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	ADAMS BRIAN: La Stupenda . Melbourne Hutchinson 1980 . Large 8vo h/back cloth d/w 329pp with many b/w and colour photographs 1st edition . An authorised biography of Dame Joan Sutherland that confirms the close personal and professional relationship between husband and wife, singer & conductor. Condition VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3450 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	REID CHARLES.: Malcolm Sargent a Biography . London, Hamish Hamilton. 1968. 8vo . Silver titles to spine .Cloth hardback. D/w. 491 pages B/w portrait frontis. 18 b/w plates. In removable clear plastic cover around D/w. Condition VG. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 6228 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	PEARCE CHARLES.: Sims Reeves Fifty Years of Music in England. London Stanley Paul & Co . 1924. 1st edition. large 8vo. 315pages cloth boards no D/w. Gilt titles . With 16 illustration.. The biography of ' The English Tenor' and perhaps the most famous male singer of Victorian England. Slightest amount of foxing on outer edge else condition VG € (euro) 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.98 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1588] Book number: 6129 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	EWEN DAVID.: Encyclopedia of the Opera. New York Hill & Wang 1955 A monumental listing of 25,000 opera facts with the stories of over 500 operas , biographies, sources,lists opera houses,opera terms and 1000 biographies. 8vo cloth hb d/w 594pp Condition good/ VG. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1419 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MARTIN GEORGE.: Verdi . London MacMillan & Co. 1965 8vo 522pp plus 4 pp of b/w photographs + 7 appendices and index and short bibliography. G/VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1409 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	ROSENTHAL H. & WARRACK J.: Dictionary of Opera. London Oxford Univ Press 1979 . 8vo 2nd edition 562 pp greatly enlarged.The Concise is a valuable aid to enjoying and reading about opera. DW Good/fine. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1408 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	COATES HENRY (INTRODUCTION BY): Opera at Home Gramaphone Mag. (p/back). 1927 Intro Henry Coates. 200pp card covers It describes 122 operas and selects 970 records of songs from those operas with a list of the main characters of each and a summary of the plot. rather yellow and aged but scarce. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 628 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	HUGHES, GERVASE .: Composers of Operetta. London Macmillan & Co., 1962. First Edition 8vo., pp 284 cloth in d/w . Authoritative, worldwide history of operetta and its creators. Illustrated with black & white artwork, photographs, facsimiles. VG nr FINE. € (euro) 13.00 [Appr.: US$ 19.47 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 6134 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	CARGHER JOHN: Bravo Two Hundred Years of Opera in Australia South Melbourne. Macmillan. 1st ed. 1988 4to. vii+247pp. Many b/w and colour illus. D/w. Neat, small inscription on e.p., o/w very good. A study of the singers, composers, directors, designers . Fine . € (euro) 8.00 [Appr.: US$ 11.98 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 667 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BAILY LESLIE.: Gilbert & Sullivan and Their World. London: Thames & Hudson, 1973 1st ed.123pp, 143 illust. vg in slightly worn dj Superbly researched story of the development of both writer and composer with updated sections from his classic Gilbert & Sullivan book included. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1010 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	STAPLETON MICHAEL.: The Sadler's Wells Opera. London,A& C Black .1954 . Large 8vo cloth 66pp 95 b/w photographs of various productions. No d/w. All works between 1931-46 listed & 13 operas discussed in detail Some fading due to sun on spine and top of back else condition good . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1796 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GATTEY CHARLES NEILSON: Queens of Song. London, Barrie & Jenkins .1979 . 8vo 248pp d/w + 16pp of photographs. 1st edition . Commencing with the early divas , Gattey then describes the careers of Malibran, Jenny Lind , Melba and Tetrazini Condition VG. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3448 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MELBA NELLIE: Melodies and Memories . Melbourne Thomas Nelson 1980 New edition of the 1925 book with Introduction and Notes [by] John Caragher. Med. 8vo, pp. xvi, 256(last 3 blank) DW G and Good+. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 666 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GAMMOND PETER: An Illustrated Guide to Composers of Opera. London, Salamander Books: 1980 Slim 8vo.240pp. B/W & col. illus. More than 100 famous international composer'sshort biographies laid out alphabetically. Condition Good . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 657 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WILSON ROBIN & LLOYD FREDERIC .: Gilbert & Sullivan ( the D'oyly Carte Years). London ,Weidenfield & Nicholson. 1984. Small 4to h/back cloth d/w 216pp 1st edition . Primarily a wonderful photographic record of the groundbreaking operas that also encompassed 100 years of the D'Oyly Carte family and their opera company . Condition VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3449 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GILBERT W.S.: The Savoy Operas. London, Macmillan, 1926 . VG sm 8vo. Dark blue cloth gilt lettering and design. reprinted in 1926. The complete text of the operas 1872-1896. Condition good/very good. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1011 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	TRAUBNER, RICHARD.: Operetta , a Theatrical History. London , Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. First Edition Large 8vo., pp462. Illustrated with many photographs, drawings illustration of sheet music covers and posters of the period. Detailed, comprehensive and well-written resource about the history of the operetta Very Good condition cloth in dust wrapper. Nr. FINE € (euro) 14.00 [Appr.: US$ 20.97 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1852] Book number: 6130 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FINDON B.W.: Sullivan & His Operas. London ,Sisley's Ltd n.d. (C1910?). Good, very light foxing & a little damage to bep. Cloth. . Small 8vo 198pp Appendix lsit of all compositions and publishers and dates. Perhaps a rather uncritical biography but essential reading nonetheless. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FERRIER WINIFRED.: The Life of Kathleen Ferrier . London, Hamish Hamilton. 1957. 8vo 192pp with photographic illustrations in this detailed biography by the opera singer by her sister. neat inscription on fep but VG otherwise. In tape repaired DW with minor loss. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 5317 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	YOUNG, PERCY M.: George Grove 1820 -1900 . London, Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. 8vo., pp344, cloth in d/w with protective covering. A biography of Sir George-- engineer, administrator, archaeologist, musicologist, editor, lexicographer, educator and author, a great Victorian renaissance man. Of course also editor of the still essential Groves dictionary. Nr FINE. € (euro) 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.98 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1588] Book number: 6132 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.

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	ADAMS BRIAN: La Stupenda . Melbourne Hutchinson 1980 . Large 8vo h/back cloth d/w 329pp with many b/w and colour photographs 1st edition . An authorised biography of Dame Joan Sutherland that confirms the close personal and professional relationship between husband and wife, singer & conductor. Condition VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3450 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	REID CHARLES.: Malcolm Sargent a Biography . London, Hamish Hamilton. 1968. 8vo . Silver titles to spine .Cloth hardback. D/w. 491 pages B/w portrait frontis. 18 b/w plates. In removable clear plastic cover around D/w. Condition VG. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 6228 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	PEARCE CHARLES.: Sims Reeves Fifty Years of Music in England. London Stanley Paul & Co . 1924. 1st edition. large 8vo. 315pages cloth boards no D/w. Gilt titles . With 16 illustration.. The biography of ' The English Tenor' and perhaps the most famous male singer of Victorian England. Slightest amount of foxing on outer edge else condition VG € (euro) 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.98 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1588] Book number: 6129 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	EWEN DAVID.: Encyclopedia of the Opera. New York Hill & Wang 1955 A monumental listing of 25,000 opera facts with the stories of over 500 operas , biographies, sources,lists opera houses,opera terms and 1000 biographies. 8vo cloth hb d/w 594pp Condition good/ VG. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1419 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MARTIN GEORGE.: Verdi . London MacMillan & Co. 1965 8vo 522pp plus 4 pp of b/w photographs + 7 appendices and index and short bibliography. G/VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1409 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	ROSENTHAL H. & WARRACK J.: Dictionary of Opera. London Oxford Univ Press 1979 . 8vo 2nd edition 562 pp greatly enlarged.The Concise is a valuable aid to enjoying and reading about opera. DW Good/fine. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1408 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	COATES HENRY (INTRODUCTION BY): Opera at Home Gramaphone Mag. (p/back). 1927 Intro Henry Coates. 200pp card covers It describes 122 operas and selects 970 records of songs from those operas with a list of the main characters of each and a summary of the plot. rather yellow and aged but scarce. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 628 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	HUGHES, GERVASE .: Composers of Operetta. London Macmillan & Co., 1962. First Edition 8vo., pp 284 cloth in d/w . Authoritative, worldwide history of operetta and its creators. Illustrated with black & white artwork, photographs, facsimiles. VG nr FINE. € (euro) 13.00 [Appr.: US$ 19.47 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 6134 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	CARGHER JOHN: Bravo Two Hundred Years of Opera in Australia South Melbourne. Macmillan. 1st ed. 1988 4to. vii+247pp. Many b/w and colour illus. D/w. Neat, small inscription on e.p., o/w very good. A study of the singers, composers, directors, designers . Fine . € (euro) 8.00 [Appr.: US$ 11.98 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 667 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BAILY LESLIE.: Gilbert & Sullivan and Their World. London: Thames & Hudson, 1973 1st ed.123pp, 143 illust. vg in slightly worn dj Superbly researched story of the development of both writer and composer with updated sections from his classic Gilbert & Sullivan book included. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1010 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	STAPLETON MICHAEL.: The Sadler's Wells Opera. London,A& C Black .1954 . Large 8vo cloth 66pp 95 b/w photographs of various productions. No d/w. All works between 1931-46 listed & 13 operas discussed in detail Some fading due to sun on spine and top of back else condition good . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1796 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GATTEY CHARLES NEILSON: Queens of Song. London, Barrie & Jenkins .1979 . 8vo 248pp d/w + 16pp of photographs. 1st edition . Commencing with the early divas , Gattey then describes the careers of Malibran, Jenny Lind , Melba and Tetrazini Condition VG. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3448 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MELBA NELLIE: Melodies and Memories . Melbourne Thomas Nelson 1980 New edition of the 1925 book with Introduction and Notes [by] John Caragher. Med. 8vo, pp. xvi, 256(last 3 blank) DW G and Good+. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 666 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GAMMOND PETER: An Illustrated Guide to Composers of Opera. London, Salamander Books: 1980 Slim 8vo.240pp. B/W & col. illus. More than 100 famous international composer'sshort biographies laid out alphabetically. Condition Good . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 657 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WILSON ROBIN & LLOYD FREDERIC .: Gilbert & Sullivan ( the D'oyly Carte Years). London ,Weidenfield & Nicholson. 1984. Small 4to h/back cloth d/w 216pp 1st edition . Primarily a wonderful photographic record of the groundbreaking operas that also encompassed 100 years of the D'Oyly Carte family and their opera company . Condition VG . € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 3449 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	GILBERT W.S.: The Savoy Operas. London, Macmillan, 1926 . VG sm 8vo. Dark blue cloth gilt lettering and design. reprinted in 1926. The complete text of the operas 1872-1896. Condition good/very good. € (euro) 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 14.98 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1323] Book number: 1011 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	TRAUBNER, RICHARD.: Operetta , a Theatrical History. London , Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. First Edition Large 8vo., pp462. Illustrated with many photographs, drawings illustration of sheet music covers and posters of the period. Detailed, comprehensive and well-written resource about the history of the operetta Very Good condition cloth in dust wrapper. Nr. FINE € (euro) 14.00 [Appr.: US$ 20.97 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1852] Book number: 6130 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FINDON B.W.: Sullivan & His Operas. London ,Sisley's Ltd n.d. (C1910?). Good, very light foxing & a little damage to bep. Cloth. . Small 8vo 198pp Appendix lsit of all compositions and publishers and dates. Perhaps a rather uncritical biography but essential reading nonetheless. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FERRIER WINIFRED.: The Life of Kathleen Ferrier . London, Hamish Hamilton. 1957. 8vo 192pp with photographic illustrations in this detailed biography by the opera singer by her sister. neat inscription on fep but VG otherwise. In tape repaired DW with minor loss. € (euro) 9.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.48 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1191] Book number: 5317 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	YOUNG, PERCY M.: George Grove 1820 -1900 . London, Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. 8vo., pp344, cloth in d/w with protective covering. A biography of Sir George-- engineer, administrator, archaeologist, musicologist, editor, lexicographer, educator and author, a great Victorian renaissance man. Of course also editor of the still essential Groves dictionary. Nr FINE. € (euro) 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.98 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1588] Book number: 6132 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.