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Small Volume Set on Music and Opera

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(5) MAURICE SENDAK BOOKS: Fuve bookss written and illustrated by Sendak, which includes a small four volume set Dimensions: (Largest) H 14" x W 10.5" Condition: All used.

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5VOL JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, COMPLETE WORKS, VELLUM, 1549: Five volume set. Diui Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opera Omnia by Saint John Chrysostom. Published in 1548-1549 in Venice. The Complete Works Saint John Chrysostom. Books are

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Grove's Dict. of Music & Musicians, 6-vols.: “Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Complete 5-Volume Set” with the hard-to-find American Supplemental 6th volume. The acknowledged best source for serious musical research and referen

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(2) volume set - FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ( NOUVELLE EDITION) PARIS 1839. Some light foxing, one spine: (2) volume set - FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ( NOUVELLE EDITION) PARIS 1839. Some light foxing, one spine has small tear at bottom, nice decorative leather bindings. Books in this auction come from a fine

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Snopes A Trilogy 3 Volume Set by William Faulkner: Snopes A Trilogy (The Mansion, The Town, The Hamlet) 3 Volume Set by William Faulkner William Faulkner Random House New York Small town life 1957 Random House New York 1957 Hardcover Edition Issued Wi

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1713 Leather Latin Poetry Folio: Opera et Fragmenta Veterum Poetarum Latinorum…, by Michael Mattaire, printed by J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, and J. Tonson, Two volume set printed at London 1713. In period leather binding, 1752 pages pl

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Three Fine Art Books: Including two volume set entitled The New Gallery of British Art, Containing One Hundred and Twenty-one Engravings on Steelâ€¦, D. Appleton & Co., N.Y.C., n.d., circa 1880's, small folio (11x 14")

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2 SIMILAR BOUND MID-19th CENTURY MUSIC VOLUMES . ca: 2 SIMILAR BOUND MID-19th CENTURY MUSIC VOLUMES . ca 1880s. 1 "Duetts / Piano" & operas, the other w/Scottish & English piano-forte music w/colorful engr. plates & b/w illustr., 3/4 marbled boards, w/b

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The Model Music Course 1895 1st Ed: The Model Music Course For Schools by John A. Broekhoven and A. J. Gantvoort. Published by The John Church Company 1895 and 1896. Complete set Volumes 1-6 plus the primer and manual. All in Good to ve

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Collection of eight small (5 1/4" x 3 5/8") volumes on music and opera, uniform red cloth with gilt spines, a few with line illustrations; Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1940-1949. Most by Helen L. Kaufman. All Very Good. 1. The Little Book of Music Anecdotes. 2. The Little Dictionary of Music Terms. 3. The Little History of Music. 4. The Little Guide to Music Appreciation. 5. The Story of Orchestral Music and Its Times. 6. The Story of 100 Symphonic Favorites. 7. The Stdory of a Hundred Operas. 8. The Story of One Hundred Great Composers.

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Small Volume Set on Music and Opera

Name: Small Volume Set on Music and Opera
SKU: 122710324
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