Aldeburgh: Britten-Pears Foundation, 2009. Paperback. This book 'marks the end of a three-year project to document Britten's juvenilia fully for the first time'. Large format, 29.5x21cms, 24-page stapled glossy booklet in pictorial card covers, with many illustrations in colour and monochrome. 'Between the ages of 5 and 18 Benjamin Britten..... More
London: 1993. Paperback. 124pp [plus the inner surface of the covers]; with many photographs and articles, besides advertisement pages and the schedule for the Festival. Contents clean and fresh. 8x8ins, in glossy pictorial covers. A very good copy but that it and the first page have a crease to the..... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. viii, 183pp. Pages fresh, clean and unmarked. In the original binding of green cloth, spine titled gilt, all firm, bright and clean. Corners sharp, spine ends slightly blunted. Lovely copy, appears unread. More
Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 191pp, with a number of musical examples in the text. Fine and unmarked in the original brown cloth-textured binding, spine titled in gilt: bright, corners sharp, spine ends slightly blunted. In its protected and very fresh pictorial jacket, which has a faint..... More
Cranbury NJ; London UK, and Toronto, Canada: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/ Associated University Presses, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 237pp, with a frontis of Britten by Low, and some musical examples in the text. Contents fresh and clean, faint spotting to closed top edge. In the original binding of black cloth..... More
Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. xxviii, 526pp, illustrated with tables, music, and a few photographs. Contents fresh and unmarked, appears unread. In the original binding of pictorial boards, all as new, but for slight blunting of the spine ends. Lovely copy. [Heavy Item]. More
Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 405pp, illustrated with photographs and musical examples. Contents fresh and unmarked, appears unread. In the original binding of pictorial boards, all as new but for a tiny and barely visible scuff to the upper joint, slight blunting to the spine foot, and..... More
Covent Garden, Presented by the Aldeburgh Foundation, 1986. Paperback. Unpaginated: c.70pp. A large format glossy production, with pieces by a number of contributors, and which includes an illustrated review of Pears' roles, and the libretto of the War Requiem, with an article by William Plomer. There is a message from..... More
Edinburgh: Printed & sold at 21 College St. & at the Principal Music-Sellers. n.d. [c.1800?]. Presumed first and only edition. Hardcover. Engraved title; p.1: Index, and pp.2-49 music with words; followed by 7 blank leaves. Contents in very good order. With the original marbled endpapers, and with an early ownership..... More
[publisher not stated], [1987]. Softcover. Stapled booklet, 32pp: with extensive programme information with monochrome illustrations, and several pages of advertisements by local businesses. Large format, 24x18.5cms, printed in brown on cream stock, in pictorial card covers of the same colour. Very fresh unmarked copy, with a tiny nick to the..... More
Mean Fiddler, 2006. Printed both sides, predominantly in green and pale blue, glossy with the original 2 folds. In totally fresh as new condition. Headliners include Snow Patrol, Antony and the Johnsons, Mogwai, and Patti Smith, but also Royal Court Theatre and many many others. Mission statement: 'Latitude is not..... More
London: William Reeves, n.d. [1909]. First edition. Booklet. 24pp, with musical examples. 18x12cms, in green paper covers. Title page has two pale spots. Pencilled correction on p.9. Formerly stapled, as evinced by small rust marks in the gutter at some openings, but now very neatly stitched (presumably by the previous..... More
London: Virgin, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 282, plus 8 pages of photographs. Contents clean and unmarked, like new. In the original blue cloth-textured binding, spine titled in silver: bright, corners sharp, spine ends slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket: bright and clean, front and spine very..... More
2013. Softcover. Quarto softcover, 144pp, richly illustrated. Fresh, clean and sharp, with small crease to bottom corner of front cover. Excellent copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press / CUP, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, [ii], 301pp, with musical illustrations. Contents very fresh and clean, appears unread. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, bright and sharp. In the protected pictorial dust jacket, crisp and bright and as new. More
Ventura, California: Creative Concepts Publishing Corporation, 1999. First edition. Softcover. 240pp. Music preceded by short introductions: illustrated with a few photographs. Contents fresh and clean. Ownership name to title page. Large format glossy softcover 30.2x22.7cms: clean and square, appears unused, but with a 2mm tiny surface nick to the photo..... More
Stowmarket: Veteran Tapes, 1992. First edition. Paperback. [vi], 163pp, illustrated with photographs. Pages in very fresh unread condition. Pale ochre pictorial covers, firm, square and bright, with a few marks on the back cover. Very scarce! More
London: Ernst Eulenberg, 1983. First English edition. Paperback. 140pp, with a frontis portrait and a list of compositions. Very fresh, unread copy, free of marks. 22.5x15cms, in pictorial glossy card covers. These are similarly fresh, though with a small knock to the bottom corner of the front cover, and a...... More
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London & New York: Proteus Books, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 96pp, illustrated with colour & monochrome photographs. Contents unmarked and fresh. Quarto, in the original binding of red cloth, spine titled in gilt, all firm, bright and clean. Lower corners and head of spine slightly blunted. In the protected pale..... More
London: Panther Books Ltd / Granada Publishing, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Paperback. The original Panther first edition. 159pp, plus 8pp of photos. Binding intact, pages toned, unmarked and clean. The black pictorial covers have taken a little wear: bright, slightly creased, scuffed at the joints, and with small creases at..... More
