Bookseller's Catalogue

Walter-Saxena Rare Books

Highview House, Lucastes Lane, RH16 1LD Haywards Heath, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 (0) 1444 473 164
info@walter-saxenararebooks.com

Music

provided by AntiQbook's database

This selection contains 6 title(s) on 1 page.
This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 6


	PERCY C. BUCK Unfigured Harmony Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1934. Black Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A treatise on modulation, harmonization of melodies, unfigured basses, inner melodies, canon and ground basses. Second revised edition. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000830 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	GLADYS DAVIDSON Standard Stories from the Operas London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1939. Red Cloth, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. An omnibus volume of the author's successful three separate books of stories from the operas. Discreet inscription on free endpaper. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002344 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	A. H. FRANKS Approach to the Ballet London, Sir Isaac Pitman. 1948, First Edition. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The author was an editor of the "Dancing Times" and had given many popular lectures about ballet. This is a captivating study of ballet, covering technique as well as repertoire and its history. With numerous black and white photographs. Some wear to the dustjacket, which is protected, and light foxing to end papers. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000912 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	W. S. GILBERT Eight Original Comic Operas (First Series) London, Chappell & Co.. Decorative Boards, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. This first series contains The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pnafore, Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Patience, Princess Ida, The Mikado and Trial by Jury. Faded publisher stamp on title page, otherwise no previous owner name or other marking. Light shelf wear. Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 001700 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	MANUELA HOELTERHOFF Cinderella & Company N. Y. Alfred A. Knopf. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 679 44479 3) , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Hardback, First edition SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author (".from the exhausted author.."). An informative and very amusing portrait of the world of opera today, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Manuela Hoelterhoff. Wonderful anecdotes. Illustrated. One small closed tear to dustjacket. No previous owner name. Not price clipped. American first edition. Fine/Fine. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 003030 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	VARIOUS The Musical Companion - a Compendium for All Lovers of Music London, Victor Gollancz. 1947. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A detailed compendium by well-respected music writers, edited by A. L. Bacharach. Covers topics such as notation, orchestra, opera, English songs, solo instruments, with a detailed index and an essay by Eric Bloom on performance and listening. Some fading to the cover. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000913 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.

6 titles found



Walter-Saxena Rare Books Search Page	ANTIQBOOK's database


	PERCY C. BUCK Unfigured Harmony Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1934. Black Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A treatise on modulation, harmonization of melodies, unfigured basses, inner melodies, canon and ground basses. Second revised edition. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000830 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	GLADYS DAVIDSON Standard Stories from the Operas London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1939. Red Cloth, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. An omnibus volume of the author's successful three separate books of stories from the operas. Discreet inscription on free endpaper. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002344 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	A. H. FRANKS Approach to the Ballet London, Sir Isaac Pitman. 1948, First Edition. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The author was an editor of the "Dancing Times" and had given many popular lectures about ballet. This is a captivating study of ballet, covering technique as well as repertoire and its history. With numerous black and white photographs. Some wear to the dustjacket, which is protected, and light foxing to end papers. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000912 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	W. S. GILBERT Eight Original Comic Operas (First Series) London, Chappell & Co.. Decorative Boards, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. This first series contains The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pnafore, Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Patience, Princess Ida, The Mikado and Trial by Jury. Faded publisher stamp on title page, otherwise no previous owner name or other marking. Light shelf wear. Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 001700 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	MANUELA HOELTERHOFF Cinderella & Company N. Y. Alfred A. Knopf. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 679 44479 3) , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Hardback, First edition SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author (".from the exhausted author.."). An informative and very amusing portrait of the world of opera today, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Manuela Hoelterhoff. Wonderful anecdotes. Illustrated. One small closed tear to dustjacket. No previous owner name. Not price clipped. American first edition. Fine/Fine. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 003030 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.
	VARIOUS The Musical Companion - a Compendium for All Lovers of Music London, Victor Gollancz. 1947. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A detailed compendium by well-respected music writers, edited by A. L. Bacharach. Covers topics such as notation, orchestra, opera, English songs, solo instruments, with a detailed index and an essay by Eric Bloom on performance and listening. Some fading to the cover. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000913 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books.