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Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. TRUE FIRST Collected Edition Thus. " No. 8 of a 9-part early Penguin paperback series, packed with fascinating material. This one includes: Personality Corner; Composers and Poets- Affinities; Music in New Zealand; Music Over the Air; Music of the Film. and much more. First edition, 124 pages + 4 pages contemporary adverts at rear, 16 pages of photographs showing a violin-maker (Clifford hoing of High Wycombe) at work. " >> Slight warped; small paper pull to lower left of front cover; small puncture hole to backcover & last few pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Paperback, VG+. 102pp, 32pp b/w plates, a nice near fine copy. Issue 4 of Penguin's classical music magazine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A soft cover non-fiction in very good condition. Pages are clean, intact and unmarked. The cover is clean and well-preserved with no major signs of wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. Poor, paperback. Reasonably clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in readable condition. Owner's name and small ex-libris plate inside front cover. Cover need attaching to spine. Some annotation.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A soft cover non-fiction in good condition. The edges are tanned but the pages are clean and intact, with no markings. The cover is clean and well-preserved despite colour fading on the spine and some brown spots on the surface.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A soft cover non-fiction in good condition. The cover and the pages are clean and papers show no major signs of wear.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Clean text, book and cover have browning, spine creases, price marked out in heavy black ink on the front cover. 448 pages. 29 chapters including concertos of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaiskovsky, Dvorak, etc ;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Slight fading at edges of book cover. Sticker residue on front free endpage. Dust jacket is price clipped and rubbed, with several tears and creases.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: VG+. James Hill (illustrator). Single issue of Maclean's magazine for May 24, 1958. Cover features art by James Hill of Ottawa's 'By Ward Market'. Authors include - Barbara Moon & Alice Griffin, Sidney Katz, Bruce Hutchison, Harry Barnard, Hazel Meyer, Leah Layton, Vernon Hockley, and more. 84pp, photo illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean copy with a sound, stapled binding. Innocuous address label to bottom margin. Near Fine. Tiny chip lost at foot of spine, otherwise only very slight age-wear present. Weight, 272g.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 127 pages. Illustrated. (M18).

Card Wrappers. Condition: Good VG. Reprint of 1949. Volume devoted to the Symphonies of the great composers. Serious, quality paperback. 416pp, musical notation. Clean overall. Small ink signature to the htp and small note to last page, otherwise unmarked. Pages lightly tanned as usual. Weight - 222g. Lettermail rates apply. Size: 7" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Well-illustrated (illustrator). Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Previous owner's signature on back of front cover board. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Well-illustrated (illustrator). Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Oliver Frey; (illustrator). First Edition. Light wear. Cover art by Oliver Frey. This issue contains: Fiction: The Onion People by Mike Newland; The Eskimo Quest by Ralph Hill; Warts and All by Mark Morris; When the Garden Blooms At Night by Andrew Wilson; and The Soul of My Suit by Glen Dennis. Non-fiction: Fiction File: Dan McGirt; Jack Womack; and Tad Williams; Fantastic Anarchy - an interview with Michael Moorcock; The World of Fear: Chucky; Flatliners; Adrian Lyne; Short Films About Killing - Dario Argento; and Sex and the Swastika - Erotic Imagery; along with the usual assortment of features and columns. Size: 4to. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oliver Frey; (illustrator). First Edition. Light wear. This issue contains: Fiction: Dem Bones by G. J. Ricci; Fiction File - Campbell Black Interview; Flamingo Villa by Lynne H. Shar; The Ship of Death by Ralph W. Hill; Fiction File - Paul J. McAuley Interview. Articles: The World of Fear Talks with Arnold Schwarzenegger; In Three Dimensions - Freddie Krueger; The Stuff of Nightmares - Larry Cohen; Movie Makers - Derek Meddings; and Nightstyle - Alice Cooper videos; along with the usual assortment of features and columns. Size: 4to. Book.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: VG. Issue 5. Quality British music magazine with serious articles. 98pp, photo illustrated. Clean copy with a sound binding. Wrappers a little worn/rubbed, otherwise sound. Weight, 96g. Size: 8" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Black-and-White Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. In 1946 Penguin Books issued this First Issue of the "Penguin Music Magazine, a paperback-sized periodical with no advertising, but a healthy selection of articles and pictures about things musical, including operas, ballet, theater and classical composing. These early issues were edited by Ralph Hill. This is Number 4, issued in 1947. There is a nice selection of contemporary photographs arranged in a discrete section. The first photo section is a pictorial essay on the production of 78 rpm records. The photographs are fascinating. The second photo section is given over to ballet. Featured are The Ballet Rambert, Walter Gore, Sally Gilmour, and John Gilpin - among others. The written articles are quite varied, view the Contents page in the picture provided , or read the Table of contents below. England had just come out of the Second World War, and production materials, such as paper were still in short supply. The quality of paper reflects that. Because of this such publications are often fragile, and proper care should be taken when handling them. PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE IV, December 1947 CONTENTS : ** Through the Looking-Glass - by Ralph Hill ** An English Critic Looks at American Music - by Scott Goddard ** Time, Gentlemen Please! - by F. Bonavia ** A New Movement in Music - by Humphrey Searl ** The Symphonic Treadmill - by Cyril Bourne-Newton ** Mendelssohn Revalued #2 - by Robert L. Jacobs ** To Start an Argument #3 : Music Without Taxation? - by Gunn Gwennet & Hubert Foss ** Personality Corner - by C. B. Rees ** Brains Trust - by Julian Herbage ** New Books - by Various persons ** New Music - by Robin Hull ** The Record Collector -. by Alec Robertson ** Music on the Air - by Stanley Bayliss ** Opera in London - by Stephen Williams ** Ballet in London - by Arnold Haskell ** Concerts in London - by George Dannatt ** Northern Diary : Scotland - by Maurice Lindley ** Liverpool - by A. K. Holland ** Manchester - by J. H. Elliott ** Birmingham - by John Waterhouse TITLE : Penguin Music Magazine No. IV EDITOR : Ralph Hill IMPRINT : Penguin Books PLACE : Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England DATE : (December) 1947 EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Small-sized periodical in mass paperback format; Illustrated with photographs; 102 pages + 2 pages of ads; 5" x 8" decorated wraps (Dancing penguin on front). CONDITION - VERY GOOD - Previously owned, but clean and attractive with the following noted: EXTERIOR : Modest weathering and surface rub ; toning about the edges; spine is rubbed, with scattered small loss of surface color. BINDING : Solid as can be expected - no leaves are detached or loose. INTERIOR : The paper is unavoidably toned (to be expected from immediate post war production). Basically the interior is clean and presentable, toning considered.

Magazine. Condition: Good Very Good. James Hill (illustrator). Single issue of Maclean's magazine for May 11, 1957. Cover features art by James Hill of Chinatown in Vancouver, Pender St between Gore & Main. Authors include -William Not man [Photographer], Katz on Doukhobor Chldren ; Blair Fraser [on China], Dorothy Sangster, Eric Hutton, Sir William Osler, Kem bennett [Fiction], Clyde Gilmour [on Movies], Klaus Neumann, and more. Large issue - 112pp, photo illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean copy with a sound, stapled binding. Innocuous address label to top margin. Otherwise, VG+. Weight, 302g.

Paperback. Condition: Good. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Condition: Used - Very Good. Used - Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st. Two volumes. Clean bright copy. . Neat inscr. inside front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Penguin Music Magazine # II, May 1947. In 1946 Penguin Books issued the First Issue of the "Penguin Music Magazine, a paperback-sized periodical with a healthy selection of articles and pictures about things musical, including operas, ballet, jazz, theater and classical composing. These early issues were edited by Ralph Hill. This is Issue 2, released in May, 1947. There is a nice selection of contemporary halftone, black-and-white photographs arranged in two discrete section. The first photo section is a pictorial essay on opera, theatre and classical orchestras, as well as a few pictures of celebrities. Featured in the first photo portfolio are Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" (Nancy Evans, Lesley Duff, Catherine Lawson, Peter Pears, Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Otakar Kraus, Owen Brannigan). Secondly Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" (Featuring Mariano Stabile, Alda Noni, Andrew MacPherson, Martin Lawrence). Thirdly is "La Boheme" by Puccini (Featuring Tony Sympson, Dorothy Vernon, Daria Bayan, Lester Ferguson). Other photographs show Margherita Carosio, Luigi Infantino, Onelia Fineschi, Constant Lambert (at the zoo), Vaughan Williams (conducting), and studio portraits of William Primrose and Josephine Strey. The second photo section is given over to ballet and theatre dance, as well as a healthy section of photos depicting the process of televising ballet. Featured are "Ballet in one Act" by Mary and Michael Kidd (which introduced spoken dialogue); next "Fancy Free' wherein Jerome Robbins presents the adventures of three dancing sailors and the music of Leonard Bernstein; also shown are "Tally-Ho" a ballet by Agnes de Mille; the second photo section ends with several photographs depicting the televising of ballet. It is a fascinating collection of photographs. The written articles are quite varied. Review the Contents page in the picture provided above, or read the Table of Contents below. CONTENTS : ** Through the Looking-Glass - by Ralph Hill ** The Art of Conducting - by John Barbirolli ** On Listening - by J. L. Cowan ** The Influence of Jazz on English Composers - by Rex Harris ** Look and Listen - by Edward Pickering ** Audience on the Proms - by George Dannatt ** Personality Corner - by C. B. Rees ** Brains Trust - by Julian Herbage **New Books - by Robin Hull ** New Gramophone Records - by Alec Robertson ** Music of the Film - by Scott Goddard ** Music over the Air - by Stanley Bayliss ** Opera in London - by Stephen Williams ** Ballet in London - by Arnold Haskell ** Concerts in London - by George Dannatt ** Music in Scotland - by Stewart Deas ** Music in Liverpool - by A. K. Holland ** Music in Manchester - by J. H. Elliott ** Music in Birmingham - by John Waterhouse. TITLE : Penguin Music Magazine No. 2 EDITOR : Ralph Hill IMPRINT : Penguin Books PLACE : Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England DATE : 1947 (May 1947 ) EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small periodical in paperback format; Illustrated with photographs; 96 pages + 4 pages of ads; 5" x 8" decorated stiff card wraps (Dancing penguin on front). CONDITION -- NEAR VERY GOOD --This book is previously owned, but clean and serviceable with the following noted : EXTERIOR ? Modest weathering and surface rub, especially to the rear cover which has scattered smudging (ink?) ; there is toning about the edges; spine is clear with no creasing. BINDING ? Solid as can be expected . no leaves are detached or loose - slight splay to fore-edge. INTERIOR ? The paper is unavoidably toned (to be expected from immediate post war production). Basically the interior is clean and presentable, toning considered. The photographs display nicely. England had just come out of the Second World War, and production materials, such as paper were still in short supply. The quality of paper reflects that. Because of this such publications are often fragile, and proper care should be taken when handling them.

Paperback, sewn-binding. Very good. A good introduction, complete with illustrative lines of music , so a rudimentary ability to read music is useful.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Publisher: Dartmough Publications, Hanover, 1964 Deep green cloth boards.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Publisher: Dartmough Publications, Hanover, 1964 Deep green cloth boards.

Condition: Very Good. 1948. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Penguin Music Magazine III, September 1947. In 1946 Penguin Books issued this First Issue of the "Penguin Music Magazine, a paperback-sized periodical with a healthy selection of articles and pictures about things musical, including operas, ballet, jazz, theater and classical composing. These early issues were edited by Ralph Hill. This is Issue 3, released in September, 1947. It contains a a nice selection of contemporary halftone, black-and-white photographs arranged in two discrete section. The first photo section focuses on Michael Ayrton's costume and set designs for "The Fairy Queen"; secondly we have a spread on ballet master Massine; thirdly there are some wonderful photos of dancer Margot Fonteyn dancing. The second sections of photographs features a selection, chosen by Michael Ayrton, of famous works of art that were selected to illustrate the article, "The Composer's Inspiration"; completing the section are stage photos from three operas : "The Barber of Seville" (Showing William Dickie, Liana Grani, Ian Wallace, Andrea Mongelli, Murray Dickie); "Tosca", (Antonio Salvarezza, Margherita Grandi, Stanley Pope, Tony Sympson, Gustav Bouchard, Ian Wallace, William Wheeler); and "Carmen" (Edith Coates, Kenneth Neale) CONTENTS : ** Through the Looking-Glass - by Ralph Hill ** Mendelssohn : A revaluation, Part 1 - by Robert L. Jacobs ** The Belgian Scene - by Edward Lockspeiser ** Musical Stimulants - by J. H. Elliott ** Music Inspired by Painting, Part 2 - by Michael Ayrton ** To Start an Argument, Part 2 : The Place of the Performer - by Herbert Foss and F. Bonavia ** Personality Corner - by C. B. Rees ** Brains Trust - by Julian Herbage ** New Books - Reviewed by Various ** New Music - by Robin Hull ** The Record Collector - by Alec Robertson ** Music of the Film - by Scott Goddard ** Music on the Air - by Stanley Bayliss ** Opera in London - by Stephen Williams ** Ballet in London - by Arnold Haskell ** Concerts in London - by George Dannatt ** Music in Scotland - by Maurice Lindsay ** Music in Liverpool - by A. K. Holland ** Music in Manchester - by J. H. Elliott ** Music in Birmingham - by John Waterhouse. TITLE : Penguin Music Magazine No. 3 EDITOR : Ralph Hill IMPRINT : Penguin Books PLACE : Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England DATE : 1947 (September 1947 ) EDITION : First Edition STATUS : Out of Print - OP PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small periodical in paperback format; Illustrated with photographs; 93 pages + 3 pages of ads; 5" x 8" decorated stiff card wraps (Dancing penguin on front). CONDITION -- GOOD -- This book was previously owned, but clean and serviceable with the following noted : EXTERIOR : Moderate weathering and surface rub; front cover has soft bumps to corner tips with attendant shallow creasing; the rear cover has diagonal crease extending upward from the lower fore-edge, and a bumped lower fore-edge corner with attendant chipping and serious crease; there is toning about the edges; spine has a slight roll, but no creasing; spine joints are rubbed with attendant nicking. BINDING : Solid as can be expected . no leaves are detached or loose - slight splay to fore-edge. INTERIOR : The paper is unavoidably toned (to be expected from immediate post war production). The final few leaves are creased . Basically the interior is clean and presentable, toning considered. The photographs display nicely. England had just come out of the Second World War, and production materials, such as paper were still in short supply. The quality of paper reflects that. Because of this such publications are often fragile, and proper care should be taken when handling them.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good.