Printed scores in first, early and deluxe editions - Gluck to Gershwin, Verdi to Varese: chamber music, solo and four-hand piano music, full scores, signed scores, operas, early American sheet music, etc. as well as some original 19th and 20th-century manuscripts and a selection of facsimile manuscripts (great for study, great for gifts).

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  Abrams, Harriett And Must We Part, A Favorite Duett For Two Voices, Taken From The Second Set Of Canzonetts, With An Accompaniment For The Piano Forte Or Harp. L. Lavenu: London. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 4 pp. (inc. cover). Disbound. In good condition despite some creasing... read more ›
  MUS-14915 $70Details/Inquire
• Adami, Andrea, "Il Bolsena" Osservazioni Per Ben Regolare Il Coro Dei Cantori Della Cappella Pontificia [Rome, 1711]. Libreria Musicale Italiana: Lucca, 1988. Quarto. 20 pp of facsimile. Cloth with d/j. As new.FAC-07368 $60Inquire
• Altenburg, Johann Ernst (1734-1801) Johann Ernst Altengurg: Versuch Einer Anleitung Zur Heroisch-musikalischen Trompeter Und Paukerkunst. Faksimile Der Ausgabe Von 1795. Mit Einem Nachwort In Deutsch Und Englisch Von Frieder Zschoch. Notes by Frieder Zschoch. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik: Leipzig, 1972. Octavo. 156 pp. Boards. Spine and edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good.FAC-03858 $50Inquire
• Amat, Joan Carlos (1572-1642) Guitarra Espanola. Editions Chanterelle: Monte Carlo, 1980. Duodecimo. 56 pp. facsimile + 10-page commentary in English. Wrappers. As new.
  A facsimile of the 1761 edition of the Castillan method which first appeared c. 1596 and was probably the earliest method showing how to play the five-course guitar in the strummed style.
  FAC-09460 $25Inquire
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  AMERICAN SIGNED SCORES - GROUP OF TEN A Group Of Ten First-edition Signed Scores By American Composers. FIRST EDITIONS. Excellent condition overall. See additional notes below. A group of ten first-edition scores, all inscribed and signed by their American composers: Arnold, Malcom. Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and… read more ›
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  Arensky, Anton (1861-1906) Quatre Morceaux Pour Le Violon Avec Accompangement De Pian. Op. 30. No. 2: Sérénade; No. 3: Berceuse. P. Jurgenson: Moscow/Leipzig, [c. 1900]. Pl.n 19167 + 19168. Probable First Edition. Large quarto. 7 pp. [vln part] + 7 pp. [pno part]. In good condition. Signature of former owner on title pages and piano part of the Sérénade. A few chips and minor tears at margins (none affecting). Otherwise a bit toned but fine.

  Publication date as per WorldCat.
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• Ariosti, Attilio (1666-1729) Sei Lezioni Per La Viola D'Amore, Ridotte Per Il Violoncello O Per La Viola E Fatto Un Accompagnemente Di Piano-Forte Sull Basso Numerato Da Alfred Piatti. Alfred Piatti. Hill & Sons: London, 1897. Folio. 13 pp. Spine reinforced. Fine.
  Piano score alone.
  MUS-06527 $25Inquire
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  ARLEN-SIGNED GERSHWIN SCORE Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Concerto (in F). Composed For Piano And Orchestra, Transcribed For Two Pianos (Four Hands). Harms: New York, 1927. First Edition. Small folio. 67 pp. Paper wraps. Overall a nice copy. Covers detached at fold; front with two small tears at right (not affecting). First and last pages beginning to detach. Tears to pp. 7, 13 (affecting, but music still legible). Some corners creased. Very occasional performance markings in red crayon, mostly concentrated on p. 65 (possibly Arlen's own)... read more ›
  MUS-11151 $1,350Details/Inquire
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  Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802), and John O' Keefe The Agreeable Surprize. A Comick Opera In Two Acts. As Performed At The Theatre Royal In The Hay-Market. Harrison & Co: London, [1797]. First Edition. Quarto. 40 pp. Marbled paper wraps. A crisp and clean copy (excepting crease to magazine title page)... read more ›
  MUS-11327 $200Details/Inquire
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  Artok, Leo Junge Tänze: Short Modern Dances [for Piano]. Schott: Mainz, 1928. Pl.n 32182. Large quarto. 16 pp. Tiny chips off top left and bottom right edges of cover, small repaired tear to left bottom edge, otherwise very good and crisp.

  Ten dances including Shimmy, Tango, Blues, etc. Fabulous art-deco cover - a colored lithograph by the esteemed German team of René Binder and Max Eichheim (Binder/Eichheim Presse), showing a stylized jazz musician playing a saxaphone.
  MUS-10059 $125Inquire
• Artot, J. (1815-1845) Souvenirs De Bellini. Fantaisie Brillante Pour Le Violon Avec Accompagnt. De Orchestre Ou Quatuor Ou Piano Dédiée à Son Altesse Impériale Et Royale Madame La Grande Duchesse Hélene De Russie...Op: 4. Schott: Mainz, [1839-40]. Pl.n 6170. Folio. 13 7 pp. Disbound. Paper reinforcement along binding and edges of pages, some creases from binding, otherwise, very good.
  Piano score and separate violin part.
  MUS-09982 $50Inquire
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  Auber, Daniel (1782-1871) L'Ambassadrice. Die Botschafterin Von D.F.E. Auber. Auswahl Beliebter Stücke Als Potpourri Für Das Pianoforte Allein. Schuberth & Niemeyer: Leipzig, Hamburg & Itzehoe, [c. 1838]. Pl.n 259. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 17 pp. Disbound. Overall in good condition. Toned throughout. Paper tape reinforcement at spine. Marginal tears to pp. 5 and 17 (neither affecting).

  A short piece based on Auber's comic opera L'Ambassadrice, premiered in 1836. This edition published in or about 1838, based on plate number.
  MUS-14913 $30Inquire
• Auber, Daniel (1782-1871) Overture De La Muette De Portici Par Auber Arrangée En Quatuor Pour Flute, Violin, Alto & Basso Par Charles Zulehner. Simrock: Bonn, [1830]. Pl.n 2808. Folio. 5 + 3 + 3 + 3 pp. Fine.
  Complete set of parts.
  MUS-09874 $75Inquire
• Auber, Daniel (1782-1871) Overture To The Celebrated Opera Of Gustavus The Third Or The Masked Ball As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden [arranged For Piano And Flute]. D'Almaine & Co: London, [after 1834]. Pl.n "Ov: Gustavus the Third". Folio. 11 + 2 pp. Disbound.
  Separate piano and flute parts.
  MUS-06528 $50Inquire
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  BACH - MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Inventionen Und Sinfonien. Peters: Leipzig, n.d. Oblong small quarto. 61 pp. of facsimile + 1-page commentary by Georg Schuenenman. Vellum-simulated paper wraps. Overall fine except for chipped spine & two very small tears on bottom of cover.
  FAC-09464 $50Inquire
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  Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788) Rondo Comp. Von Philipp Emanuel Bach. 1779. Schlesinger: Berlin, [c. 1860]. Pl.n S. 4927. Engraved. Quarto. 3 pp. Overall good. Dealer stamp to title page. Chipped around edges; ink transfer to music.

  In the right-hand corner above the first stave is printed: Concertvortrag des Herrn Hans von Bülow.

  Published in or about 1860, based on plate number.

  MUS-12681 $20Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Cantata, BWV 210, "O Holder Tag". VEB Deutscher Verlag: Leipzig, 1980. Folio. 24 pp. of facsimile + 4 pp. of commentary. Boards. Very good.FAC-01000 $50Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Cantata, BWV 211, "Kaffeekantate". Vienna Philharmonic: Vienna, 1923. Large folio. 23 pp. of facsimile. Rice-paper covered boards. Spine defective, top of cover faded, else fine.FAC-01031 $175Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Chorale Preludes, BWV 645, 648, 646, 647, 649, 650, 675, 676, 677, 680, 681, 704, "J.S. Bach's Chorale-Vorspiel Für Die Orgel Mit Einem Und Zwey Klavieren Und Pedal. Erstes Heft". Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1806]. Pl.n "J. S. Bachs Choralvorsp. 1. H.". Quarto. 30 pp. Contemporary boards. Some crayon and pencilled performance marks in some of the preludes, signature and stamp of previous owners signature on cover and title page, minor foxing throughout, otherwise very good... read more ›MUS-07303 $750Details/Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Chorale Preludes, BWV 699, 769: V, 769: III, 769: IV, 700, 748, 684, 614, "J.S. Bach's Chorale-Vorspiel Für Die Orgel Mit Einem Und Zwey Klavieren Und Pedal. Vierter Heft". Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1806]. Pl.n "J. S. Bach's Choralvorsp. 4. H.". Quarto. 24 pp. Stamp and signature from previous owners on cover and title page, pencilled performance markings in some preludes, minor foxing throughout, otherwise very good... read more ›MUS-07313 $750Details/Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Clavier-Büchlein For W.F. Bach. Yale University: New Haven. Bound photocopy from Yale Library. Long oblong folio. 154 facsimile pp. Buckram. Fine.
  This photocopy was made by Yale University, who owns the manuscript, prior to the one they published in 1959.
  FAC-10127 $40Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke Und Schriftstücke. Bärenreiter: Kassel and Basel, 1955. Tall quarto. 10 facsimile pp. + 2 pp. commentary. Paper boards. Front and back covers cracked but firm with soiling. Spine ripped, interior fine.FAC-09901 $30Inquire
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  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), and Donald Tovey; with fingerings by Harold Samuel Forty-Eight Preludes And Fugues. Book II. Donald Francis Tovey, ed. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: London, 1951. Pl.n A.B. 100. Reprint of First Edition [1924]. Large quarto. 200 pp. Paper wraps. Paper wraps detached; inside pages excellent with occasional pencil markings... read more ›
  MUS-12683 $25Details/Inquire
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  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Keyboard Works: Chromatic Fantasy And Fugue, Various Fugues, Toccatas And Other Keyboard Works, "Compositions Pour Le Piano-Forte Sans Et Avec Accompagnement Par Jean Sebastien Bach, Edition Nouvelle...par Charles Czerny...Oeuvres Complets Liv. 4". Bureau de Musique de C.F. Peters: Leipzig, [1837]. Pl.n 2696. Folio. 99 pp. Disbound. Pencil marks throughout, foxing throughout, otherwise very good... read more ›
  MUS-07307 $350Details/Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Keyboard Works: Partitas 1-5, BWV 825-29, Duets, BWV 802-05, "Compositions Pour Le Piano-Forte Sans Et Avec Accompagnement Par Jean Sebastien Bach, Edition Nouvelle...par Charles Czerny...Oeuvres Complets Liv. 5". Bureau de Musique de C.F. Peters: Leipzig, [1837]. Pl.n 2636. Folio. 99 pp. Disbound. Light stain on lower left of title page, light foxing throughout, otherwise very good.
  Title page portrait by Kneisel. Stamped "Biblioteca Landsbergian."
  MUS-07308 $350Inquire
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  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Keyboard Works: Toccata Per Cembalo, BWV 913; Fantaisie Chromatique, BWV 903; Fantaisie Pour Le Clavecin, BWV 906; XV Inventions Pour Le Clavecin, BWV 772-86; Six Preludes á L'Usage Des Commençants, BWV 933-38; VI Suites Pour Le Clavecin [French Suites], BWV 812-17; Exercices Pour Le Clavecin [Partitas], BWV 825-30. Bureau de Musique de C. F. Peters: Leipzig, [c. 1814 - c. 1827]. Early editions (more information below). Engraved. Oblong large quarto. 190 pp. Handsome modern blue marbled boards (replicating period German endpapers) with gilt stamped paper label at spine. A very attractive volume. A little foxing and bleedthrough; some minor manuscript markings on title pages. Otherwise a very clean copy, crisp and with deep impressions... read more ›
  MUS-07314 $1,500Details/Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Mass In B Minor, BWV 232, "Hohe Messe In H Moll". Insel Verlag: Leipzig, 1924. Limited edition of 550 (unnumbered). Tall folio. 190 facsimile pp. Full vellum binding with gold tooling. Fine.FAC-00992 $1,750Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Mass In G, BWV 236 And Six Cantatas, BWV 101-06 (piano-vocal Scores). Simrock: Bonn. Oblong folio. 36 + 39 + 49 pp. Contemporary half leather, marbled boards, red leather embossed label, front cover detached, missing spine. A few pencilled dates of composition, otherwise very good... read more ›MUS-07298 $1,500Details/Inquire
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  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), and Ferdinand David, ed Sechs Sonaten Für Die Violine Allein. Mit Fingersatz, Bogenstrichten Und Sonstigen Bezeichnungen Versehen Von Ferd. David. Heft III. Neue Ausgabe. Fr. Kistner: Leipzig, [1843]. Pl.n 1387. Engraved. Quarto. 23 pp. Water stains at inner margin and bottom corners (mostly not affecting). A little foxing throughout. Front and back cover soiled... read more ›
  MUS-15122 $60Details/Inquire
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  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Sonate Und Partiten Für Violine Allein, Herausgegeben Von Joseph Joachim Und Andreas Moser. Heft I & Heft II. Ed. Bote & G. Bock: Berlin, 1908. Pl.n 16196. Quarto. 37 pp. + 36 pp. Disbound and detached. Title page of first book with some light soiling and minor tears/chips at margin. Otherwise a clean copy... read more ›
  MUS-06355 $60Details/Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Vier Eingaben An Den Rat Der Stadt Leipzig. Vom 12., 13., 15. Und 19. August 1736. Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke Und Schriftstücke Herausgegeben Vom Bach-Archiv Leipzig. Band 6. VEB Deutscher Verlag: Leipzig, 1965. Folio. 4 pp. of facsimile + 4 pp. of commentary. Boards. Fine.FAC-01002 $25Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-93, "Le Clavecin Bien Tempéré Ou Préludes Et Fugues Dans Tous Le Tons Et Demi-tons Sur Les Modes Majeurs Et Mineurs Par Jean Sebastien Bach, Edition Nouvell...par Charles Czerny. Partie II". Bureau de Musique de C.F. Peters: Leipzig, [1837]. Pl.n 2636. Folio. 99 pp. Disbound. Final leaf detached, occasional foxing, otherwise very good.
  Title page portrait by Kneisel. Stamped "Biblioteca Landsbergiana." A copy of Book I of the same edition with no title page and with pages 1-12 replaced by blank manuscript paper is included.
  MUS-07305 $350Inquire
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 870-93, 846-69, "48 Préludes Et Fugues Dans Tous Le Tons Majeurs Et Mineurs Pour Le Piano Forte Composés Par Jean Sebastian Bach Dediés Au Conservatoire De Musique Per L'Editeur. 1 [, 2] Livraison". Henry Lemoine: Paris, [after 1816]. Pl.n O. 217/218. Oblong folio. 97 + 83 pp. Attractively stamped boards with some shelf wear on edges. Some smudges on WTC II title page, barely visible water stain on WTC I title page, otherwise very good... read more ›MUS-07304 $950Details/Inquire
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  Balakirev, Mily (1836-1910) Islamey. Fantaisie Orientale, Pour Piano. Nouvelle édition, Revue Et Corrigée Par L'auteur. P. Jurgenson: Moscow, [1907, as per plate number]. Pl.n 32419. Quarto. 19 pp. Original wraps (in Cyrillic). In excellent, crisp condition. Front wrapper with dealer stamp and signature of former owner dated Paris 1919. Dealer stamp also on title page and p. 3.

  Balakirev first wrote Islamey in 1869 and revised it in 1902. This is an early edition of the revised version. The work was a special favorite of Franz Liszt's.

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  Balfe, Michael W.Autograph Manuscript Sketch From The Opera "Rose Of Castille" Signed "MW Balfe". Inscribed to "my pretty little aunt!!!!". Dec. 1851. Large manuscript paper (c 14.25" h x 9" w). 1 p. Overall very good condition, save for one torn corner at lower right not affecting text (creases from folds, two very slight tears on bottom edge and one on left edge)... read more ›
  MAN-10961 $850Details/Inquire
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  BAMPTON-SIGNED HOIBY SCORE Hoiby, Lee (1926-2011) The Scarf. [Vocal Score]. G. Schirmer: New York, 1959. Pl.n 44439. First Edition. Small quarto. 83 pp. Blue and red wraps. In excellent condition. Signed and dated 1973 by the noted American soprano Rose Bampton in blue ballpoint on the front cover. The Scarf , one of American… read more ›
  SSC-06049 $75Details/Inquire
• Baron, Ernst Gottlieb (1696-1760) Fantasie Für Die Laute. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, 1969. Oblong folio. 11 pp. of facsimile + 15-page transcription. Boards. Covers rubbed, otherwise very good.
  Facsimile of the 1757 printed edition
  Includes Ferdinand Seidel: Menuetten für die Laute. I.
  FAC-01836 $65Inquire
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  Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) Black Pocket-Book, Sketches 1907-1922. Editio Musico: Budapest, 1987. Small oblong octavo. 34 pp. of facsimile + 31 pp. of commentary in Hungarian, English & German by László Somfai. Pliable full leather with gold facsimile signature. As new.
  FAC-12388 $65Inquire
• Bartók, Béla (1881-1945), and Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Folksongs For Song With Piano. Editio Musica Budapest: Budapest, 1970. No. 469. Large folio. 23 facsimile pp. + 12 pp. of commentary in English including a preface by Bartók & Kodály. Brown paper boards. Corners bumped, spine faded, otherwise very good.
  Includes rough draft of the Felhívás (The Appeal).
  FAC-10795 $75Inquire
• Bartók, Béla (1881-1945), and Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Folksongs For Voice With Piano. Boosey & Hawkes: London, 1970. No. 9 of an edition of 400. Large folio. 23 facsimile pp. + 12 pp. of commentary in English including a preface by Bartók & Kodály. Beige silk boards with brown d/j. Dust jacket faded, otherwise as new.
  Includes rough draft of the Felhívás (The Appeal).
  FAC-01778 $110Inquire
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  Baumbach, Friedrich (1753-1813) Air De Trois Notes Par I.I. Rousseau, Avec La Parodie Allemande Par Gotter, Et 24. Variations Pour Le Clavecin Ou Le Pianoforte Un Violon Obligé Et Un Violoncello. Jean Marino et Cie: Berlin, [1792]. Octavo. 12 + 6 + 3 pp. Wrappers. Some shelf wear on title page, otherwise very good... read more ›
  MUS-06533 $275Details/Inquire
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  BECKER LIBRARY - SIX AMERICAN SCORES A group of six scores formerly owned by American composer John Becker. Five signed by him Library John Becker on front cover or title… read more ›
  SSC-15081 $175Details/Inquire
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  BECKER, JOHN - 21 COWELL PIANO WORKS FROM BECKER LIBRARY Cowell, Henry Group Of 21 Piano Works Formerly In The Library Of John Becker. A collection of 21 piano pieces (one for violin and piano) by Henry Cowell, all from the library of John Becker, as penciled in his hand… read more ›
  SSC-14085 $250Details/Inquire
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  Becker, John J. (1886-1961) Soundpiece No. 4. Second String Quartet. New Music Edition: New York, 1948. First Edition. Quarto. Original beige wrappers. In fine condition (excepting "Autograph copy" written in red felt-tip pen on front wrapper)... read more ›
  SSC-07592 $35Details/Inquire
• Bedos De Celles, François (1709-1779) L'Art Du Facteur D'Orgues. Bärenreiter: Kassel, 1934-'36. 4 volumes in 3. Covers detached and a few pages need to be inserted (needs binding), but an internally pristine copy with unopened pages.FAC-10012 $150Inquire
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  BEETHOVEN - MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No.2, "Moonlight", "Sonate Op. 27, Nr. 2 (Mondscheinsonate)". Heinrich Schenker. Universal: Vienna & New York, 1921. No. 36 of an edition of 50 on handmade paper. Oblong quarto. 36 facsimile pp. + 6 pp. of sketches + 6 pp. of commentary (in German) by Heinrich Schenker. New marbled boards with original label set in. Fine condition.

  A nice copy of this very rare facsimile of the original manuscript which is now in the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.
  FAC-07276 $450Inquire
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  Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), and Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Beethoven-Busoni Kadenzen Zu Den Klavier-Konzerten. Heinrichshofen's Verlag: Wilhelmshaven. Pl.n 798. Quarto. 27 pp. Beige paper wraps. Very good condition.
  MUS-12033 $40Inquire
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Concerto For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 61, D Major, Konzert Für Violine Und Orchestre, D-dur. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Vienna: Graz, 1979. No. 293 of an edition of 1,000. Quarto. 260 pp., commentary by Franz Grasberger and forward by Wolfgang Schneiderhan in separate booklet. Half leather. As new, in linen slipcase.FAC-08447 $1,200Inquire