Books on Music

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  Laloy, Louis (1874-1944) Claude Debussy Les Bibliophiles Fantaisistes: Paris, 1909. Small quarto. 118 pp. with original covers present. Tipped in half-tone portrait by Nadar of Debussy with facsimile signature. Brown quarter leather with brown buckram boards. Spine rubbed, otherwise excellent crisp condition.

  Personal copy of the composer Ernest Bloch, signed and dated 27.10.09 by Bloch on first blank after original cover.
  BKS-10900 $350Inquire
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  Laphaleque, G. Imbert de Nicolo Paganini. Notice Sur Ce Celebre Violiniste Guyot: Paris, 1830. Octavo. IV. + 66 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Decorative paper wrappers. Spine chipped, covers soiled, somewhat sprung, light foxing: still, a nice copy of this rare little publication.
  BKS-09562 $400Inquire
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  Lasalle, Albert de (1833-1886) Les Treize salles de l'Opéra Librairie Sartorius: Paris, 1875. first edition. Small octavo. 314 pp. Quarter-bound green leather with brown marbled boards. Gilt title at spine. Water stain at bottom half of all pages (not at all affecting legibility). Otherwise fine.
  BKS-04917 $30Inquire
• Laurencie, Lionel de la Les Luthistes Libraire Renouard, Henri Laurens: Paris, 1928. Octavo. 126 pp. 17 plates. Needs binding: cover missing piece on bottom & detached, sewing loose - internally fine. Scarce. BKS-05137 $35Inquire
• Lavignac, Albert The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and his Festival Theatre in Bayreuth Translated by Esther Singleton. Dodd, Mead & Co.: New York, 1902. Octavo. 515 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Many plates. Fold-out plates. Music examples. Cloth. Spine rubbed, otherwise very good. BKS-05288 $20Inquire
• Lebet, Claude La Pochette du Maitre à Danser; "The Dance Master's Kit" The author: La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1999. No. 87 of 500. Large quarto. 97 pp. Extensive illustrations, mainly in colour; some diagrams. Cloth with gold stamp decoration, d/j. As new. BKS-09929 $250Inquire
• Leider, Frida Playing My Part Charles Osborne, translator. Meredith Press: New York, 1966. Small octavo. 217 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Photographs. Cloth with d/j. Fine. BKS-09657 $25Inquire
• Levy, Alan The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce Harper & Row: New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London, 1976. Small quarto. 325 pp. Many photographs. Cloth. Slightly worn d/j, otherwise very fine. BKS-09633 $15Inquire
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  Libin, Laurence American Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art W.W. Norton & Co.: New York, 1985. Quarto. 224 pp. Colored and b/w plates throughout. Linen boards with dj. As new.
  BKS-10333 $75Inquire
• Lifar, Serge Carlotta Grisi Éditions Albin Michel: Paris, 1941. Small octavo. 126 pp. Many plates. Rebound in green half-morocco, marbled boards. Fine.
  Original cover with Jean Cocteau design bound in.
  BKS-09679 $100Inquire
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  Lipsius, Ida Marie [La Mara] (1837-1927) Musikalische Studienköpfe. Hernn. Weißbach: Leipzig, 1868. Small octavo. 326 pp. Marbled paper boards, leather label on spine. .

  A volume from Lipsius' popular series of brief composer biographies, containing entries for Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, and Wagner. Lipsius' portraits often include her personal impressions, as she was acquainted with many of the leading composers of her time.

  Ida Marie Lipsius, who wrote under the psuedonym La Mara, was an accomplished musicologist whose contributions to the field have been undervalued. She was the first musicologist to methodically research the identity of Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved" and produced an edition of Liszt correspondence.
  BKS-15790 $15Inquire
• Littlehales, Lillian Pablo Casals W.W. Norton & Co.: New York, 1948. Enlarged, revised edition. Octavo. 232 pp. 13 plates. Cloth. Tips bumped, otherwise very good. BKS-05142 $25Inquire
• Loewenberg, Alfred Annals of Opera, 1597-1940, Compiled From the Original Sources, With an Introduction by Edward J. Dent Societas Bibliographica: Geneva, 1955. Second edition, revised and corrected. Quarto. Two volumes: Vol. 1(Text), 720 pp, Vol. 2 (Indexes), 108 pp. Cloth. Spine sunned, otherwise fine. BKS-09690 $100Inquire
• Lütgendorff, Willibald Leo Frh. v. Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart Kraus Reprint: Nedeln, Liechtenstein, 1968. Reprint of fifth and sixth editions. Quarto. 2 vols. Illustrations. Cloth. Fine. BKS-05144 $200Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Lyon & Healy's Catalog of Their Collection of Rare Violins: 1896-97. To Which is Added a Historical Sketch of the Violin and its Master Makers, also a List of Choice Music for Violin, Arranged as Solos, Duets, Trios, Quartettes, etc. The Lakeside Press: Chicago, 1896. Small octavo. 272 pp. Illustrations of labels. Paper boards. Covers a little shelfworn, otherwise fine. BKS-10004 $175Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Buckram with gold stamping. A fine copy.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09549 $200Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Unusually fine copy.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09550 $225Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Spine chipped, otherwise very good.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09551 $175Inquire
• Lyon & Healy The Hawley Collection of Violins Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1904. No. 1,697 of 2,000. Large quarto. 105 pp. 36 illustrations, mostly fine tipped-in colored plates. Hardcover. Covers & spine faintly waterstained; otherwise fine with glassines present. BKS-09521 $350Inquire
• Lyon & Healy The Hawley Collection of Violins Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1904. No. 1,028 of 2,000. Large quarto. 105 pp. 36 illustrations, mostly fine tipped-in colored plates. Hardcover. Unusually good copy. BKS-08454 $400Inquire
• Maeterlinck, Maurice Pélléas and Mélisande Translated by Erving Winslow. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: New York, 1908. Octavo. 135 pp. Frontispiece hand-colored. Plates. Cloth, decorated with inset photograph. Fine. BKS-04970 $35Inquire
• Magidoff, Robert Yehudi Menuhin: The Story of the Man and the Musician In French. Translated by Roger Giroux. Edition Corrêa, Buchet/Castel: Paris, 1957. Large octavo. 269 pp. 8 plates. Wrappers with portrait. Brittle paper, evenly browned spine cracked and taped at bottom. BKS-05146 $20Inquire
• Marafioti, P. Mario Caruso's Method of Voice Production: the Scientific Culture of the Voice (preface by Victor Maurel) D. Appleton & Co.: New York, 1930. Octavo. 300 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Plates. Cloth. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise good. BKS-04994 $25Inquire
• Marek, George R. A Front Seat at the Opera Books for Libraries Press: Freeport, NY, 1971 reprint. Octavo. 307 pp. Cloth. As new.
  Originally printed: D.C. Heath and Company, 1948.
  BKS-04975 $15Inquire
• Maude, Mrs. Raymond The Life of Jenny Lind Cassell & Co.: London, 1926. Octavo. 22 pp. Frontispiece color portrait. Several plates. Cloth. Edges worn, otherwise good. REF-04279Inquire for PriceInquire
• Menuhin, Yehudi (1916-2003) The Violin Flammarion: Paris & New York, 1996. Quarto. 301 pp. Extensive colour and b&w illustrations. Cloth boards with d/j. As new. BKS-09928 $60Inquire
• Menuhin, Yehudi (1916-2003) Unfinished Journey Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1977. Small quarto. 393 pp. 8 plates. Cloth with d/j. Almost as new (d/j a little soiled). BKS-05152 $25Inquire
• METROPOLITAN OPERA Metropolitan Opera Annals - First Supplement: 1947-1957 - A Chronicle of Artists and Performances William Seltsam. Wilson: New York, 1957. Large octavo. 115 pp. Frontispiece Photograph. Buckram. Fine. BKS-00145 $50Inquire
• METROPOLITAN OPERA The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera David Hamilton, ed. Simon & Schuster/Metropolitan Opera Guild: New York, 1987. Quarto. 415 pp. B/w & color plates. Cloth with d/j. Fine. BKS-05011 $45Inquire
• Meyer, Fritz Berühmte Geigen und ihre Schicksale: Musikalische Plauderei P.J. Tonger: Cologne, 1920. Third, enlarged edition. Small octavo. 153 pp. Numerous b/w plates of violins. Boards. Spine missing, otherwise good.
  Ex Rudolph Wurlitzer copy (inscribed to him by ?)
  BKS-07585 $60Inquire
• Meyer, Fritz Führer durch die Violinsliteratur: Geschichte der Violine und des Bogens; Berühmte Geiger und Geigen, Porträts und Abbildungen; Musikalische Aphorismen; Gebräuchlichste Fremdwörter in der Musik Bosworth & Co.: Leipzig, 1910. Octavo. 224 pp. 16 plates. Covers lacking, titlepage loose, disbound. BKS-05154 $20Inquire
• Michotte, Edmond (1831-1914) Richard Wagner's Visit to Rossini (Paris 1860) and An Evening at Rossini's in Beau-Séjour (Passy), 1858 Translated by Herbert Weinstock. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1968. Octavo. 144 pp. Drawings. Cloth, cased. As new (case slightly soiled). BKS-05292 $30Inquire
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  Millant, Roger J. B. Vuillaume: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre W.E. Hill & Sons: London, 1972. Small quarto. 207 pp. Color frontispiece of the ex-Prince Caraman de Chimay violin. 80 plates. Half-leather, buckram boards. As new.

  In French, English and German. The copy of noted violinist Felix Galimir and inscribed to him: To the one and only Felix, With great affection and profound gratitude! Eugene 21 Oct '83 (this is probably Eugene Istomin).
  BKS-08484 $200Inquire
• Milstein, Nathan (1904-1991) and VOLKOV From Russia to the West: The Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences of Nathan Milstein Translated by Antonina W. Bouis. Holt: New York, 1990. first edition. Octavo. 282 pp. 15 plates. Buckram with d/j. Fine. BKS-09966 $75Inquire
• MODERNE WELT. BEETHOVEN-FESTSCHRIFT. Zum 150 Geburtstag. Ludwig Hirschfelds Verlag: Vienna, 1920. 11 Jarhgang, Heft Nr. 9. Quarto. 56 pp. Beige cloth boards. Original wrappers bound. In excellent condition.
  A commemorative issue of the magazine Moderne Welt marking Beethoven's 150th birthday. Includes facsmile images, photographs, poems, and photographs celebrating the German composer.
  BKS-14677 $30Inquire
• Moller, Max Italiaansche Vioolbouw van Gaspar da Salo tot Pressenda: Beknopt Overzight van Ontstaan en Ontwikkeling der Vioolbouwkunst in Italië Max Möller: Amsterdam, 1938. Limited edition, no. 659 of 1,000. Octavo. 61 pp. 39 plates. Paper boards with cloth spine. Overall very good (very occasional spotting). BKS-12308 $1,500Inquire
• Moller, Max Italiaansche Vioolbouw van Gaspar da Salo tot Pressenda: Beknopt Overzight van Ontstaan en Ontwikkeling der Vioolbouwkunst in Italië Max Möller: Amsterdam, 1938. Limited edition, no. 480 of 1,000. Octavo. 61 pp. 39 plates. Paper boards with cloth spine with d/j. Excellent. BKS-05157 $600Inquire
• Moore, Edward C. Forty Years of Opera in Chicago Horace Liveright: New York, 1930. Large octavo. 430 pp. Many plates, including fontispiece. Cloth. Fine. REF-04950 $50Inquire
• Moore, Grace You're Only Human Once Garden City Publishing Co: Garden City, NY, 1946. Reprint edition. Small octavo. 275 pp. Cloth. Slightly shelfworn, otherwise very good. BKS-09653 $20Inquire
• Mordret, Lèon La Lutherie Artistique: Monographie Raisonnée des Instruments à Archet Suivie de Considérations Nouvelles sur la Construction des Caisses Harmoniques Quantin: Paris, 1885. Quarto. 141 pp. 6 plates of diagrams. Wrappers. Needs binding & sewing, wrappers chipped, page edges browned. BKS-05158 $20Inquire
• MOSCOW ART THEATRE MUSICAL STUDIO Plays of the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio Translated by George S. and Gilbert Seldes. Brentano's: New York, 1925. Small quarto. 482 pp. Cloth. Spine sunned, otherwise very good.
  Texts of Lysistrata; Carmencita and the Soldier ("new version" of Bizet/Merimee's Carmen); The Daughter of Madame Angot; La Perichole; Love and Death (including Rachmaninoff's Aleko and Russian folk songs).
  BKS-09669 $15Inquire
• Moser, Andreas Joseph Joachim: ein Lebensbild B. Behr: Berlin, 1898. first edition. Octavo. 301 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8 plates. 8-page facsimile letter. One fold-out music facsimile. Buckram boards. Inside cover sprung, portrait frontispiece loose; otherwise very good. BKS-09566 $60Inquire
• Moser, Andreas Joseph Joachim: ein Lebensbild B. Behr: Berlin, 1900. Second edition. Octavo. 301 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8 plates. 8-page facsimile letter. One fold-out music facsimile. Gold-stamped decorative cloth boards. Edges slightly bumped, otherwise very good. BKS-05162 $100Inquire
• Moses, Montrose J. The Life of Heinrich Conried Thomas Y. Crowell Company: New York, 1916. Octavo. 367 pp. Many photographs, including frontispiece. Cloth. Fine. BKS-09639 $25Inquire
• Moulin-Eckart, Richard Count Du Cosima Wagner Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1931. Small Quarto. Two volumes: 892 pp. In English. Plates. Cloth boards. Fine. BKS-00164 $50Inquire
• Moulin-Eckart, Richard Count Du Cosima Wagner: Ein Lebens Und Charakterbild Drei Masken: Munich, 1929, 1931. Large octavo. Two volumes: 972 pp, 1023 pp. Plates. Gold-stamped cloth. Inside cover of Vol. 2 slightly sprung, otherwise very good. BKS-00163 $50Inquire
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  MOZART - BOOKS OF LETTERS Anderson, Emily and et al. The Letters of Mozart and His Family Transl. & ed. by Emily Anderson. Macmillan: New York, 1966. Second edition, prepared by A. Hyatt King & Monica Carolan. Large octavo. Two volumes: 510 pp. & 1031 pp. Fourteen b/w plates including frontispiece portrait and three fold-out facsimiles of letters. Red buckram. Condition is excellent except for light wear to d/j and corners of slipcase. Former owner's name at lower right on title pages.

  Anderson's definitive work first appeared in 1938. This second edition includes seven letters which have come to light since the first edition and is reduced in size from three volumes to two volumes by resetting the work in a contemporary format and removing the letters from Constanze Mozart to Johann Anton André.
  BKS-09731 $150Inquire
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  MOZART PORTRAITS Solman, Joseph (1909-2008) 12 Studies for a Portrait of Mozart New York, c 1944. Limited edition of 200. Folio. All silk screens in excellent condition in new acid-free mats, the originals being acidic. Spine of folder bumped top and bottom and folder a little soiled. In original grey cloth folder with tie.

  The arresting and often amusing series starts with a realistic and fairly conventional portrait of Mozart, expanding to variations which finally include one showing only ears and brain. The muted colors present an almost pastel-like appearance.

  Joseph Solman was a founding member of a group of young artists called "The Ten", which included Rothko, Polotiwsky and Ben-Zion. He has secured a prominent reputation as a major American painter.

  In the introduction to 1966 his book Joseph Solman, A.L. Chanin of the Museum of Modern Art writes: After Pearl Harbor Solman worked in defense, in New Jersey shipyards and as an isometric draftsman for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. In the evenings, as a relief from the dry precision of his work he embarked on a long-cherished project - 'imaginative sketches of my idol in music, Mozart.' From among more than thirty varied watercolors of the Olympian composer's profile, Solman, with the expert help of Leonard Pytlak, silk-screened the twelve finest.

  BKS-12295 $1,650More Images/Inquire