The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Volumes 1-20. A Twenty Volume Set. by Sadie, Stanley, ed - 1994

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Half-Leather. Very Good. Complete eight-volume set, each volume bound in half-leather with marbled boards borded in gilt, banded spines with gilt titles and decoration, gilded head edges, marbled endpapers. Pages clean save for mild toning in the margins throughout, a small and faintly inky water stain at the lower bound corners of Volume III, mild rippling along the head edges in Volume V, and small water stains at the heel edges of three other volumes; all bindings remain square and tight, the leather somewhat darkened about the spine heel on five volumes and worn with occasional spots of exposure at the free corners, more gently rubbed at spine ends, with the occasional nick or scratch along the spine and occasional, mild flaking along front hinges, the marbled boards showing chipping at head and heel edges and surface scuffs on the back of Volume VIII and on the front of Volume VI, otherwise lovely. xix + 625, xvi + 699, xii + 591, xv + 606, xvi + 602,… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1880. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. HAWTHORNE'S WORKS published in 1889 as a 23-volume set half-bound in calf. Spines have six compartments with series title and volume titles in gilt. Sextodecimo 6.75" tall, 4.25" wide. Most bear the bookplate of Eleanor Vinton, 2nd poet laureate of New Hampshire. Set includes: THE SCARLET LETTER, HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, FANSHAWE, OUR OLD HOME, SEPTIMUS FELTON, MARBLE FAUN, BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, TWICE TOLD TALES, WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, TANGLEWOOD TALES, DOLLIVER ROMANCE, SNOW IMAGE, GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR, AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS, ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS, and FRENCH & ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS. Condition -- most endpapers lightly foxed with dampstain to edges, but no foxing or dampstain to textblock in any volume. Rubbing to leather on some spines. SCARLET LETTER front hinge starting, & several small stains to front endpapers. Joints sound on… Read More

various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Read More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the colophon of the first volume. Limited First Edition / First Printing. Number of 126 of 1200 copies. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine. Vintage original Art Deco style owner bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Please note: The pages are unopened.. The title on the title page of the books is "The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill." The title on the spine reads "Collected Plays of Eugene O'Neill.

London: The Soncino Press, 1935. 1st Edition . Original Cloth w. Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo- Big. 1935-1952. COMPLETE SET of 35 volumes, incl. Index Volume. Upper edges gilt. WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS. Two of the volumes have the original dust jackets from other volumes (originally from other volume numbers) and have a small paper label added to fit them to their correct volume number (please see last photograph) On one volume the dust jacket has a small missing part at the spine side only. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD , CLEAN AND FRESH COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH SONCINO TALMUD. (very heavy item: 3 parcels of a total over 50 kg , additional shipping fees will apply for US postage+ $ 400, to Europe postage+ $ 180)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Half-Leather. Very Good. Complete eight-volume set, each volume bound in half-leather with marbled boards borded in gilt, banded spines with gilt titles and decoration, gilded head edges, marbled endpapers. Pages clean save for mild toning in the margins throughout, a small and faintly inky water stain at the lower bound corners of Volume III, mild rippling along the head edges in Volume V, and small water stains at the heel edges of three other volumes; all bindings remain square and tight, the leather somewhat darkened about the spine heel on five volumes and worn with occasional spots of exposure at the free corners, more gently rubbed at spine ends, with the occasional nick or scratch along the spine and occasional, mild flaking along front hinges, the marbled boards showing chipping at head and heel edges and surface scuffs on the back of Volume VIII and on the front of Volume VI, otherwise lovely. xix + 625, xvi + 699, xii + 591, xv + 606, xvi + 602,… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1880. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. HAWTHORNE'S WORKS published in 1889 as a 23-volume set half-bound in calf. Spines have six compartments with series title and volume titles in gilt. Sextodecimo 6.75" tall, 4.25" wide. Most bear the bookplate of Eleanor Vinton, 2nd poet laureate of New Hampshire. Set includes: THE SCARLET LETTER, HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, FANSHAWE, OUR OLD HOME, SEPTIMUS FELTON, MARBLE FAUN, BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, TWICE TOLD TALES, WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, TANGLEWOOD TALES, DOLLIVER ROMANCE, SNOW IMAGE, GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR, AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS, ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS, and FRENCH & ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS. Condition -- most endpapers lightly foxed with dampstain to edges, but no foxing or dampstain to textblock in any volume. Rubbing to leather on some spines. SCARLET LETTER front hinge starting, & several small stains to front endpapers. Joints sound on… Read More

various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Read More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the colophon of the first volume. Limited First Edition / First Printing. Number of 126 of 1200 copies. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine. Vintage original Art Deco style owner bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Please note: The pages are unopened.. The title on the title page of the books is "The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill." The title on the spine reads "Collected Plays of Eugene O'Neill.

London: The Soncino Press, 1935. 1st Edition . Original Cloth w. Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo- Big. 1935-1952. COMPLETE SET of 35 volumes, incl. Index Volume. Upper edges gilt. WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS. Two of the volumes have the original dust jackets from other volumes (originally from other volume numbers) and have a small paper label added to fit them to their correct volume number (please see last photograph) On one volume the dust jacket has a small missing part at the spine side only. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD , CLEAN AND FRESH COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH SONCINO TALMUD. (very heavy item: 3 parcels of a total over 50 kg , additional shipping fees will apply for US postage+ $ 400, to Europe postage+ $ 180)