Search Results: Music from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Plexus Publishing Ltd, London, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photography. In this photograhic tribute to Bob Marley, close friend and celebrated photographer Dennis Morris, pays tribute to an artist and performer who became a spiritual avatar to millions. Morris photographed Marley at almost every point in his career and the resulting images are intimate shots that could only have been taken by a trusted friend, capturing the essence of the man and his many moods. MorrisÂ’s own recollections of Marley accompany the images, along with quotations from Marley that reveal his thoughts on life, politics and being black in a white manÂ’s world. Together the text and images show a hitherto unseen Bob Marley, offering insights into his life on the road, in the studio, onstage and at home in Jamaica with his family. The book also has a complete discography of Marley recordings. Illustrated with both colour and black-and-white plates, some double… Read More

Piatkus, London, 2004. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, discography and index. The text is illustrated with eight pages of colour photography between pages 118 and 119. Colour photographic card cover with pink and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and reading creases present to the backstrip. Age toning of the textblock edges and internal pages. The biography of the front man of the Irish band U2 – Bono. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (10), 244, (2) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Ireland; music. ISBN: 0749923792. ISBN/EAN: 9780749923792. Inventory No: 0113279. . 9780749923792

Windsor Press, New York, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover (Illustrated Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Sir William Gilbert. Publisher's notice. The text is illustrated with small black and white line drawings by Sir William Gilbert. Dark red coloured textured cloth covered boards with gilt and blue coloured embossed illustrations, and, gilt embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top text edge. The book includes – . H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor . The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty . The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu and, . The Bab Ballads. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. A little bumping of the lower book edges. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Offset tanning to the end pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V, [1] 698, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Sir… Read More

Hardie Grant Books, South Yarra, Victoria, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. At the rear of the book there are eight pages of album covers. Illustrated end pages, being bands and rock musicians names placed against a charcoal grey background. Each of the entries within the book have either a colour or a black-and-white photo accompanying. White coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with silver, black and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The book is listed alphabetically, from Abba through to ZZ Top, with a small potted biography of each artist listed. Minor rubbing of the back strip corners and book corners. There is a brown stain that runs around the book on the lower edge. Creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. First Australian Edition. Size: Square Quarto. [3], 4 - 512 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator:… Read More

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Foreword by editor, index of titles and index of librettists and Authors. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. A little bumping of the book corners and softening of the back strip edges. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. A couple of insect marks to the free front end page and insect damage to the top left hand corner of the same page. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Full number line. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [8], 1474, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Music; Opera; ISBN: 1884822797. ISBN/EAN: 9781884822797. Inventory No: 0289979. . 9781884822797

Albert & Son Pty. Ltd, Sydney, No date. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Illustrated paper cover with red, black and white coloured titles to the front panel. A small booklet with the lyrics of songs that were once sung by Black and White minstrel's. Songs include Sweet and Low, A Bicycle Built for Two and You Stepped Out Of a Dream. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing to the book panels. Very light age toning of the pages. Original price sticker to the lower edge of the front panel. Size: 16mo (very small). 27 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Music; Inventory No: 0117224. .

Macmillan & ABC, South Melbourne, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 1.15 kg; VIII, 248 pages, last page blank, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, facsimiles of documents, and colour photographs. Indexed. Colour illustrated dust jacket. John Cargher gives a state-by-state account of the individual opera companies, the saga of the famous -- or infamous -- and a history of all the State opera houses, as well as being a study of singers, composers, directors, designers, musicians and administrators who have helped to create the current well-publicised opera boom. A nice clean copy, no damage to describe, dust jacket without damage also. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music; ISBN: 0333478673. ISBN/EAN: 9780333478677. Inventory No: 0272788. . 9780333478677

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 500 g; 248pp., list of illustrations, acknowledgements and index. Text is illustrated with 30 black-and-white photographs from the Golden era of musical theatre. Maroon coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a chorus line of girls, with yellow and white writing on the front panel and spine. The history of the association of Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, who teamed up in the 1930s to write musical theatre. Faint offset tanning of front and rear end pages, otherwise the book itself is in fine condition. The dustjacket, is missing the top edge of the spine section, and has tears at both top and bottom of the spine and at the top of the front and rear fold overs. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category:… Read More

Pelican Books (Penguin), Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1951. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: musical nomenclature. previous owner's details on the front cover and scratched out on the top of the first page, age toning of the page edges, and the summer marginalia from the previous owner who was a teacher at Melbourne's Scots College. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: musical nomenclature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: music; Inventory No: 0255828. .

Pelican Books (Penguin), Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: musical nomenclature. Apart from the staples having pulled through the first page, there is no damage to describe. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: musical nomenclature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: music; Inventory No: 0272409. .

Peer International Corporation, New York, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 g.; (3] 4-148 pages, about this book, acknowledgements, four appendices, photo credits and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, music scores, reproduction of documents and reproduction of record covers. Black-and-white photographic front cover with green and white titles to the front panel and bring titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners, either side of the book spine and there are reading creases to the backstrip. Rubbing to the book panels and edges. Browning and faint foxing to the text block edges. A Biography of the 1950's rocker Buddy Holly with a selection of his music reproduced. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Biography -- Arts; Music Score;… Read More

Macmillan, London, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. the top edge of the text block is darkened with age and has traces of spotting. Internally the book is clean, and free of annotation. Illustrated with 2 sections of black-and-white plates, and index. Illustrated dustjacket showing no damage. The author has gained exclusive access to an exceptional archive of never seen before letters,, Contracts and personal memorabilia which dispel the many mystery still lingering around Buddy's name and allow the reader to share some of the most intimate moments in his brief but crowd of life. The book was published on the 60th anniversary of Buddy's birth. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 416 pages. there is a marking pen stripe on the bottom edge of the text block.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film, Television… Read More

Melbourne Books, Melbourne, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & advertisements. a secondhand copy that is free of damage, but does have annotations on the title page from Mick Conway and Jim Conway (signatures). The book is illustrated with colour and also black-and-white photographs and advertisements for various performances. The use of language would mean that most children should not be allowed to read the book. This book captures the spirit of Australian "counterculture" from the 1970s through to today. Size: Trade Paperback. 400 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & advertisements. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: music; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1922129755. ISBN/EAN: 9781922129758. Inventory No: 0282759. . 9781922129758

G. Schirmer, New York, 1981. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 900 g; (8), 392 pages, in original colour illustrated softcover binding, with previous owner's details on the inside of the front cover dated 1982, and a trace of foxing to the top edge of the text block. Frontispiece black-and-white photograph of Georges Bizet. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music; Inventory No: 0235113. .

Boosey & Hawkes, New York, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Music Score internally, the book has no damage. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [6], 402 pages in original soft power binding, with previous seller's rubberstamp at the bottom left-hand side of the cover, traces of foxing to the spine section, and Australian bookseller's sticker on the first page above their New York name.. Item Type: Music Score. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 0249562. .

Collins, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (illustrated Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Second-hand copy, dust jacket has 2 inch tear at the top right of the rear panel, small tears at the top and bottom of the spine, and along the bottom edge of the front panel, and a 1.5 inch tear top of the front panel with associated creasing. The bottom edge of the boards shows a trifle of insect damage. No other damage to describe, no annotations. The music was composed by Eugene Poddany in music suitable for all voices, and in addition, two piano accompaniment, guitar chords are provided – just in case you are a beginning guitarist this is the first British edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Children. Inventory No: 0282306. .

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society, Melbourne, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XII, foreword by Bernard Heinze, preface by author, list of illustrations and appendix black-and-white photographic frontispiece of author. The text is illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photography. Navy blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip corners and rubbing to the book corners. Browning to the text block edges and foxing to the top text block edge. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers and light age toning to the internal text. A previous owner had covered the dustwrapper in plastic and adhered the plastic to the endpapers with tape, residue of tape visible. On the rear endpapers and a previous owner has added pages, at the programmes for various years, written in in ink. Previous owner's name to the free front end paper. Illustrated dustwrapper, with… Read More

Chappell Music Company, New York, 1950. First Edition. Stapled Paper. Good/No Dust Jacket. Five pages. Black and white photograph with a green overlay to the front cover, showing Jane Russell in a bikini . Green and white titles to the front panel. The music for the love theme of the film "Underwater" starring Jane Russell in a Howard Hughes production. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Music; Film Tie-in; Inventory No: 0110758. .

Printability Publishing, Wolviston, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Acknowledgements, and a complete discography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Photographic paperback binding with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and red coloured titles to the backstrip. Henderson Rowntree was known by his mother's nickname for him – Chick – and his first name, thus Chick Henderson was born. It was under this nom de plume that he became a singer for various British Dance Bands of the late 1930s, and a prolific recording artist – of over 250 in a short career. But it was his recording in July 1939 of Begin the Beguine, that shot him in to the stratosphere, as the records sold over a million copies – a feat, up until that time, had not occurred by a single artist. He joined the British Merchant Navy in 1939 and was killed in action in 1944. A little… Read More

Warner Books, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. acknowledgements and author's note. 1/4 rose coloured back strip with white coloured titles. 3/4 gray coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip sepia toned photograph of author to the rear panel. The author's mother, Lisa, grew up the middle child of three daughters of a Jewish tailor and his wife. She was also a musical prodigy. But, this was Vienna 1939, and the shadow of Hitler was ever encroaching. Her parents placed Lisa (and her sisters) on the famed Kindertransport, which eventually ended in England, and, then to Willesden Lane home for displaced children. it was from this displaced children's home that Lisa grew into adulthood, keeping tight her love of music, as her mother bade her. This is her story as told by her daughter. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. A… Read More