Music from Zephyr Books

Edinburgh.: William Blackwood, 1819. 1st Edition.. Contemporary full tree calf, red spine label with gilt title, edges stained blue. . Very good, small peeled spot to front cover, bookplate to pastedown. . 8vo., 22x13.5 cm. . weight: 1.4 lb.

London.: Published for St. Andrews University by Humphrey Milford., 1931. 1st Edition.. Blue cloth, gilt spine title.. Very good, no dust jascket.. 19x14 cm.. weight: 2.2 lb. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles.

Boston.: Oliver Ditson Co., 1908. Printed pictorial wraps.. Good, marginal damp stain, light soiling to covers.. 34.5x26.5 cm.. This issue has several articles on Edward McDowell (1860-1908) the famous American composer and pianist. weight: 0.5 lb. Cameo portrait of Edward MacDowell on the cover, several illustrations in text.

Boston.: Knight and Millet., 1900. Publisher’s red cloth, gilt titles.. Very good, light soiling to covers. Contents fine, tight and unmarked.. 25x18 cm.. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.0 lb. Tanslated by Florence Percival Hall. Illustrated with numerous plates and vignettes.

Filer, ID.: Idaho Arts Archives and Research Center., 1995. Black plastic comb binding. Pictorial limp cover.. Very good.. 28x22 cm.. Espe Alegria was an Idaho radio personality that collected and played Basque music recordings from the 1920s through the 1970s. This is a catalog of her collection. weight: 1.1 lb.

Norwalk.: Easton Press., 1992. 1st Edition.. Full black leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker.. Near fine, a few dark spots to gilt cover decorations, otherwise fine, tight and unread, no dust jacket as issued.. 24x16 cm.. Signed by the author on the signature page. weight: 1.4 lb.

Paris.: Diderot., Circa 1772. Sewed binding, no covers.. Very good, no covers.. Folio. 43.5x27 cm.. French text. Full section illustrating various sorts of musical instruments and luthier’s tools with index, extracted from Diderot’s Encyclopedia. weight: 1.0 lb. 34 engraved plates.

New York. , circa 1890. Publisher’s printed wraps. . Good plus, some soiling to covers. . 26x17 cm. . Four librettos have programs from “The Auditorium”, Chicago laid in. weight: 1.4 lb.

Amsterdam: Paris: [Paris?]: Freres De Bure: Froulle: [Huzzard?]. , 1777, 1787, no date. Old quarter brown leather over green boards, gilt spine decorations, gilt title on black label, blue marbled endpapers. . Good, covers worn, contents very good, ink note regarding authorship on half-title of “Musique Grecque”, “Reflexions” lacks the title page, but half-title is present. . … Read more about this item

Paris.: Delagrave., 1926. 1st Edition.. Quarter maroon leather over marbled boards, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers. . Very good, spine lightly sunned, pages toned. . 24.5x16 cm. . French text. weight: 2.4 lb. Numerous illustrations in text.

New York.: Oxford University Press., 1990. Quarter black cloth over black boards, red foil spine title.. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.. 23.5x16 cm.. weight: 2.0 lb. Edited and with and introduction by James T. Maher. Foreword by Gene Lees.

No place.: No publisher., 1924. Decorated stapled wraps.. Very good.. 12.7x16 cm.. A scarce pamphlet by the legendary musician and composer. Contains a biographical sketch and introduction by McPhee. Not located in OCLC. weight: 0.1 lb. Illustrated with black and white vignettes.

Radnor.: Chilton Book Company., 1982. Reprint.. Black cloth, white spine title.. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a little edgewear.. 30x21.5 cm.. weight: 2.0 lb. Illustrated throughout.

New York.: Random House., 1977. 1st Edition.. Black cloth, turquoise spine title, pictorial endpapers.. Very good, owner’s gift inscription to title page, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some short closed tears.. 28x21.5 cm.. “A pictorial and social history of the most famous symbol of the jazz era”. weight: 2.1 lb. Numerous illustrations.

Warren, Oh.: Dana’s Musical Institute., 1884. Red cloth, black cover title.. Good plus, light wear to cover extremities, ffep corner clipped, previous owner’s pencil notes to the exercises in chapters 1-3.. 26x17.5 cm.. Printed pages separated by blank leaves. weight: 1.5 lb.

Paris.: Au comptoir des Imprimeurs unis., 1844. 1st Edition.. Contemporary quarter brown leather over marbled boards, gilt spine decorations, orange spine labels, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. . Very good.. 8vo., 21x13 cm. . French text. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. These volumes cover the ancient history of Chinese, Indian, Egyptian and Hebrew music.… Read more about this item

Los Angeles. : 2.13.61 Publications. , 1995. 1st Edition.. Black cloth, silver titles, in a matching slipcase. . Near fine in a near fine slipcase. . 31.2x23.5 cm. . Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.3 lb. Photographs by various photographers.

New York. : Dover. , No date. Reprint of the 1905 edition. . Red cloth, gilt spine title. . Very good in good dust jackets with some chipping and loss at edges.. 24x17 cm.. “The standard treatise in the field of pipe organ construction”. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.4 lb. Numerous illustrations in text.… Read more about this item

New York. : Macmillan., 1970. 3rd printing. . Black cloth, silver spine title, saxophone device on cover. . Near fine in very good dust jacket.. 21.5x14.5 cm. . Chapters on Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson and others. weight: 1.3 lb.

Paris.: Charpentier., 1880. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, leather spine labels. . Very good, light shelfwear, tiny ding to spine, light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy.. 12mo., 18.4x11.5 cm. . French text. weight: 1.0 lb. Preface by Alphonse Daudet.