Part IX – Books, Magazines, etc. (W-Z)
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 Sold!
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 Sold!
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 Sold!
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.
x, 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
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
(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 Sold!
Wood, Glenn P. THE ART AND HISTORY OF VIOLIN CASES. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2008.
116
pp., numerous illustrations. (8 1/2 x 11 inches, stiff paper covers) An
interesting book with many black and white and color illustrations of some very
interesting cases. $50.00 Sold!
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 Sold!
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 and the pages on the verso missing, and they are included in photocopy) One of the scarcest of the Wurlitzer catalogs. $125.00 Sold!
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 DÕArmaille violins by Stradivari. (some wear to covers and pages, covers plasticized, several plates worn and stained at edges, plate #1, which was always included loose, has been bound in) 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. (spine sl. frayed, in general, very good to near-fine condition) A copy brought £308, about $550 at the Christie's auction of November, 1991. $250.00 Sold!
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 Sold!
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. GOOD VIOLINS. Bows And Accessories. Catalogue No. 1. New York, 1938.
64 pp., numerous illustrations. (stiff paper covers) Uncommon. $85.00 Sold!
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
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. THE HENRY HOTTINGER COLLECTION. New York, 1967.
Frontispiece, 34 full page plates, 5 of which
are in color, plus 6 plates of bows. Violins illustrated include 12 by
Stradivari (including the Hellier, Harrison, and Ruby), and 5 by Guarneri del Gesù (including the Ysaye and the Joachim). (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches, bottom of covers sl. creased, 4
page sl. creased at top, o/w very nice condition) A copy brought £682, about $1200.00
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph. RARE VIOLAS BY CELEBRATED MAKERS of the 16th-19th Centuries. New York, 1940.
19 pp., 10 illustrations. (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches, stiff paper covers, sl. wear, marks along edge of pages) Quite scarce. $125.00
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