Part VIII – Books, Magazines, etc. (S-V)
Sacconi, Simone F. THE SECRETS OF STRADIVARI. Cremona, 2000.
xviii, 265 pp., 3 color plates, 182 figures, portrait. In
English. (fine condition) New printing. $250.00 Sold!
Sacconi, Simone F. THE SECRETS OF STRADIVARI. Cremona, 1979.
xviii, 285 pp., 3 color plates, 182 figures, portrait. In
English. (d.j. sl. worn, generally near-fine) Scarce first
English edition. From the library of Karl Fruh, with his nameplate
on free endpaper. $275.00 Sold!
Sacconi, Simone F. LOAN EXHIBITION OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
AND BOWS. Commemorating the Seventieth Birthday of Simone Fernando
Sacconi. New York, 1966.
70 full page plates, leather back and cloth. (minor wear and
rubbing to covers, contents near-fine) A copy brought £275,
or about $500.00
at the Christie's auction of March, 1989. Scarce. $450.00
Sachs, Curt. SAMMLUNG ALTER MUSIKINSTRUMENTE Bei Der Staaatlichen
Hochschule Für Musik Zu Berlin. Berlin, 1922.
viii, 383 pp., 30 plates illustrating many of the instruments
in the museum. (9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, side edge of pages and
back cover a bit worn and creased, other minor wear to covers)
A very scarce and interesting catalog. $650.00
Saint-George, Henry. THE BOW: IT'S HISTORY, MANUFACTURE AND
USE. London: The Strad Library, No. III, 1922.
(xii), 107 pp., portrait, 8 plates, 45 illustrations. (small
8vo, covers a bit worn) $65.00
Saint-George, Henry. FIDDLES: THEIR SELECTION, PRESERVATION
AND BETTERMENT. London: The Strad Library, No. XVIII, 1921.
83 pp., frontispiece., 16 illustrations by the author. (8vo,
2nd edition, covers a bit worn and discolored) Scarce. $50.00
Salabue, Cozio Di. CARTEGGIO. Trascrizione Di Renzo Bacchetta.
Autorizzata Dal Museo Civico Di Cremona. Milan, 1950. In Italian.
xxxiv, 515 pp, frontispiece, 9 plates, 28 illustrations. (sl.
minor wear) A copy brought $450 at the Sotheby's
auction of November, 1989. Scarce. $400.00
(Salabue) Sacchi, Federico. COUNT COZIO DI SALABUE.
A Biographical Sketch of this Celebrated Violin Collector. With
an Appendix Containing His Unpublished Manuscript and Letters
to Vincenzo Lancetti on the Cremonese School. London: Dulau
& Co., 1898. The Deluxe Large Paper Edition.
47 pp., frontispiece portrait of Salabue. (front covers a
bit marked and stained, a few pages stained, frontispiece page
has some foxing, not affecting the portrati) No. 58 of an
edition limited to 100 copies. Extremely scarce. $600.00
(Salabue) Dipper, Andrew and Woodrow, David. COUNT IGNAZIO
ALESSANDRO COZIO DI SALABUE. Technical Studies in the Arts of
Musical Instrument Making. Observations on the Construction of
Stringed Instruments and their Adustment. 1804, 1805, 1809, 1810,
1816. Oxfordshire, 1987.
85 pp., frontispiece of Salabue, 6 full-page reproductions
of the original manuscript. Edition limited to 995 copies.
Now out of print and quite scarce. (d.j. a bit /torn,
with plastic cover) $150.00 Sold!
Salchow, William. HOW TO CHOOSE A BOW. New York, 1980.
14 pp. (3 3/4 x 8 1/2 in., stiff covers, some creasing and
spotting to covers, clip crease) An interesting little pamphlet. $20.00
Saleski, Gdal. FAMOUS MUSICIANS OF A WANDERING RACE. New York:
Bloch Publishing Co., 1927.
xiv, 463 pp., numerous illustrations. (spine and covers sl.
rubbed) A fascinating look at 100's of musicians from the
early 20th century with a Jewish background. $150.00
Saleski, Gdal. FAMOUS MUSICIANS OF JEWISH ORIGIN. New York:
Bloch Publishing Co., 1949.
xvi, 716 pp., numerous illustrations. (several pages stained,
d.j. worn, inscribed and signed by the author) A fascinating
look at 100's of musicians from the early 20th century with a
Jewish background. $175.00
Sandys, W. and Forster, S. THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN and Other
Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to
the Present. Also, an Account of the Principal Makers, English
and Foreign with Numerous Illustrations. London: John Russell
Smith, 1864.
xii, 390 pp., frontispiece, numerous illustrations and musical
examples. (ex-Oscar Shapiro, covers and spine worn and frayed,
one page has water damage) Heron-Allen called this book
the leading English work on the history of the violin. $85.00
Sauzay, Eug. LE VIOLON HARMONIQUE. Ses Ressources, son Emploi
dans les Ecoles Anciennes et
Modernes. Paris: Librairie Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1889.
viii, 261 pp., numerous musical examples. (covers and spine
worn, a lot of foxing) Very scarce. $175.00
Schang, F. C. VISITING CARDS OF VIOLINISTS. 25 Celebrated Fiddlers
from Paganini to
Menuhin from the Collection of F. C. Schang, with Comment by Him.
New York, 1979.
79 pp., numerous illustrations. (paperback) $15.00
Scherl & Roth, Inc. THE STRING TEACHER'S MANUAL. Cleveland,
1952.
60 pp., numerous illustrations. (8 1/2 x 11 inches, stiff
paper covers, sl. wear, 2nd edition) $20.00
Scholes, Percy A. THE MIRROR OF MUSIC. 1844-1944. A Century
of Musical Life in Britain as Reflected in the Pages of the Musical
Times. London, 1947.
Two Volumes. 964 pp., 118 plates, numerous illustrations (ex-library,
spines a bit frayed, covers a bit worn) A wonderful book
that looks at the musical life in London. $65.00
Schroeder, Carl. CATECHISM OF VIOLIN PLAYING. London: Augener
Ltd., n.d. Second edition.
vi, 139 pp., numerous illustrations and musical examples.
(5 x 7 1/2 inches, sl. wear) Includes a list of celebrated
violin players of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. $20.00
Schröder, Hermann. DIE KUNST DES VIOLINISPIELS. Ein Encyklopâdisches
Handbuch für Jeden
Violinisten Insbesondere für Lehrer und Lernende. Leipzig,
n.e. (c. 1902)
(6 pp.) 96 pp. (8 pp.), musical examples. (6 1/2 x 10 1/4
inches, boards) Has a section with bios of many solo violinists. $55.00
Schroeder, Carl. GUIDE THROUGH VIOLIN LITERATURE (and Viola
Literature). Being a Reprint of the Appendix to Handbook of Violin
Playing. London: Augener & Co., n.d. Third edition.
82 pp. (5 x 7 inches, limp boards) $25.00
Schwarz, Boris. GREAT MASTERS OF THE VIOLIN. From Corelli and
Vivaldi to Stern, Zukerman and Perlman. Forward by Yehudi Menuhin.
New York, 1985.
671 pp., numerous ill.. (cloth, d.j. sl. worn) Reviewed
by the Washington Post as "The definitive book on this subject...a
landmark." $60.00
-------- Another copy, paperback. $40.00
(Scrollavezza) RENATO SCROLLAVEZZA e la Scuola di Parma (and the
School of Parma). Arago, 1999.
112 pp., illustrations. In English and Italian. (9 x 12 ?
inches, stiff paper covers) $65.00
Seed, Suzanne. FINE TRADES. Chicago, 1979.
159 pp., numerous illustrations. (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, ex-library,
free endpaper partially torn away, d.j. taped to covers) Includes
a chapter on Jennifer Becker. $25.00
Sempé, Jean-Jacques. THE MUSICIANS. New York, 1980.
100 pp. of illustrations. (9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches) A
wonderful collection of caricatures and cartoons by this great
French artist who regularly appears on the cover of New Yorker
Magazine. $30.00 Sold!
(Sgarabotto) GAETANO E PIETRO SGARABOTTO. Liutai-Violin Makers.
1878-1990. Cremona: Editrice Turris, 1991. In English and Italian.
149 pp., 32 instruments illustrated in color, with 3 views
of the scroll plus the front and back, complete measurements and
facsimiles of labels. Edition limited to 990 copies. $200.00 Sold!
Shelton, Edgar. THE VIOLIN AND ALL ABOUT IT: Its
Makers from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. London:
Musical News Office, n.d.
95 pp. (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, ex-library, covers a bit worn)
Includes a chapter on varnish. $40.00
Shorthouse, J. H. A TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN and Other Tales.
London, 1888.
317 pp. (5 x 7 1/2 inches, cloth, some rubbing and wear) $15.00
Sibire, L'Abbé. LA CHELONOMIE OU LE PARFAIT LUTHIER.
Burxelles, 1885. In French.
(6) 227 pp., frontispiece. (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, newer cloth)
Very scarce. $200.00
Skinner, William. THE BELLE SKINNER COLLECTION OF OLD MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS. A Descriptive Catalogue Compiled under the Direction
of Wiliam Skinner. Holyoke, 1933.
xi, 210 pp., frontispiece, 90 illustrations of instruments
on display. (rebound in red cloth, ex-lib., some wear to pages) $60.00
Skinner. CATALOGUE OF FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 1991-2000.
3 catalogs. 11/91; 11/98; 11/00. A small group
of catalogs from this important American auction house. $35.00
Sotheby & Co. FOUR CENTURIES OF VIOLIN MAKING. Fine Instruments
from the Sotheby's Archives. Cozio Publishing, 2005.
640 pp. 225+ instruments from 75 different makers illustrated.
An important and spectacular new reference book. $325.00 Sold!
Sotheby & Co. COLLECTION.
8 catalogs from the Sotheby's New York auctions, from 1976-1985,
retail price of $200, can be had for: $175.00
Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
November 27, 1969.
162 items auctioned, 9 instruments illustrated, including violins
by J. B. Vuillaume, Camilli, Nicholas Gagliano, Grancino and Peter
Guarneri of Mantua, and a cello by Joseph Contreras. (no prices
realized) $45.00 Sold!
-------- CATALOGUE OF FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, May 28,
1970.
153 items auctioned, 10 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Ferdinand Gagliano, Guadagnini and Andrea Guarneri, and a viola
by Lorenzo Carcassi. (no prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Including
Important Violins, Fne Bows, etc.. London, October 22, 1970.
109 items auctioned, 10 instruments illustrated (1 in color),
including violins by Francesco Rugeri, two of Peter Guarneri of
Mantua, two of Stradivari (one is the ex-Joachim and ex-Elman),
Ferdinand Gagliano and J. B. Guadagninii. (no prices realized,
some wear and creasing) $45.00 Sold!
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
July 17, 1975.
211 items auctioned, about 42 items illustrated, including violins
by Rugeri, Goffriller and Gagliano and the ex Maria Milanollo
of Antonius and Hieronymus Amati, and a viola by Pressenda. (with
prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, October
23, 1975.
213 items auctioned, about 28 items illustrated, including violins
by Audinot, Melegari, Craske, Bisiach, Pedrazzini, J. B. Vuillaume,
Barak Norman, and Gaetano Guadagnini, and a cello by William Forster.
(with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
November 27, 1975.
164 items auctioned, 39 instruments illustrated (2 in color),
including violins by Bisiach, Gaida, Sebastian Klotz, Guillami,
George Craske, Joseph Hill and Nicolas Gagliano, a viola by Thomas
Smith, and cellos by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati and the Jansen
Stradivari. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, February
12, 1976.
228 items auctioned, 33 instruments and bows illustrated, including
violins by Tecchler, Testore, Antonio Guadagnini, Scarampella,
and one with the table by Stradivari, the back and ribs by Nicholas
Lupot and the scroll by Peter Guarneri of Mantua, a viola by Weigert,
cellos by Kennedy and Forster, and a violoncello piccolo with
a Jacobus Stainer label. (with prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. New York,
October 29, 1976.
157 items auctioned, 90 instruments illustrated (2 in color),
including violins of Mantegazza, Peter Guarneri of Mantua, the
ex-Vieuxtemps Antonius and Hieronymus Amati, and
the Mackenzie and Prince Uchtomsky
of Stradivari, and a cello of Nicolo Amati. (with prices realized)
$30.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
London, November 25, 1976.
340 items auctioned, 81 instruments illustrated (2 in color),
including violins by George Kloz, Antonius and Hieronymus Amati,
Gabrielli, Tecchler, Joseph Gagliano, Andrea Guarneri, Jacob Fendt,
Guadagnini, Testore, Joseph Rocca, Joseph Guarneri del Gesu and
Omobono Stradivari, and cellos by Panormo, Kennedy, a patent cello
by Thomas Howell and Vuillaume. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, February
10, 1977.
264 items auctioned, 16 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Paul Bailly, Rinaldi, Aegidius Klotz and Giulio Degani, and
a cello by a member of the Testore family. (with prices realized)
$15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. New York,
April 5, 1977.
102 items auctioned, 48 instruments illustrated (3 in color),
including a G. B. Guadagnini and the Greffuhle Stradivari.
(with prices realized) $25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
June 16, 1977.
199 items auctioned, 27 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Andrea Guarneri, Degani, Ferdinand Gagliano, Testore, Grancino,
Joseph Guadagnini, Goffriller and Stradivari, and cellos by Scolari
and Francesco Rugeri. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, February
16, 1978.
287 items auctioned, 40 instruments illustrated (1 in color),
including violins by Collin-Mezin, Giulio Degani and Goffriller,
and a cello by Jacques Bocquay. (with prices realized) $20.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
June 22, 1978.
305 items auctioned, 28 instruments illustrated (2 in color),
including violins by Deconet, Landolfi, Andrea Guarneri, and 2
by Stradivari, including the Ex Graf Von Der Goltz,
a viola by Phillip Achner, and a cello by Kennedy. (with prices
realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
October 19, 1978.
260 items auctioned, 8 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Derazey, Joseph Guadagnini, Collin-Mezin and Gragnani. (with
prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
London, November 8 & 9, 1978.
318 items auctioned, 73 plates, 132 instruments illustrated (18
in color), including violins of Guadagnini, Ruggieri, Antonio
and Hieronymus Amati, Cuypers, Cappa, Kloz, Gabrielli, Goffriller,
Panormo, Pressenda, Andrea Guarneri, Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri
and the Ebersholt of Guarneri del Gesu, and cellos
by Forster, Rocca, the ex- Baron Rothschild of Stradivari
and the ex-Kummer of Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri.
(with prices realized) $55.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF GOOD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, December
12, 1978.
260 items auctioned, 32 instruments illustrated (1 in color),
including violins by J. B. Guadagnini, Louis Bernadel, Justin
Derazey, Leopold Widhalm, Thomas Kennedy, Dominique Didelot, and
Eugenio Degani, and cellos by Peter Walmsley and Joseph Nadotti.
(with prices realized) $25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, January
25, 1979.
243 items auctioned, 25 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Morassi, Landolfi, Derazey and George Craske. (with prices
realized) (writing) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
March 6, 1979.
213 items auctioned, 43 instruments illustrated (5 in color),
including violins by Vuillaume, Gabrielli, J. B. Guadagnini, Camilli,
Lorenzo and Tommaso Carcassi, Joseph filius Andreas Guarneri and
Nicholas Gagliano. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF THE VINCENT HOWARD COLLECTION OF VIOLIN
AND VIOLA BOWS. London, May 3, 1979.
71 items auctioned, 65 bows illustrated (15 in color), including
bows of Alfred Lamy, Francois Nicholas Voirin, Dodd, Paul Simon,
Tubbs, Bazin, Pecatte, Vigneron, Sartory, Maire, Pajeot, and Fetique.
(with prices realized) $65.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF GOOD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June
19, 1979.
268 items auctioned, 37 instruments illustrated (2 in color),
including violins by Testore, Vuillaume, William Forster senior,
Panormo, Nicholas Amati, Paolo Castello, and Pressenda, a viola
by Mathias Albani, and a cello by Forster. (with prices realized)
$25.00
-------- THE JAMES MACGILLIVRAY COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
London, November 8, 1979.
71 items auctioned, 32 instruments illustrated. A collection of
mostly ancient wind instruments. (with prices realized)
$15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
London, November 8, 1979.
281 items auctioned, 118 instruments illustrated (14 in color),
including violins by Ceruti, Parnormo, Deconet, Pierray, Januarius
Gagliano, Joseph Gagliano, Giovanni Grancino, Vuillaume, Degani,
Lupot, Nicholas Bergonzi, Maggini, Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri,
Testore, and the ex-Kux Baron Rothschild Stradivari,
and cellos by Bernadel, Ceruti, Forster, and Grancino. (with prices
realized) (writing) $55.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, January
10, 1980.
195 items auctioned, 15 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Honore Derazey, Aegidius Kloz, Scarampella, Paul Bailly and
Alessandro Gagliano. (with prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, February
7, 1980.
191 items auctioned, 13 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Collin-Mezin, Craske, Fredi and Sebastian Kloz, a viola by
Richard Duke, and a cello by Johann Ulrich Eberle. (with prices
realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June 24,
1980.
227 items auctioned, 21 instruments illustrated, including violins
by V. Grivel, Derazey, Glenister and Gollin-Mezin, a viola by
John Beard, and cellos by Joseph Hill and Landolfi. (with prices
realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
New York, June 27, 1980.
339 items auctioned, 74 instruments illustrated (23 in color),
including violins of Vinaccia, Mariani, Testore, Peter Guarneri
of Venice and the Healy Stradivari, a viola of Hendrick
Aerninck, and a cello by Collin-Mezin. (with prices realized)
$25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, September
18, 1980.
250 items auctioned, 14 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Thomas Perry, Sgarbi, Degani, Marengo Romano Rinaldi and Jacob
Coz, and a cello by Louis Noebe. (with prices realized)
$15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, Literary Manuscripts
and Historical Documents. London, October 27 & 28, 1980.
897 items auctioned. (with prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, February
20, 1981.
269 items auctioned, 15 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Richard Duke, Hesketh, Audinot, Nicholas Gagliano, Matthias
Albani and W. E. Hill and Sons, and a cello by Robert Thompson.
(with prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
March 27, 1981.
250 items auctioned, 53 instruments illustrated (5 in color),
including violins by Camillus Canilli, John Lott, Nicholas Gagliano,
Guadagnini, Lockey Hill and Alessandro Gagliano, violas by Joseph
Hill and Sons, Smillie and school of Albani, and a cello by Peter
Wamsley. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF FINE PIANOS AND STRINGS. New York, April
16, 1981.
50 items auctioned, all items illustrated (35 in color), including
violins by Rombouts, Storioni, Gabrielli and Balestrieri, violas
by Scarampella and the Henry IV Amati, cellos by
John Edward Betts and Pierray, and a Bechstein-Moor Double Keyboard
Short Grand Piano. (with prices realized) $25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
May 15, 1981.
521 items auctioned, 116 instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins of Nicolas Amati, Andrea Guarneri, Guadagnini,
Vuillaume and Nicolas Gagliano, a viola by Pietro Joannes Mantegazza,
and cello by Peter Walmsley, William Forster, Jacopo Filippo Cordano,
Johannes Cuypers andFrançois Louis Pique. (with prices
realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, September
17, 1981.
205 items auctioned, 22 instruments illustrated, including violins
by Collin-Mezin, Ernst Heinrich Roth, Andreas Ferdinand Mayr,
Claude Pirot, Lockey Hill and Ettore Soffritti, violas by Hardie
and Craske, and cellos by Chevry, Breton and Giovanni Grancino.
(with prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
November 5, 1981.
416 items auctioned, 112 instruments illustrated (7 in color),
including violins by Banks, Gioffredo Cappa, Stainer, Vuillaume,
Gabrielli, Rogeri, Peter Guarneri of Mantua, Andrea Amati, the
ex-Hamma Guadagnini and Stradivari, and violas by Amighetti, Collin-Mezin,
Gragnani and Tomaso Eberle. (with prices realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. New York,
March 18, 1982.
279 items auctioned, 58 instruments illustrated (3 in color),
including violins by Lorenzo Ventapante, Josef Gagliano, Andrea
Guarneri, Tommaso Balestrieri, and the Burmester
Stradivari, and a cello by Ferdinand Gagliano. (with prices realized)
$25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. New York,
October 14, 1982.
205 items auctioned, 48 instruments illustrated (1 in color),
including violins by Honore Derazey, Lupot, Vuillaume and Peter
Guarneri of Mantua. (with prices realized) $25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Part I. London, April 7, 1983.
163 items auctioned, all the instruments illustrated, including
violins of Bellosio, Nicolo Amati, Francesco and Giuseppe Guadagnini,
Gabrielli, the "ex-Briggs" Guadagnini, Gennaro Gagliano,
Joannes Tononi, Vincenzo Panormo, Antonio Gragnani, Vuillaume,
Degani, Carlo Testore, Gioffredo Cappa, and Stradivari, child's
violins by Joseph Gagliano, and Stradivari, violas of the workshop
of John Betts, Carlo Bruno, a French Quinon by François
LeJeune, and cellos by Craske, Kennedy, Pedrazzini, Gennaro Gagliano,
and Banks. (with prices realized) $55.00 Sold!
-------- CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Part I. London, June 23, 1983.
99 items auctioned, all the instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins by Honoré Derazey, Claude Pierray, Enrico
Ceruti, Giovanni Grancino, Vincenzo Postiglione, Collin-Mezin,
Gabrielli, Joannes Gagliano, Lorenzo Ventapane, Joseph Panormo,
Vuillaume, Gregorio Antoniazzi, and Stradivari, violin bows by
Victor Fetique, Françcois Voirin, James Tubbs, Sartory,
Bernardel, violas by Pierre Falaise and Giovanni Rota, and cellos
by Craske, Nicholas Chappuy, Francesco Ruggieri, Giuseppe Pedrazzini
and the Barjansky Stradivari. (with prices realized)
$55.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Part II. London,
June 23, 1983.
325 items auctioned, no instruments illustrated. (no prices realized)
$15.00 Sold!
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London,
April 5, 1984.
546 items auctioned, 131 instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins of Jacob Stainer, Nicolo Amati, Joseph filius
Andrea Guarneri, Johannes Cuypers, Giofredo Cappa and the Bucher
Stradivari, and cellos by Ferdinando Gagliano, William Forster,
Maggini, Thomas Dodd and the Bonjour Stradivari.
(with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. New York,
June 29, 1984.
135 items auctioned, 69 instruments illustrated (5 in color),
including violins of Lorenzo Ventapane, Ruggieri, Gasparo da Salo,
Gennaro Gagliano, and the Hrimaly Stradivari, violas
by John Betts and Gigli, and a decorated cello by Niccolo Gagliano.
(with prices realized) $25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
London, July 4, 1985.
460 items auctioned, 130 instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins of Derazey, Fagnola, Rocca, Goffriller, Testore,
Bernardel, Guadaganini, Giovanni Gagliano, Vuillaume, Landolfi,
Pressenda, Girolamo Amati, and the ex-Haupt Stradivari,
violas by Ficker, La Pileur, John Lott, and Hippolyte Silvestre,
and cellos by Derazey and Testore. (with prices realized)
$50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
14, 1985.
117 items auctioned, all instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins of Nicolo Gagliano, Lupot, Gragnani, Nicolo
Amati, Peter Guarneri of Venice, Peter Guarneri of Mantua, Francesco
Ruggieri, Guadagnini, and the Wilhelmj, Lady
Blunt and Red Diamond Stradivaris, violas
by John Lott and Joseph Hill, and cellos by Testore, Gand &
Bernadel, Banks, and the Ben Venuto, ex-Pawle Stradivari.
(with prices realized, stiff boards) $75.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
14, 1985. Part II.
221 items auctioned, 48 instruments illustrated, including violins
of Henry Lockey Hill, Collin-Mezin and Nicholas Vuillaume, and
a cello by Thomas Kennedy. (with prices realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF EARLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, December
12, 1985.
125 items auctioned, 20 instruments illustrated, some in color.
(with prices realized) $20.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, March 19,
1986.
329 items auctioned, 152 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Vuillaume, Guadagnini, Ruggieri, Cappa, Anselmo Bellosio,
Montagnana, Joseph Gagliano, Giovanni Gagliano, Sanctus Seraphim,
the ex-Carrodus del Gesu, and the ex-Piatti Stradivari,
violas by Pressenda and Carcassi, and cellos by Banks, Grancino,
and Goffriller. (with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, May 22,
1986.
369 items auctioned, 135 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Francesco Guadagnini, Testore, Antonius & Hieronymus
Amati, Landolfi, Lorenzo Carcassi, Grancino, Sanctus Seraphim,
Andrea Guarneri, Pressenda and Guadagnini, violas by Kennedy and
Bernardel, and cellos by Grancino and Antonio & Girolamo Amati.
(with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, September
25, 1986.
232 items auctioned, 37 items illustrated, including violins by
Guersan, Bernadel, Lockey Hill, Banks and Vuillaume (with prices
realized) $15.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
12, 1986.
552 items auctioned, 221 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Carlo Tononi, Bussetto, Guadagnini, Goffriller, Sanctus
Seraphim, and the ex-Cabriac Stradivari, and cellos
by Grancino and Cappa, and the ex-Bonnet by Stradivari.
(with prices realized) (missing pp. 73-80, which are included
in photocopy) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June
9, 1987.
318 items auctioned, 122 instruments illustrated (8 in color),
including violins by Antonio Gragnani, Emiliani, Alessandro Gagliano,
Forster, Zanoli and the Schubert Peter Guarneri
of Mantua, violas by Vuillaume, Pierre & Hippolyte Silvestre
and Goffriller, and cellos by Forster, Matteo Goffriller and Francesco
Goffriller. (with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
12, 1987.
415 items auctioned, 136 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Rocca, Gasparo da Salo, Nicolo Gagliano, Guadagnini,
Maggini, and the ex-LaFont Stradivari, and cellos
by Goffriller, Rocca and Cappa. (with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. March 31, 1988.
468 items auctioned, 134 instruments illustrated (17 in color),
including violins by Lorenzo & Tomasso Carcassi, Vuillaume,
Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Castello, Gragnani, Anselmo, Tononi,
Joseph & Antonio Gagliano, Ferdinand Gagliano, Nicolas Amati,
Testore, Degani, and the Marie Hall and Ludwig
of Stradivari, violas by Craske, Thibout, Seizz and Joseph Hill,
and cellos by Forster, Panormo and Grancino. (with prices realized)
$50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. June 22, 1988.
360 items auctioned, 118 instruments illustrated (29 in color),
including violins by Castello, Carcassi, Landolfi, Guidantus,
Nicolo Gagliano, Albani, Ventapane, Antonio & Girolamo Amati,
Vincenzo Rugeri, Nicolo Amati and the Innes, Loder Stradivari,
violas by Forster, Duke and Renaudin, and cellos by Joseph Hill,
Lupot, Ruggieri, Zanoli, Marchi, the ex-Bonjour Girolamo
(II) Amati and the Cholmondeley Stradivari. (with prices
realized) $50.00
-------- THE SAM AND RIE BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION. Collection
of Violins and Bows, Including the Associated Library of Books
Relating to the Violin Family of Musical Instruments and their
Players. London, November 23, 1988.
60 items auctioned, 22 color plates, illustrating 17 instruments
and bows, including the "Baron Heath" Guarneri del Gesù.
(with prices realized) (hard covers, some wear) $75.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
23, 24 and 25, 1988.
795 items auctioned, 230 instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins by Amati, Pressenda, Testore, Gagliano, Guadagnini,
Rugeri, Gobetti and Tecchler, a viola by Storioni, and cellos
by Deconet and Grancino. (with prices realized) $65.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, March 27,
1990.
394 items auctioned, 209 instruments illustrated (many in color),
including violins by Peter Guarneri of Mantua, Pressenda, Rocca,
and Joseph Gagliano, violas by Degani and Cuypers, and cellos
by Vuillaume, Jorio, Joannes Gagliano and Joseph Hill. (with prices
realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June 14,
1990.
412 items auctioned, 116 plates, 25 in color, illustrating 185
instruments, including violins by Amati, Goffriller, Guadagnini,
Seraphin, and the ex-Vecsey Stradivari, a cello ascribed to Rogeri,
and two Tourte bows. (with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June
6, 1991.
236 items auctioned, 109 items illustrated (24 in color), including
violins by Rocca, Guadagnini, Nicolo Amati, Ventapane, and the
ex-Hawley Joseph Filius Andrea Guarneri. (no prices
realized) $45.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
7, 1991.
351 items auctioned, 155 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Grancino, Zanotti, Rocca, John Lott, Testore, Vuillaume,
Giovanni Tononi and Pressenda, and cellos by Georges Chanot, Tecchler
and Peter Wamsley. (with prices realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June 11,
1992.
305 items auctioned, 134 items illustrated (18 in color), including
violins by Tononi, Testore, Ferdinand Gagliano, Ceruti and Nicolo
Amati, and cellos by Peter Wamsley and Louis Mangin. (with prices
realized) $50.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
2, 1993.
276 items auctioned, 103 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Jacob Stainer, Giuseppe Gaglliano, Bernadel, Vuillaume,
Balestrieri, Peter Guarneri of Mantua and G. B. Guadanini, a viola
by Storioni, and cellos by Bisiach and Carlo Testore, a bass from
the school of Maggini, and bows by François Xavier Tourte,
Kittel and Dominique Peccatte. (no prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, March 22,
1994.
300 items auctioned, 113 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Giuseppe Gagliano, Goffriller, Gand & Bernardel
Freres, Guidante, Vuillaume, Carlo Tononi and Joseph & Antonio
Gagliano, violas by Gand & Bernardel, Anton Thir and Giovanni
Battista & Francesco Grancino, cellos by Francesco Ruggieri,
Albani and Panormo, and bows by Tourte, Peccatte, Lamy and Tubbs.
(with prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, November
16, 1999.
386 items auctioned, 79 items illustrated (many in color), including
violins by Andrea Guarneri, Nicholas Lupot, Vuillaume, Nicolo
Gagliano, Celoniatus, Carlo Testore, and Stradivari, cellos of
the Ruggieri school, Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi, and Kennedy,
violin bows by Tubbs, Dominique Peccatte and Sartory, and a cello
bow by Vuillaume. (with prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June 19,
2001.
178 items auctioned, 66 items illustrated (all in color), including
violins by Pierre Joseph Hel, Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, one probably
by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, J. B. Vuillaume, Giuseppe Gagliano,
Carlo Landolfi, Tomaso Carcassi, Andrea Guarneri, Francesco Ruggieri,
and Stradivari, violas by Vincenzo Sannino and Johann Eberle (festoon
outline), and cellos by Wilhelm Hammig, Ricardo Genovese, Thomas
Kennedy, Emile Mennesson, and one probably by Pasquale Ventapane.
(with prices realized, minor wear) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Chicago, October
4, 2001.
91 items auctioned, 54 items illustrated (all in color), including
violins by Vaccari, Pedrazzini, Audinot, Giuseppe Gagliano, J.
B. Vuillaume, Nicolo Gagliano, Andrea Guarneri and G. B. Guadagnini,
and cellos by Tomasowsky, Georg Kloz II, and Vuillaume. (back
cover creased, no prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, June 11,
2002.
151 items auctioned, 59 items illustrated (all in color), including
violins by William Forster II, Thomas Urquhart, Pietro Guarneri
of Mantua, Leopold Widhalm, Georges Chanot II, Dom Nicolo Amati,
Johannes Cuypers, Camillo Camilli, Carlo Testore, and Giovanni
Pressenda, violas by Mathias Hornstainer, Riccardo Genovese, Allesandro
Gagliano, and Nicolas Darche, and cellos by Collin-Mezin I, Charles
Bailly, J. B. Vuillaume, and G. B. Guadagnini. (with prices realized)
$25.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. London, March 11,
2003.
205 items auctioned, 82 items illustrated (all in color), including
violins by John and Arthur Betts, Franz Geissenhof, Matthijs Hofmans,
Giuseppe & Antonio Gagliano, Antonio Pelizon, Paul Bailly,
Thomas Kennedy, one ascribed to G. B. Guadagnini, Andrea Guarneri,
Carlo Loveri, Tomaso Balestrieri, J. B. Vuillaume, Johannes Cuypers,
and Pietro Guarneri of Mntua, violas by George Wulme-Hudson, Joseph
Meyer, Gaetano Gadda, and Giovanni Gabrielli, and cellos by Johann
Reiter, one probably by Thomas Kennedy, and one attributed to
Alessandro D'Espine. (with prices realized) $35.00
-------- CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Including Early
Music. London, November 2 & 10, 2004.
283 items auctioned, numerous color illustrations, including violins
by Giuseppe Gagliano, Degani, Pressenda, Annibale Fagnola, Giovanni
Tononi, Gennaro Gagliano, Nicolo Amati and Lorenzo Storioni, a
viola by Nicolo Gagliano, and cellos by Georges Mougenot, Collin-Mezin,
one ascribed to Carlo Testore, Derazey, and J. B. Vuillaume, (with
prices realized) $35.00
Sousa, John Philip. THE FIFTH STRING. New York, 1907.
125 pp. (covers sprung, some stains) An interesting
novel about a violinist by the Master of the March. Decorated
covers. $15.00
(Spalding, Albert) Winston, Suzanne Spalding (ed.) TON ALBERT
QUI T'ADORE. The Courtship Letters of Albert Spalding to Mary
V. Pyle. New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing, 1988.
ix, 115 pp., 17 illustrations. A fascinating account
of the letters between Spalding and his fiance.
$30.00
(Spohr, Louis) Pleasants, Henry. THE MUSICAL JOURNEYS OF LOUIS
SPOHR. University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.
xvii, 262 pp., 8 illustrations, 2 maps. (5 3/8 x 8 ? inches,
d.j. a bit worn, torn and taped) $55.00
Spohr, Louis. LOUIS SPOHR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, 1861. German
edition.
Volume II only. 444 pp, several musical examples. (rebound
in black cloth) $45.00
Sprenger, Eugen. DIE STREICHINSTRUMENTE UND IHRE BEHANDLUNG.
Kassel und Basel, 1951.
26 pp., illustrated cover. In German. (4 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches,
stiff paper covers, creased, minor wear) $25.00
Squier Company, Victor C. VIOLIN MAKERS' SUPPLIES. Catalog
No. 23M. Michigan, n.d.
12 pp., 1 illustration. (6 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches, paper covers)
An interesting little catalog listing prices of all the
materials needed to build a violin. $55.00
Stainer, Cecil. A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS. Compiled From
the Best Authorities. London: Novello, n.d. Revised Edition.
102 pp. (stiff boards worn, spine a bit frayed, some foxing)
Lists 100's (1000's?) of makers. with a lot of interesting
information. $35.00
(Stainer, Jacobus) Francais, Jacques. JACOBUS STAINER AND 18TH
CENTURY VIOLIN MASTERS. An Exhibition Presented by Jacques Francais
Under the Auspices of the Austrian Institute. October 26, 1981
To January 29, 1982.
24 pp., 6 pp. of illustrations of Stainer violins. (paper
covers) $55.00
(Stainer, Jacobus) Hopfner, Rudolf. JACOB STAINER...Kayserlicher
Diener und Geigenmacher zu Absom. October, 2003.
215 pp., numerous illustrations. (10 x 11 1/2 inches) Catalog
of the Exhibition. Deluxe hard cover edition, limited to 100 copies.
$175.00
(Stainer, Jakob) Senn, Walter. JAKOB STAINER der Geigenmacher
zu Absam. Insbruck: Verlag Wagner, 1951.
138 pp., 5 plates. In German. (6 ? x 9 ? inches, paper covers)
$85.00 Sold!
Starcke, Herrmann. DIE GEIGE. Dresden, 1884. In German.
178 pp., facsimiles of labels. (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, spine
a bit worn, one label cut out, and it is included in photocopy)
$75.00
Starker, Janos and Sicre, Jorge. THE ROLL CALL OF THE BLESSED
ONES. Occidental Press, 1985.
(8) 54 pp., (10), 54 illustrations. (6 x 8 1/2 inches) The
wonderfully witty carricatures and descriptions of some of the
greatest performers of the time. $45.00
Starr, William. THE SUZUKI VIOLINIST. A Guide for Teachers
and Parents. Tennessee, 1976.
vi, 142 pp., numerous illustrations. (8 1/2 x 11 inches, spiral
bound, a few pages stained) $10.00
(Staryk, Steven) Lewis, Thane, with Steven Staryk. FIDDLING
WITH LIFE. The Unusual Journey of Steven Staryk. Canada, 2000.
247 pp., numerous illustrations, with a CD of his playing.
(6 x 9 inches, stiff paper covers) The playing on the cd
is spectacular! $30.00
Steinway, Theodore E. PEOPLE AND PIANOS. A Century of Service
to Music. New York, 1961. Second edition.
125 pp, numerous illustrations. (no d.j., covers a bit marked)
An interesting book, mostly illustrations, about the history
of the Steinway piano, Steinway Hall, and the Steinway musicians.
$35.00
Stern, Isaac. MY FIRST 79 YEARS. Written with Chaim Potok.
New York, 1999.
317 pp., over 50 illustrations. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches) A
fascinating life story. $25.00 Sold!
Stoeving, Paul. THE STORY OF THE VIOLIN. London: Walter Scott
Publishing Co., n.d.
xxvii, 324 pp., frontispiece, 42 illustrations, fold-out chronological
table showing the descent of violin playing. (2nd issue, covers
a bit worn, sl. foxing) A fascinating book.
$40.00
Stoeving, Paul. THE VIOLIN. Its Famous Makers and Players.
Greenwood Press, 1976.
100 pp., musical examples. (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches, cloth, reprint)
Includes chapters on Viotti and Paganini, as well as the
general development of the violin and violin methods.
$20.00
Stoeving, Paul. WHAT VIOLINISTS OUGHT TO KNOW. The Whys and
Wherefores of Fundamental Rules. London: Bosworth & Co., 1912.
24 pp. (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, paper covers loose and frayed,
back cover missing) $15.00 Sold!
Stoeving, Paul. THE MASTERY OF THE BOW AND BOWING SUBTLETIES.
A Text Book for Teachers and Students of the Violin. New York,
1920.
ix, 184 pp., frontispiece, 12 illustrations, 58 musical examples.
(some wear to covers) $35.00
Stoeving, Paul. VON DER VIOLINE. Berlin, 1906.
371 pp., fold-out, 53 illustrations, musical examples. In
German. $25.00
(Stowell, Robin, editor) THE VIOLIN BOOK. Balafon Books,
1999.
126 pp., 100's of illustrations. (4to, cloth) An interesting
new book that includes chpters on violin makers, the bow, the
marketplace, teaching, performers, and violin music. Limited to
6000 copies. In a slipcase. $75.00
(Stradivari) Bacchetta, Renzo. STRADIVARI NON É NATO
NEL 1644. Vita e Opere del Celebre Liutaro. La Sala Stradivariana.
Del Museo Civico di Cremona. Cremona, 1937. In Italian.
175 pp., numerous illustrations. (6 x 8 3/4 inches, some wear
to paper covers and spine) $135.00
-------- Balfoort, Dirk J. STRADIVARI, AN ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH.
Stockholm, 1935.
60 pp., 33 illustrations. (boards sl. warped and chipped)
A biography of Stradivari in English, with a survey of his
works. $40.00
-------- Beare, Charles. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. The Cremona Exhibition
of 1987. London, 1993.
328 pp., more than 225 pages of color illustrations of instruments,
illustrating 44 instruments and 2 bows, including the Tullaye,
Mahler, Hellier, Tuscan, Medici, Baron Knoop, Soil, Batta, Lady
Blunt, Sarasate, Habeneck and Muntz. An
unbelievable collection of Stradivari's instruments in probably
the finest color photos of instruments ever printed. A sensational
book, in a slipcase! $475.00
-------- (Biddulph, Peter) Chiesa, Carlo and Rosengard, Duane.
THE STRADIVARI LEGACY. London, 1998.
148 pp., numerous illustrations. (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches) A
new book that contains the text of all four versions of Stradivari's
last will and testament, as well as extended commentary and background
information about the Stradivari family. Also includes full-colour
photographs of six Stradivari instruments, including the "Rode",
the "Cipiriani", one from 1729, and one by Francesco
and two by Omobono. In a limited edition, in a slipcase.
$200.00
-------- (Biddulph, Peter) Chiesa, Carlo and Rosengard, Duane.
THE STRADIVARI LEGACY. London, 1998. THE DELUXE EDITION.
148 pp., numerous illustrations. (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches) A
new book that contains the text of all four versions of Stradivari's
last will and testament, as well as extended commentary and background
information about the Stradivari family. Also includes full-color
photographs of six Stradivari instruments, including the "Rode",
the "Cipiriani", one from 1729, and one by Francesco
and two by Omobono. In a limited edition (300 unnumbered copies),
beautifully bound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, in a slipcase.
$375.00
-------- Bonetti, Carlo, Cavalcabo, Agostino, and Gualazzini,
Ugo. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. Reports and Documents. 1937. Cremona:
Cremonabooks, 1999.
xiv, 104 pp., illustration. (8vo, stiff paper covers) The
new translation of this important book. $35.00 Sold!
-------- Fetis, F. J. NOTICE OF ANTHONY STRADIVARI. The Celebrated
Violin-Maker, Known by the Name of Stradivarius. London: Robert
Cocks and Co., 1864. First English edition.
xiv, 132 pp., numerous illustrations. (5 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches,
covers sl. worn, spine sl. frayed, some writing) This edition
scarce. $150.00
-------- Herrmann, Emil. STRADIVARIUS MEMORIAL CONCERT. In
Commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Death of Antonius Stradivarius.
1644-1737. Carnegie Hall, Monday Evening, December 20, 1937, at
8:30 p.m. Under the Auspices of the Stradivarius Memorial Association.
New York, 1937.
40 pp., stiff illustrated wrappers, 21 plates, 20 Stradivari
instruments are illustrated. A copy brought £121,
about $225 at the Christie's auction of November,
1988. $85.00
-------- Hoffmann, Georges. STRADIVARIUS. L'Enchanteur. Geneve,
1938. First edition.
218 pp., 14 illustrations. (fragile paper covers a bit chipped
and worn, partially detached, some pages uncut) Includes
some wonderful illustrations, including a map of the village of
Cremona and the home of Stradivari. $85.00
-------- Machold Rare Violins. ANTONIO STRADIVARIUS, CREMONA
1679. EX-PARERA. New York, 1998.
32 pp., numerous illustrations. An interesting monograph
about this great violin, including photos of the instrument, copies
of old certificates, letters of documentation, etc. (9 1/4
x 12 1/4 inches) $30.00
-------- Machold Rare Violins. ANTONIO STRADIVARIUS, CREMONA
1679. THE SUNRISE. New York, 1998.
48 pp., numerous illustrations. An interesting monograph
about this great violin, including photos of the instrument, copies
of old certificates, letters of documentation, etc. (9 1/4
x 12 1/4 inches) $30.00 Sold!
-------- (Mostra) MOSTRA DI ANTONIO STRADIVARI. Settimane Musicali
di Stressa. Isola Bella, 1963.
71 pp., 47 instruments illustrated on full-page plates. In
Italian and English. (top of spine torn, o/w very good) A
copy brought £552, about $850 at the Sotheby's
auction of June, 1996. Edition limited to 1000 copies.
$425.00
-------- Orcutt, William Dana. THE STRADIVARI MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON,
the National Capital. Library of Congress, 1938.
49 pp., frontispiece, 16 plates. (paper covers sl. worn)
$40.00
-------- Petherick, Horace. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. London: The
Strad Library, No. VIII, 1913.
82 pp., frontispiece, 10 plates, figures. (front cover sprung,
free endpaper missing) $35.00
-------- Pollens, Stewart. THE VIOLIN FORMS OF ANTONIO STRADIVARI.
London: Peter Biddulph, 1992.
34 pp. of text, 40 forms of instruments, including 8 foldouts.
(13 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches, some minor wear) Rather scarce.
$350.00
-------- Puccianti, Anna. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. Cremona, 1959.
31 pp., 16 illustrations. (stiff paper covers, 4 3/4 inches
x 6 1/2 inches) $35.00
-------- Santoro, Elia. ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS. Cremona, 1987.
In Italian.
xii, 248 pp., 40 illustrations. $45.00
-------- Santoro, Elia. TRAFFICI E FALSIFICAZIONI dei Violini
di Antonio Stradivari. Cremona, 1973.
85 pp., 3 illustrations. (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, stiff paper
covers, sl. wear) $45.00
-------- Squier, Victor C. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. His Life and
Work. (1644-1737). Battle Creek: Phoenix Printing Co., 1944.
92 pp., 32 illus. (covers and endpapers a bit worn and dirty)
Includes a genealogical table of the family of Stradivari.
$60.00
-------- Szanto, György. STRADIVARI. Gondolat, 1970.
492 pp., 8 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 8 inches, d.j. a bit worn,
2nd edition) $20.00 Sold!
-------- STRADIVARI E LA LIUTERIA CREMONESE DALL'URSS. Catalogue
of the Exhibition of Cremonese Violin Makers from the Museum in
Moscow. Cremona, 1988.
141 pp., 10 x 14 1/2 inches, bound in fine linen, printed
on coated art paper, fine photographic color illustrations on
nearly every page, most with actual size bodies and measurements
of the instruments. In Italian and English. In a linen box. (10
x 14 1/2 inches, sl. wear on title on spine) Edition limited
to 1000 copies. A beautiful book, with beautiful plates.
$300.00 Sold!
-------- (Violoncelli) I VIOLONCELLI DI ANTONIO STRADIVARI:
Antonio Stradivari's Cellos.
192 pp., over 40 pp. of color photos of ten cellos from 1684
to 1732. Softcover. $85.00
-------- Tinyanova, H. and Angoff, C. STRADIVARI, THE VIOLIN
MAKER. New York, 1940.
99 pp., 9 drawings. (5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, d.j. sl. worn and
chipped) An interesting little children's book.
$25.00
-------- Yokoyama, Shinichi. ANTONIO STRADIVARI IN JAPAN. Tokyo:
Gakken Co., 1984.
180 pp., fabulous illustrations of 14 of the greatest instruments
ever made. Limited to 1000 copies. In a slipcase. (in
near-mint condition, in the original box) Very scarce.
$1750.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London, 1897-1898.
A specially bound volume of 20 issues, May, 1897-December,
1898. (covers a bit worn, spine frayed, worn and taped, inside
covers taped, all plates present) $225.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London, 1901-1902.
A specially bound volume of 20 issues, May, 1901-Dec,
1902. (covers and spine a bit worn, all plates are present,
but 3 are loose) $225.00 Sold!
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1948-1978.
150 miscellaneous issues from 1948-1978. $325.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1965-2003.
440 issues, missing only 28 issues, 1966 and 1968 are complete,
then 30 additional complete years, 1971-1992, and 1994-2001. Nine
years are in the red Strad binders, which have some wear and cracking.
A very good collection. $2500.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1965-1980.
171 issues from January 1965-August, 1980, missing 18 issues,
complete from September, 1970-August, 1980. $850.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1974-1977.
Four complete years from January 1974-December, 1977.
$250.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1963-1979.
53 miscellaneous issues from 1963-1979. $250.00
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1995-2001.
56 miscellaneous issues from 1995-2001. November, 1995-February,
1999 is complete. (some wear to some issues) $300.00 Sold!
Strad Magazine. STRAD MAGAZINE. London. 1993-2005.
60 miscellaneous issues from 1993-2005. $400.00
-------- THE STRAD CALENDAR 1991. $20.00 Sold!
-------- THE STRAD CALENDAR 1997. The Amati Family.
$20.00
-------- THE STRAD CALENDAR 2002. The Golden Age of Brescia.
$20.00
Strings Magazine. California, 1989-2001.
85 issues: 1989-9/2001, missing only one issue, July/Aug,
1998, plus the 1994 and 1995 Resource Guide. Back issues
now sell directly from the publisher for $7.50 each,
so this is a bargain. $450.00
Strings Magazine. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AUCTION PRICE GUIDE. 1994, 1998.
2 issues. Numerous illlustrations. (paper covers, a bit worn)
$40.00
Suzuki, Shinichi. NURTURED BY LOVE. A New Approach to Education.
New York, 1969.
121 pp., 7 illustrations, musical example. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2
inches, d.j. sl. chipped and torn) $15.00
Swalin, Benjamin F. THE VIOLIN CONCERTO. A Study in German
Romanticism. The University of North Carolina Press, 1941.
ix, 172 pp., numerous musical examples. (ex-library, covers
a bit worn) $40.00
Szigeti, Joseph. SZIGETI ON THE VIOLIN. New York: Dover, 1979.
xxii, 234 pp., numerous musical examples. (paperback)
$15.00
Szulc, Zdzislaw. SLOWNIK LUTNIKOW POLSKICH. Poznan, 1953. In
Polish.
264 pp., 195 illustrations of instruments and facsimiles of
labels. (7 x 10 inches, paper covers a bit worn and chipped) A
very interesting and scarce book on Polish makers.
$150.00
(Tartini) A LETTER FROM THE LATE SIGNOR TARTINI to Signora
Maddalena Lombardini. Published as an Important Lesson to Performers
on the Violin. Translated by Dr. Burney. London: William Reeves,
1913. (1779)
25 pp., frontispiece, musical examples. (paper covers a bit
worn and partially detached) $65.00 Sold!
Taylor, Joseph. THE PRINCIPLES OF VIOLIN CONSTRUCTION. London:
J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd., n.d.
60 pp., 6 illustrations. (5 x 7 1/4 inches, paper covers sl.
worn, bottom of pages a bit creased) Scarce.
$75.00
Taylor, Tom. EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO VIOLIN PLAYING. London, n.d.
(1895?)
134 pp., musical examples. (4 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches, covers and
spine worn and frayed, binding loose) $15.00
Temianka, Henri. FACING THE MUSIC. An Irreverent Close-up of
the Real Concert World. New York, 1973.
x, 272 pp., numerous illustrations. (6 x 8 1/2 inches, very
good condition) $25.00
Tertis, Lionel. MY VIOLA AND I. A Complete
Autobiography. London: Paul Elek, 1974.
xv, 184 pp., frontispiece, 20 illustrations. (small
pin hole in front cover) $30.00 Sold!
Teuchert, Emil und Haupt, Erhard Walter. MUSIK-INSTRUMENTENKUNDE
IN WORT UND BILD. Leipzig, 1910.
viii, 108 pp., illustrations, musical examples, 2 fold-outs.
(6 x 9 ? inches, paper covers, front cover detached, back cover
partly detached, one fold-out frayed, pages unopened)
$55.00
Thistleton, Frank. MODERN VIOLIN TECHNIQUE. How to Acquire
It. How to Teach It. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1922.
xv, 135 pp., frontispiece, 6 plates. (third impression, covers
and spine frayed and sl. worn, corners bumped) $30.00
Thöne, Jost. ITALIAN AND FRENCH VIOLINMAKERS. Volume I.
2004.
132 pp., numerous illustrations. (18 x 12 inches) A
new photo documentary book highlighting the great masters of Italian
and French violin making. Makers included are Riccardo Antoniazzi,
Paul Bailly, Gustave Bernardel, Mateo Gofriller, Antonio Gragnani,
Nicolas Lupot, Francesco Rugieri, and J. B. Vuillaume.
$475.00
Tolbecque, Auguste. L'ART DU LUTHIER. Nirot: Chez L'auteur,
1903. In French.
x, 314 pp., 99 illustrations, portraits of several French
luthiers. (bound in full leather, w/o original covers, some pages
frayed at edges) A fascinating book that includes sections
on all facets of instrument making, including clamps, planes,
many varnish recipes, from Piemontais's recipe of 1550 to Maugin's
of 1834, tuning pegs, fingerboards, etc., etc. Extremely scarce!
$1400.00
Toll, Dr. Michael. DIE DEUTSCHE NATIONALKIRSCHE S. MARIA dell'Anima
in Neapel. Freiburg-Breisgau, 1909.
x, 126 pp, several illustrations. (9 x 12 inches, chipped
paper covers) $45.00
Torri, Luigi. LA COSTRUZIONE ED I COSTRUTTORI degli Istrumenti
ad Arco. Padova, n.d. (1920?)
viii, 43 pp. (6 1/4 x 9 inches, bound in newer cloth, sl.
wear, 2nd edition, in Italian) An interesting book that
is considered to be tthe most important bibliography on violin
books after Heron-Allen. $85.00
Tortelier, Paul and Blum, David. PAUL TORTELIER. A Self-Portrait.
London: William Heinemann, 1984.
xvii, 270 pp., 26 illustrations. (d. j. sl. worn) $40.00
(Toscanini, Arturo) Stefan, Paul. ARTURO TOSCANINI. Vienna,
1935. In German.
80 pp., 16 pp. of photos of the great Maestro. $50.00
Tottmann, Albert. FÜHRER DURCH DEN VIOLIN-UNTERRICHT.
Leipzig, 1886-1902.
xv, 396 pp, musical examples. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, some
wear to covers, missing free endpaper, in German) $45.00 Sold!
Tottmann, Albert. DAS BÜCHLEIN VON DER GEIGE order Die
Grundmaterialien des Violinspiels. Leipzig, n.d.
32 pp., numerous musical examples, followed by a list of violin
works, then an article about elmentary studies for the violin,
and 51 pieces (or excerpts of pieces) for the violin. (5 1/4 x
7 1/4 inches, paper covers, minor wear) $45.00
Trendelenburg, Wilhelm. DIE NATUARLICHEN GRUNDLAGEN DER
KUNST DES STREICHINSTRUMENTSPIELS. Horst Hamecher Kassel,
1974.
xix, 300 pp., 84 illustrations and diagrams. In German. (6
1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, d.j. sl. worn) $75.00
Tumminello, Giuseppe. ARTE ARTIGIANATO SOCIETÀ. Dall'albero
al violino/Lavoro e Creatività. Cremona, 1981. In Italian.
224 pp., numerous illustrations. (7 x 10 inches) Interesting
illustrations showing the process of making a violin.
$40.00
Twinn, Sydney. PLAYING AT SIGHT FOR VIOLINISTS and Others
in an Orchestra. Valuable Hints and Aids for the Full Mastery
of the Subject. London: William Reeves, n.d.
52 pp., 30 musical examples. (4 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches,
stiff paper covers, sl. wear) $20.00
Valentin, Erich. HANDBUCH DER INSTRUMENTENKUNDE. Regensburg,
1954.
554 pp., illustrations. (8vo, some wear) $35.00
van der Straeten, Edmund. THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN. Its Ancestors
and Collateral Instruments From Earliest Times to the Present
Day. London, 1933.
Vol I: xvii, 416 pp., frontispiece, 43 illustrations, 32 diagrams.
Vol II: ix, 473 pp., frontispiece, 47 illustrations, numerous
diagrams. (ex-library, rebound in new cloth, o/w very good to
near-fine condition) A vital resource guide to violinists
of past times. The scarce first edition!
$150.00
van der Straeten, Edmund. THE ROMANCE OF THE FIDDLE. The Origin
of the Modern Virtuoso and the Adventures of His Ancestors. London,
1911.
xvi, 315 pp., frontispiece, 36 plates. (7 x 9 inches, covers
and spine a bit worn and faded, several newspaper articles pasted
in, creating some browing, o/w very good) A great book about
the early history of the violin. $75.00
van der Straeten, Edmund. TECHNICS OF VIOLONCELLO PLAYING.
London: The Strad Library, No. V, 1905. Second edition.
149 pp., 43 illustrations, musical examples. (some minor wear)
$30.00
van Loan, Philip. THE SOUL OF THE VIOLIN. New York, 1924.
Unpaged (12 pp.) (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, bound in new
cloth) A novel about Stradivari, Bergonzi, Tartini, etc.
This copy looks like an extract from the novel. $35.00
Vannes, René. 1252 ÉTIQUETTES DE LUTHIERS. Tirage
a Part des 87 Planches D'Étiquettes du Dictionnaire Universel
des Luthiers. Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1935.
87 plates with 1252 facsimiles of labels. (minor wear) Very
scarce! $275.00
Vatelot, Etienne. LES ARCHETS FRANCAIS. Paris, 1980. Second
edition.
Two volumes. More than 1000 pages, nearly 800 color photographs.
In English, French and German. (very good to near-fine condition)
The great, indispensible bow book. Sold for
$4400 at the Skinner auction of May, 1996. Extremely scarce!
$3000.00
Vatelot, Etienne. LES ARCHETS FRANCAIS. THE DELUXE EDITION.
Paris, 1980. Second edition. In English, French and German.
Two volumes. More than 1000 pages, nearly 800 color photographs.
(outside edges of pages a bit dirty, covers sl. worn) The
leather-bound edition. No. 203 of only 260 copies.
$5000.00
(Venetian Instruments) LES VIOLONS. Exhibition Catalogue. Paris,
1995.
295 pp., numerous illustrations of instruments. (stiff paper
covers) Beautiful color illustrations. $100.00
Vercheval, Henri. DICTIONNAIRE DU VIOLONISTE. Suivi d'une liste
des Violonistes célèbres et des Luthiers les plus
connus depuis l'origine du Violon jusqu'à la fin du XIXe
siècle. Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1923.
192 pp., frontispiece of Ysaye. In French. (paper covers,
some wear to covers and spine, spine frayed, pages unopened, a
few pages chipped at top) Scarce. $75.00
Vettori, Carlo. I MAESTRI DEL NOVECENTO. Florence, 1992.
167 pp. In English and Italian. (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches) Numerous
photographs of modern Italian violin makers and their instruments.
Edition limited to 1000 copies. $225.00
Vidal, Antoine. LA LUTHERIE ET LES LUTHIERS. Paris, 1889.
(11), 347 pp., frontispiece, 29 plates illustrating instruments
and labels. (6 1/2 x 10 inches, 1/4 leather and marbled boards,
sl. wear to covers and spine, a few pages a bit worn) Very
scarce. $550.00
(Vieuxtemps) Ginsburg, Lev. VIEUXTEMPS. Edited by Herbert Axelrod.
Translated by I. Levin. New Jersey: Paganiniana Publications,
1984.
190 pp., numerous illustrations. Wonderful illustrations
of Vieuxtemps and many other great performers. $35.00 Sold!
(Violin Labels) 350 (OLD) VIOLIN LABEL FACSIMILES.
24 pp. (5 ? x 8 ? inches, paper covers, 1 page signature detached
from staples) Scarce.
$85.00 Sold!
Violin Society of America. JOURNAL.
Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 2, No. 1; Vol. 2, No. 4; Vol. 6, No.4;
Vol. 13, No. 2; Vol. 16, Nos. 1, 2, 3. each
$20.00
Vitali Import Company. CATALOG. California, n.d.
112 pp., numerous illustrations. (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., stiff
paper covers) A catalog of modern instruments and accessories.
$20.00
Voit & Geiger. CATALOG OF RARE VIOLINS. Chicago, 1930.
24 pp., 4 illustrations. (paper covers, lightly creased in
midline, minor wear) Scarce. $100.00
Voit & Geiger. AN AGE-OLD CRAFT BECOMES A HOBBY. Chicago,
n.d.
unpaged (16 pp.), illustrations. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, stiff
paper covers, covers and spine sl. worn, pages a bit dirty)
$25.00
(Voller Brothers) Dilworth, John, Fairfax, Andrew, and Milnes,
John. THE VOLLER BROTHERS. British Violin Making Association,
2006.
112 pp., 22 full color illustrations of instruments. (12 1/2
x 9 1/2 in.) Includes a guide to indentifying Voller Instruments.
$200.00
(Voller Brothers) Dilworth, John, Fairfax, Andrew, and
Milnes, John. THE VOLLER BROTHERS. British Violin Making Association,
2006. The Deluxe Edition.
112 pp., 22 full color illustrations of instruments. (12 1/2
x 9 1/2 in.) Includes a guide to indentifying Voller Instruments.
$350.00 Sold!
(Volpe, Arnold) Volpe, Marie. ARNOLD VOLPE. Bridge Between
Two Musical Worlds. Coral Gables, Florida, 1950.
v, 223 pp., numerous illustrations. (no d.j., free-endpaper
torn out) $10.00
Volti, Carl. VIOLIN CATECHISM AND TEXT BOOK. London,
n.d.
(iv) 70 pp., numerous musical examples. (8vo, cloth,
covers sprung) $35.00
(Vuillaume, J. B.) Greiner, Stefan-Peter and Thöne, Jost.
JEAN-BAPTISTE VUILLAUME. 1998. In English, French and German.
19 pp. of text, 90 full-size pages of photos, illustrating
26 instruments. (16 1/2 x 12 inches) A beautiful book, with
wonderful pictures. Edition limited to 2000 copies.
$325.00
(Vuillaume, J. B.) JEAN-BAPTISTE VUILLAUME. Un Luthier Francais.
1798-1875. Mirecourt, 1998. In French.
79 pp., numerous illustrations, including illustrations of
the bows from the Vuillaume shop. (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, stiff
covers) The catalog from the Vuillaume Exhibition in Mirecourt.
$85.00
(Vuillaume, J. B.) Millant, R. J. B. VUILLAUME. His Life and
Work. London: Hill and Sons, 1972. In English, French and German.
207 pp., frontis., 80 pages of illustrations. (edges of covers
sl. rubbed and frayed) A beautiful book about this great
French maker. $150.00
(Vuillaume, J. B.) Millant, R. J. B. VUILLAUME. His Life and
Work. London: Hill and Sons, 1972. In English, French and German.
THE DELUXE EDITION.
207 pp., frontispiece, 80 pages of illustrations, bound in
full morocco leather, with gilt decorations and in a slipcase.
This edition limited to 500 copies. A copy brought £231,
about $450 at the Christie's auction of November,
1990. $500.00
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