Strads Heritage Master, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. #1035 of 1400 copies. Red faux leather with moderate edgewear, rubbing and soil. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Binding somewhat shaken, and cracked at half-title and one of the last pages. Interior lightly toned. Previous owner name to ffep. Minor scattered marking to text. B/w illustrations. Folded letter on publisher's letterhead tipped in at rear pastedown, with typed body and author's signature. Not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 379 pages; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. .and 1737. Including Relevant Data and Mention of His Two Sons Francesco and Omobono." LIMITED EDITION OF1400 copies, this being copy number 513. Original red pictorial cloth covered boards with gilt and black stamping to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout from photographs. A detailed and profusely illustrated celebration of Stradivari and his instruments published on the tercentenary of his birth. Although not called for this copy has been INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR "To Mr. E. M. Daggit with all best wishes, Ernest N. Doring, September 17, 1945." Lightly rubbing at extremities otherwise near fine. Clean and tight with crisp text. The slipcase is present but missing the backstrip. Scarce signed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition. One of 1400 copies, this being number 980. Signed by Doring on the first blank leaf. Slipcase is very good. Errata slip included. A nice, clean copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to ; 379 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. 33 cm x 23 cm. Red leather with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. 464pp. This copy is limited to 300 copies of which this is #194 and is signed by Robert Bein and Geoffrey Fushi. This is the Enlarged and Expanded edition with additional instruments illustrated and comprehensive listings of Stradivari instruments in the violin literature. A beautiful copy in slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. This item is copy number 158, author inscribed to Mrs. William Ellery, May 4 1945. Bessie Bell Collier Ellery was an American violinist who studied under Franz Kneisel. The book itself is a little worn overall but lacking any major damage. There are several newspaper articles and a pamphlet fastened to the last couple page and rear cover. Loose inside the book and included here, there are also several letters and pieces of letters between the book's author and Bessie Bell. Nothing signed or written from her, all to her. As well as a large amount of newspaper articles, pamphlets and various paper miscellaneous items relating to, Franz Kneisel, Stradivarius instruments, people and displays and events associated with those subjects. Inscribed by Author(s).