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Pocket, New York, (1992), Ist printing.. 270 pp. mass market paperback. Cover art by Mark Watts. A collection of 20 short stories with mini bios of contributors. "Rock to the world of horror where martyred musical superlegends return from the dead at 120 decibels...where radio stations . sponser ghastly giveaways that no living soul could want...where other-earthly pirates bootleg not records, but human souls...where people are strange...and the devil rocks all night..." Interior - clean and t... more information

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Tor, New York, (1993).. 584 pp, mass market paperback. "Come walk the mist-draped hills of Cornwall, come walk among ancient standing stones. Listen to the fiddles, and the wind, and the sea. Come step with Janey Little into the pages of 'The Little Country'..." Interi. or - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, one small corner crease, small scuff on spine. VG. ... more information

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Baen, (New York, 1994).. 343 pp, mass market paperback. "Long ago, in an English country mansion next to a deep, dark wood, Wicked Kit Arundel devised a masque, a musical 'entertainment' to be performed on the eve of Midsummer's Night 1594. It was supposed to be a quest f. or the perfect music, a mystic bridge to ultimate knowledge. What actually crossed the bridge was the Queen of Faerie. Entranced by his music, she has him taken away, leaving Kit's true love Eleanor bereft and ... more information

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TOR, New York, (1995), Ist printing.. 254 pages, paperback. Jacket art by John Howe. "...a young woman travelling through the Kingdoms of the Green Isles with a witch staff in her hand, a harp on her back, a puzzle to solve, and a quest to fulfill..." Interior - pages and inside of c. overs browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, tiny area of surface paper loss at top corner of front cover, spine uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Penguin, (Toronto, 1993), Ist edition.. 513 pp, PB. "Arbonne and Gorhaut - two lands as different as the sun and the shadowed moon. In the south, the olive trees and vineyards of Arbonne flourish, as the troubadours and joglars fill the air with the music of love and desire. To the nor. th, the people of Gorhaut embrace the power of the sword. The history of Gorhaut has been forged with blood and fire, and now a degenerate kig and his ruthless advisor seek to quench an insatiable thirst for c... more information

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Avon, (New York, 1990), Ist printing.. 217 pp, mass market paperback. "Flutirr was born to High Nobleness - superior to every being in the Nelvin society, he was taught never to forget his station. From earliest childhood, he was coached in proper behavior, and warned never, ever to ha. ve anything to do with the Lower Classes. But one day, Flutirr heard the sound of strange and beautiful music. The notes drifted across the river like dancing sunshine. Flutirr was enraptured, overwhelmed by the... more information

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Ballantine, New York, 1970, first printing.. 160 pp, 8 3/16" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, map. "No cheap theatricality was omitted nor expense spared in the gigantic melodramas glorifying the implacable monster of Nazism. In a blaze of searchlights, f. ramed by towering banners, fireworks and mock battle, thunderous martial music and mesmeric chanting drown rationality - but not the Fuhrer's screeching, hate filled tirade." Interior - previo... more information

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Menus and Music, Peidmont, California, n.d.. 240 pp, large 8vo, soft cover. "This collection of recipes features the holiday specialities of the contributing restaurants, hotels, or restorts and it also reflects regional American specialities. There is a wonderful diversity in the menus and . in the ingredients. The chefs have patiently and generously explained their recipes to me during the past year. Their menus and recipes are traditional, but the chefs all have a firm contemporary insistence on... more information

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(Alfred, Sherman Oaks, California, 1985).. 240 pp, 24 mo. (5 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 3/4"), soft cover. "...contains thousands of entries covering all eras of music...popular as well as classical music." Includes: definitions, proonunciations, biographical composer information and music notation . charts. This is a new book with only very minor edgewear. NF. ... more information

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, (1951).. 62 pp, oblong 24 mo. (5 1/8" H x 7 3/4" D), patterned soft covers. "This series, under the general editorship of Dr. Gordon Jacob, Professor of Theory, Composition, and Ochestration at the Royal College of Music, London, has been planend to meet th. e needs of concert-goers and amateurs of music. Each has a musical introduction by the General Editor, and a special biographical note by a music critic. In No.5 and all later volumes, for greate... more information

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Penguin, (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1954).. 143 pp, oblong 24 mo. (5 1/8" H x 7 3/4" D), patterned soft covers. Introduction in English/German/Spanish. "This series, under the general editorship of Dr. Gordon Jacob, Professor of Theory, Composition, and Ochestration at the Royal College of . Music, London, has been planend to meet the needs of concert-goers and amateurs of music...In No.5 and all later volumes, for greater ease in score-reading, the parts of the transposing instruments have... more information

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, (1950), Ist printing.. 253 pp, PB. "A comment on outstanding events and a general picture of what has taken place in the musical world during the last year. All branches of the art of music - aesthetics, history, technique and criticism - are discussed by leading critic. s." Subjects covered include: Opera, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, the Concerto, Music in Toronto, Music in Australia, Music in Theatre, Recordings, etc. Interior - pages browning, otherwise cl... more information

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Todtri, (New York, 1996).. 80 pp, small 4to (10 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with reproductions of period paintings, prints and drawings showing eighteenth century life in Venice - the people, palaces, theaters, plazas, etc. "Ig. nored and almost completely forgotten for two hundred years, until its rediscovery early in this century, the music of Antonio Vivaldi delights today's listeners with its freshness, charm, and irresistible gaeity... more information

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Mel Bay, Pacific, MO, 1980.. 48 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H), stapled in wraps. B&w photos, music. "Presents basic elementary theory, etudes, solos, duets, and technical studies for the beginner in the keys of C, A Minor, G and E Minor." Interior - two tiny pinholes in margin of page. s 17-32 (not affecting legibility), otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear/rubbing, light scuffing to front cover, minor wrinkling to spine area. G+. ... more information

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Methuen, (London, 1987).. 90 pp, PB. "A witheringly funny play about middle-aged failure; robust and sensitive, malicious and melancholy, and combining the virtues of the musical and the confessional with those of a cabaret by Pirandello and a sitcom by Strindberg..." Inte. rior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - crease to top of back cover, light edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. ... more information

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Watson-Guptill, New York, (1999).. 64 pp, square 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos and drawings. "...examines the philosophy and design thinking of one of today's most innovative architect-designers; includes a detailed examination o. f Coates's key projects and inspirations; presents 150 color photographs, sketches, and drawings, some of them published here for the first time; provides a chronology of career and milestones; features desi... more information

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Permabooks / Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1952.. 317 pp, mass market paperback. "Love and hate....squalor and splendor....That was the world of the race track....the sordid world of murder and open graft....the proud beauty of the horses and the glory of flying flags, band music and cheers for th. e winners. And it was the world Dixie Harris wanted. More than the lush beauty of Grace Heyward, more than the warm, real love of Mae....Dixie wanted to be top man of the roughest, most dangerous wo... more information

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Stemmer House, Owings Mills, Maryland, 1999, Ist edition.. 42 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w designs. "One of the great rediscoveries of the Middle Ages, after years of warfare and danger, was the beauty of the natural world. Artists both monastic and secular captured this fl. owering world in rich manuscripts, tapestries and embroideries. This new book displays beautiful examples of their work: floral sprays and bouquets, stylized and geometric decorations,... more information

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W.W. Norton, New York, (1946), Ist edition.. 277 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "This book presents a much-needed, serious, and thorough-going estimate of all of Tchaikovsky's music." Contents: Tchaikovsky the Man; The Symphonies; Works for Solo Instruments and Orchestra; Miscellaneous. Orchestral Works; The Chamber Music; The Piano Music; Operas and Incidental Music; The Ballets; The Songs; Religious and Other Choral Music; Chronology; Bibliography; List of Works; Musical Example... more information

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Little,Brown, Boston, (1963), reprint.. 261 pp, 7 5/16" H, hard cover in dust jacket. "Catherine Drinker Bowen is a Philadelphian with music in her veins. The youngest of a large and scientifically-minded family, she took to music as naturally as a duck takes to water. Into this irresi. stibly gay book she has crammed the joy, comedy, and desperation of musical life. With the skill of a biographer she sums up the human equation in music with insatiable enthusiasm. She discourses on amateur... more information

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