. xvi, 400pp. B/w photo. D/w, a fine copy of this scarce title.  (Stock ref 3250) £75.00

93. Teachout, Terry.: Duke: a life of Duke Ellington. New York: Gotham Books, 2013. 1st. edn. (12)483pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9818) £8.00

94. Thompson, Charles.: Bing. London: W. H. Allen, 1975, 1st. edn. vi, 249pp. Many b/w photos. D/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5450) £7.50

95. Tovey, Donald Francis.: Essays in Musical Analysis. London: Oxford University Press, 1967-70. Reprints. 7 vols. Numerous text figures. Two vols have neat ownership signatures. D/w’s very slightly faded on spines otherwise a very clean, bright set.  (Stock ref 4394) £120.00

96. Wagner, Richard.: Tannhauser New York: Belwin Mills Publishing, nd (c1960?) xvi,343pp. Kalmus Vocal Scores no. 6506 A piano reduction with libretto in English and German. Green faux leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9873) £20.00

97. Walker, Alan.: Franz Liszt, the Virtuoso Years 1811-1847. London: Faber & Faber, 1983. 1st. edn. xxvi,481pp. Many b/w illus. and music quotations. D/w a little faded on spine and showing some shelf wear otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5973) £15.00

98. Weinstat, Hertzel & Wechsler, Bert.: Dear Rogue: a biography of the American baritone Lawrence Tibbett. Portland: Amadeus Press, 1996. 1st. edn. 283pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4442) £10.00

99. Williams, Ursula Vaughan.: R. V. W.: a biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams. London: Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st. edn. xvi,448pp. B/w photos. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8081) £25.00