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	KAHN ALBERT Days with Ulanova London, Collins. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Publishers original yellow cloth with gilt lettering to grey cloth spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, light chipping to top and base of spine, now protected in Brodart. Pictorial endpapers, previous owners name to rear of frontis. Frontis: b/w photograph of Ulanova. 236`pp profusely illustrated with b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book brings a legend to life. From it emerges the first intimate portrait of Galina Ulanova, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet and one of the great artists living today, whose appearance in London at Convent Garden will long be remembered. PLUS Newspaper cutting from the SMH 26.1.1980 article reporting on the first appearance on an English stage of Galina Ulanova in 1956.This book alone weighs 1.7kg. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 0005574 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	ARDLEY, NEIL A Young Person's Guide to Music: With Music By Poul Ruders Sydney, HarperCollins. 1995, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial laminated boards with CD disc insert. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Pale yellow endpapers, no inscriptions. 80pp including index, profusely illustrated with magnificent colour photographs and b/w illustrations throughout text, pages clean and bright in firm binding. Minor lght surface marks to CD. In association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis. With its combination of book and audio CD, this book provides the ultimate interaction guide to the instruments of orchestra. The CD features a new work Concerto in Pieces, by the Danish composer Poul Ruders. Recorded specially for the book, the music is performed by the internationally acclaimed BBC Symphony Orchestra. Through photographs of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor, in rehearsal and performing, and Poul Ruders at work, this book also illustrates the progress of a work from composition to performance. A history section charts the lives and works of musician and composers from Egyptian pipers and medieval monks chanting plainsong through to electronic music and the use of computers to create new sounds. There is also a reference section of A-z of composers, list of musical forms, and glossary of musical terms. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.3 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6123] Book number: 003766 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BLAND, ALEXANDER The Royal Ballet - The First Fifty Years New York, Doubleday. 1981, First US Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight fading to extreme top and bottom edges of cloth, bumping to lower corner. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to front panel and minor wear to extremities, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, small brown mark to rear of front board and front endpaper. 320pp including index. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs and colour plates. This book includes a unique reference section listings fascinating details the Company's productions, its dancers and its itineraries at home and overseas. Pages clean and bright in tight binding. A comprehensive and nostalgic account of the greatest adventures in international ballet history. A magnificent copy. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 30.49 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2694] Book number: 001556 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BURNHAM, JOHN [COMPILED BY] Children's Hosannas London, W. Nicholson and Sons. 1889, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to. Publishers original blue cloth gilt lettering to front cover and black lettering to spine. Bumping to top and base of spine and corners, rubbing to edges. White endpapers, no inscriptions, toned endpapers. 248pp including index, toning to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. A very choice and original collection of Anniversary Music. 181 tunes and anthems - musical score and words. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 31 US$ 46.2 \| £UK 28 \| JP¥ 4082] Book number: 0005419 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	CARR, ROY A Century of Jazz London, Hamlyn. 1997, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to. Publishers original purple boards with reverse white lettering to front cover and spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Illustrated endpapers, no inscriptions. 256pp profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. The late 1990s marks 100 years of jazz, from the earliest reference to the New Orleans band fronted by the legendary trumpeter Buddy Bolden, recognised as the first group of which there is any trace that played what was subsequently labelled jazz. The book is the first ever chronicle style account of the major influence in western music this century. Richly illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material, and set in the context of popular music generally. This is a unique illustrated celebration of jazz history, jazz people and jazz style. Please note that this book is a heavy publication. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.96 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3266] Book number: 0005786 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	GELATT, ROLAND The Fabulous Phonograph London, Cassell & Company. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper: clipped, chipping to top and bottom of spine and corner, light rubbing to edges, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label to rear of front board. 250pp including index, plus 16pp half tone illustrations and 4 line drawings within text. Foxing to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm text binding. When Edison made his first recording on tinfoil some 79 years ago he began an industry, which has spread throughout the civilised world. This book is the story of the growth of that industry through all its phases up to the last wonderful invention of the long-playing record, which revived the popularity of the gramophone when radio and television were pushing it into obscurity. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003301 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	HATTORI, RYUTARO [COMPILED BY] Japanese Folk Songs with Piano Accompaniment Tokyo, The Japan Times Ltd. circa 1970. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial laminated card. Faint previous owners name to top of front cover dated 1968. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to edge of front flap, and top of back panel along spine, crease marks to back panel corners, now protected in Brodart. 100pp Previous owners name on top of page 5 dated 1968, otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Comprising of 38 melodies of representative Japanese Folk-songs with Western musical notation, word in English and Japanese, and piano accompaniment. Time honored songs sung before 1900, still sung today. Most songs have a notation of the town of origin and points of interest. A fascinating revised publication for the collector. Very Good/Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 002098 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	KEEPNEWS, ORRIN A Pictorial History of Jazz - People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz London, Hamlyn. 1968, Revised Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Minor bumping and fading to extremities. Dustwrapper: clipped, loss to top of spine and front panel, closed tears to back panel, chipping to corners, minor rubbing to extremities, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners inscription front endpaper. 297pp. including index. Profusely illustrated with magnificent b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This completely revised edition contains 16 more pages than the original version, over 200 brand new photographs and a rewritten final chapter tracing the development of the bright hopes of the fifties and introducing the talented new personalities of the sixties. The Chapters are: New Orleans Joy; Original Dixieland One Step; Stockyard Strut; Dippermouth; Mr. Jelly Lord; Yonder Comes the Blues; Pitchin' Boogie; Friars Point Shuffle; Bixology; Stomp Off Let's Go; Turn on the Heat; Harlem Strut; Cotton Club Stomp; Kansas City Shuffle; Swing Brother Swing; At the Jazz Band Ball; Come Back Sweet Papa; Emperor Norton's Hunch; Groovin' High; Now's the Time; Index; Picture Sources. Very Good/Fair. AUD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 US$ 41.58 \| £UK 25.25 \| JP¥ 3674] Book number: 002151 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SITWELL, SACHEVERELL The Romantic Ballet from Contemporary Prints London, B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original grey card covers with blue lettering to front cover and spine. Water stain to bottom spine corner. Dustwrapper: clipped, chipping to top and base of spine, and corners, small closed tear to bottom of spine, small closed tear to top corner of back cover, faint water stain to bottom corner of spine at back and front of cover. White endpapers, previous owners name in light pencil, book sellers label to rear bottom of front cover, water stain to bottom spine edge, offset on inside endpapers. Frontis: colour plate. 12pp beautifully illustrated with 16 colour plates. Pages clean and bright in firm binding, with no water staining on inside pages. The 16 colour plates in this book reproduce in facsimile some of the most beautiful coloured lithographs of the period of the Romantic Ballet. During this time, from about 1840to 1850, Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Carlotta Grisi and Fanny Cerrito were al at the height of their fame, and their ballets included Giselle, Ondine and La Peri. The illustrations include other ballerinas and ballets of the Romantic Ballets, as well as these more famous ones. Sacheverell Sitwell who contributes a sympathetic Introduction and series of Notes on the Plates, is recognised as a leading authority on this period of the history of ballet. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 US$ 27.72 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2449] Book number: 0300856 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SUTHERLAND, JOAN A Prima Donna's Progress: The Autobiography of Joan Sutherland Sydney, Random House. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091836832) Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Light brown endpapers, no inscriptions. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOAN SUTHERLAND - To Di Best Wishes Joan Sutherland - on title page. 486pp including index, plus 24pp b/w photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. Joan Sutherland's voice remains one of the marvels of our century. Now retired from singing but still busy judging, the most famous soprano of our time has at last written her autobiography, bringing to vivid life that remarkable career which spanned more than forty years. SIGNED BY JOAN SUTHERLAND. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. AUD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 31 US$ 46.2 \| £UK 28 \| JP¥ 4082] Book number: 0005512 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.

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	KAHN ALBERT Days with Ulanova London, Collins. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Publishers original yellow cloth with gilt lettering to grey cloth spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, light chipping to top and base of spine, now protected in Brodart. Pictorial endpapers, previous owners name to rear of frontis. Frontis: b/w photograph of Ulanova. 236`pp profusely illustrated with b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book brings a legend to life. From it emerges the first intimate portrait of Galina Ulanova, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet and one of the great artists living today, whose appearance in London at Convent Garden will long be remembered. PLUS Newspaper cutting from the SMH 26.1.1980 article reporting on the first appearance on an English stage of Galina Ulanova in 1956.This book alone weighs 1.7kg. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 0005574 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	ARDLEY, NEIL A Young Person's Guide to Music: With Music By Poul Ruders Sydney, HarperCollins. 1995, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial laminated boards with CD disc insert. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Pale yellow endpapers, no inscriptions. 80pp including index, profusely illustrated with magnificent colour photographs and b/w illustrations throughout text, pages clean and bright in firm binding. Minor lght surface marks to CD. In association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis. With its combination of book and audio CD, this book provides the ultimate interaction guide to the instruments of orchestra. The CD features a new work Concerto in Pieces, by the Danish composer Poul Ruders. Recorded specially for the book, the music is performed by the internationally acclaimed BBC Symphony Orchestra. Through photographs of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor, in rehearsal and performing, and Poul Ruders at work, this book also illustrates the progress of a work from composition to performance. A history section charts the lives and works of musician and composers from Egyptian pipers and medieval monks chanting plainsong through to electronic music and the use of computers to create new sounds. There is also a reference section of A-z of composers, list of musical forms, and glossary of musical terms. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.3 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6123] Book number: 003766 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BLAND, ALEXANDER The Royal Ballet - The First Fifty Years New York, Doubleday. 1981, First US Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight fading to extreme top and bottom edges of cloth, bumping to lower corner. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to front panel and minor wear to extremities, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, small brown mark to rear of front board and front endpaper. 320pp including index. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs and colour plates. This book includes a unique reference section listings fascinating details the Company's productions, its dancers and its itineraries at home and overseas. Pages clean and bright in tight binding. A comprehensive and nostalgic account of the greatest adventures in international ballet history. A magnificent copy. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 30.49 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2694] Book number: 001556 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BURNHAM, JOHN [COMPILED BY] Children's Hosannas London, W. Nicholson and Sons. 1889, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to. Publishers original blue cloth gilt lettering to front cover and black lettering to spine. Bumping to top and base of spine and corners, rubbing to edges. White endpapers, no inscriptions, toned endpapers. 248pp including index, toning to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. A very choice and original collection of Anniversary Music. 181 tunes and anthems - musical score and words. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 31 US$ 46.2 \| £UK 28 \| JP¥ 4082] Book number: 0005419 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	CARR, ROY A Century of Jazz London, Hamlyn. 1997, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to. Publishers original purple boards with reverse white lettering to front cover and spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Illustrated endpapers, no inscriptions. 256pp profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. The late 1990s marks 100 years of jazz, from the earliest reference to the New Orleans band fronted by the legendary trumpeter Buddy Bolden, recognised as the first group of which there is any trace that played what was subsequently labelled jazz. The book is the first ever chronicle style account of the major influence in western music this century. Richly illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material, and set in the context of popular music generally. This is a unique illustrated celebration of jazz history, jazz people and jazz style. Please note that this book is a heavy publication. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.96 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3266] Book number: 0005786 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	GELATT, ROLAND The Fabulous Phonograph London, Cassell & Company. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper: clipped, chipping to top and bottom of spine and corner, light rubbing to edges, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label to rear of front board. 250pp including index, plus 16pp half tone illustrations and 4 line drawings within text. Foxing to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm text binding. When Edison made his first recording on tinfoil some 79 years ago he began an industry, which has spread throughout the civilised world. This book is the story of the growth of that industry through all its phases up to the last wonderful invention of the long-playing record, which revived the popularity of the gramophone when radio and television were pushing it into obscurity. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003301 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	HATTORI, RYUTARO [COMPILED BY] Japanese Folk Songs with Piano Accompaniment Tokyo, The Japan Times Ltd. circa 1970. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial laminated card. Faint previous owners name to top of front cover dated 1968. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to edge of front flap, and top of back panel along spine, crease marks to back panel corners, now protected in Brodart. 100pp Previous owners name on top of page 5 dated 1968, otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Comprising of 38 melodies of representative Japanese Folk-songs with Western musical notation, word in English and Japanese, and piano accompaniment. Time honored songs sung before 1900, still sung today. Most songs have a notation of the town of origin and points of interest. A fascinating revised publication for the collector. Very Good/Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 002098 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	KEEPNEWS, ORRIN A Pictorial History of Jazz - People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz London, Hamlyn. 1968, Revised Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Minor bumping and fading to extremities. Dustwrapper: clipped, loss to top of spine and front panel, closed tears to back panel, chipping to corners, minor rubbing to extremities, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners inscription front endpaper. 297pp. including index. Profusely illustrated with magnificent b/w photographs throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This completely revised edition contains 16 more pages than the original version, over 200 brand new photographs and a rewritten final chapter tracing the development of the bright hopes of the fifties and introducing the talented new personalities of the sixties. The Chapters are: New Orleans Joy; Original Dixieland One Step; Stockyard Strut; Dippermouth; Mr. Jelly Lord; Yonder Comes the Blues; Pitchin' Boogie; Friars Point Shuffle; Bixology; Stomp Off Let's Go; Turn on the Heat; Harlem Strut; Cotton Club Stomp; Kansas City Shuffle; Swing Brother Swing; At the Jazz Band Ball; Come Back Sweet Papa; Emperor Norton's Hunch; Groovin' High; Now's the Time; Index; Picture Sources. Very Good/Fair. AUD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 US$ 41.58 \| £UK 25.25 \| JP¥ 3674] Book number: 002151 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SITWELL, SACHEVERELL The Romantic Ballet from Contemporary Prints London, B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original grey card covers with blue lettering to front cover and spine. Water stain to bottom spine corner. Dustwrapper: clipped, chipping to top and base of spine, and corners, small closed tear to bottom of spine, small closed tear to top corner of back cover, faint water stain to bottom corner of spine at back and front of cover. White endpapers, previous owners name in light pencil, book sellers label to rear bottom of front cover, water stain to bottom spine edge, offset on inside endpapers. Frontis: colour plate. 12pp beautifully illustrated with 16 colour plates. Pages clean and bright in firm binding, with no water staining on inside pages. The 16 colour plates in this book reproduce in facsimile some of the most beautiful coloured lithographs of the period of the Romantic Ballet. During this time, from about 1840to 1850, Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Carlotta Grisi and Fanny Cerrito were al at the height of their fame, and their ballets included Giselle, Ondine and La Peri. The illustrations include other ballerinas and ballets of the Romantic Ballets, as well as these more famous ones. Sacheverell Sitwell who contributes a sympathetic Introduction and series of Notes on the Plates, is recognised as a leading authority on this period of the history of ballet. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 US$ 27.72 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2449] Book number: 0300856 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SUTHERLAND, JOAN A Prima Donna's Progress: The Autobiography of Joan Sutherland Sydney, Random House. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091836832) Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Light brown endpapers, no inscriptions. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOAN SUTHERLAND - To Di Best Wishes Joan Sutherland - on title page. 486pp including index, plus 24pp b/w photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. Joan Sutherland's voice remains one of the marvels of our century. Now retired from singing but still busy judging, the most famous soprano of our time has at last written her autobiography, bringing to vivid life that remarkable career which spanned more than forty years. SIGNED BY JOAN SUTHERLAND. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. AUD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 31 US$ 46.2 \| £UK 28 \| JP¥ 4082] Book number: 0005512 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.