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![Conversations with Casals](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/025/549/1609549025.0.m.jpg)
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Conversations with Casals
by Corredor, J Ma
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€8.99
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London: Hutchinson, 1956. Price-clipped dustwrapper has a lot of fading to the spine, also has a lot of sellotape to the edges and folds. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in French as "Conversations avec Pablo Casals: souvenirs et opinions… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.99
![In Search of Music](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/347/633/1603633347.0.m.jpg)
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In Search of Music
by Young, Percy M
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€6.00
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London: Lutterworth Press, 1956. Slight creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, original owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written at the time for young people, a sequel to the author's "Music is for You", a basic history… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.00
![The Fiddle Music of Scotland](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/554/489/1603489554.0.m.jpg)
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The Fiddle Music of Scotland
by Hunter, James
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780550203588
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€41.97
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Edinburgh: W & R Chambers Ltd, 1979. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, also a small scuff-mark on the back of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains music for 365 Scottish fiddle tunes… Read more about this item Item Price
€41.97
![Classics: Major and Minor, with Some other Musical Ruminations](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/785/1594785086.0.m.jpg)
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Classics: Major and Minor, with Some other Musical Ruminations
by Blom, Eric
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€6.00
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London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1958. Some creasing and a couple of tears to spine ends of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of thirteen essays by the author on aspects of Classical music. 212pp, some staff notation… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.00
![Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1979-2016](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/829/1574829310.0.m.jpg)
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Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1979-2016
by O'Leary, Chris
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 2019
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781912248308
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€10.79
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London: Repeater Books, 2019. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover and a small tear to top edge of back cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the songs on all the David Bowie albums from "Low" (1976) to "Blackstar" (released just before his death… Read more about this item Item Price
€10.79
![The Lays of Strathearn](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/014/142/1565142014.0.m.jpg)
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The Lays of Strathearn
by Nairne, Lady Caroline; Barbour, Freeland (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 2019
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781527241145
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€9.59
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Edinburgh: Bonskied Music, 2019. No dustwrapper (as issued), minor bumping along the top edge of blue boards, also a small blue ink-mark; but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published after her death in 1846, the book contains all the songs known to have been written by Lady Nairne, along with some others attributed… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.59
![The White Rose of Gask: The Life and Songs of Caroline Oliphant, Lady Nairne](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/998/1562998562.0.m.jpg)
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The White Rose of Gask: The Life and Songs of Caroline Oliphant, Lady Nairne
by Barbour, Freeland
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781780276113
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€8.99
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Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and works of Caroline Oliphant (1766-1845), better-known as Lady Nairne, who wrote over ninety Scottish songs, including , "Will ye no' come back again?", "Charlie is my Darling" , "The Rowan Tree", "Wi' a Hundred Pipers", and "Caller… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.99
![A Selection of Some Less Known Folk-Songs, Volume 2](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/447/196/1551196447.0.m.jpg)
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A Selection of Some Less Known Folk-Songs, Volume 2
by Sharp, Cecil J (arranged by); Winn, Cyril (compiled by)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- 1951
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€6.00
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London: Novello and Company, 1951. Some scuffing to spine ends of green paper cover, a school stamp on title page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover collection of thirty-three traditional English folk-songs, originally collected and arranged by Cecil J Sharp. The songs are given with full staff notation (NOT just the melody line) and with sol-fa.… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.00
![An Elizabethan Song Book: Lute Songs, Madrigals and Rounds](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/666/1545666511.0.m.jpg)
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An Elizabethan Song Book: Lute Songs, Madrigals and Rounds
by Auden, W H; Kallman, C; & Greenberg, N
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1968
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€4.20
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London: Faber and Faber, 1968. A crease to the spine and minor creasing to outer corners of covers, outer page (half-title) has been removed (probably had previous owner's name on), but otherwise a not too bad, clean copy of this soft-cover book. Contains over eighty songs from the later Elizabethan period (late sixteenth and very early seventeenth centuries), originally… Read more about this item Item Price
€4.20
![Marc-Antoine Charpentier](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/704/475/1529475704.0.m.jpg)
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
by Cessac, Catherine
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780931340802
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€11.99
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Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1995. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in French in 1988, the book deals with the French baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704), mainly with his… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.99
![Recorder Playing](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/912/653/1519653912.0.m.jpg)
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Recorder Playing
by Rosenberg, Steve
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1976
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€3.60
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London: Price Milburn Music, 1976. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, original price label and a school ink stamp on front cover, slight rusting to the staples, two old mauve ink splashes inside front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Intended for beginners to playing the recorder and written… Read more about this item Item Price
€3.60
![Border Dance Book: Scottish Country Dances](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/359/694/1502694359.0.m.jpg)
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Border Dance Book: Scottish Country Dances
by MacLachlan, Elizabeth (compiled by)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1970
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€8.39
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Edinburgh: Mcdougalls Educational Co Ltd, 1970. Slight creasing to lower corners of paper cover, otherwise a good clean copy of this slim soft-cover book. Contains music (full staff) and steps for twenty-three Scottish country dances which were collected by Ion C B Jamieson and arranged by Annie Shand. No publication date shown, but other copies listed give it… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.39
![Babel](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/339/576/1497576339.0.m.jpg)
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Babel
by Smith, Patti
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9783499155772
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€35.97
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Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, 1985. Some creases to the spine, minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in the US in 1978, a collection of prose and poems (some became song lyrics) by the author. This is a later,… Read more about this item Item Price
€35.97
![Fugal Answer](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/042/419/1471419042.0.m.jpg)
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Fugal Answer
by Nalden, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€71.95
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London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Unclipped dustwrapper has wear to the folds and edges, a two-inch tear to the top of front panel just next to spine with resultant fold and creasing, also lesser creasing and some other small tears to top and bottom edges. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, shelf-wear to bottom edge… Read more about this item Item Price
€71.95
![The Buskers: a History of Street Entertainment](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/460/797/1467797460.0.m.jpg)
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The Buskers: a History of Street Entertainment
by Cohen, David; & Greenwood, Ben
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780715380260
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€20.38
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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1981. Some fading to spine and creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of street entertainers from the troubadours and minstrels of Mediaeval times; through ballad-singers, mountebanks, and organ-grinders, to the buskers of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€20.38
![Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought (two volumes)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/589/1466589213.0.m.jpg)
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Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought (two volumes)
by Paynter, John; Howell, Tim; Orton, Richard; & Seymour, Peter (editors)
- Condition
- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780415019903
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€107.92
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London: Routledge, 2006. Two volume set. Slight bowing to boards, outer edges of pages are a bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight pair of hard-cover books. Originally published in 1992, this is a reprint from 2006, a digital reprint so the quality of the b&w illustrations isn't so good. Fifty-seven articles by various composers, musicologists,… Read more about this item Item Price
€107.92
![The Road is My Mistress: Tales of a Roustabout Singer](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/634/767/1461767634.0.m.jpg)
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The Road is My Mistress: Tales of a Roustabout Singer
by Palieri, Rik 'Totem Pole'
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780974987408
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€11.99
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LaVergne, Tennessee: Koza Productions, 2003. A crease to top corner of front cover and smaller ones to other corners, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of American folk-singer Rik 'Totem Pole' Palieri. Signed and with small drawing by the author on title page. 265pp.. Paperback.… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.99
![The Real Rhythm and Blues](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/075/569/1356569075.0.m.jpg)
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The Real Rhythm and Blues
by Gregory, Hugh
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780713726039
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€4.80
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London: Blandford Press, 1988. Slight creasing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine. Looks at the American "Rhythm and Blues" acts from the late 1940s onwards. 224pp, 16pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€4.80
![Listen to the Blues](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/918/868/1355868918.0.m.jpg)
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Listen to the Blues
by Cook, Bruce
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780903895477
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€7.19
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London: Robson Books, 1975. Minor creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper and a small tear to top edge of back panel of same, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Blues singers and musicians from the 1920s onwards. 263pp, 16pp b&w illustrations..… Read more about this item Item Price
€7.19
![Paris: the Musical Kaleidoscope 1870-1925](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/632/552/1349552632.0.m.jpg)
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Paris: the Musical Kaleidoscope 1870-1925
by Brody, Elaine
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780860515050
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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€6.00
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London: Robson Books, 1988. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, a larger tear at the top end of the spine has been mended with tape. Some bumping to top end of spine of dark red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.00