Barrett William Alex (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. An in-depth, definitive chronicle of English Glee and Part-Songs from the earliest times through the 19th century. A GOOD, clean, tight copy. Scuffing/minor damage to top of spine cloth board and scuffing to corners. Tear to top corner of front endpaper (neatly scotch tape-repaired), elsewise a very good, clean, tight, scholar/collector-worthy copy. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on the front cover and gold gilt lettering on spine. From the Preface: "The substance of the following pages-the result of an attempt to trace the origin, growth, and development of English Glees and Part-songs-was read as a series of Lectures at the City of London College, under the auspices of the 'Society for the Extension of University Teaching.' It was no portion of their purpose to offer anything else than the History of the subject." 358 pages followed by 14 pages of advertisements for other Longmans, Green & Co. publications. GH1.…

Last third of pages untrimmed. Tiny tear in fore-edge of initial few pages. Free endpapers yellowed. Binding tight. Blue cloth darkened on spine; black lettering to front board; gilt lettering to spine; wear to spine head & foot; repaired split to rear joint. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Usual ex-library marks, internally very good and clean. ; Origin of vocal harmony. From early times to the fifteenth century. Sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries examined. Thomas Augustine Arne and his labors. Definition and description. Index. ; Ex-Lib; 8vo; 358 pages. …

Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket has tanned spine, closed edges foxed, else clean and tight. Size: 8vo.