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  1. ABRAHAM GERALD Concert Music 1630-1750. illus. with  8 full  page plates pub. U.K. Oxford Uni. Press (Vol.VI.  New Oxford  History of Music series) 1986 or.cl. d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.XX.786. v/fine.    Price: $155.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  2. ADAMS BRIAN La Stupenda. A biography of Joan  Sutherland. illus.  with  many  plates t/out. col. &  b/w.  pub.  Melb. Hutchinson 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.330.    Price: $35.00
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  3. ALTMANN WILHELM  selected and edited by. The Letters of Richard Wagner   illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates throughout pub. London: Dent, Dent's International Library of Books And Music, Cheap Edition 1936 or.cl. gilt lettering on the spines d/w.'s 8vo. pp.Vol.IXIV.358 Vol.II,XVII.334. This work is in two volumes. Slight chipping to d/w.s else near fine.   Price: $125.00
     
  4. ANDERSON  HUGH The Colonial Minstrel. The life of  Charles Thatcher  illus.  with frontis. pub.  Melb.  Cheshire  1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.158. Biography of Charles Thatcher, "... whose theatrical career in Victoria and New Zealand between 1852 and 1870 rested on his success as a lively commentator on the day-to-day life of the goldfields" The text is furnished with many of Thatcher's songs; also includes a useful bibliography listing references in Songbooks, Broadsides, Newspapers, Books & Pamphlets, and Records; Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  5. ANDERSON HUGH Farewell To Old England. A Broadside History of  Early Australia. pub. Adel. Rigby 1964  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.212. Anderson collected hundreds of broadsides - the printed songs that used to be hawked about the streets - and made a selection of the most interesting of them. To these he has added contemporary passages from diaries, letters, and other sources, creating a most readable story of the convicts, bushrangers, goldminers, and other colourful characters who were the subjects of the broadsides. Light edgewear, else very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  6. ANDERSON  HUGH Time Out Of Mind.  The  Story  of  Simon  McDonald. illus. with 4 full page plates t/out. map &  dwg. pub.  Melb.  National Pres 1974 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo.  pp.154. The life story of Simon McDonald, born in 1907,he spent his entire life in the Creswick district working as a bush labourer, a woodcutter, and a gold fossicker, he also had a remarkable talent as a singer, a musician and a reciter of his own poetry. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
  7. ANDERSON HUGH Colonial Ballads.  with text illus. by Ronald G. Edwards musical scores, notes, bibliography, index; pub. Melb. Cheshire 1962  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.156. A large selection of Australian traditional songs - music, lyrics and history - sung by bushrangers, overlanders, convicts and diggers. Very good in the sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $40.00
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  9. ARMSTRONG  LOUIS Satchmo. My Life in New  Orleans.  illus. with  16  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.  Peter  Davies 1955   1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.216. Dustwrapper little chipped, price clipped, otherwise near fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  10. ARMSTRONG  LOUIS Satchmo.  My Life in New  Orleans.  illus. with  16  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.  Peter  Davies 1955  2nd.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.216. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise near fine copy.  Price: $35.00
     
  11. ASHCROFT JOHNNY & Tony Withers. Words and Music.   Little Boy Lost.  Sheet music; pub. Sydney Leeds Music 1960 or. light blue folded wrappers 4to. pp.6. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  12. ASCHE J.C. OSCAR Williamson's Royal Comic Opera in   A Southern Maid. Sheet music. The Play Produced By Oscar Ashe. Music By Harold Fraser-Simson. Lyrics By Harry Graham illus. with ornately decorated photo of Gladys Moncrieff as Dolores on front cover. Cast includes: Gladys Moncrieff, Arthur Stigant, A. Howett-Worster, Reginald Purdell, Harry Hilliard, Harry Radcliffe, Robert Chisholm, Harold Reeves, Claude Flemming, Betty Lingard, Nancy Day, Mione Stewart, Nellie Tayne. pub. Sydney Chappell nd. (circa 1920), original pictorial card wrappers pp.130. Name on front cover, chip to spine else very good.    Price: $100.00
     
  13. ASCHE OSCAR (words) Music by Percy Fletcher  When Love Knocked Upon The Door. Song from 'Cairo' Sheet Music; pub. London Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd. 1920-21 or. white/blue/black illus. wrappers folio pp.8 inc. covers. Lily Brayton and Oscar Asche's production at His Majesty's Theatre by arrangement with George Grossmith and J.E. Malone. Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche, (1871-1936), actor-manager, was born on 24 January 1871 at Geelong, Victoria. London in 1911, Asche began a two-year season of Kismet, a lavish Arabian nights fantasy with Oscar as the beggar Hajj and using original lighting techniques. He took Kismet to Australia and New Zealand from early 1912 until August next year. In Brisbane he met Rider Haggard and discussed with him the stage adaptation of his novel, A Child of the Storm. This was presented as Mameena in London in October 1914, but was not a financial success; Asche yearned for another Kismet. He found the answer in Chu Chin Chow, for which he wrote 'book' and lyrics in two weeks. Opening on 31 August 1916, the show broke all records with a five-year season; as author Asche received £200,000 and as actor-producer £500 weekly. In 1917 he produced The Maid of the Mountains; he also wrote another successful musical, Cairo, which opened in 1921. (Aust. Dictionary of Biography). Fine. Price: $45.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  14. ASCHE OSCAR (words) Music by Percy Fletcher  The Chinaman's Song. Song from 'Cairo' Sheet Music; pub. London Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd. 1920-21 or. white/blue/black illus. wrappers folio pp.8 inc. covers. Lily Brayton and Oscar Asche's production at His Majesty's Theatre by arrangement with George Grossmith and J.E. Malone. Cairo, opened in 1921. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  15. AUSTRAL Florence.  Austral In Opera. Programme A.D.M. Longden Presents Austral, soprano Amadio, Flautist assisted by Raymond Lambert, solo pianist and accompanist. illus. with photo plates in sepia t/out, advts (Victoria Place Hotel), Steinway; np. nd. (1934-35 touring concert); or. light green wrappers, with drawing on front wrapper, celluloid d/w. cr.4to. pp.14 inc. covers. Born Mary Wilson at Richmond, Victoria, she was also known by her stepfather's name, Fawaz, before adopting the name of her country as a stage name prior to her debut in 1922 at Covent Garden. Known as one of the world's greatest Wagnerian sopranos Florence Austral married the Australian virtuoso flautist John Amadio in 1925 and toured widely with him in America and Australia. After World War II she returned to Australia almost completely paralysed with multiple sclerosis. She nevertheless taught until her retirement in 1959. Austral died at a nursing home in Newcastle on 16 May 1968. Slight insect marks to d/w. at spine else very fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  16. AUSTRALIAN-The Musical News. periodical. 5 Issues for  the years: Nov. 1st 1922, Dec.1st 1923. Nov.1st 1921. April.2nd   1923. Dec. 1st 1921. profusely  illus. with  advts., plates  t/out. some  full  page  pub.  Melb. or. wrappers. 4to. pp.55 per vol. approx. Issue Nov.1st 1922 has corner of page torn otherwise all near fine.   Price: $100.00
     
  17. BAILY LESLIE The Gilbert & Sulivan Book.  with 10  col. plates and over 400 illus. in the text; Coloured illustrated frontispiece, showing Charles Ricketts' original designs for the new presentation of " The Mikado " in 1926. pub. Lond. Cassell & c. 1952 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XIV.444. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $50.00
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  18. BARNES WILLIAM H. The Contemporary American Organ. Its Evolution, Design and Construction. illus. with  frontis. & many plates, dgms. t/out. some  full  page pub.  N.Y. J. Fischer & Bro. 1956 5th.ed.  or.blu.cl.  4to. pp.376. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, blacked out, otherwise very good condition.   Price: $50.00
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  19. BELL   GRAEME Graeme  Bell.  Australian   Jazzman.   His autobiography.  profusely  illus. with plates  t/out.  some full  page Includes discography by Jack Mitchell. pub. N.S.W. Child & Assoc. 1988  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.448. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  20. BERTEAUT  SIMONE Piaf. Translated by  Ghislaine  Boulanger from  the  French. illus. with 16 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. W. H. Allen 1973 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.440. v/short closed tear d/w.  near fine.  Price: $55.00
     
  21. BIERMANN EMIL (music)  Dear Little Muff  lyric by Frank Dix Sheet music. "J. C. Williamson Ltd present their stupendous revue 'Come over here' Staged by Frank Dix & Oscar O'Dee Musical Direction Emil Biermann. Sung by Winfred Volt. Published Sydney N.Y. Albert & Son, c1914. For voice and piano. Cover has port. of Winfred Volt. Original wrappers, roy.4to. pp.8. inc. covers. Fine.   Price: $45.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  22. BIRD  BRIAN Skiffle. The Story of Folk-Song with  a  Jazz Beat. illus.  with frontis. & 12 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Robert Hale 1958 or.blk.cl. 12mo. pp.126.   Price: $50.00
     
  23. BLADES  JAMES Percussion Instruments And  Their  History. illus.  with  72 full page plates t/out.  text  dgms.  pub. Lond. Faber New & revised ed. 1975 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.510. Fine copy.   Price: $150.00
     
  24. BLADES  JAMES Percussion Instruments And  Their  History. illus.  with  72 full page plates t/out.  text  dgms.  pub. Lond. Faber New & revised ed. 1975 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.510. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
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  1. BLESH RUDI Shining Trumpets. A History of  Jazz.  illus. with 22  full page plates t/out. pub. N.Y  Knopf  1946 1st ed. or. black cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.366,64. Chipped d/w. else v/good.    Price: $50.00
     
  2. BLESH RUDI They All Played Ragtime. The True Story of American Music. illus. with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf 1950 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.338,18. Very good copy in the chipped d/w.    Price: $50.00
     
  3. BOLTON GUY and Clifford Grey (Book & Lyrics)  Wild Rose Song. Music by Jerome Kern. From the J.C. Williamson Ltd. Successful Musical Comedy 'Sally' Produced by George A. Highland. Sheet Music; pub. N.Y. Sydney Chappell & Co. Ltd. 1923 or. pictorial wrappers, roy.4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Full length col. picture of Josie Melville on front cover. Josephine Mary Melville, the future J C Williamson star, was born in Sydney on 28th August 1903. Josie began training for the stage as a child. Josie continued as part of Williamson ballets until 1923. She toured Australia and New Zealand as a teenager, and often performed as a featured dancer. In 1923 she gained her biggest role, that of 'Sally' in the musical. Josie was a huge critical and popular success in the role. Loose covers else fine.   Price: $35.00     (See picture-press   )
     
  4. BOLTON GUY and Clifford Grey (Book & Lyrics) Sally Song. Music by Jerome Kern. From the J.C. Williamson Ltd. Successful Musical Comedy 'Sally' Produced by George A. Highland. Sheet Music; pub. N.Y. Sydney Chappel & Co. Ltd. 1923 or. pictorial wrappers, roy.4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Full length col. picture of Josie Melville on front cover. Josephine Mary Melville, the future J C Williamson star, was born in Sydney on 28th August 1903. Josie began training for the stage as a child. Josie continued as part of Williamson ballets until 1923. She toured Australia and New Zealand as a teenager, and often performed as a featured dancer. In 1923 she gained her biggest role, that of 'Sally' in the musical. Josie was a huge critical and popular success in the role. Near fine.   Price: $45.00     (See picture-press   )
     
  5. BOLTON GUY and Clifford Grey (Book & Lyrics) Look For The Silver Lining Song. Music by Jerome Kern. From the J.C. Williamson Ltd. Successful Musical Comedy 'Sally' Produced by George A. Highland. Sheet Music; pub. N.Y. Sydney Chappel & Co. Ltd. 1923 or. pictorial wrappers, roy.4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Full length col. picture of Josie Melville on front cover. Josephine Mary Melville, the future J C Williamson star, was born in Sydney on 28th August 1903. Josie began training for the stage as a child. Josie continued as part of Williamson ballets until 1923. She toured Australia and New Zealand as a teenager, and often performed as a featured dancer. In 1923 she gained her biggest role, that of 'Sally' in the musical. Josie was a huge critical and popular success in the role. Near fine.    Price: $40.00     (See picture-press   )
     
  6. BOLTON GUY and P. G. Wodehouse Book and Lyrics by. Music by Jerome Kern. Produced by Harry B. Burcher and Jack Haskell. OH BOY! J.C. Williamson Ltd. Present The New Musical Comedy Success. Featured by Gracie Lavers Maude Fane. Vocal Score. pub. Sydney J. Albert & Son, Copyright NY T.B. Harmes Day & Hunter 1927 or. b/w. pictorial boards, dark blue binding to spine, 4to. pp.30. 9 songs from the Australian production. Very good.   Price: $55.00
     
  7.  BOWDEN HAROLD Words By  We Shall Prevail Australian Sheet Music, pub. Sydney Chappell & Co. 1940 or. illus. wrappers, 4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Cover features Australian and British flags, with Australian troops marching across cover. Cover price 2/- Sung and recorded by Peter Dawson, a patrotic song. Tear down spine, where the sheet music has been folded, otherwise fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  8. BRANDER  MICHAEL Scottish & Border  Battles  &  Ballads. illus.  with 3 maps pub. N.Y. Crown Pub. 1976  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.300. Musical arrangements by Jimmie Macgregor, one of England's foremost leaders in the field of folk music. This collection covers the period between 1263 and 1746, the years between the battles of Largs and Culloden. It includes a chronological chart with a listing of each battle, ballad, and victor. Fine copy.   Price: $35.000
     
  9. BROONZY BIG BILL Big Bill Blues. William Broonzy's Story. As told to Yannick Bruynoghe illus. with frontis. & 8 full page plates t/out. dwgs. t/out text pub. Lond. Cassell & Co. 1955 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.140.   Price: $85.00
     
  10. BROWNLEE CONCERTS   John Brownlee Concerts 1932. illus. with plates advts. some full page. Advts. inc. "His Master’s Voice." "Newmans", "Radiola" pub. Melbourne printed by Exchange Press 1936 or. cream/sepia wrappers 4to. pp.12 inc. covers. Concert accompanied by Rita Milla Soprano, Roy Shepard, Pianist. Fine. Price: $40.00
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  12. BUCK GENE (words) Dave Stamper (music) Tulip Time. Introduced in J.C. Williamsons Ltd. Gorgeous Pantomine Extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty. Sung by Winifred Roma & Eve Lynn Produced by Chas A. Wenman. Musical Direction Victor Champion Dances by Minnie Everett. Sheet Music. pub. Sydney London Albert & Sons, 1919. Original col. illus. wrappers folio pp.6. Front cover illus. of Sleeping Beauty and young man in vivid red/blue/white/black, with insert portraits. Little worn to edges else v/good.   Price: $35.00
     
  13. BUKOFZER  MANFRED  F. Music In  The  Baroque Era. Monterverdi  to Bach. pub. Lond. Dent 1948  1st.ed.  or.cl. yellow d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVI.490. 12 chapters: Renaissance versus Baroque Music...Early Baroque Music in Italy...Early and Baroque in the Northern Countries...Italian Music of the Middle Baroque...French Music under the Absolutism...English Music during the Commonwealth and Restoration...Late baroque: Luxuriant Counterpoint and Concerto Style...Fusion of National Styles: Bach...Coordination of National Styles : Handel...Form In Baroque Music... Musical Thought of the Baroque Era....Sociology of Baroque Music.... Appendices (List of Abbreviations, Checklist of Baroque Books on Music, Bibliography, List of Editions, List of Musical Examples) Index. Light edgewear, else fine.  Price: $65.00
     
  14. BOURKE CHRIS   Crowded House  Something So Strong: illus. with 16 b/w. 8 col. pub. South Yarra, Vic, Australia Macmillan Co of Australia Pty.Ltd, 1997 or. card covers 8vo. pp.VIII.376 "Crowded House promised to become the most successful band ever to have come out of Australasia. When 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'Something So Strong' exploded on U.S. charts, worldwide success looked inevitable, Critics compared them musically to the Beatles and fans adored them for their warmth and humour on stage. Four brilliant albums later, their roller-coaster ride of achievements and disappointments came. Fine copy.    Price: $55.00
     
  15. CALLAWAY FRANK DAVID TUNLEY Australian Composition In  The Twentieth Century.  illus. with text  plates  t/out. musical examples. index. pub.  Melb.  Oxford Uni. Press nd.1978?  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.248. Very fine.   Price: $55.00
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  16. CAMERON ROGER  composed by The Swing Song [Australian sheet music] of J.C. Williamson's pantomime "Mother Goose" Produced by Chas A. Wenman. pub. Melbourne Dinsdale P/L nd. c.1920's or. wrappers roy.4to. photographs of singers Maude Fane and Lilian De Venny on cover; pp.8 inc. covers. Miss Maude Fane retired from the stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 1923 after a long career of stage and film in Australia. Short closed tear to fore-edge otherwise very good condition.   Price: $45.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  17. CAMPBELL KEITH Words and Music. On The Road Of Returning. Theme song from coloured film short "On the Road of Returning" Australian sheet music. pub. Sydney Entertains Music Pub. nd. c. 1940's or. brown wrappers roy.4to. pp.4 inc. covers. 2/- on front cover, Soldier Sailor Airman in cameo on front cover. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  18. CAREY JOSEPH B.   Sierra Sue. Sheet music. illus. on cover; silhouette of woman standing, leaning against a tree. Insert portrait of Evie Hayes who featured the song on the Tivoli Circuit. pub. Sydney J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. nd. 1940's  or. wrappers, 4to. pp.4 inc. covers. Fine.    Price: $20.00
     
  19. CARR MICHAEL   Somewhere In France With You Sheet music. illus. on cover; cameo of woman with letter, drawing of soldiers marching, Insert portrait of the young Evie Hayes who featured the song on the Tivoli Circuit. pub. Sydney J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. copyright 1939, but later c. 1944 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.4 inc. covers. Fine.    Price: $20.00
     
  20. CARNE W.A.  A Century Of Harmony. The Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society. 1853-1953. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. by Royal Philharmonic Soc. 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.306.   Price: $40.00
     
  21. CAROLS By  Candlelight. 3KZ 7th Xmas Eve  Festival  1944. Souvenir  Program.  illus. with 8 plates, pub.  Melb.  1944 or.crm. wps. grn. red illus. & ltg. to front wrapper.  4to. pp.16. fine.   Price:  $25.00
     
  22. CARROLL EARL (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer. 3 sheets of music. The Australian production of the play "So Long Letty a play with music" Three songs from the play. They Didn't Believe Me With portrait of Mr. H. Workman on front cover. Here Come The Married Men With portrait of singer Miss Connie Ediss on cover. So Long Letty With portrait of Miss Dorothy Brunton on cover. Book by Oliver Morosco and Elmer Harris. Words and Music by Earl Carroll, Direction of J.C. Williamson Ltd. pub. N.Y. Melbourne H. Witmark & Allen & Co. c.1915. Original wrappers roy.4to. pp.8 inc. covers on all 3 sheets. Advts to rear wrappers, and portraits from the show. Connie Ediss (1871-1934), Actress. Brunton, Christine Dorothy (1890-1977), actress, was born on 11 October 1890 in Melbourne, In addition to singing and dancing, she was an accomplished actress, especially as a soubrette. Her most famous role was Letty in So Long, Letty (1915-16); its marching song was adopted by servicemen who carried their golden-haired 'Diggers' Delight' shoulder-high to her cab each night. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13. Short closed tear at spine to "So Long Letty" otherwise all very good condition. The three sheets of music from the show, together.   Price: $125.00     (See picture-press   )
     
  23. CLARK JOHN  E.T.  Musical  Boxes.   A  History   and   an Appreciation.  illus. with 20 full page plates t/out.  pub. Lond. The Fountain Press 1952 second edition, revised and enlarged. or. green .cl. 8vo. pp.236.  Near fine.   Price: $55.00
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  24. CLARE JOHN GAILBRENNAN Bodgie DaDa & The Cult Of Cool. Detailed look at esoteric levels of jazz culture in Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Sydney, Uni. of NSW 1995 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.218. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  25. CLARK LOUIS Rouseabout Reflections. Bush Ballads.  pub. Melb. National  Press 1975 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.152.   Price:  $25.00
     
  26. CLARKE A. MASON  The Violin And Old Violin Makers Being a Historical & Biographical Account of the Violin With Facsimiles of Labels of the Old Makers. illus. with frontis. (double page frontis. showing front, back,& side view of Gasparo da Salo violin) and facsimiles of labels in the text; 1st. ed. London William Reeves 1909 or. blue cl. 12mo. pp.120.2 advts. small rust mark to front board, sl. shelf worn else very good.    Price: $125.00
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  27. COOKE JAMES FRANCIS Great Singers On The Art Of Singing.  Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists. A series  of personal  study talks with the most renowned Opera  Concert and  Oratorio Singers of the time. Especially  planned  for voice students. illus. with 28 full page plates t/out. pub. U.S.A.  Theo.  Preser Co. 1921 or.grn. glt.dec.  front  cl. glt.ltg. to spine cr.8vo. pp.304. Very good copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  28. COOPER  BARRY The  Beethoven  Compendium.  A  Guide  to Beethoven's Life and Music. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Lond. Thames & Hudson 1991 or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.352. v/fine.   Price:  $80.00
     
  29. COURLANDER  HAROLD Negro Folk Music U.S.A.   illus.  with facsimile  music t/out. pub. N.Y. Columbia Uni. Press  1963 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.324. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  30. CRACKERJACK Songster No. 48 [songbook] Contents: We Just couldn't Say Goodbye, Pink Elephants, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Paradise, Masquerade, Sun Has Got His Hat On, I'm One of the Lads, from Valencia and many other song hits. illus. with advts. on inside covers, (accordions and mouth organs) pub. Melbourne Allan & Co. nd. c. 1940's 6d on front cover; original stiff stapled blue, white, red, illus. wrappers 16mo. pp.44. Fine.   Price: $25.00
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  31. CROOKS RICHARD Souvenir Programme of Book and Words.  Richard Crooks Concert at the Melbourne Town Hall Aug. 6 1936. World Famous Operatic and Concert Tenor. Direction J. & N. Tait. illus. with advts. (Pattersons P/L. Henry Bucks shirts, Cadillac's La Salle Rhodes Motors, Dunlop, Healing, His Master’s Voice, etc ) also photo plates some full page; pub. Melbourne or. pictorial wrappers (portrait of Richard Crooks on cover) cr.4to. pp.52 inc. covers. Almost fine copy.     Price: $50.00
     
  32. DAVIDSON GLADYS Opera Biographies illus. with frontis. b/w. plate of Kathleen Ferrier, b/w. plates of several opera stars.  pub. London T. Werner Laurie 1955 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.XII.292. Collection of biographies of opera's great singers. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  33. DAVIS JIMMIE and Ted Daffan, Words and Music By.   Worried Mind Australian Sheet Music, illus. featuring early picture of Smoky Dawson on cover with blue drawing of a mountain scene, a cowboy on a bucking horse and a cowboy with a guitar in blue ink on off white paper; pub. Melbourne: Allan & Co Pty. Ltd. Copyright 1941 but probably later, cover price 2/- (50’s?) or. wrappers 4to. pp.2. Fine.    Price: $25.00
     
  34. DAVIES  HUNTER The Beatles.  The  Authorised  Biography. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.374. Old tape marks to e/papers else near fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  35. DAWSON HERBERT HENRY  Smoky Dawson.  Introduction by R.M. Williams illus. with text plates t/out. & 12 full col. plates by Pro Hart, pub. Syd. George Allen 1985 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.IX.238. Story of his rise to the international stage, through his childhood and the depression of the 1930s, with Army Entertainment, the rodeo circuit - then the breakthrough in America and becoming a household name with the Smoky Dawson Show on national radio. Inscribed with dedication and small drawing of a mountain and grass plain, to 'Jean' from 'your close pals' signed by Smokey Dawson and Dot. Fine.   Price: $150.00
     
  36. DAWSON HERBERT HENRY  Smoky Dawson. A Life.  Introduction by R.M. Williams illus. with text plates t/out. & 12 full col. plates by Pro Hart, pub. Syd. George Allen 1985 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.IX.238. Story of his rise to the international stage, through his childhood and the depression of the 1930s, with Army Entertainment, the rodeo circuit - then the breakthrough in America and becoming a household name with the Smoky Dawson Show on national radio. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  37. DE'AK  STEPHEN  David Popper.  illus. with many text  plates t/out. pub. U.S.A. Paganiniana Pub. 1980 or.illus.bds. 8vo. pp.318. Bohemian cellist and composer. Fine copy.   Price: $60.00
     
  38. De SYLVA B. G.   Together. Sheet Music. Featured in David O. Selznick's Production "Since You Went Away" 2 pages sheet music for solo piano, voice, with lyrics. Recorded by Dick Todd. pub. N.Y. Crawford Music Corp 1928, 1944 or. wrappers roy.4to. pp.2. Cover has head and shoulders of Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple. Very good copy.   Price: $25.00
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  39. DOLMETSCH  ARNOLD The Interpretation Of The Music  Of The XVII  And  XVIIIth  Centuries.  Revealed  by   Contemporary Evidence. pub. Lond. Novello & Co. Handbooks for  Musicians nd.190-?  or.blu.cl. gilt titles to spine, 8vo. pp.494. Slight crease to top of  spine otherwise fine.   Price: $100.00
     
  40. DONINGTON  ROBERT  Wagner's `Ring' And Its  Symbols.  Music and the Myth. pub. Lond. Faber 1969 or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.314. Previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  41. DONINGTON  ROBERT The Interpretation Of Early Music. Lond. Faber 1979 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.766. Fine copy.   Price:  $100.00
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  42. DOWNBEAT CLUB    Leaflet, "Presents a special holiday Session with the fabulous Bayside Jazz Band, Guest Artists, Folk Singers Appearances from members of Melbourne’s top bands. Lunch and Light Refreshments Admission 3/- " pub. Melbourne nd.1963? or. leaflet in white and black, 4to. paper, single-sided, fine.     Price: $30.00
     
  43. DUFFIELD K.L.   Australia Grand Australia (We're Proud of You). Great March Song & Chorus. Sung with Tremendous Success in Meyell & Gunn's Pantomime, Cinderella. Illustration on front cover of man riding horse swinging a whip, cameos of a kangaroo and an emu, also cameo photos of Miss Meredith Meredro and Miss Ruth Lincoln. Australian Patriotic Sheet Music. pub. Melbourne, Stanley Mullen, 234 Flinders Lane. 191-? or. blue/off white wrappers, roy.4to. (pp. unpaginated approx. 4) Price sticker removed from lower front cover leaving the author’s name obliterated, (ab. 7cm round) else almost fine.    Price: $75.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  44. DUSTY SLIM and Joy McKean Slim Dusty.  Another Day, Another Town. illus. with 20 full page plates t/out. Includes an extensive discography. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1996 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.352. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  45. DUSTY SLIM & John Lapsley  Slim Dusty Walk a Country Mile. illus. with colour and b/w. photographs, list of recordings, pub. Rigby Australia 1984 or. stiffened card cover, 8vo. pp.210. The autobiography of one of Australia's most loved and best-known country music performers.    Price: $25.00
     
  46. EHRLICH  CYRIL The Piano.  A History. illus. with  8  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. J.M. Dent & Sons 1979  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.254. For more than a century the piano occupied a dominant place in music and society. Professor Ehrlich follows its fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozart's time, through the Victorians' 'household orchestra and god', to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers. His protagonists include barnstorming virtuosi, fashionable ladies and aspiring clerks, and the great makers. Near fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  47.  ELLIOTT JOHN   On The Road With Slim profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & many col. pub. Sydney ABC Books, 2002 soft cover with folding ends, 4to. pp.176. John Elliott shadowed Slim Dusty's remarkable life on the road for more than a decade. From Alice Springs to Nashville, from Vanuatu to Charters Towers, Slim's inexhaustible thirst for travel and performance is recorded in stunning candid photographs and informative and amusing behind-the-scenes stories.    Price: $35.00
     
  48. ELVIN LAURENCE   Forster and Andrews: Their Barrel, Chamber and Small Church Organs. illus. with 4 full page plates t/out.text diagram, tables; pub. the author, Swanpool, Lincoln, UK; 1976 1st. ed. edition limited to 1,000 copies. or. blue pictorial stiff illustrated wps. (trade paper format) cr.4to. pp.140. Fine copy.      Price: $95.00
     
  49. EVANS JUDITH WHITE Piping Through Time.  The 50 Year History of the Victoria Police Highland Pipe Band. 1936-1986. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melb. Magenta Press 1986 1st.ed. or. blue cl. 4to. pp.188. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
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  50. EVANS LINDLEY "Hello'  Mr. Melody  Man."  Lindley  Evans Remembers. Compare of the ABC Children's Hour & Dame Nellie Melba's  pianist. illus. with plates t/out. some full  page pub.  Syd. Angus & Robertson 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.196.   Price: $35.00
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  51. EVANS PETER The Music Of Benjamin Britten.  illus. with 300 musical examples and diagrams. pub. Lond. Dent & Sons. 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.564. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  52. FINCK HERMAN 1872-1939.  The K-Nuts March And Two-Step music by Herman Finck. Sheet music. pub. Sydney : Albert's Music Stores/London c. 1914. (Marches, piano) or. illus. wrappers folio pp.4. Cover title & illus. by Frank Reynolds, From 'The Passing Show.'" Herman Finck (Nov. 4 1872 April 21, 1939) was a British composer of German extraction. A popular song during the World War I was Gilbert the Filbert (also called The K-Nuts). It was performed in The Passing Show of 1914 by the popular Basil Hallam, who became Captain B H Radford and was tragically killed in 1916 because his parachute failed to open. Basil Hallam (1889-1916) was an English actor and singer. He created the character of Gilbert the Filbert for The Passing Show. Nestles Milk and Chocolate label to front wrapper, fine.   Price: $45.00    (See picture-press   )
     
  53. FISKE ROGER English  Theatre Music  In  The  Eighteenth Century. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. tables, music examples; pub. Oxford Uni. Press 1986 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVIII.684. London theatre music from the death of Purcell in 1695 to the death of Storace in 1796, a period influenced by Italian opera, that used pantomine, ballet and dialogue in opera.  Fine copy.   Price: $175.00  Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  54. FRANCIS DAY & HUNTER   Francis & Day's 1st Book Of Coon Songs  Australasian Edition. London Francis Day & Hunter nd. c. 1900’s 1st. ed. or. illustrated stiff wraps. Front cover shows picture of Eugene Stratton, the blackface performer who led the way for many who followed after and imitated him. Back cover advertisement for Francis, Day & Hunters 27th song Annual. 4to. pp.48.4 advts. Songs in dialect. Spine sl. chipped, pages yellowed with age else very good.    Price: $200.00
  55. FRANCIS SKIPPER For Auld Lang Syne! Australian Will be There pub. Melbourne Dinsdales Pty. Ltd 67th thousand, sheet music No. 298 or. red and blue wrappers, cover with the recognition that it was 'Australia's Battle Song' 'The Accepted March song of the Australian Expeditionary Forces' Oval portait in blue of Skipper Francis (The Bristol Channel Swimmer). with Union Jack and Aust. Red Ensign each side of the picture, roy.4to. pp.6 inc. covers. 6d. on front cover. Official Report. Sung in Action by Australian Soldiers at the Dardanelles. Publisher's preface inside cover which explains the origin of the song, and the fact that it was a powerful recruiting song at that time. Closed tear up spine, well used but complete and clean. Good copy.    Price: $40.00    (See picture-press   )
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  57. FREEDLAND MICHAEL Al Jolson illus. with 16 full page plates throughout pub. London, W. H. Allen, 1972 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.318. very sl. chipped d/w. else fine.      Price: $65.00
     
  58. FROST HAROLD G. (lyric) music by F. Henri Klickmann  Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight (Tell Her Of My Love) pub. Sydney/London/N.Y. J. Albert & Son 1918 Sheet music. for piano & lyrics; introduced in J.C. Williamson's musical play "Kissing Time"; cover shows Maude Fane and Gladys Moncrieff Produced by Jack Haskell (small portrait on front cover); or. wrappers roy.4to. pp.4 inc. covers. Near fine.   Price: $45.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  59. GALLI-CURCI AMELITA Third Song Recital by Amelita Galli-Curci. Concerts. Assisting artists: Homer Samuals Manuel Berenguer. Programme. At the Auditorium Melbourne Thursday 23rd April 1925. Souvenir Book of Words illus. with b/w. plates, advts. (P & O A.P. Sykes The Gramophone Centre, Melbourne, Drummond Jewellers, Orient Line, Packard etc.) pub. Melbourne Specialty Press 1925 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.24, inc. covers. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  60. GAME  PETER The Music Sellers. with e/paper illus.  &  16 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Hawthorn  Press  1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.346. The story of George Leavis Allan, who founded Allan's, established in Melbourne in 1863. Light edgewear, else fine. Price: $35.00
     
  61. GARDEN EDWARD   Balakirev  A critical study of his life and music. illus. with frontis. & 15 full page plates t/out. 4 appendices, bibliography; chronology; catalogue of works; pub. London Faber and Faber 1967 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.352 Almost fine copy.  Price: $50.00
     
  62. GAY JOHN   The Beggar's Opera. A faithful reproduction of the 1729 edition which includes the words and music of all the airs, as well as the score for the overture. illus. with frontis. num decorations, pub. New York: Argonaut Books, 1961 or. dec. bds. gilt decorated cover and spine, in slipcase, 4to. pp.LIV.8.60.46. Fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  63. GELLERMAN ROBERT F. The American Reed Organ. Its History; How it works; How to Rebuild it. A Treatise on its History, Restoration   and   Tuning.  with  Descriptions   of   some Outstanding collections, including a Stop Dictionary and  a Directory of Reed Organs. with col. frontis. & many  plates t/out.  some full page, text illus. pub. N.Y. Vestal  Press 1978 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.X.174. Very fine.   Price: $75.00
     
  64. GILBERT W.S.    The Pinafore Picture Book  illus. with 16 colour plates by Alice B. Woodward - 12 b/w. text; pub. London: George Bell & Sons, 1912 or. light blue cloth, lettered in dark blue, painted white ship; cloth, cr.4to. pp.132. "The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore told [in prose form] by Sir W.S. Gilbert and illustrated [with full-colour plates] by Alice B. Woodward" Sunned to spine, sl. browned, else very good copy.     Price: $65.00
     
  65. GILBERT W. S. & William Russell Flint. The Mikado or the Town of Titipu. illustrated by W. Russell Flint and Charles E. Brock. 8 Colour Plates By William Russell Flint tissue guards pub. London George Bell 1911 1st ed. purple and gilt cloth, cr.4to. pp.52. Slight foxing, gilt faded to spine, else a very good copy.    Price: $225.00
     
  66. GILBERT W.S. Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page col. plates illustrated by Russell Flint pub. Lond. G. Bell & sons 1912 or. maroon gilt dec. cl. roy.8vo.obl. pp.164. Protective tissue to frontis. has been repaired, slightly spotted otherwise very good copy.   Price: $175.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  67. GILBERT  W.S. The Story Of The Mikado. illus. with col. plates (6) & text drawings (9) by Alice B. Woodward; pub. Lond. Daniel O'Connor 1921 or. orange cl. black illus. to front cover and spine, cr.4to. pp.XII.116. Slightly silverfished to boards else v/good.   Price: $45.00
     
  68. GILBERT W.S. The Yeomen Of The Guard. Or The Merry Man And His Maid. illus. with 18 illus. in col. by W. Russell Flint pub.  Lond.  Macmillan this facsimile ed 1979  or.cl.  d/w. roy.8vo. pp.102.    Price: $25.00
  69. GILBERT  W.S. The Mikado. with 8 illus. in  col.  by  W. Russell  Flint  pen  &  ink dwgs.  Charles  E.  Brock  pub. Macmillan  1979 facsimile ed. (first pub. in  1928)  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.96.     Price: $25.00
     
  70. GILBERT & SULLIVAN Operas Illustrated –The. In Colour and Black and White, Season 1926 profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, 8 pages colour, endpaper advertisements, pub. London The Sphere 1926 (Specially made for "The Sphere" at Prince’s Theatre by arrangement the Rupert D’Oyly Opera Company) or. red/blue on grey wrappers, 4to. pp.48. Slight insect damage bottom of spine else fine. Illustrations show lovely photo images of costume from the period.    Price: $45.00
     
  71. GILBERT L. WOLFE (words) & Lewis F. Muir (music)  Waiting For The Robert E. Lee. Featured by Marie Eaton, Fred Leslie, & Robert Darrell. Sheet Music. Original wrappers, folio pp.8 inc. covers; pub. Sydney, Albert & Son . 1912. With a red/green/black cover of a young man playing the banjo to a girl by the quayside as she sits on bales of cotton. And in the distance the paddle steamer Robert E. Lee. Inset at left corner, named performer Billy Geller. Also performed by Marie Eaton, Fred Leslie & Rupert Darrell in Australia. A very famous pre war song originally published by F.A. Mills in 1912. Closed tear to fore-edge else v/good.   Price: $30.00
     
  72. GIVENS LARRY   Rebuilding The Player Piano  Picture of antique player piano on frontispiece showing the names of all the parts, 34 drawings, some lists, pub. New York Vestal Press 1975 10th ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.164 First significant attempt to provide the basic information whereby any person with a moderate amount of mechanical ability can bring a player piano back to life - not just by patchwork and repairs, but by actual reconstruction of the basic mechanisms. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
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  74. GOODMAN BENNY Ed. Stanley Baron,   Benny.  King Of Swing. A Pictorial Biography Based on Benny Goodman’s personal Archives. illus. with 212 b/w. photo plates and memorabilia; pub. Lond. Thames & Hudson. 1979 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.64 (text), 144 (plates). Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  75. GOODMAN  VIRGINIA Isador Goodman A Life In Music. illus.  with  16 full page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Collins 1983  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.216. Goodman worked at the NSW Conservatorium of Music from 1930, developed the ABC and was an internationally acclaimed concert pianist. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  76. GOODWIN JOE W.M. Tracey, Claude Mckay (words). and Nat Vincent. (music)  Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! Australian sheet music. Featured in J.C. William's Musical play "You're In Love." Produced by Harry B. Burcher. Featuring Maude Fane. pub. Sydney Albert's Music Stores 1916. Original green/orange wrappers with photograph of Maude Fane on cover; roy.4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Claude McKay, (1878-1972) was born 1878 at Kilmore, Victoria. Editor and one of the founders of Smith's Weekly, and a major figure in the Australian newspaper world of the time. Near fine.   Price: $50.00   (See picture-press   )
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  77. GRAINGER PERCY Ed. by Kay Dreyfus    The Farthest North Of Humanness. Letters of Percy Grainger, 1901-14 illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melbourne/London Macmillan 1985 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XXVI.542. Fine copy.   Price: $125.00
     
  78. GREENE HARRY PLUNKET   Interpretation In Song illus. with many musical examples, index. pub. London Macmillan and Company, 1956 reprint of the 1912 ed. or. blue cl. cr.8vo. pp.324  All the techniques of interpretation, plus advice on construction of a programme and how to study a song. Fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  79. HACKET CHARLES The Distinguished American Tenor. Assoc. Artist M. Bratza The Eminent Serbian Violinist. Programme and Book of Words. Held at the Melbourne Town Hall Tuesday 15th July 1924; illus. with portrait and advts. pub. Melbourne 1924 or. dec. white wrappers, cr.4to. pp.12. Fine.    Price: $20.00
     
  80. HAMMOND  JOAN A Voice, A Life. The autobiography  of  Joan Hammond. illus. with 24 full page plates t/out. pub.  Lond. Victor Gollancz 1970 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264.     Price: $35.00
     
  81. HANDY W.C. Father Of The Blues. The autobiography of  W.C. Handy.  illus. with frontis. pub. Lond. Sedgwich &  Jackson 1957 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.318. v/good  copy  in  the  sl. chipped d/w.     Price: $45.00
     
  82. HANNAN MICHAEL    Peter Sculthorpe. His Music and Ideas, 1929 - 1979. illus. with 20 pages b/w illustrations, appendices, notes, references, glossary, index, pub. St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1982 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XIII.236; Biographical introduction; The making of a personal style; Sculthorpe's mature style; New material & influences; Structural procedures of the Sun Music period; Stylistic refinement in Night Pieces; Towards a new concept of opera; The music of Rites Of Passage; Further developments. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  83. HANSON LAWRENCE  and Elisabeth  Prokofiev, The Prodigal Son: An introduction to his life and work in three movements. illus. with frontis. 13 & photo plates, index, bibliog. and catalogue of works. pub. Cassell, London, 1964 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.232.  Previous owner's name on front free e/paper, else very good.    Price: $40.00
     
  84. HARPER  JOHN  Karl  Ozolins,  Norman  Bourke,  Prof.  Peter Dennison. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  The story of orchestral music in Melbourne from 1835 to 1987 and the founding of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, profusely illus. with plates t/out. 8 full page &  col. pub. Melb. 1987 or.illus.bds. 4to. pp.140. signed  loosely inserted: presentation card signed by Karl Ozolins (Editorial committee). Price: $35.00
     
  85. HARRISON KENNETH Dark Man White World. A portrait of tenor Harold  Blair. illus. with 18 full page plates t/out.  pub. Melb. 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. Biography of Australian aboriginal Harold Blair, rose from life on a Queensland mission, separated from both parents by age 2, but was gifted with a magnificent tenor voice. Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  86. HARRISON KENNETH Dark Man White World. A portrait of tenor Harold  Blair. illus. with 18 full page plates t/out.  pub. Melb. 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. Biography of Australian aboriginal Harold Blair, rose from life on a Queensland mission, separated from both parents by age 2, but was gifted with a magnificent tenor voice. Signed by Harold Blair. Fine.   Price: $75.00
     
  87. HARRISON KENNETH Dark Man White World A portrait of tenor Harold  Blair. illus. with 18 full page plates t/out.  pub. Melb. 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. Biography of Australian aboriginal Harold Blair, rose from life on a Queensland mission, separated from both parents by age 2, but was gifted with a magnificent tenor voice. Signed by Harold Blair and with signed inscription by Ken Harrison & looks like Jim Cairns? Fine.   Price: $95.00
     
  88. HARVEY A S   Ballads, Songs And Rhymes Of East Anglia   Arranged with Notes by... With a Foreword by The Very Rev. D. H. S. Cranage LITT.D. Dean of Norwich. pub. Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1936 1st. ed. or. green cloth cr.8vo. pp.XVI.249. In three parts covering Early Ballads, Songs and Rhymes of the Peasantry and Modern Ballads. Broad variety of sources-from early ballads (Saxon Chronicle) through 'Songs and Rhymes of the Peasantry ' up to more modern authors like Noyes and Cloudesley Brereton. Light browning, else fine.    Price: $60.00
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  90. HASKINS JIM   Ella Fitzgerald. A Life Through Jazz. illus. with Numerous photos, discography; pub. London New English Library, 1991 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.280 fine in price-clipped dust jacket. A full biography of the jazz vocal giant.      Price: $40.00
     
  91. HAYDON  GEFFREY DENNIS  MARKS Repercussions. Celebration of African-American Music. illus. with frontis. & many text plates t/out. pub. Lond.  Century  Pub.  1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192.     Price: $35.00
     
  92. HAYES HENRY T. Words and Music By  "For The Term Of His Natural Life" Australian Sheet Music, pub. Melboune: Allans, 1927 or. illus. wrappers, 4to. pp.4. Cover features a ship on the ocean swell with a setting/rising sun in the background. Especially written and featured in association with the presentation of the Union Master World Production "For the Term of His Natural Life". Inside front page features some facts regarding the picture. Little chipped to fore-edge, thin white tape sewn down spine, otherwise fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  93. HELINE CORINNE    Esoteric Music. Based on the Musical Seership of Richard Wagner illus. with b/w in-text photographs. pub. Los Angeles New Age Press, Inc. 1974 or. maroon simulated cl. gilt spinal titles, 8vo. pp.274. Detailed metaphysical and mystical outline and interpretation of the Classic compositions of Richard Wagner as preformed in several famous German Operas and Theatre productions. With symbolism, history, myth, act by act critcal examination, light edge shelfwear, very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  94. HELMHOLTZ HERMANN L.F.  On The Sensations Of Tone. As a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music. Translated by Alexander J. Ellis. Second English Edition translated, thoroughly revised and corrected, rendered conformable to the Fourth (and last) German edition of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of musical students. illus. with line drawings, eng. 68 figures in text, numerous tables and some passages of musical notes, pub. Lond. Longmans Green & Co. 1885 2nd ed. includes index and notes, or. dark green cl. roy.8vo. glt. ltg. and lines to spine, pp.XX.576. Very good copy.   Price: $200.00
     
  95. HERSCHER LOUIS & George Keefer lyric & music Dream Daddy [Sheet Music] Dedicated to the Australian "Dream Daddy" The Bedtime Stories Man, A. S. Cochrane. With Photograph of Stud Foley on Cover (singer) "If you "Listen-In" with your Wireless you must have a copy of this song" Station 2.F.C. pub. J. Albert & Sons Wellington, Melb. New York, nd. c.1930’s or. blue/white wrappers, illus. of child in bed lisening with earphones, announcer, baby on a cloud. (Copyright Joe Morris N.Y. 1923) 4to. pp.6 inc. covers. Song sheet music for piano & lyrics. Sewn at spine else very fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  96. HETHERINGTON  JOHN Melba.  A biography. illus.  with  col. frontis.  & 14 full page plates t/out. 2 line drawings, chief printed sources, index, pub. Melb.  Cheshire 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.312. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  97. HEWITT S.D. A.I.F. 3rd. Batt. 1st Inf. Brigade N.S.W.  Australia's Boys In Khaki And Blue Military Sheet Music. Sung with great success by Malcolm McEacharrn. Cover illus. with A small Aust. Coat of Arms at top centre. Picture of the composer in uniform to LH side of sheet who ". . .is a Returned Wounded Soldier, having been shot right through one lung. . ." pub. Melbourne S.D, Hewitt (owner of copyright) 308 Sydney Road Brunswick 1916 or.. wrappers, roy.4to. pp.4 inc. cover, 2/- on front wrapper. Has fold mark down centre sl. soiled else very good.    Price: $85.00
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  98. HIPKINS A.J.  Musical Instruments. Historic Rare and Unique. illus. With forty-eight chromolithographic plates in colours drawn by William Gibb. col. plates, pub. London A. & C. Black 1921 reprint; (originally pub. in 1888) original; gilt dec. red cloth binding with gilt dec. cream cloth to spine; roy.4to. pp.122. Details and illustrates Classical, Mediaeval, Japanese and other varieties of Decorative Art, and Instruments. Fine copy.   Price: $500.00
     
  99. HIS MASTER'S VOICE Records. Catalogue Of Records 1927 Edition. Contains all Double-sided Celebrity Records issued up to and including December 31st 1926. The Single-Sided Celebrity Records are included a lso and noted against the title of the record. pub. Syd. 1927 or. red wrappers, 12mo. pp.254. little rubbed else very good copy.    Price: $85.00.      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  100. HIS MASTER'S VOICE   Catalogue Of Records 1924 Edition. Contains all Double-sided Celebrity Records issued up to and including December 31st 1923. The Single-Sided Celebrity Records are included also and noted against the title of the record. pub. Syd. 1924 or. brown wrappers, 12mo. pp.524. little rubbed, water strained to front wrapper, title page and several pages. Title page defective. All text clear.      Price: $60.00
     
  101. HIS MASTER'S VOICE Columbia, Parlophone, Decca and MGM   Catalogue of Imported English Records and Catalogue Of Australian Records. pub. Sydney The Gramophone Company Ltd., Australia, 1951 or. card; black red and grey illustrated cover of records from the different companies. wrappers, 12mo. pp.280 Imported records and 128 pages of Australian records, issued as one catalogue. Complete listing of available records in 1951 in Australia of the following companies: His Master' Voice, Columbia, Parlophone, Decca and MGM. Wrappers little shelf worn else very good copy.     Price: $50.00
     
  102. HOLST IMOGEN    The Music Of Gustav Holst . illus. with 4 facsimiles, music examples., appendix, chronology, list of compositions; pub. Oxford University Press, 1968 2nd ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII,170 classified list of works New material in this 2nd edition. Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     
  103. HUGHES  DON  ANSELS Early Medieval Music  Up  To  1300  illus. with frontis. & 9 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Oxford  Uni.  Press,  New Oxford History  of  Music   series, Vol.II 1978  or.cl. d/w.  roy.8vo.  pp.XVIII.434.  Very fine.   Price: $145.00
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  104. HUGHES DON ANSELS and GERALD ABRAHAM Ed. by. Ars Nova  And The  Renaissance 1300-1540.  illus. with frontis. &  7 full page plates t/out. pub. N.Y. & U.K. Oxford Uni. Press  1986 (with corrections) (Vol.III.  New Oxford  History of Music series) or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XX.564. Very fine.   Price: $150.00
     
  105. HULL FLORENCE  . A Sprig Of Boronia  illus. with a coloured front cover of small sprig of brown flowers on off white paper. pub. Melbourne, F.M. Kenny nd. c. 1916. Music by Florence Hull, (from Tasmania), Sung by Paul Dufault. Australian Sheet Music, pp.2. A Sprig of Boronia was used by the Victorian School Examination Board in 1917. Closed tear at spine else fine.    Price $40.00
     
  106. INK SPOTS  The Ink Spots Song Folio  illustrated with cover photograph of the Ink Spots. pub. Sydney, J. Albert & Sons p/l music publishers nd. c. 1940’s Authorised for sale in Australia and New Zealand or. wrappers 4to. pp.30 Spine sl. chipped and short closed tear to lower front wrapper.    Price: $45.00

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