Colles H C Editor (35 results)

Cloth 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Owner name on endpaper.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. 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. …

Hardcover. 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. …

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 5 only. 791p.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 4 only. 840p.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 3 only. 787p.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 2 only. 800p.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1949 Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Volume 1 only. 773p.

Hardcover. 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.…

Soft 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 foxed. 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.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Blue 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.

Hardcover. Third edition. Octavo, Six volumes. In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners, mild shelf wear, lightly cocked spines. Text blocks have light age toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w plates. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. A-C (xxxiii, 773 pages) - Vol. 2. D-J (xxiv, 800 pages) - Vol. 3. K-O (xxv, 787 pages) - Vol. 4. P-Son (xxv, 840 pages) - Vol. 5. Song-Z (xxv, 791 pages) - Vol. 6. American Supplement / Waldo Selden Pratt, Charles N. Boyd , editors (New edition with new material) (vii, 438 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. 1414370. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. 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.

Fourth 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.…

Hardcover. 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 corners.…

Fourth 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.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Blue 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.

Hardcover. 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 classical 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.…

3rd 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).

Hardcover. 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 all 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.…

Hardcover. 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.…

Hardcover. 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*.…

Vol. 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. …