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101st Concert to be held at the Liverpool Institute, Mount Street, on Thursday Evening, Mar. 15, 1894, Commencing at a Quarter to Eight o'clock

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Handlewy Brothers, Printers, Liverpool, 1894,

Seller ID: 96651

(Societa Armonica). 101st Concert to be held at the Liverpool Institute, Mount Street, on Thursday Evening, Mar. 15, 1894, Commencing at a Quarter to Eight o'clock. Liverpool [UK} : Handlewy Brothers, Printers, (1894). Pp [1]-6,(2). 8vo, grey stapled wrappers, lettered in red. The programme for the event. Tears to spine ends, staples rusted, unevenly browned, else good. 25.00
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6th Annual Competitive Music Festival, Sponsored by Halifax Conservatory ofMusic, Dalhousie Gymnasium, May 20 - 21- 22 -23 Daylight Time. Official P rogramme

By: Halifax Conservatory of Music

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Conservatory of Music, Halifax , 1940,

Seller ID: 79853

(Halifax Conservatory of Music). 6th Annual Competitive Music Festival, Sponsored by Halifax Conservatory of Music, Dalhousie Gymnasium, May 20 – 21- 22 – 23 Daylight Time. Official Programme. (Halifax : Halifax Conservatory of Music, 1940). Pp (16) unpaginated. 8vo, tan stapled wrappers. Rubbed, pencilled notes throughout, else good. Ex-libris Phyllis Blakeley (Nova Scotia Provincial Archivist). 25.00Keywords :
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A Cellarful of Noise. First Edition in dust jacket

By: EPSTEIN, Brian

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Souvenir Press : 1964

Seller ID: 117235

EPSTEIN, Brian. A Cellarful of Noise. (London) : Souvenir Press, (1964). First Edition. "Printed in Great Britain by Northumberland Press Limited". Pp (8),9-132 + 12 leaves of b&w photos. With a few other illustrations in the text. 8vo (148 x 224 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Brian Samuel Epstein (b. September 19, 1934, Liverpool, England – 27 August 27, 1967, London). "This is the story of an extraordinary young man and the talent he extracted and moulded from Liverpool, his seaport birth place. Inevitably it is the story of the Beatles and Britain's top stars, for...
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A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged in dustjacket

By: WELLESZ, Egon

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press : 1961

Seller ID: 50504

WELLESZ, Egon. A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1961. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Pp (6),[v]-xiii,(1),[1]-461,(3) + frontispiece plus seven plates at the rear. 8vo (170 x 241 mm), dark pink cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Egon Joseph Wellesz (b. October 21, 1885, Vienna – d. November 9, 1974, Oxford). A definitive record in the field of Byzantine musicology, useful not only to those interested in Byzantine studies, but also to students of Eastern Liturgy. Introduction : A Survey of Studies in Byzantine Music and Hymngraphy. ...
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A Mingled Chime : An Autobiography. Second American Printing in dust jacket, Signed

By: BEECHAM, Thomas, Sir.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1943, : 1943

Seller ID: 90696

BEECHAM, Thomas, Sir. A Mingled Chime : An Autobiography by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1943). Second American Printing. "Manufactured in the United States of America". Pp (8),[1]-330,(2). 8vo (160 x 233 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (b. April 29, 1879, St Helens, Lancashire – d. March 8, 1961, London) was an English conductor and impresario, and was a major influence on the musical life of Britain. There is a b&w photo of him on the rear jacket panel. 1. Infancy. 2. Early Childhood. 3. Later Childh...
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A Night at the Opera. Biblioasis Edition.

By: SMITH, Ray.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Biblioasis / Renditions, 2007, : 2007

Seller ID: 111640

ISBN-13: 9781897231111

SMITH, Ray. A Night at the Opera. A novel. [No place] : Biblioasis / Renditions, (2007). "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (6),7-249,(7). 8vo (145 x 222 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with white lettering to covers & spine. Ray Smith, né James Raymond Smith, (b. 1941 - d. June 20, 2019, Mabou, Cape Breton) is from Mabou, Cape Breton, and largely grew up in Halifax. A new edition of Cape Breton author Ray Smith's Hugh MacLennan Fiction Prize-winning novel, arranged in 7 parts. "First published in 1992, the award winning 'A Night at the Opera' is set in the small German...
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A Night at the Opera. First Edition

By: SMITH, Ray

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill : 1992

Seller ID: 13858

ISBN-13: 9780889841376

SMITH, Ray. A Night at the Opera. (Erin, Ontario) : The Porcupine's Quill, (1992). First Edition. "Typeset, printed and bound by The Porcupine's Quill". Pp (6),7-234,(6). 8vo (140 x 221 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with white & gilt lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, black lettering to rear cover. Ray Smith, né James Raymond Smith, (b. 1941 - d. June 20, 2019, Mabou, Cape Breton) is from Mabou, Cape Breton, and largely grew up in Halifax. A Hugh MacLennan Fiction Prize-winning novel, arranged in 7 parts. "What a night it would be! The small Germa...
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A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. First Edition

By: HARRIS, Carol E. MURRAY, Elizabeth

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, 1998, : 1998

Seller ID: 31459

ISBN-13: 9781895686999

HARRIS, Carol E. A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, (1998). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by: Hignell Printing Limited". Pp [1]-192. With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated semi-glossy card covers, with white lettering to spine. Elizabeth 'Betty' Kathleen Murray (b. January 2, 1917, Tatamagouche - d. June 15, 1996, Halifax). Carol Elizabeth Harris (b. 1940) was teaching ath the University of Victoria at the time of publication. "This vivid portrayal of the late Eli...
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A Sentinel on the Street : St. Matthew's United Church Halifax 1749-1999 First Edition

By: TOWNSEND, Elizabeth MORGAN, Laura B. FINGARD, Judith. MORGAN, Graham.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nimbus, Halifax, 1999 : 1999

Seller ID: 40208

ISBN-13: 9781551092881

TOWNSEND, Elizabeth, Laura B. MORGAN, Judith FINGARD and Graham MORGAN. With Margaret C. FAY and Shelley Davis FINSON. A Sentinel on the Street : St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, 1749-1999. (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., (1999). First Printing. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp. (7),viii-xii,1-193,(3). With 43 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. 8vo (163 x 238 mm), semi-glossy purple art- and photo-illustrated card covers, with white lettering to spine, yellow lettering to covers. The history of the downtown Halifax mainstay. "For over 140 years, St. ...
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A Story as Sharp as a Knife. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World. First Folio Edition

By: BRINGHURST, Robert

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Folio Society : 2015

Seller ID: 81413

BRINGHURST, Robert. A Story as Sharp as a Knife. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World. Introduced by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Don Yeomans. London : The Folio Society, 2015. First Folio Edition. Printed in Germany. Pp (4),v-xxi,(5),3-534,(2). Illustrated throughout with photos (both colour and b&w), maps and the art of Yeomans. 8vo (164 x 252 mm), art-illustrated light brown cloth, with black lettering to spine. Robert Bringhurst, O.C. (b. October 16, 1946, Los Angeles). Don Yeomans (b. 1958, Prince Rupert, British Columbia). Fist published by the University of ...
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A Venture in Faith : Bayers Road United Baptist Church. First Edition, Signed

By: Bayers Road United Baptist Church). McGRAY, George McGRAY, George S., Rev.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 1988, ISBN:088999398x : 1988

Seller ID: 57047

ISBN-13: 9780889993983

(Bayers Road United Baptist Church). McGRAY, George S., Rev. A Venture in Faith : Bayers Road United Baptist Church. N.pl. [Halifax] : n.pub. [Bayers Road United Baptist Church], (1988). First Edition. "Printed 1988 by Lancelot Press, Hantsport, N.S.". Pp (3),4-239,(1). With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (139 x 203 mm), photo-illustrated white cardcovers, with black lettering to spine. Rev. Dr. George Stanley McGray (b. November 2, 1914, Arcadia,Yarmouth County - d. April 27, 2004, Halifax) was Pastor Emeritus at the time of publication. Preface. Church Covenant. 1. The Vision. ...
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A-24. First Edition

By: ZUKOFSKY, Louis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Grossman Publishers, New York , 1972,

Seller ID: 92610

ZUKOFSKY, Louis. “A”-24. New York : Grossman Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Pp (10),[1]-242,(4). 8vo, metallic green panel and white lettering to spine, top edge dyed maroon. “A-24 concludes Louis Zukofsky's long poem “A”, reaffirming Hayden Carruth's belief that Zukofsky “is a distinctly modern poet, vigorously contemporary, but vigorously traditional as well.” For “A”-24 is a masque, “Celia's L.Z. Masque,” and if the formal masque, combining words and music, is an old, even archaic, literary form, Zulofsky's is startlingly modern. It is scored for five voices: music (Handel's “Harpsichord ...
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Acadia University Songs

By: Acadia University)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Athenaeum Society of Acadia University, Wolfville, 1910,

Seller ID: 35882

(Acadia University). Acadia University Songs. (Wolfville) : Published for Athenaeum Society of Acadia University, n.d. [1910?]. Pp (8),1-80. 4to, illustrated maroon cloth. Covers faded and stained, else very good. 35.00
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Acadians of the Maritimes : Thematic Studies. First Edition, paperback.

By: DAIGLE, Jean. THERIAULT, Leon. ARSENAULT, Samuel. BASTARACHE, Michel.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, Moncton, 1982, ISBN:091691021 : 1982

Seller ID: 29666

ISBN: 091691021

DAIGLE, Jean. The Acadians of the Maritimes : Thematic Studies. Edited by Jean Daigle. Moncton, N.B. : Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1982. First Edition. Pp (9),[9]-637,(3). With some illustrations and maps in the text. 8vo, illustrated card covers with whtie spine. Maillet, Bibliographie des publications de l'Acadie des provinces maritimes: livres et brochures, 1609-1995 41. Contents : Acadia, 1604-1763, An Historical Synthesis (by Jean Daigle); Acadia, 1763-1978. An Historical Synthesis (by Léon Thêriault); Geography and the Acadians (by Samuel P. Arseneault); Settlement and Population ...
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Acadians. First Edition

By: PARETTE, Henri-Dominique

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Four East Publications : 1991

Seller ID: 8428

ISBN-13: 9780920427309

PARETTE, Henri-Dominique. Acadians. (Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1991). First Edition. "printed by McCurdy Printing & Typesetting Limited". Pp (4),v-vi,7-197,(3). With 57 b&w photos and a few other illustrations in the text. 8vo (151 x 228 mm), art- and photo-illustrated glossy white card covers, with blue lettering to covers & spine. In the Peoples of the Maritimes series. Maillet, Bibliographie des publications de l'Acadie des provinces maritimes : livres et brochures, 1609-1995 1654. Henri-Dominique Parette (b. 1950) is a Nova Scotian Acadian. There is a b&w photo of h...
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Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. reprint

By: DAVY, John GOONERATNE, Yasmine Ceylon Historical Journal, Vol. 16

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, Dehiwala, Ceylon, 1969,

Seller ID: 112121

DAVY, John. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. Complete and unabridged from the original editionof 1821. With an introduction by Yasmine Gooneratne. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Dehiwala, Ceylon : Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, (March 1969). Facsimile Reprint. 8vo, white card covers, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in black and illustrated in red, in a matching dustjacket. Contents : Part I. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and o f its Inhabitants: 1. Name. Geographical outlines. Rocks. Minerals. Soils. ...
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Adelina Patti : Queen of Hearts

By: CONE, John Frederick PATTI, Adelina) KAUFMAN, Thomas G. MORAN, William R.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Scolar Press, Aldershot, Hants., 1993, ISBN:1859280048

Seller ID: 100653

(PATTI, Adelina). CONE, John Frederick. Adelina Patti : Queen of Hearts. Chronology by Thomas G. Kaufman. Discography by William R. Moran. [Foreword by the Earl of Harewood. Introduction by Robert Tuggle]. (Aldershot, Hants.): Scolar Press, (1993). First Printing. Pp. (4),v-xxi,(3),1-400, including frontispiece, + 97 p. of plates, 7 of which are in colour. Illustrated. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt signature to front board, gilt titles to spine. "She was a favourite among royalty and composers alike, especially Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Verdi, who declared her 'an artist by natu...
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Adolf Busch : The Life of an Honest Musician. Volume One: 1891-1939. VolumeTwo: 1939-52. First Edition in dustjackets

By: POTTER, Tully

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Toccata Press, London, 2010, ISBN:9780907689508 : 2010

Seller ID: 115995

ISBN-13: 9780907689508

POTTER, Tully. Adolf Busch : The Life of an Honest Musician. Volume One: 1891-1939. Volume Two: 1939-52. (London) : Toccata Press, (2010). First Edition. Pp (13),14-702,(2); (8),705-1423,(7). Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spines. Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (b August 8, 1891, Siegen, Westphalia – d. June 9, 1952, Guilford, Vermont). Tully Potter (b. 1942, Edinburgh). "Adolf Busch (1891-1952) was not only an all-round musician; he was also a moral beacon in troubled times. Now remembered as the first violin of the Busch String Quartet, which he founded in 1912, he wa...
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Adonis and the Alphabet and Other Essays. First British Edition, Second Binding in dust jacket

By: HUXLEY, Aldous

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1956, : 1956

Seller ID: 772

HUXLEY, Aldous. Adonis and the Alphabet And Other Essays. London : Chatto & Windus, 1956. First British Edition, Second Binding. Pp. (8),[9]-285,(3). 8vo [132 x 202 mm], lime green cloth, with blue lettering to spine. Bromer, Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley, A72.2.2. Aldous Leonard Huxley (b. July 26, 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England – d. November 22, 1963, Los Angeles County, California). "This new book of essays demonstrates afresh the unorthodox, wide-ranging quality of Huxley's mind. He is concerned, throughout, with modern man...
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Adventures of Olar, the Lucky Polar Bear

By: FISHER, Stan FISHER, Stephen

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Broken Finger Press, Boston, 2007, ISBN:9780978300708

Seller ID: 113016

FISHER, Stan. The Adventures of Olar, the "Lucky" Polar Bear. Concept/Story: Stan Fisher. Illustrations: Stephen Fisher. [Boston? .: (Broken Finger Press, 2007). Printed by Gaspereau Press. Pp (3),4-38,(2). Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, illustrated white stapled card covers, lettered in black. An illustrated children's story based on an actual event. "On Oct 16th 1998 provincial wildlife authorities kept watch overnight, on a nnlar bear trapped on a ledge overlooking Quidi Vidi Gut. The animal had swum into the harbour around 5:00 pm. Police had to put traffic control intco place becaus...
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