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Published by The Macmillan Company, NY 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, U.S.A.Jeff Stark
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Add to basketCloth Decorated Hardback. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Printing - Stated. Green cloth. A nice tight copy with an old gift presentation frm the "band mothers". Light uniform fading. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York And London 1916
- Hardcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Owner name on endpaper.
Published by The Macmillan Company 1940
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York 1937
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches, 773 pages, illustrated, A-C. Ex library, apart from bookplate and pockets inside the cover, few library markings. Covers have only slight wear, some rubbing to corners, bright gilding to front cover, gilt faded to spine. Hinges tight, pages clean.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Collectors Cabinet, Teaneck, U.S.A.Collectors Cabinet
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches, 787 pages, illustrated, K-O. Ex library, apart from bookplate and pockets inside the cover, few library markings. Covers have only slight wear, slight rubbing to corners, bright gilding to front cover, gilt faded on spine. Hinges tight, pages clean.
Published by The MacMillan Company, NY 1957
- Hardcover
Seller: Daedalus Books, Portland, U.S.A.Daedalus Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A very good copy in a good, edge worn and faded jacket. ; B&W halftones; 8vo ; 773 pages.
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Co, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.Shadyside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 5 only. 791p.
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Co, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.Shadyside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 4 only. 840p.
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Co, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.Shadyside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 3 only. 787p.
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Co, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.Shadyside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 2 only. 800p.
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Co, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.Shadyside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 1 only. 773p.
Language: English
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited, London UK 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United KingdomSarah Zaluckyj
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. Third Edition - Reprint. 787 pages. No dustjacket. Ex-college library with six stamps to front end-papers, one to rear end-paper and half-title page. WORN - fraying to spine-ends, to top outer hinges have been repaired, small fray to corners' tips, some markings to covers. Inner hinges…are both cracked with a wobble, page-edges age yellowed with a couple of biro marks, one or two marginal lines, otherwise pages clean and unimpeded.

Music of All Nations: A Collection of the World's Best Music Part 2: 9 Complete Pieces in this Part: Piano and Piano and Vocal Scores.
Sir Henry J. Wood (Editor); H.C. Colles, Edwin Evans and John McCormack.
Published by The Amalgamated Press
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Pagan Hare, Tetbury, United KingdomThe Pagan Hare
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The Amalgamated Press, London. Undated. Circa early 1940s. Paperback. 64 pages. See photo of cover for details of the contents of the periodical. Also includes, a special interview with Dame Clara Butt and special; articles by H.C. Colles, Edwin Evans and John McCormack. Covers lightly f…oxed. Top and bottom corners of fore edge of covers and pages lightly creased. Spine externally and internally repaired with Sellotape. Some pages loose. Overall, the periodical is in a fair condition.
Language: English
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited, London UK 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United KingdomSarah Zaluckyj
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Fourth Edition. VOLUME I. 773 pages. No dustjacket. Very clean dark blue hardback binding with moderate wear to boards' corners and lighter wear to spine-ends and boards' bottom edge. Ggold-coloured titles to spine. Page-edges moderately browned o/w pages clean and sound.
Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdombeckfarmbooks
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Add to basketBlue Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. Supplementary volume. 688 plus pages. Name on front endpaper. A weighty volume and additional postage rates will apply.
Grove's Dictionary of Music & Musicians (Volumes 1-5) and American Supplement (Volume 6)
Colles, H. C. (editor, Volumes 1-5); Pratt, Waldo Selden & Boyd, Charles N. (editors, Volume 6)
Published by New York: The Macmillan Co.
- Hardcover
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, U.S.A.Arnold M. Herr
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Volumes 1-5 published 1947; Volume 6 published 1944. Six octavo volumes bound in dark blue cloth. B&W illustrations. Very good condition.
More imagesPublished by Macmillan Co, 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, U.S.A.The Parnassus BookShop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Type: Hardback Five Hardcover Volumes in Good Condition. Third Edition with new material 1927. Reissued 1935 This is the Eighteenth Printing, 1953. 96 plates in colour and black & white. These volumes explore in detail the structure and peculiarities of the music of the musicians herein, of… the nature and history of the instruments on which the music is performed, and of the biographies and characteristics of its composers--of all such particulars that may throw light on the rise, progress and present (when written) condition of the ART OF MUSIC. Ex-High School Library Volumes. Lib card and stamps on endpapers and text edges, numbers on spine. Binding of clean dark green cloth with gilt imprinted Lyre on the front of each volume, gilt titles and decoration on spine. Volumes are generally clean and tight. Boards are in generally good shape. Clean, some corners bumped with some fraying. Vol I: spine head has small tears in the cloth; Vol II: upper corner is scuffed and inner hinge is cracked, backstrap is loosened, binding tight; Vol IV upper front corner scuffed up; Vol V: the boards a little bowed. The interior of the books are clean, unmarked and untorn. 1953, Macmillan, New York, New York, USA.

Published by London : Macmillan and Co Ltd 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFourth Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 688p: ills; 23cm. Subjects; British Music Information Centre Collection. Musicians. Music Dictionaries. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by The Macmillan Company, NY 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, U.S.A.Dogwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (5 Volume Set Plus American Supplement) 6 Volume set. The dustjackets show some edgewear with age toning to the spines and some chipping. The bindings are sound. Includes original slipcase which is worn and has splits and tape reinforcement to the edges and corne…rs.

Published by London : Macmillan and Co Ltd 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFourth Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 688p: ills; 23cm. Subjects; British Music Information Centre Collection. Musicians. Music Dictionaries. 1 Kg.

Published by Macmillan, New York 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Edition, Later Printing. 5 volumes, complete as issued, PLUS the "American Supplement" of 1944 - together 6 volumes, sold as a set. Original green cloth stamped in gilt (slight hints of wear only). A solid set of a standard and celebrated reference set. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" -…9 3/4" Tall. B/w Illustrations & Engraving (illustrator). Book.
Published by Macmillan, London 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: The Blue Penguin, FRODSHAM, United KingdomThe Blue Penguin
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Third Edition, Reprinted. Original dark blue stippled cloth with gilt titling, stout 8vo, 5 volume set. Illustrated with colour and bw plates. Top edges gilt. Circa 800pp per volume. This is a lovely bright set with unblemished cloth, bright gilt titling, and crisp clean texts. Very slight…rubbing in one or two places to edges but this remains an excellent fine set. When wrapped this set will weigh c8000g, and so the shortfall in postage at cost over the default quotation for 1000g will be given on enquiry or at time of order. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdombeckfarmbooks
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Add to basketBlue Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. 1927/1928. Five volumes. Each volume contains 700 plus pages. Top edges gilt. All volumes good to very good condition. A nice but weighty set and additional postage rates will apply.

Published by Macmillan, New York 1957
- Hardcover
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, U.S.A.johnson rare books & archives, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Six volumes. 108 plates, with numerous textual illustrations and musical notations. New York: Macmillan, 1953-1957. Third edition, together with the revised edition of the American supplement. Expansive and essential musical reference, focusing primarily on class…ical music and musicians, but also including a fair amount of information on opera, world music, and musical instruments. Small ink stamp to the front flyleaves, with some minor wrinkling to the top corner of p.527-536 in v.5. Small tear to the spine head of v.2 and to the rear board of v.5. Jackets sunned along the spines and extremities, and slightly edgeworn, particularly v.5, with some general minor chips and tears; otherwise a sound and serviceable, very good set in a worn publisher's box, which is splitting along the joints and reinforced along the rear seams with tape.

Published by Macmillan and Co., 1928 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United KingdomRothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB)
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Add to basket3rd edn. 5 vols. Tall 8vo (9¼ x 6¼ ins). Original gilt lettered half green morocco (lightly rubbed at edges of spines and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. various, illus with coloured and b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper of vol I).
More imagesPublished by The Macmillan Company, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. This complete set is in five volumes plus the supplement (edited by Waldo Selden Pratt). The books are all bound in fine dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spines and lyre design stamped in gilt on the front covers. Light foxing on a…ll edges. In Vol.1 there is creasing on pages 725-732 at the top corners and also in the supplement p v (Preface) to p.8 at the bottom corners. Light foxing on the margins of pages adjacent to the illustrations, and the text and illustrations are generally clean and unmarked. The dust jackets are in very good condition with small closed tears on some edges. In Volume I a piece of paper is missing on the bottom edge of the back panel near the corner. The original price for the set-"$25.00" is on the front flaps. Too large to ship internationally. The editor was an English music critic and for many years chief music critic for the Times of London. Limit of period covered was A.D. 1450.Profusely illustrated with portraits of composers, music and musical instruments in black and white.
GROVE'S DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS: Six (6) Volume Set/Vol. 1: A-C; Vol. 2: D-J; Vol. 3: K-O; Vol. 4: P-Son; Vol. 5: Song-Z; Vol. 6: American Supplement, Being the Sixth Volume of the Complete Work
Colles, H. C. (Editor Vols. 1-5); Pratt, Waldo Selden and Boyd, Charles N. (Editors of Vol. 6)
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Third Printing. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spines, and small gilt decoration on front covers. Bindings lightly soiled w/ modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Tiny tear at top margins of several leaves in Vol. 3; small,…faint dampstains at top edge of text block of Vol. 4. All volumes illustrated w/ b/w plates. Overall, a nice set.
Published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd. 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Gareth Roberts, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, United KingdomGareth Roberts
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Full set of 5 Volumes. Ex library hardbacks, no DJs. Usual stamps/markings. 1927 3rd Edition published by MacMillan & Co. edited by Colles. Volume I A to C - boards are worn & part of FEP removed; Volume II D to J boards are worn, front/rear hinges split & part of FEP removed; Volume III K…to O boards are worn, front/rear hinges split & part of FEP removed; Volume IV P to Sonatina boards are worn, front hinge split & part of FEP removed; Volume V Song to Z boards are worn with some damage to rear of spine, front/rear hinges split & part of FEP removed. Very heavy set will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from Uk. 8G*.
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians - 3rd Edition in 6 Volumes.
Colles, H.C. - editor for Vols. 1-5 and Waldo S. Pratt editor of Vol. 6
Published by The Macmillan Company, Nw York 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, U.S.A.Cultural Connection
Contact seller5-star sellerVol. I A-C xxxiii, 773pp.; Vol. II D-J xv, 800pp.; Vol. III K-O xxv, 787pp.; Vol. IV P-Sonatina xxv, 840pp.; Vol. V Song - Z xxv, 791 pages; Vol. VI - Supplement vii, 438 pp. Many photo illustrations on slick paper. 8vo. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt. Flyleaf missing in Volume 1. no jackets. Tight. Bright Sharp and clean all…near Fine to Fine condition.
More imagesPublished by Macmillan & Co, London, UK 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United KingdomBookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 4th Edition. 4th edition, first printing. Complete in five volumes (a further supplementary volume to the fourth edition was published later). All volumes uniformly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edges sprayed blue; colour plate frontispiece with… further plate illustrations, of which 20 are in colour, and some in text illustrations, mostly examples in music notation. 8vos. Cloth a little rubbed on corners on a spine ends in places and few scattered mild marks but cloth still bright and gilding vibrant. Volume five has one mildly bumped corner. Slight toning to text block edges. Internally all volumes neat, clean, bright and tight. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is a substantial and authoritative reference work on all aspects of classical music and music theory. It has gone through various editions since its first publication in 1878. Please note that the packed weight of this set exceeds 7.5kg and will incur an additional shipping charge for overseas delivery.