Decorations by Ron Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon), pictorial title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; plain blue/grey card wrappers, stapled; within pictorial dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves slightly offset; The Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, 1957. First edition. Black Bull Chapbooks..... More
A Broadside History of Early Australia. Pp. 212, printed music, bibliography, notes, index of song titles; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked price, number stamp and tape mark at head of upper free endpapers, the text block..... More
A survey of 780 operas from 1597. Translated from the Italian by Catherine Atthill, Judith Elphic, Mary Fitton, John Gilbert, Virginia Renshaw, Judith Spencer, Pamela Swinglehurst. Pp. 512, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, indices; tall post 4to; a few faint bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust..... More
An Intimate Celebration of Opera Australia. Photographs by Bridget Elliot. Prelude by Dame Joan Sutherland. Pp. x+246(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), index; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly scuffed; Opera Australia/Currency Press, Sydney, 2006. First edition. *'Everything that goes into bringing..... More
Pp. x+342, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, notes, appendices, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. More
Signed by the composer, dated 1967; image size 12.5 x 7 cm.; glazed, within a plain metal frame. The photograph shows Britten seated at a desk, pen (or pencil?) in hand, with bookcases in the background and a piano in the foreground. *This photo is believed to be one of..... More
Pp. 96(last blank), frontispiece; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed; text block faintly browned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1985. First edition. *A paperback original. Carl Maria von Weber's opera Oberon was first performed at Covent Garden in 1826, with 'an execrable libretto by Planche which has..... More
The Art and the Life, by John Ardoin. The Great Years, by Gerald Fitzgerald. Pp. [vi]+282, profusely illustrated (many full or double page), pictorial endpapers, chronology, index; roy. 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back..... More
An Introduction. Pp. [iv]+80, a few illustrations and several music scores; small cr. 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, lightly soiled and creased; several leaves slightly creased; Midsea Publications, Valletta, Malta, 1975. First edition. More
Pp. xvi+352, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, indices; tall demy 4to; boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly faded; Cassell, Sydney, 1977. First edition. More
With the collaboration of Louis Cottier, Fredy Baud, P. A. Muller & Edmond Droz. Edited by Howard M. & Helen F. Fitch. English translation by Joseph E. Roesch. Pp. xvi+304(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, addenda, notes, index; demy 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt;..... More
Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries. With 51 illustrations, 24 in colour. Pp. 384, 32 plates within pagination (21 coloured or part-coloured), index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip slightly faded; ribbon marker; text block faintly browned; Thames & Hudson, London, 2011. First edition. More
Illustrated by Patrick Cook. Pp. x+114, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index of first lines; tall demy 4to; a couple of light bumps to edges of boards; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1984. First edition. More
The memoirs of Jim Davidson. Pp. 240, 24 plates, appendix, index; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Autobiography of the Australian bandleader. More
Pp. 100, 12 plates, text illustrations, printed music, suggestions for further reading, summary of works by Delius, index; cr. 4to; boards slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1972. First U.S. edition. The Great Composers series. More
With a Foreword by Eric Fenby. Pp. xii+200(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 16 plates, printed music, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; faint surface scratch to lower board; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Duckworth, London, 1976. First edition. More
From Walt Disney's Fantasia. Story and illustrations inspired by the music of Peter Illich Tchaikovsky. Special arrangements freely transcribed for piano by Frederick Stark. Foreword by Leopold Stokowski Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial card, stapled, slightly soiled and bowed, edges lightly rubbed..... More
An interpretation from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" inspired by the music of Franz Schubert. Lyrics by Rachel Field. Pp. [36], printed in red & black, illustrated in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, printed music; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled and foxed; Walt Disney Productions, Sydney, n.d...... More
Pp. 206, 32 plates (8 coloured), pictorial title page, list of recordings; med. 8vo; boards a trifle canted and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split; upper free endpaper slightly soiled, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First edition. *Autobiography. More
Composer, Frank R. Denke; Orchestrations by Eral O. Zindars; Director, James Robert Minser. Pp. [xii]+42+[10], frontispiece, decorated title page printed in red, pale ochre & black, headings printed in red; med. 8vo; brown textured papered boards, the upper board decorated in darker brown; uncut; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
An autobiography. Pp. xiv+210, 24 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *June Epstein (1918-2004) was a musician, writer, and broadcaster for the ABC. More
[cover title]. Pp. [iv]+60(last blank), text illustrations; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly creased and rubbed; n.p., n.d.[the author, Melbourne, 1983?]. First edition. *Autobiography of an Australian piano tuner. More
Pp. [x]+iv+346(last blank), 16 plates, printed endpapers, index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle sprung, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled edges lightly rubbed and split; a little light foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. *Allan's music store, Melbourne. More
Being the complete text of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as originally produced in the years 1875-1896. Pp. [vi]+698, title page vignette, title printed in red; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed (mainly on reverse), edges a trifle..... More
Containing complete librettos of the fourteen operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances; Together with facsimiles of the first-night programmes. Edited, with a Prologue and copious descriptive particulars, by Reginald Allen; and with a foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Illustrated with contemporary drawings. Pp. xxii+466(last blank), numerous text illustrations..... More