COMPOSITIONS-SCHULE (3 VOLUMES, COMPLETE) by Wilhelm Dyckerhoff - 1870-1876: Oder: Die Technschen Geheimnisse der Musikalischen Composition, Entwickelt aus dem Naturgesange und der Werken Classischer Tondichter. Erster Theil: Einfuhrung in die Melodiebildung, Zweiter Theil: Der Harmonielehre erster Cursus, Dritter Theil: Die Lehre

Tacoma Park, MD: Self Published, 1968 375pp in original illustrated blue cloth, with BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. Contents include a History of the Organ & Piano, Design & Construction of the Piano, Sound Relationships, Using the Tuning Hammer, Tuning Theory, Repairing and more. Covers slightly rubbed, inscription on inside cover.

Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. Very Good -. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The composer, Johann Melchior Dreyer (1746-1824), published over 50 masses and requiems. This is opus 17, not the more common Sex Missae, opus 2, which was printed in 1790. No publication information, although it is most likely that this was printed in Augsburg by Lotter in 1801 (opus 14 was published in 1800 and opus 18 in 1802). In Very Good- Condition: binding is rubbed but solid; old repairs to lower corner of most leaves, with only minimal loss on pp. 43-44; soiling, primarily in lower corners; a solid copy.

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good -. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written for the Singer's Library, such as There is Somebody Waiting for Me by C.H. Lane, as well as some older songs. Final 3 pages, including back wrapper, lists contents of nos. 1-22 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library, and titles of nos. 1-66 of Beadle's Half-Dime Library and nos. 1-55 of Beadle's Dime Library. Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf detached, but present; small stain on first leaf; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and bright.

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 63 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the occasional gospel song, as well as some older songs. Both sides of back wrapper list contents of nos. 1-20 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library. The publication appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: faint dampstaining along some edges; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and intact.

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the occasional gospel song (De Gospel Car in this issue), as well as some older songs. Back wrapper lists contents of nos. 1-9 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library, as well as the titles of nos. 1-52 of Beadle's Half-Dime Library. The publication appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: faint dampstaining along some edges; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; minor chipping at lower and fore-edges; clean and intact.

Oban, Argyll: Oban Times Limited IN FAIR CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Good ++ Condition, protected in a mylar cover. ii, 84pp, bound in original maroon cloth, with gilt lettering on spine (still bright), with binding and hinges tight. Complete with 6 illustrations, as called for. The covers on this book are severly bowed. Dust jacket is price clipped, with edge wear/chips. Angus Macpherson, an expert piper, angler, seannachaidh, hotelkeeper and sheep farmer, comes from a family of distinguished pipers. In this book, he looks back upon the early days of Highland life, and many of the fine pipers he has known. Ownership name on ffp of "Hector A. MacKenzie, March 1956".

New York: Charles F. Tretbar. Very Good+. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. Clean reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering and black ornamental border. Text tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W instruments. Collect and repair instruments and learn the original method of playing them. Endpapers age toned. Music, Musical Instruments; B/W Illus.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 170 pages; Signed by Author .

Easton Press/Ideals Publications. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2002. No Edition Stated. Full Leather. Slight shelfwear; maroon leather bound w/gilt page ends, moire endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, Easton Press bookplate laid in ; 160 pages .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press [0-226-13366-4] 1997. (Hardcover) 862pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Notes, tables, black & white and color illustrations, musical notation, color photographs, register of musicians, bibliography, index. There is a tiny bump on the edge of the front cover and minor edgewear to the dust jacket. "Based on decades of research in local archives, D'Accone's the Civic Muse brilliantly illuminates both the sacred and the secular aspects of more than three centuries of music and music-making in Siena.... In addition to copious documentation from primary sources (presented in Latin or Italian in the notes and paraphrased in the text), the Civic Muse includes a variety of musical examples from the repertory of sacred and secular music performed in Siena. The book also contains a selection of illustrations showing the sites and sources of musical performances". Time Period Medieval, Middle Ages, Renaissance & Renaissance. Locale: Italy;… Read More

Scented Gardens Of the Mind is an excellent comprehensive guide to all of Europe's major prog rock scene (with the exception of The UK and Germany who had their own separate books)in the period between 1968-1980, including: Italy, Spain, France, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Eastern Europe, Greece etc... This is a book written by a collector for collectors and prog fans it includes detailed biographies, line-ups, discographies, off-shots and occasional analysis of important albums or tracks with many covers photos illustrating nearly every page. the book is divided to several sections, each country has it's own section set up in alphabetical order. in between every section, there is a nice comics depicting the adventures of two fanatic record collectors. The writing is clear and flowing with a dash of occasional humour.