Books on Music

• Schumann, Elisabeth The World of Music: German Song Chanticleer Press: New York, 1948. Octavo. 71 pp. Frontispiece color plate. 4 color plates. 41 black-and-white illustrations. Cloth. Spine sunned, otherwise very good.
  Signed, "Elisabeth Schumann."
  BKS-04962 $35Inquire
• SEIDL, ANTON Anton Seidl: A Memorial By His Friends Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1899. No. 572 of an edition limited to 1,000. Quarto. 259 pp. Frontispiece Portrait. Portraits with tissue overlay, facsimiles of letters, mss, testimonials. Gold-stamped white cloth with d/j. Some shelf wear and minor staining on the cover; otherwise fine. BKS-09675 $75Inquire
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  Sitwell, Sacheverell Liszt. Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston & New York, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo. 418 pp. Half-bound gray leather with glazed gray linen boards. Raised bands and gilt title and decoration at spine. Gilt top edge. In excellent condition. Boards and spine just a bit worn.

  This important biography was first published in London in 1934. This copy, printed in Great Britain and also dated 1934, seems to be a first edition intended for sale in America.
  BKS-15241 $60More Images/Inquire
• Skelton, Geoffrey Wagner at Bayreuth: Experiment and Tradition (Foreword by Wieland Wagner) George Braziller: New York, 1965. Octavo. 239 pp. Frontispiece: stage design in color. Numerous plates. Buckram with d/j. As new. BKS-09623 $35Inquire
• Smith, Mortimer The Life of Ole Bull Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1943. Octavo. 20 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 10 plates. Cloth. Very good. BKS-05221 $50Inquire
• Sokol, Martin L. The New York City Opera: An American Adventure with the Complete Annals Macmillan: New York, 1981. Large octavo. 562 pp. Many plates. Cloth with d/j. As new. BKS-04951 $50Inquire
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  Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (1873-1928) Beethoven Letters in America The Beethoven Association: New York, 1927. 213 pp. Beige buckram. In "as new" condition.

  This handsomely-produced volume has 36 tipped-in facsimiles of Beethoven letters from American collections, reproduced in facsimile, many a fold-outs, with transcriptions, translations and extensive commentary by the noted author who at the time was the Chief of the Music Division of The Library of Congress. It was published as a centennial commemoration of Beethoven’s death (March 26, 1827).
  BKS-07420 $375Inquire
• Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (1873-1928) Library of Congress Dramatic Music Catalogue of Full Scores Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1908. Quarto. 170 pp. Cloth. Cover slightly discolored, tips bumped, otherwise very good. BKS-09686 $25Inquire
• Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (1873-1928) Library of Congress: Catalogue of Opera Librettos Printed Before 1800, Vols. I & 2 Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1914. Quarto. Two volumes: 1,674 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Albert Schatz. Cloth. Tears on spine and cover of Vol. 1, otherwise very good. BKS-09683 $100Inquire
• Spalding, Albert (1888-1953) Rise to Follow (autobiography) Henry Holt: New York, 1943. Octavo. 328 pp. Buckram. Fine. BKS-07446 $30Inquire
• Spivacke, Harold Paganiniana The Library of Congress: Washington, DC, 1954. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal, Vol. II, Feb. 1945. Octavo. 19 pp. 12 plates, mostly portraits. Wrappers. Near fine. BKS-07513 $65Inquire
• Squier, Victor Carroll Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work (1644-1737) Squier: Battle Creek, MI, 1944. first edition. Small quarto. 89 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 32 plates. Cloth. Spine tips bumped, otherwise fine. BKS-07469 $60Inquire
• Squier, Victor Carroll Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work (1644-1737) Squier: Battle Creek, MI, 1944. first edition. Small quarto. 89 pp. Cloth. Taped-on plastic cover, otherwise fine. BKS-09538 $45Inquire
• Stein, Leon The Racial Thinking of Richard Wagner Philosophical Library: New York, 1950. Octavo. 252 pp. Frontispiece caricature portrait. Cloth. Cover faded, spine tips ragged, otherwise very good. BKS-05300 $25Inquire
• Stern, Isaac (1920-2001) and with Chaim POTOK My First 79 Years Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1999. first edition. Large octavo. 317 pp. Over 50 b&w illustrations. Paper boards with clean d/j. As new. BKS-09913 $25Inquire
• Stoeving, Paul Allerlei Geiger-Geschichten: Novellen und Skizzen Chr. Friedrich Vieweg: Berlin, nd. Octavo. 239 pp. Buckram. Slightly warped and soiled cover, otherwise very good. BKS-05224 $30Inquire
• Stoeving, Paul The Story of the Violin Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd.: London, 1904. first edition. Octavo. 323 pp. 40 illustations, fold-out plate. Cloth with gold blind-stamped cover. Slightly sprung, some shelf wear, otherwise good. BKS-05225 $40Inquire
• Stoeving, Paul Von der Violine Chr. Friedrich Vieweg: Berlin, 1913. Second edition. Small octavo. 371 pp. 53 illustrations, one fold-out plate. Wrappers partially detached & torn, internally fine. BKS-05226 $20Inquire
• STRADIVARI Mostra di Antonio Stradivari Settimani Musicali Di Stresa: Isola Bella, 1963. No. 854 of 1,000. Large Quarto. 79 pp. B/w illustrations, mostly 3 views, of 47 Stradivari violins, 1 viola, 4 cellos & 1 harp + 3 photographs of the Vegh Quartet, a Stradivari "portrait" and Isola Bella. Green full leather with gilt crest. Fine.
  In Italian and English, depicting the exhibibtion organized by the Italian collector Enrico Costa. This rare copy is inscribed on the titlepage by him to Fernando Sacconi.
  BKS-09520 $350Inquire
• Stratton, Stephen S. Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work "The Strad" Office: London, 1907. 'The Strad' Library, no. xvii. Small octavo. 205 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 27 plates. Cloth with gold-stamping. Spine tips a little bumped, otherwise very good.
  Bookplate of Rudolph H. Wurlitzer inside cover.
  BKS-05230 $75Inquire
• Streatfeild, R.A. The Opera: a Sketch of the Development of Opera, with Full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia, 1907. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo. 363 pp. Cloth. Top and bottom of spine torn, a little sprung, otherwise good. BKS-04966 $10Inquire
• STRINGS AND KEYBOARD Making Musical Instruments: Strings and Keyboard Charles Ford. Pantheon Books: New York, 1979. Quarto. 191 pp. Paperback. Fine. BKS-05077 $40Inquire
• Szigeti, Joseph (1892-1973) Zwischen den Saiten: sechs Jahzehnte als Geiger in einer sich wandelnden Welt Albert Müller: Zürich, 1962. Octavo. 354 pp. 12 plates. Cloth with d/j. Slightly browned d/j, otherwise as new. BKS-05237 $15Inquire
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  Tatham, David The Lure of the Striped Pig: The Illustration of Popular Music in America 1820-1870 Imprint Society: Barre, MA, 1973. Limited Edition of 1950. Folio. 157 pp. 60 fine full-page b/w illustrations of sheet music covers, a few in color. Beige linen spine with rust colored orange boards and matching slipcase. As new.

  A superb beautifully produced book - a "must-have" for anyone interested in the history of American sheet music. The illustrations include several by some of the most important illtrators of the time, including David Claypoole Johnston and Winslow Homer.
  BKS-10783 $100More Images/Inquire
• Temianka, Henri (1906) Facing the Music; An Irreverent Close-up of the Real Concert World David McKay Co.: New York, 1973. (second printing). Octavo. 272 pp. 16 pp. of photos. Buckram boards with d/j. D/j a little frumpled, otherwise as new.
  Dedicated by the author in red ink, with his name written across a staff of music and dated Jan. 4, 1974, to Arnold Gingrich (founder of Esquire magazine): "From his ardent admirer of many years, with best wishes".
  BKS-10007 $75Inquire
• THIS IS A TEST RECORD. This is the long title Yes, there is an editor. A place first edition.
  Content. New Content

  Commentary is "hello there"
  BKS-14698 $66Inquire
• Thompson, H. Wagner & Wagenseil: A Source of Wagner's Opera 'Die Meistersinger' Oxford University Press: London, 1927. Large octavo. 37 pp. Handsome illustrations, including foldout map of old Nuremberg. Cloth. Fine.
  inscribed to Artur Bodanzky by Paul Althouse in appreciation of collaboration on Die Meistersinger at the Met in 1935.
  BKS-00153 $75Inquire
• Tolbecque, Auguste L'Art du Luthier By the author: Niort, 1903. first edition (Regazzi: "printed for private publication only). Quarto. 314 pp. Many illustrations and plates. Rebound in cloth with leather label, original covers bound in, top edge gilt. Fine copy. BKS-05245 $950Inquire
• Tolbecque, Auguste L'Art du luthier Laffitte Reprints: Marseille, 1978. Reprint of 1903 edition. Quarto. 314 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Several b/w illustrations. Buckram with gilt. As new. BKS-05607 $100Inquire
• Tolbecque, Auguste L'Art du Luthier By the author: Niort, 1903. first edition (Regazzi: "printed for private publication only). 314 pp. Many illustrations and plates. Rebound in buckram with leather label, original covers bound in. Near fine. BKS-09479 $900Inquire
• Torri, Luigi La Costruzione ed i Costruttori degli Istrumenti ad Arco: Bibliografia Liutistica, Storico-Technica Guglielm Zanibon: Padua, [1920]. Second edition. Octavo. 43 pp. Wrappers. Very slight wear to cover, otherwise fine. BKS-05246 $100Inquire
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  Tovey, Donald Francis Essays in Musical Analysis Vols. I-VI Oxford University Press: London, 1964. Octavo. Vol. II: 212 pp. Blue linen boards with original D/J. Very good.

  Vol. II: Symphonies (II), Variations and Orchestral Polyphony

  BKS-14346 $10Inquire
• Toye, Francis Rossini, A Study in Tragi-Comedy Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1947. Octavo. 220 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8 plates. Cloth with d/j. Stained endpaper, d/j slightly worn, otherwise very good.
  New edition, designed by W.A. Dwiggins, completely reset and printed from new plates.
  BKS-09687 $15Inquire
• Vannes, René Dictionnaire Universel des Luthiers. Vol. III, "Complément des Tomes I et II" Les Amis de la Musique: Brussels, 1985. Quarto. 181 pp. Cloth with d/j. Fine.
  Edited by Claude Lebet with a preface by Etienne Vatelot and 11 added photographs of modern makers.
  BKS-05139 $90Inquire
• Vatelot, Etienne Les Archets Français Sernor-M. Dufour: Paris, 1977. Second edition. Large quarto. 2 vols. B/w and color plates throughout. Cloth. As new.
  Text in French English and German.
  BKS-09577 $2,500Inquire
• VERDI, GIUSEPPE Verdi's Otello and Simon Boccanegra (Revised Version) in Letters and Telegrams & Documents Hans Busch, editor & translator. Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1988. Large octavo. Two volumes: 419 pp, 472 pp. Photographs. Cloth with d/js. As new. BKS-09640 $50Inquire
• VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas With Illustrations & Descriptions of Victor Opera Records Victor Talking Machine Company: Camden. NJ, 1921. Sixth edition; revised and rewritten. Large octavo. Many plates. Decorated cloth. Edges bumped, otherwise fine. BKS-09645 $30Inquire
• Vidal, Louis Antoine La Lutherie et les Luthiers Broude Bros.: New York, 1969. Facsimile of the 1889 edition. Quarto. 347 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 29 plates. Cloth. Fine. BKS-05254 $175Inquire
• Vidal, Louis Antoine La Lutherie et les Luthiers Maison Quantin: Paris, 1889. first edition. Quarto. 347 pp. Frontispiece portrait of author. 29 plates of labels. Full leather with decorative gold tooling, top edge gilt. Spine detached at top edge, otherwise fine. BKS-05615 $650Inquire
• Violinist Magazine The Violinist's Guide, Containing Information Pertaining to the Violin Making Industry... The Blue Book of the Violin Making Profession The Violinist Publishing Company: Chicago, 1916. first edition, reprinted from Vol. XX of the magazine. Quarto. 48 pp. Illustrated, mostly labels. Boards. Fine.
  Contains an important early listing of American makers.
  BKS-05259 $75Inquire
• Violinist Magazine The Violinist's Guide, Containing Information Pertaining to the Violin Making Industry… The Blue Book of the Violin Making Profession Violinist Publishing Company: Chicago, 1916. Vol. XX, July 16th. Octavo. 45 pp. Illustrated, mostly labels. Wrappers as issued. Very good.
  One of the earliest listings of American violinmakers.
  BKS-01765 $60Inquire
• VIOLIN-MAKING The Violin. How to Make it. By a Master of the Instrument Carl Fischer: New York, nd. Small octavo. 143 pp. Several illustrations: tools, plans, etc. Wrappers. Fine. BKS-07505 $25Inquire
• Vogt, Howard Flagstad: Singer of the Century Secker & Warburg: London, 1987. Large octavo. 300 pp. Many plates. Cloth with d/j. As new; d/j slightly torn. BKS-04938 $30Inquire
• Wagner, Cosima Liszt (1837-1930) Briefwechsel zwischen Cosima Wagner und Fürst Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg J.S. Gotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger: Stuttgart, 1937. Octavo. 403 pp. Cloth. Very good (minor water stains on spine, edge of back cover). BKS-05301 $20Inquire
• Wagner, Cosima Liszt (1837-1930) Cosima Wagner und Houston Stewart Chamberlain im Briefwechsel, 1888-1908 Philipp Reclam: Leipzig, 1934. Quarto. 713 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Linen boards. Cover sunned. BKS-05302 $45Inquire
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  Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Auswahl seiner Schriften Insel-Verlag: Leipzig, nd. Octavo. 278 pp. Cloth boards. Spine tips ragged, otherwise very good.
  BKS-05305 $12Inquire
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  Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Beethoven C.W. Fritsch: Leipzig, 1870. first edition. Octavo. 73 pp. Quarter-bound blue buckram with marbled boards. Red leather label at spine. Boards a bit rubbed with water stain to front. Title page dusty with minor chips at edges. Marginal water stain above text on all pages, but otherwise a clean copy in good condition.

  A first edition of this important essay written for the centennial celebrations of Beethoven's birth, in which Wagner develops his ideas about music and text as expressive mediums. Although he asserts that music is the more expressively powerful of the two, he ultimately concludes that music and text together yield a wider range of artistic possibilities than either can achieve on its own. These musings build on thoughts first set down in his earlier writings, Oper und Drama and Zukunftsmusik.
  BKS-05306 $150Inquire
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  Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Familienbriefe von Richard Wagner, 1832-1874 Alexander Duncker: Berlin, 1907. Small quarto. 304 pp. Frontispiece Portrait. Many black and white portraits. Gold-stamped cloth. Very slight spine end bumping, otherwise very good with original tissues on plates.
  BKS-05309 $40Inquire