MOZART'S WOMEN HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS MUSIC
Written by Jane Glover.
Stock no. 1331176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illuminating the music and the man, but, above all, the women who inspired him. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 406 pages (including index). Some colour plates. ISBN: 1405021217. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning, a grubby mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

CHOPIN PRINCE OF THE ROMANTICS
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1331092
Published by Harper Press. Circa 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this biography, Zamoyski links Chopin with Bach and Mozart rather than his contemporary Romantics. Zamoyski sees Chopin as an insecure 18th century man lost in the Romantic Age. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 356 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780007341849. Second printing. Spine bumped, spine leans to one side a little. Contents are lightly browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and sunned to spine.

BENJAMIN BRITTEN A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Humphrey Carpenter.
Stock no. 1331090
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

A comprehensive, authorized account of the renowned British composer’s life, utilizing personal letters, diaries, and manuscripts. Blue boards, white title to spine. 680 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0571143245. Spine slightly bumped. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little dusty/fingered else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with fading to spine and edges and a couple of small tears.

SELECTED LETTERS OF RICHARD WAGNER
Written by Richard Wagner; Stewart Spencer; Barry Millington.
Stock no. 1831261
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With original texts of passages omitted from existing printed editions. Translated and edited by Stewart Spencer and Barry Millington. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 1030 pages including index. ISBN: 0460046438. Boards clean. Text block very slightly grubby. Binding error to gutter edge of front endpapers (slightly misplaced when gluing). Pages 1027-1030 top corner heavily creased. Else, a decent copy. Price-cut black dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

BAYREUTH: A HISTORY OF THE WAGNER FESTIVAL
Written by Frederic Spotts.
Stock no. 1831076
Published by Yale University Press. 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is the first to provide a frank and comprehensive account of the institutions's history and functioning. The core of the study is a critical analysis of the performances and productions, brought alive with illustrations of stage settings, conductors and singers in costume. Around this artistic history is woven the remarkable story of why Wagner established the Festival and how his controversial descendants have managed it after him. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 334 pages including index. ISBN: 0300057776. Reprint. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE LETTERS OF BEETHOVEN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Ludwig Beethoven; Emily Anderson.
Stock no. 1831033
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gathers all of composer, Ludwig van Beethoven's, nearly sixteen thousand letters written between 1787 to 1827, the year of his death and provides notes on background information concerning Beethoven's life. Collected, Translated and Edited with an Introduction, Appendixes, Notes and Indexes by Emily Anderson. Three volumes. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spines. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0393022471. A very nice set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks, dustwrappers are lightly browned to spine.

LETTERS FROM A LIFE: SELECTED LETTERS AND DIARIES OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN (TWO VOLS)
Written by Donald Mitchell; Philip Reed.
Stock no. 1330898
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Boxed set of two volumes. Grey cloth covers with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 619 + 1403 pages. ISBN: 0571164056. Minimal rubbing to spines and corners. Dustwrappers are edge rubbed and wrapper spines are very sunned. Grey cloth covered slipcase is slightly scuffed and dusty.