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Chatto & Windus, 1985. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hogarth Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

NY: October House, nd (1967). Red cloth. Owner's signature on endpape, else clean tight bright copy: VG+/VG+ dj (price-clipped). 8vo. Black and white frontispiece. First edition

New York: Penguin Books. 1948. Softcover. Good in wrappers. Toning throughout. Scuffing to panels. Loose fitting panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Two short tears at the upper spine tip of the book; previous owner's penciled name and an inked notation to the front endpaper, penciled underlinings scattered through the text. No jacket. On British sheets. First printing, no others noted.From the preface: "Avoiding both the pigeon hole and the blackboard I have tried to trace a connecting line between the apparently diverse and contradictory manifestations of contemporary music.... The book as a whole is meant to be a non-technical presentation of the position the composer (and, for that matter, the listener) finds himself in today.." Constant Lambert's good friend, Anthony Powell, based the character Hugh Moreland on him. Moreland, a pivotal character in the 12 novel work A Dance to the Music of Time, is one of the most beloved and poignant creations among Powell's readers. From Wikipedia: "An expert on painting,… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, much more to the jacket which is chipped with several short closed tears and creases; short tear at the upper spine tip of the book; foxing to the endpapers and more scattered throughout the pages, previous owner's penciled notes to the rear endpaper. On British sheets. First printing, no others noted.From the preface: "Avoiding both the pigeon hole and the blackboard I have tried to trace a connecting line between the apparently diverse and contradictory manifestations of contemporary music.... The book as a whole is meant to be a nontechnical presentation of the position the composer (and, for that matter, the listener) finds himself in today.." Constant Lambert's good friend, Anthony Powell, based the character Hugh Moreland on him. Moreland, a pivotal character in the twelve novel work A Dance to the Music of Time, is one of the… Read More