Haskell, Arnold L.

In His True Centre. An Interim Autobriography. With thirty photographs.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1951. 23cm x 14.5cm. 328 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Hill, Aaron.

Zara. A Tragedy. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Books, by Permission of the Managers.

Dublin, Printed for William Jones, 1791. 17 x 10 cm. 94 pages. With two engraved Plates preceding the Titel Page. Modern cloth covered boards with gilt title on front board. Very good condition. Binding a little rubbed, bumped. Internally a little age darkened, otherwise bright and clean.

Hogan, Robert / O’Neill, Michael J.

Joseph Holloway’s Abbey Theatre. A Selection from his unpublished journal Impressions of a Dublin Playgoer.

london and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. 21 x 13 cm. 296 Pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Kalkbrenner, Fred. (Friedrich).

Treatise on Harmony for the Pianist. Containing general Principles of Modulation for the Aquirement of the Art of Preluding and of Extemporizing, with Examples of Studies, Fugues, & Preludes for the Piano Forte. Translated from the Original by Robert Lincoln Cocks.

[First English Edition]. London, Messrs Robert Cocks & Co., [1849]. 36 x 26 cm. Engraved title, (2), 63 engraved pages plus 12 pages publishers list. Engraved cardboard soft cover. Very good condition. Covers rubbed and bumped. Age darkened, otherwise very clean and neat. Ex libris of previous owner inside (Alfred G Farmer). A nice copy.

Kipling, Rudyard / German, Edward (Music).

The Just So Song Book. Being Songs from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1918. 30 x 24 cm. 62 pages. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black decorations and title on spine. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion to the top of the front board (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

[Koussevitzky, Hugo] Leichtentritt, Hugo.

Serge Koussevitzky – The Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New American Music.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1947. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. 199 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lamplighter.

Hidden Years. Scenes from the Childhood of Jesus.

[First Edition]. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1940. 18 x 12 cm. Title, (4), 25 pages. Musical scores on last two pages. Original blue stiff paper covers with title in black on front board. Very good condition. Very clean.

Laver, James (Editor) / Goetz, Walter (Illustrator).

Memorable Balls.

First Edition. London, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. 28 x 21 cm. xi, 116 pages. Colour Plates. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust age darkened. Internally clean.

Lytton, Sir Henry [Gilbert & Sullivan]

The Immortal Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Containing the Stories of the Plays and the Words and Music of Famous Numbers from Each Opera. With an Appreciation by Sir Henry Lytton.

Four Volumes. London, The News Chronicle Publications Dept., Not dated (c. 1920s). 28 x 22.5 cm. Original red cloth with blue and yellow decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

[Macfarquhar, Colin & Gleig, George – Chief Editors]

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Three Plates Volumes with 460 Plates. Volumes 1, 3 & 4 (including the Plates issued as a Supplement in 1801-03.

Third Edition & Supplement to 3rd Edition. Three volumes of four. [Edinburgh], [Privately published by Andrew Bell, Archibald Constable & Colin Macfarquhar], [1788 – 1803]. c. 26 x 20 cm. Vol.1: Plates 1 – 161 / Vol. 3: Plates 292 – 446 / Vol. 4: Plates 447 – 542 and 1 – 50. See comments below for noted ‘anomalies’. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine labels with gilt title. Gilt decorations and volume numbers in gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with wear to spine and ends and corners (see images). Edges age darkened. Joints cracked, but bindings remain sound. Spine leather dried and cracked. Internally dust dulled, but generally clean. A few closed tears and some edge wear to some plates. Overall a very nice collection of more than 450 plates. See images.