Maine Basil (166 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Discussion Books no 75. 152pp not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth hardcover. Has age toning to the inside pages. Exterior looks good. We ship fast.

Hard cover. 140 p. Fine with previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. HC 404 Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, spotting to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 251 pages. Dust jacket over paperback book with plain cover. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has slight edge wear with minor marks and slight creases. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have noticeable edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavy water staining to reverse of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Introduction by Sir Compton Mackenzie. 156pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust jacket worn and chipped. London: The Epworth Press, 1957. A very good copy in a good dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: very good. 129pp., thin 8vo, cloth; lightly rubbed. London: John Westhouse, 1945. First edition. A very good copy.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped with the top & bottom edges rubbed. The dust jacket is darkened & rubbed & the head & tail of the jacket spine are chipped. 129 & [2] pages. Good. Second printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This is "The Musical Quarterly", Volume XXVIII, No. 3, being the July 1932 issue. It was edited by Carl Engel, and published by G. Schirmer in New York. There is a lot of history and a lot of information in this international issue. There are fascinating scholarly articles revealing detailed information. As always, with this important journal, the issue is particularly rich in material. CONTENTS ** Tobacco and Coffee in Music - by Charles Van Den Borren ** Shaw, Wells, Binyon and Music - by Basil Maine ** Monteverdi - by G. Francesco Malipiero ** Modern Italian Composers - by Guido M. Gatti ** The Musical Clock of Marie Antoinette - by Julien Tiersot ** Chopin and Jenny Lind - by Martial Douël ** The Cradle of the Parsifal Legend by Max Unger ** The Art of the Symphonic Poem - by R. W. S. Mendl ** Ludwig Thuille - by Edgar Istel ** Ceremonial Dances of the Spanish Basques - by Violet Alford ** Views and Reviews ** Quarterly Book List TITLE : The Musical Quarterly ISSUE : Vol. XVIII, No. 3 DATE : July 1932 EDITOR : Carl Engel IMPRINT : G. Schirmer STATUS : Out of Print - OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Quarterly journal; contains several sepia pictures reproduced in halftone, as well as a considerable amount of printed music; volume pages 355 - 505 + Contents page; + 18 pages of back material; 6 1/2" x 9 3/4"; printed wraps, sewn and glued. Publisher's ornamental devices placed centrally on rear cover. CONDITION -- GOOD PLUS -- This is a previously owned book which remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars and imperfections noted : EXTERIOR : Spine has abrasion and small loss at the extremities - the spine is considerably creased along its length, with splitting evident. Front cover has modest surface rub, a touch of weathering and smudging and one small damp stain; on the bottom front edge is a small, curved tear, approximately 1 inch in length, with attendant small loss; small loss to bottom front edge, next to spine; soft bumps to corner tips; mild weathering, else clean. Rear cover has weathering, small spotting, chipping with small loss about edges. BINDING : The paper used for the cover is somewhat brittle. There is evidence of mending neatly effected to the cover attachment. The issue opens widely, and there are a few places where the text-block is cracked - however no leaves are detached, and the whole remains intact. It must be considered as fragile. INTERIOR : Paper is slightly toned, else the interior is clean and free of marking and marginalia, free of writing, and has no signatures.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1933. First Edition. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gift note inked on the front free endpaper, else a clean, tight, unmarked, fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. 129 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dustjacket has some wear to edges, some spotting on page edges, text clean, Preface by Sir Henry Wood. 178 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Published by Thomas Ltd, London, Book.

Condition: Good. 1938. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Colour photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Frontis is loose. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spinez.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers have some light staining. Spine is beginning to chip.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. A Soundly Bound Book, No Inscriptions, No Damage. Dustjacket Has Edge And Corner Wear But Not Clipped And No Loss. Not Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition.

Condition: Very Good. Duckworth 1/1/48 Binding: Unknown red c; in mylar protective wraps; 127 pages; indexbibliography; lite sunning of spne Illustrator: Frontis PublishPlace: London Size: 12 vo.

Cloth. Condition: About VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Second Printing. Articles by Maine from 'The Listener' and 'Musical Opinion' in Britain, mainly from the 1930's. Preface by Sir Adrian Boult. 2nd printing, 8vo, 129pp. Hardcover in black cloth, no dustjacket. Clean, tight copy. Cloth covers slightly age-worn. Weight, 218g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with light marks etc.

Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 156 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Chopin: Great Lives No. 22. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 152 pp., A volume in the Discussion Books series.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is mostly clean with some tone spots - prev. owner name to ffep. Complete DJ with some edge wear and a tape repair.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, light soiling, small tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Being a set of variants to mark the cmpletion of thirty year's practice in the uncertain science of music criticism. Vg dj in plastic cover. Dusty edges.