A book collector is interested in the first edition,
but an author is more interested in the tenth.
Beare, Charles (Carlson, Bruce): Stradivari the Cremona Exhibition of 1987
J.& A. Beare , London, 1993; 328 + 2pp.; Folio;
360 coloured illustrations and 63 b/w, featuring 44 instruments and 2 bows, NEW £270
Vatelot, Etienne : Les Archets Francais, 2 Vol. 1976 1.Ed. NEW £950
Hopfner Rudolf : Meisterwerke der Geigenbaukunst. Masterpieces of Violin-Making :
The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. NEW £65
Senn, Walter & Roy, Karl. Jakob Stainer, Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, 1617-1683.
Bochinsky 1988. out of print. The seminal work on this influential maker, Text mainly in German, many ill. NEW £250
Le Canu: Les Luthiers Francais - Vol.3 : Paris 1993, preface by Bernard Millant; 88pp, col.ill NEW £80
Bonetti, Carlo and Daniel Draley : A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers 1500-1740
The Maecenas Press,1989, Very rare. limited edition, dark leather only 120 copies. £450
Dvorák , Antonín 100. 1841-1941. Prag An anniversary publication: . £40
Henley, William. Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers, Vol. 1 - 5, 1959, leather bound in one volume. £250
Hill, William Henry The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family (1626 - 1762) 1980.Quarter-Leather. As New £180
Jalovec, Karel : Houslari Italie - Italian Violin Makers 1948 A very rare first edition, 20 issues £120
(Amati) : Andrea Zanrè (Ed.) The Girolamo Amati Viola - Galleria Estense £100
(Brescia - Conference Catalogue) Liuteria e Musica strumentale a Brescia tra Cinque e Seicento 2 Volumes RARE £80
Pilar Vladimir. & Sramek, F. Umeni Houslaru - The Art of (Czech-) Violin-Makers £180
Dennis Plowright (British violin maker): Dictionary of British Violin and Bow Makers, 1994 £20
Doring, Ernest: The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers Chicago, Illinois: William Lewis & Son, 1949. £220
Doring, Ernest W. : Violins & Violinists collection 1938 - 1960 + newsletters. Scarce £1700
Apian-Bennewitz, Paul Otto. Die Geige £60
Sotheby's. Musical Instruments. Lady Blunt violin auction 14. November 1985 £40
Riemann Musik Lexikon 5 Vol. £60
Blume, F. (Ed.) Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. hardback, leather (16 vols) £200
Altmann, Frank Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon. 2 Teile in 3 Bänden.
Hard to find standard work, in German, £100
Confalonieri Giulio. Storia della musica, 2 Vols. £50
Auerbach: An Eye for Music (ltd. ed.) £40
Brancour: Histoire des instruments £10
Broadhouse: Violin, how to... (Reeves) £10
Constant: Les Facteurs d'instruments de musique,
1976 Minkoff £30
De Pontecoulant: Organographie. Essai sur la Facture
Instrumentale, Amsterdam, 2 Vol. 1972 reprint £50
Dolmetsch: Interpretation of the Music of the
17th. & 18th. Centuries £10
Kenneson: A Cellist's Guide 1974 £20
Malusi: Il Violoncello £25
Stainer: Dictionary of Violin Makers £5
Tumminello: Il Liutaio £20
Wasielewski: The Violoncello 1884 £50 |
