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Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A signed first edition of this remarkable book. No other marks and no defects. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to.pp. 96. Signed presentation copy: ".dear Jane, thank you & I look forward to further meetings & discussions on local Amwell history! All best, Maria June 2011." Literary contributors include Margaret Drabble, Sebastian Faulks, John HeathÐStubbs, Michael Holroyd, PD James, Hugh Thomas, Colin Thubron. Rare:Only 8 copies found at WorldCat (OCLC) the worldÕs largest library catalogue. Original publisher's cloth binding in black, lettered silver at spine. Black and white printed and papers in a repeat pattern. Black and white photographs and drawings illustrate the text. Very good indeed. Very slight surface wear. Signedes.

Frederick Nicholls music teacher, composer and poet was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs to quality lyrics, like Tears, Idle Tears, Elaine's Song, As Through the Land, Thy Voice is Heard, Blow, Bugle Blow, Eldorado and especially popular, the five songs from A Child's Garden of Verses; but he published instrumental miniatures as well like the Two Short Pieces (Meadow Dance and Dancing Midges) of 1938 for piano solo. This extensive collection of hand written music manuscripts and books, including a one volume preparation for a book about WW1. Also, signed, amicable copyright fee correspondence from various poets. In one set of two SIGNED letters from Harold E. Goad dated May 1922, the poet goes into detail about how he wants to change certain lines of his 'Spring's Sacrifice' poem as it had been published in 'The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse' in its 'not quite finished form'. He then goes on to write which alterations he wishes to be made and asks Frederick Nicholls to make these changes as used in his musical version. His request didn't quite make it to Oxford -the poem still being displayed in its 'initial' form. SIGNED letter from poet Elsa Barker and Duffield & Company [her publishers] giving permission to Fred to set music to her sonnet 'The Mystic Rose'. Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series Signed by Frederick Nicholls plus hand written notes and observations. SIGNED card from Eva Gore-Booth giving permission to Fred to set to music her work 'The Waves of Breffny'. Other cards and publisher's correspondence from John Lane, Chapman and Hall, Walter Scott Publishing. Ten 9'' x 7'' exercise books: Orange Blossom 110 pp; A Voice in the Night 36 pp; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays 120 pp [damp stain along the bottom edge]; Harmony approximately 60 pp; The Art of Counter Melody 93 pp; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition 182 pp; A Book of Favourite Quotations (1917 - 1945) 80 pp; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) pp 73 141Thistledown 100 pp; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation) 200 pp. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].