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Photo of "Musica sacra: or, Select anthems ..."
CROFT, William. Musica sacra: or, Select anthems in score, Consisting of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Parts: To which is added, The Burial-Service, as it is now occasionally perform'd in Westminster-Abbey. London. Printed for and sold by John Walsh, [1724-25] Second edition. Folio. Two volumes bound as one. [6], 184; [6], 155pp, [1]. Vol. I with letterpress title page and preliminaries, except for the dedication leaf which, with the remainder, is engraved; Vol. II has letterpress title page and dedication leaf, the remainder being engraved. Some ink annotations to the tables of anthems.

This second edition is a reissue of the original edition of the same years; Vol. ... More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 26394
Photo of "The beggar's opera...With the ouverture ..."
GAY, [John]. The beggar's opera...With the ouverture in score, The Songs, and the basses, Engrav' on copper plates. (The ouverture and basses Compos'd by Dr. pepusch). London. Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1761. Quarto. [8], 56pp. With 46 plates of engraved musical notation and six later leaves with hand-ruled staves (else blank) bound to rear. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contemporary red morocco lettering-piece to upper board ('BEGGARS OPERA/I. FAWCETT 1765'). Extremities worn and marked, some surface loss to edges and bumped corners. Foxed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19332
Photo of "Letters to a young lady, ..."
CZERNY, Charles [i.e. Carl]. Letters to a young lady, on the art of playing the pianoforte, from the earliest rudiments to the highest state of cultivation... London. R. Cocks and Co., 1842. Second edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 79pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's tan printed paper boards. Rubbed, marked, and a trifle bumped, considerable loss to spine. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20124
Photo of "Psalms hymns and canticles as ..."
[NAPLES]. HOLMES, Daniel. Psalms hymns and canticles as appointed to be sung in the british chapel at naples. [Naples]. [s.n.], 1850. 8vo. vi, [2]pp, 72ff. The main body of the text with printed music to versos, and libretti to rectos. Contemporary (perhaps original) purple cloth, gilt, titled to spine and upper board. Marbled endpapers. Marked (with some remains of what is presumably candle wax to lower board), slightly faded and rubbed, small wormhole at the head of spine, bumping to corners. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23584
Photo of "The bardic museum, of primitive ..."
[ROWLANDSON, Thomas]. JONES, Edward. The bardic museum, of primitive british literature; and other admirable rarities. Forming the second volume of the Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: drawn from authentic documents of remote antiquity.... London. Printed by A. Strahan...for the Author, 1802. First edition. Folio. xx, 60pp, 61-112pp engraved music. With hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, with alternating harp and Prince of Wales' feathers devices to spine. A trifle rubbed to extremities, surfaces, occasional pencilled annotation and underlining, else a crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27483
Photo of "[Fifty-three glees by Henry R. ..."
[MUSIC]. BISHOP, Henry R.. [Fifty-three glees by Henry R. Bishop]. [vs.]. [vs.], [c. 1830s] Folio. In two volumes. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges, morocco onlays of Thomas Gladstone to upper boards. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Book-labels of Thomas Gladstone to both FEPs, manuscript lists of contents to front free-endpapers. Inked gift inscription to FEP of Vol. I: 'T. Gladstone / from Robertson G. / 27 Augst. 1835'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11353
Photo of "The Noël Coward Song Book"
COWARD, Noël. The Noël Coward Song Book. London. Michael Joseph, 1953. First British edition. Quarto. 314pp, [2]. With a frontispiece portrait by Clemence Dane and numerous illustrations by Gladys Calthrop in the text. Original publisher's two-tone cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper a trifle marked, chipping and short tears to spine and edges. Signed by Coward to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23085
Photo of "Ye mariners of england.."
[SONGS]. Ye mariners of england... [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1840?] Dimensions 200 x 250 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Printed in two columns. Numbered at the foot '[song 219.]' Three small burn-marks, else clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30173
Photo of "The return of the admiral.."
[SONGS]. The return of the admiral... Durham. Walker, printer, [s.d., c.1850] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Printed in two columns. With two woodcut illustrations. Numbered at the foot '(59.)' A trifle creased. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30166
Photo of "Macbeth: Gran Ballo composto dal ..."
[MACBETH]. Macbeth: Gran Ballo composto dal Sigr. A. Vestris... Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Nella Calcografia di Guis. Girard, [s.d., c.1820] Oblong quarto. With five engraved title pages. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed and bumped, some surface loss. Scattered foxing, very occasional light damp-staining, small paper repair to blank verso of pone leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25588