Cyril Scott, Signed (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Overall Very Good + condition Signed and inscribed by the author. The paper wrappers are very slightly worn as per age, otherwise binding is tight and text is clean. A tissue guard is laid-in over signature. Sealed in an archival bag. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Copyright 1958. Inscribed by the composer: "Norman Demuth, with Christmas Greetings, from Cyril Scott, 1958" on the front wrapper verso. Signed by Demuth on front wrapper recto. Facsimile of MS. Some slight wear, also with the signature of Prof. David Brown. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st Ed. 242pp. Port. frontis., 13 ills. from photos. on 10 plates. From the library of Lionel Carley and laterly Jerrold Northrop Moore, good in lightly browned d/w with several sm. selotape marks to verso. No. 14 of a Limited Edition of 150 Copies.Signed by the Author.With related material loosely inserted including 2 TLS from the Author. US$74.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 248pp, dustjacket discolored along spine and chipped at head inscribed 'from the annotator' on the flyleaf otherwise unmarked.

Words by Ernest Dowson. E. & Co. 263. London: Elkin & Co., Ltd, [copyright] FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, rubber-stamped on front cover: ??Presentation Copy. / With Messrs. Elkin and Co's compliments." Sorrow was Scott's Opus36, No. 2, No. 1 being Valediction. Though no markings document its provenance, this copy comes from the collection of Maud Beerbohm Tree (1863-1937), as augmented by her daughters Viola (1884-1938) and Felicity (1894-1978). Though Herbert died in 1917, Maud continued her career, even appearing in some films. She made her last appearance on stage in 1935. Eight pp., consisting of two leaves each folded once, one nested unsewn in the other. Some dusting and faint evidence of a single vertical fold, but in excellent condition for sheet music.