Music from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Small quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Exlibris sticker of the former owner on front of dust jacket. Spine of dj faded but legible. xvi, 254 p. w/ a few illus., musical notation, tables, bibliography, glossary, index.… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shin-Sei Do, ca. 1930. Hardcover. Very good. Small octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Small tears in first free endpaper. Name date, and location of fomer owner on titlte page (Kyoto, 10 Sept. 1930). xii, 227 p. w/ b&w illus. and color woodblock print of Mt. Fuji. A collection… Read more about this item

Neptune, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges of boards. All corners bumped. Name of former owner on flyleaf. 176 p. Some pencil notation.

Amherst, MA: Cambria, 2008. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Not issued with a dust jacket. Corners bumped. Marginalia and ink marks in the bibliography ONLY. x,265 p. w/chapter endnotes, bibliography, index.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Very good. Thick quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Covers slightly scuffed. xxiii, 805 p. w/musical notation, illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. A detailed history of the evolution of primarily Western European music in these 2 centuries.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good, price clipped. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more wear to dust jacket. Pencil marks on last endpaper. 314 p. w/ illus., index. An autobiographical survey of the high points in the life of Casals, a talented a Spanish and Puerto… Read more about this item

Saarbrüken, Germany: Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 329 p. w/footnotes, appendices, musical notations, bibliography, index. The title sums up the book well.

Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Dj has a long tear verticle along eldge of first flap. A few marginalia marks and underlinings in bibliography ONLY. xi, 297 p. w/illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. This work examines the role… Read more about this item

Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2013. Later printing. hardcover in illustrated boards . Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Strangely a long inscription on the half title page has been covered up with many from a pen. A few marginalia marks in bibliography. xiii, 304 p. w/musical notation, endnotes, bibliography,… Read more about this item

Hildesheim: George Olms Verlag, 2012. Revised and extended edition. . Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 325 p. w/many color illus., diagrams, select index of names, glossary, select bibliography, discography of instruments in the Beurmann Collection. A beautifully illustrated book with a great deal of information from… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight waviness to first few pages. xiv, 346 p. w/ scores, footnotes, glossary, select bibliography, index. A collection of 22 scholarly essays by music theorists, 17 written for this volume.

Weterville OH: Integrity Press, 1991, 1996. Later printings. Hardcover. Very good. Three large, heavy quarto volumes. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Some spotting to lower edge of textblocks. An exhaustive summary of hundreds of artists, with name, dates, short biography where possible references, and list of known works.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xi, 312 p. w/ endnotes, index. A classic exploration of music and the occult in the Russian symbolist movement.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. First paperback edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xix, 328 p. w/ footnotes, musical notations, appendix of longer musical examples, bibliography, index. A study balancing theory, technical exposition and aesthetics of Schoenberg's early works.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. Boards slightly curved. xiv, 608 p. w/discography, various bibliographies, performances, filmography, appendices, index. A reference work surveying the life and output of Gershwin in performance, recordings, and film.

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. vii, 99 p. w/ illus., musical notation, index. A guide to playing jazz and learn what is expected from a jazz pianist when he/she joins a band. Uncommon.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xiii, 360 p. w/ illus., biography, chronology discography, appendix, bibliography, index. A solid reference for the research or collector covering the work of this collaborative duo of many successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway… Read more about this item

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. 297 p. w/ discography, chronology, and song & record indexes. A detailed reference, including almost day by day notes of recording sessions and performances and their individual participants, focusing on the period up to… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 225 p. w/ footnotes, music examples, tables, illus., appendix, bibliography, index. A study of operas examining the place of the artist in society, and their political contexts.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. 294 p. w/ illus., notes, bibliography, index. A study of the relationship between opera and literature at the Golden Age of opera in Russia, 1840s thru the 1880s.… Read more about this item