Elijah Oratorio by Bartholdy Felix Mendelssohn Bartholomew (7 results)

Half Calf. Condition: Good. EARLY EDITION. The Words selected from the Old Testament, The English Version by W. Bartholomew, Esq. The Music Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy OP. 70. Piano-forte arrangment by Author. Designed borders. Price, 36/ Separate Voice parts 24/ In Cloth Boards.38/ 279 pgs. Half calf, boards rubbed and worn, front joint cracked. Frontis reaffixed and little untidily. Bears a leather gilt label pasted to the front board bearing the name of W H Salt. Circa 1840-1850. Minor insect damage to front margin, not affecting image. The rest of the book is very clean. An antiquarian piece offered at a price to sell. Weighs over 2.5 kg. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Cracked hinge. Endpapers marked. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription/signature inside cover. Undated, inscription dated 1884. Wear/marking to cover, split along spine. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ELIJAH. AN ORATORIO. NOVELLO'S POCKET EDITION. THE ENGLISH VERSION BY WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW. 1903.A very rare edition of this book, not seen advertised elsewhere. It is a very good condition, copy. Some rubbing and darkening to edges of boards, and some bumps to top and bottom of spines, the publishing/title page has come loose. To add to its mystery, there is an interesting owners label attached, advising it was once owned by the vicar of St. Matthews Church, West Town - dated 1907. A very interesting copy of this book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition early printing c. 1847 with bound-in errors page at the front.Quarto hardback Marbled boards with half leather spine and corners, marbled end papers and page block. . Engraved frontispiece portrait viii + 279 pages Good condition Spine chipped and a little repaired with slight loss at top corner. Corners and edges rubbed. Original owner's personal gilt leather label on front cover.

Hard back binding in publisher's original deep maroon cloth covered thin card boards, blocked and lettered gilt front. Octavo. 10'' x 7''. Contains (viii), 200 pp musical score with words. Rubbing across the spine caps and corners, foxing to the end papers. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boston: Reed, first edition. No publishing date (circa 1850?) 8vo. Cloth. 296 p. Index. A musical score for the oratorio Elijah, the words selected from the Old Testament, the English version, by Bartholomew and the music composed by Bartholdy. Op. 70, with piano-forte arrangement by the author. Green blindstamped boards with gilt lettering show wear and rubbing. Foxing. Damp stain to top of pages in second half of book. Frontispiece portrait of the Bartholdy. Very good.

Leather/cloth. Condition: Good. First Thus. Black leather spine, five bands, Gilt title, wear, chips, boards tight. On Title page; rebound for Leed Fostiva? by myself Sept, 1858. The Words selected from the Old Testament, The English Version by W. Bartholomew, Esq. The Music Composted by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy OP. 70. Piano-forte arrangment by Author. Designed borders. Price, 36/ Separate Voice parts 24/ In Cloth Boards.38/ 279 pgs. Rare 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Owners Name.