Part IX – Books, Magazines, etc. (W-Z)
Wake, Harry. VIOLA MAKING PLANS. San Diego, 1976.
16 pp., 20 foldouts. $35.00
Wake, Harry. AMATEUR FIDDLE MAKERS Q AND A. Most of the Questions
You Always Wanted to Ask About Fiddles & Fiddle Making. San
Diego, 1980.
47 pp., numerous illustrations. (stiff paper covers, the words "sample copy" written on front cover) $25.00
Ward, Edwin John. THE STRAD FACSIMILE. An Illustrated Guide
to Violin Making. Hawaii, 1984.
xvii, 72 pp., 75 illustrations, 7 illustrations on large folded
sheet in back pocket. (9 x 12 inches, cloth, d.j. a bit dirty
and sl. chipped, front cover sl. damaged at bottom) $100.00
Warner, Sybil Marguerite. MUSIC AND LISTENERS. London, n.d.
44 pp. (8vo, boards, sl. wear) An interesting little
book about the future of music, including articles on Healing
by Music, Music in Education, Music in Citizenship, etc. $20.00
Wasielewski, Wilhelm. THE VIOLONCELLO AND ITS HISTORY. Da Capo
Press, 1968.
x, 225 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, musical examples.
(some sl. wear, d.j. a bit chipped) $65.00
Wasielewski, Wilhelm. DIE VIOLINE UND IHRE MEISTER. Leipzig,
1883.
x, 567 pp., 5 illustrations. (5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, new cloth,
German script) $65.00
Wasielewski, Jos. Wilh. v. DIE VIOLINE IM XVII JAHRHUNDERT
und die Anfänge der Instrumental Composition. Bonn: Max Cohen
& Sohn, 1874.
(vi), 92 pp. (new stiff boards, 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches) Scarce. $75.00
Wechsberg, Joseph. THE GLORY OF THE VIOLIN. New York: The Viking
Press, 1973.
vi, 314 pp., 8 pp. of illustrations. (1st edition) $45.00
Wells-Harrison, W. SCHUBERT'S COMPOSITIONS FOR PIANO AND STRINGS.
London: The Strad Handbooks, No. 2, 1915.
(viii) 93 pp., numerous musical examples) (5 x 7 1/2 inches,
sl. wear and spotting to covers) Scarce. $50.00
Weisshaar, Hans and Margaret Shipman. VIOLIN RESTORATION. A
Manual for Violin Makers. Los Angeles, 1988. Second printing.
xiv, 261 pp., numerous illustrations. (9 x 12 inches, covers
very sl. rubbed) The great reference manual. $375.00
Wenberg, Thomas J. THE VIOLIN MAKERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Biographical Documentation of the Violin and Bow Makers Who Have
Worked in the United States. Mt. Hood, 1986.
, 399 pp., 180 plates of instruments illustrating 2 views
each, 16 color plates of bows, illustrating 3 bows each, 338 illustrations
of labels. Plus: ADDENDA AND ERRATA. December, 1987. (d.j. a bit
torn) Lists nearly 3,000 makers! $450.00
(Wenberg, Thomas J.) COLLECTION OF MATERIAL. No. 6.
An envelope of material collected by Thomas Wenberg. Includes:
Howard Core catalogs; Strad-Pad brochure; an article on fiddling
from Texas Highway magazine; a few Bein and Fushi letters; a few
Cas Del Sol Violins Newsletters; Bischofberger sale brochures;
Atlanta Violin Studios letters; an Orcas Island Tonewoods brochure;
a David Burgess brochure; 2 Old Pitch newsletters; a Philip Weinkratz
catalog; a Richard Bruné catalog; and many other items. $35.00
(Wenberg, Thomas J.) COLLECTION OF MATERIAL. No. 7.
An envelope of material collected by Thomas Wenberg. Includes:
American Federation of Violin and Bowmakers Directory form 1988;
D'Addario Strings brochure; list of exhibitors for the Violin
Society 1978 Competition; fingerboard scale for the violin (worn);a
David Burgess brochure; an article from Scientific American, The
Physics of the Bowed String, by John Schelleng; Bein and Fushi
1993 calendar and Newsletter. $35.00
Werro, Henry. "LADY BLUNT" STRADIVARIUS-VIOLINE 1721.
Bern, 1943.
24 pp., 5 illustrations. (6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, covers a
bit worn) No. 118 of the edition limited to 200 copies.
Inscribed by Werro to Emil Hamma. Extremely scarce. $2000.00
Werro, Henry. "OLE BULL" Joseph Guarnerius del Gesù,
1744. Berne, 1971.
51 pp., gold-stamped boards, 2 portraits of Ole Bull, 4 photographs
of the violin. In German, French and English.
(6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, fine condition, slipcase a bit frayed)
No. 366 of an edition limited to 400. Scarce! $500.00
Wessely, Hans. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VIOLIN-PLAYING. London,
1913.
120 pp., frontispiece, 307 musical examples. (5 1/4 x 8 1/2
inches, stiff boards) $20.00
White, Jean. THE VIOLIN. How to Make It. By a Master of the
Instrument. Boston: Carl Fischer, Inc., n.d.
143 pp., 31 illustrations, musical examples. (8vo, paper covers,
some wear, some writing) $25.00
White, Smith & Co. WINNER'S NEW AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE
VIOLIN. Boston, 1883.
72 pp., musical examples and exercises. (10 x 7 inches, paper
covers a bit worn and chipped, spine chipped away, some staining) $35.00
Wibberley, Leonard. AH, JULIAN. A Memoir of Julian Brodetsky.
New York, 1963.
154 pp., frontispiece. (d.j. worn and torn) $15.00
(Wieniawski) Duleba, Wladyslaw. WIENIAWSKI. Translated
by Grazyna Czerny. New Jersey: Paganiniana Publications, 1984.
175 pp., numerous illustrations. Wonderful illustrations
of Wieniawski and many other artists. $35.00
Wilkins, Wayne. INDEX OF VIOLIN MUSIC. The Music Register,
1979.
246 colums of text (2 colums per page) (8 ? x 5 ? inches,
stiff paper covers) $35.00
Winn, Edith. VIOLIN TALKS. A Book for Teachers and Students.
New York, 1905.
vi, 139 pp., frontispiece, musical examples. $30.00
-------- FIRST STEPS IN VIOLIN PLAYING. (The Child Violinist)
Boston, 1916.
97 pp., musical examples, illustrations, diagrams. (6 x 9
inches, cloth, a bit worn) $35.00
-------- REPRESENTATIVE VIOLIN SOLOS AND HOW TO PLAY THEM.
22 Representative Violin Solos Analyzed. With Practical Suggestions
as to Their Technical Demands and Artistic Interpretation. Book
I. New York: Carl Fischer, 1921.
v, 89 pp., musical examples. (5 x 7 ? inches, cloth, sl. wear) $30.00
Winternitz, Emanuel. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE WESTERN WORLD. Photographs by Lilly Stunzi. MCGraw-Hill, n.d. (c.1966)
259 pp., numerous tipped-in color and black and white photographs,
plus numerous other printed photos and illus. (10 ? x 12 ? inches,
cloth, d.j. a bit worn and torn) A fascinating, wonderful
book that examines many rare and interesting instruments. Scarce. $175.00
Winternitz, E. MUSICAL AUTOGRAPHS FROM MONTEVERDI TO HINDEMITH.
Dover, 1965. Enlarged and corrected, with a new preface by the
author.
Volume I: v, 154 pp, 19 illustrations. Volume II: 196 plates.
(stiff paper covers, some minor wear) $75.00
Withers, George & Sons. RARE OLD VIOLINS. London, March,
1925.
44 pp., 2 illustrations. (4 x 5 inches, paper covers) Withers
catalogues are quite scarce. $85.00 Sold!
Withers, George & Sons. RARE OLD VIOLINS. London, September,
1928.
40 pp., genealogical tree of violin making in Italy. (4 x
5 inches, paper covers) Withers catalogues are quite scarce. $85.00
Woiku, Jon. DER NATURLICHE AUFBAU des Violinspiels. Technik
der Linken Hand. Leipzig, 1925.
109 pp., illustrations, musical examples. (8vo, paper covers)
Stamped "Tossy Spivakovsky" on the title page,
although it's not clear if this was his copy or not. Scarce. $125.00
Wood, Benjamin. L'ART MYSTERIEUX DU VIOLON. Paris, 1927.
117 pp., illustrations, musical ex. (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches,
paper covers and spine a bit worn, chipped and taped) Scarce. $200.00
Woodcock, Cyril. DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY VIOLIN AND BOW
MAKERS. Sussex: Amati Publishing Ltd., 1965.
93 pp., 132 plates. The companion book (Volume VI) to the
Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers by William Henley.
(sl. wear) $45.00
Wurfbain, F. L. OVER VIOLEN. Praatjes en Wenken. Lochem, n.d.
(1944?) In Dutch.
131 pp. (4 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, stiff boards sl. worn and frayed) $40.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. COLLECTION. Old Master Violins, Violas,
Violoncellos. Cincinnati, 1915.
unpaged, 80 pp., frontispiece in color, 13 plates. (5 x 9
inches, spine chipped away, pages loose from spine, 2 plates missing,
and they are included in photocopy) One of the scarcest
of the Wurlitzer catalogs. $125.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. COLLECTION OF RARE VIOLINS, VIOLAS,
Bows of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. New York, 1925.
94 pp., 13 plates, including the Leduc, the
Spanish Joseph and the Doyen violins
by Guarneri del Gesu, and the Archinto, the Soil
and the Conte D'Armaille violins by Stradivari.
(some writing, several pages have been taped at the bottom, plate
#1, which was always included loose, is frayed at edges, in general,
covers, plates and contents very good to near-fine) A copy
brought £385, about $700 at the Christie's auction
of November, 1988. $300.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. RARE VIOLINS, VIOLAS, VIOLONCELLOS
of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries of the Wurlitzer Collection.
Part I. New York, 1931.
210 pp., frontispiece in color, 75 full page plates illustrating
two views each, stiff wrappers. (bound in 3/4 leather and cloth, very good to fine condition) A copy brought £308,
about $550 at the Christie's auction of November,
1991. $350.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. RARE BOWS FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA VIOLONCELLO
by Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries. New York, 1931.
48 pp., frontispiece, 4 pages of illustrations of bows. (spine
chipped) Scarce. $325.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. MASTERPIECES OF THE GREAT VIOLIN MAKERS.
Cincinnati, 1917.
63 pp, 4 plates. (6 x 9 inches, covers sl. worn) $135.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. MASTERPIECES OF THE GREAT VIOLIN MAKERS.
Cincinnati, 1918.
63 pp, 12 tipped-in plates. (6 x 9 inches, stiff covers, spine
chipped and frayed, some pages a bit dirty or stained, minor foxing,
several of the photos bent at corners, not affecting) $150.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. GOOD VIOLINS. Bows And Accessories.
Catalogue No. 1. New York, 1938.
64 pp., numerous illustrations. (stiff paper covers) Uncommon. $85.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. BOWS, CASES AND ACCESSORIES for Violin,
Violoncello and Viola by W. E. Hill & Sons, London, England.
New York, 1940.
31 pp., numerous illustrations. (6 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches, some
sl. wear to paper covers) $50.00 Sold!
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. OLD VIOLINS.
8 pp. brochure. (3 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches) Preface from
the publication "Old Violins" by H. R. Haweis. $15.00 Sold!
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. SERVICE & SUPPLIES, INC. New York,
1973.
36 pp., numerous illustrations. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, stiff
paper covers) Catalog of modern accessories. $20.00
(Ysaÿe, Eugene) Christen, Ernest. YSAE. Geneva, 1946.
First edition. In French.
228 pp., 8 illustrations. (6 x 8 1/2 inches, paper covers
sl. worn, spine sl. frayed) Scarce. $150.00
(Ysaÿe, Eugene) Benoit-Jeannin, Maxime. EUGENE YSYAE.
Le Dernier Romantique ou le Sacre du Violon. Bruxelles, 1989.
In French.
292 pp., 27 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, stiff paper
covers) $45.00
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