Hogarth, George (1783-1870) Memoirs of the Musical Drama. Volume I; Volume II. Richard Bentley: London, 1838. first edition. Octavo. 465 pp. + 464 pp. Frontispiece lithograph portaits of Madame Mara (Vol. I) and Dr. Arne (Vol. II). Green buckram boards with decorative blind stamping. Boards worn; backstrip of Vol. I with chip at center, backstrip of Vol. II rubbed (obscuring title). Frontispiece and protective tissue paper of Vol. II detached. Front matter of both volumes with some spotting, but otherwise internally very clean.
BKS-04942 $100Inquire- Honeyman, Wm. C. The Violin: How to Choose One E. Köhler & Son.: Edinburgh, [after 1893]. Fourth edition. Octavo. 87 pp. Wrappers. Front cover chipped & missing pieces, lacking back cover; internally fine. BKS-05120 $15Inquire
Hubbard, John (-1810) An Essay on Music. Pronounced before The Middlesex Musical Society on Sept. 9, A.D. 1807 at Dunstable, (MASS.) Manning & Loring: Boston, 1808. Probable first edition. Small quarto. 19 pp. Period marbled wraps. Good condition except for some foxing and transfers.
BKS-12660 $200Inquire- Huckel, Oliver Wagner's Parsifal as Retold by Oliver Huckel Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: New York, 1903. Small octavo. 71 pp. Illustrations by Franz Stassen. Red patterned buckram with all gilding intact. Fine, top edge gilt. BKS-09628 $25Inquire
- Hurn, Philip Dutton and Waverley Lewis ROOT The Truth about Wagner Frederick A. Stokes Company: New York, 1930. Octavo. 313 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 11 illustrations. Cloth. Edges torn, spine sunned, otherwise very good. BKS-05282 $10Inquire
- Isaacs, Lewis M. and Kurt J. RAHLSON Königskinder (Royal Children): a Guide to Engelbert Humperdinck's and Ernst Rosmer's Opera Dodd, Mead & Co.: New York, 1912. Octavo. 90 pp. Frontispiece plate. Plates. Cloth. Somewhat shelf-worn, otherwise very good. BKS-04991 $10Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers Translated by J.B. Kozak. Edited by Patrick Hanks. Paul Hamlyn: London, 1965. Folio. Two volumes: vol. I: 482 pp; vol. II: 399 pp. 196 b/w plates, 24 color plates. Cloth. As new with dustjacket. BKS-09505 $500Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers Translated by J.B. Kozak. Edited by Patrick Hanks. Paul Hamlyn: London, 1965. Folio. Two volumes: vol. I: 482 pp, vol. II: 399 pp. 196 b/w plates, 24 color plates. Cloth. Very good. BKS-07453 $450Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Enzyklopädie des Geigenbaues Artia: Prague, 1965. Folio. 2 vols: vol. I, 482 pp; vol. II, 399 pp. 196 b/w plates, 24 color plates. Cloth with gold-stamping. Very good, with d/j (a little torn). BKS-09508 $450Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Enzyklopädie des Geigenbaues Patrick Hanks. Artia: Prague, 1965. Folio. Two vols: vol. I: 482 pp; vol. II: 399 pp. 196 b/w plates, 24 color plates. Cloth with gold-stamping. Spine faded & with one slight tear, otherwise very good. BKS-05122 $400Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel German and Austrian Violin Makers Paul Hamlyn: London, 1967. Folio. 439 pp. 257 illustrations + numerous labels + 16 full-scale diagrams. Blue cloth with d/j. As new, with original glassine. BKS-09510 $375Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Italian Violin Makers Anglo-Italian Publication, Ltd.: London, nd [c 1957]. Folio. 440 pp. + 32 to-scale diagrams. Cloth. Dustjacket pasted down on front endpaper. Very slightly sprung, spine faded, otherwise very good. BKS-08384 $275Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Italian Violin Makers Anglo-Italian Publication, Ltd.: London, nd [c 1957]. Folio. 440 pp. + 32 to-scale diagrams. Cloth. A little sunned, slight shelfwear, otherwise good. BKS-05125 $385Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Italian Violin-Makers [Italsti Houslari] Orbis: Prague, 1952. first edition. Folio. 616 pp. + 32 to-scale diagrams. 196 b/w plates, 24 color plates. Tan linen. Spine bumped, a little loose with slight shelfwear, otherwise a good copy. List of metric equivalents pasted inside cover. BKS-09509 $375Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Italian Violin-Makers [Italsti Houslari] Orbis: Prague, 1952. first edition. Folio. 616 pp. + 32 to-scale diagrams. 32 to-scale diagrams. 404 instruments illustrated + many labels, 32 pages of colored plates. Tan linen. Fine. BKS-09560 $450Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel Italienische Geigenbauer Artia: Prague, 1957. Folio. 447 pp. + 32 to-scale diagrams. Cloth with gold stamping. Good (very lightly faded spine). BKS-05126 $225Inquire
- Jalovec, Karel The Violin Makers of Bohemia Anglo-Italian Publication, Ltd.: London, nd (1959). Folio. 128 pp. 319 illustrations, 622 labels + 16 full-scale diagrams. Light blue buckram with d/j. Excellent (d/j a little worn). BKS-08457 $400Inquire
- Jarosy, Albert Die Grundlagen des Violinistichen Fingersatzes, Paganinis Lehre Marheffes Verlag: Berlin, 1921. Octavo. 107 pp. Music examples throughout. Boards. Spine missing, sprung, pages loose, pencil markings. BKS-07964 $15Inquire
- Jusefowitch, Viktor David Oistrach: Gespräche mit Igor Oistrach Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1977. Large oblong octavo. 258 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Numerous photographs. Buckram. Very good. BKS-05620 $150Inquire
- Kapp, Julius Paganini: eine Biographie Schuster & Leoffler: Berlin, 1922. Ninth edition. Octavo. 167 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 60 illustrations. Boards. Very good, front cover slightly soiled. BKS-05131 $60Inquire
- Kapp, Julius Richard Wagner: ein Biographie Schuster & Loeffler: Berlin, 1910. Quarto. 227 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 111 plates. Cloth. Cover slightly faded, upper hinge starting to open, otherwise very good. BKS-05284 $50Inquire
- Kinsky, Georg A History of Music in Pictures Dover Publications: New York, 1951. Reprint of the 1930 edition. Quarto. 363 pp. Buckram binding. Loose binding, spine ends frayed and one side lifting, otherwise very good. BKS-10319 $50Inquire
Kinsky, Georg A History of Music in Pictures J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1937. Second edition. Large quarto. 363 pp. Buckram with 3/4 darker blue buckram, gilt tiltle. Interior is fine, covers are scuffed and soiled.
BKS-14157 $100Inquire- Klein, Herman (1856-1934) Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900 The Century Co.: New York, 1903. Octavo. 483 pp. Frontispiece photo. 100 plates. Decorated cloth. Slightly sprung, otherwise fine. BKS-04930 $30Inquire
- Kobbé, Gustav The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation Putnam: New York, 1930. Small octavo. 891 pp. Frontispiece photograph. 100 plates. Many musical examples. Cloth. Front hinge nearly sprung, otherwise very good. BKS-04944 $15Inquire
- Koestenbaum, Wayne The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire Poseidon Press: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, 1993. Large octavo. 271 pp. Many photographs. Cloth with d/j. Fine. BKS-09637 $45Inquire
- Kolodin, Irving The Metropolitan Opera 1883-1935 Oxford University Press: New York, 1936. first edition. Large octavo. 589 pp. Frontispiece plate. Many plates. Cloth with d/j. Fine. BKS-04949 $35Inquire
- Kolodin, Irving The Story of the Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1950 Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1953. Limited first edition. Large octavo. 605 pp. Many photographs. Cloth. Spine slightly sunned, otherwise fine. BKS-00144 $75Inquire
- Krehbiel, Henry Edward Chapters of Opera, being Historical and Critical Observations and Records Concerning the Lyric Drama in New York from its Earliest Days Down to the Present Time Henry Holt: New York, 1909. Second edition, revised. Octavo. 435 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Many plates. Cloth. Cover slightly sprung, tips bumped, otherwise good. BKS-04952 $35Inquire
Kreowski, Ernst and Edouard Fuchs Richard Wagner in der Karikatur B. Behr: Berlin, 1907. Quarto. 208 pp. 230 illustrations, including 7 two-page plates. 3/4 vellum with handmade endpapers. Covers show shelf wear, especially with rubbed edges, a little sprung, internally excellent.
BKS-10336 $225InquireKuhe, Wilhelm My Musical Recollections Richard Bentley: London, 1896. 394 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Facsimiles of letters and musical quotations. Full calf with marbled edges and endpapers. Spine with gilt raised bands and ornate gilt compartments. In fine condition. Label a bit chipped and boards just a bit scuffed at edges.
BKS-04914 $250More Images/Inquire- Kunz, Otto Richard Mayr: Weihe, Herz und Humor im Basschlüssel, with foreword by Lotte Lehmann Im Verlag 'Das Bergland-Buch': Graz, 1933. Small octavo. 205 pp. Cloth with chipped d/j; otherwise fine. BKS-04981 $35Inquire
Kusche, Ludwig Richard Wagner und die Putzmacherin oder Die Macht der Verleumdung Heinrichshofen: Wilhelmshaven, 1967. Small octavo. 140 pp. Cloth with d/j. Fine.
BKS-05287 $20Inquire- Kutsch, K.J. and Leo RIEMENS A Concise Biographical Dictionary of Singers, From the Beginning of Recorded Sound to the Present Transated by Harry Earl Jones. Chilton Book Co.: Philadelphia, 1969. Octavo. 487 pp. Cloth with d/j. Chipped d/j, otherwise fine. BKS-09685 $75Inquire
- Lachman, Erich Erich Lachman Collection U. of Southern California: Los Angeles, 1950. Large folio. 53 pp. 24 tipped in b/w plates of various historical stringed instruments. Illustrated paper boards. Some minor edge chipping, otherwise fine. BKS-09614 $275Inquire
- Lachman, Erich Erich Lachman Collection U. of Southern California: Los Angeles, 1950. Large folio. 53 pp. 24 tipped in b/w plates of various historical stringed instruments. Illustrated paper boards. Cover somewhat soiled, edges and corners chipped, otherwise very good. BKS-09616 $250Inquire
- Lahee, Henry C. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday L.C. Page: Boston, 1899. Octavo. 384 pp. 10 portraits. Cloth. Sprung, endpaper detached, cover slightly soiled, spine tips worn; internally very good. BKS-05135 $35Inquire
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.
BKS-10900 $350InquireLaphaleque, 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 $400InquireLasalle, 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
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. BKS-09679 $100Inquire
- 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