[Koussevitzky, Hugo] Leichtentritt, Hugo.

Serge Koussevitzky – The Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New American Music.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1947. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. 199 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lytton, Sir Henry [Gilbert & Sullivan]

The Immortal Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Containing the Stories of the Plays and the Words and Music of Famous Numbers from Each Opera. With an Appreciation by Sir Henry Lytton.

Four Volumes. London, The News Chronicle Publications Dept., Not dated (c. 1920s). 28 x 22.5 cm. Original red cloth with blue and yellow decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Manuscript Music Book.

Unpublished. Before 1889. 30 x 23 cm. 20 pages of handwritten music scores – stapled. Plus one losely inserted page of music scores. Decorated blue cardboard covers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some fading and discolorations. Name of previous owner on front cover: ‘A.M. Poore’.

Milton ‘Mezz’ Mezzrow / Bernard Wolfe.

Really the Blues.

London, The Jazz Book Club, 1959. 20 x 12.5 cm. (6), 388 pages. Original cloth hard cover with title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Spine faded. Internally clean.

Nicholson, Sydney H.

Parish Psalter with Chants. With Psalms of David Pointed for Chanting.

Croydon, The Royal School of Church Music, 1989. 8°. 236 pages. Original Hardcover. 1989 Reprint of the original Edition from 1932. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare !

[Nureyev, Rudolf] Stuart, Otis.

Perpetual Motion – The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev.

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995. 24.3cm x 16.3cm. 317 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Robbins, Jerome] Lawrence, Greg.

Dance with Demons. The Life of Jerome Robbins. [Signed by Keith Money on front free end paper].

First Edition. New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001. 16cm x 23.5cm. XVI, 622 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

Rubinstein, Arthur.

Mein Glückliches Leben.

Frankfurt, S. Fischer, 1980. 21.9cm x 14.7cm. 792 Seiten. Mit 51 Illustrationen. Original Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Guter Zustand mit einigen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag.

[Schubert, Franz] Wheeler, Opal / Deucher, Sybil.

Franz Schubert and his Merry Friends. Illustrated by Mary Greenwalt.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1960, 24.4cm x 19cm. 120 pages. With illustrations and music sheets. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear along with staining on some of the first couple of pages.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?