Arty Bees Books (31 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English Edition. Translated by Basil Creighton from the original in German. Green cloth has gilt titles on spine and is in good condition externally apart from bumping of corners and spine ends. The contents are foxed, particularly on prelims and page edges. There is a book plate from previous owner on front paste-down. Dust jacket is price-clipped and is quite worn with chipping and cracking on spine ends and corners with small absences at spine ends.

Seller Inventory # 22021

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Lithographs from the sheet music of 19th Century America. Owner's name on front e/p. Black cloth binding has lettering in yellow and red on front and spine. Corners and spine ends a little bumped but otherwise a very good, tight, clean copy.

Seller Inventory # 21375

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mary Fry (illustrator). First American Edition. 48pp. Book IX of the World in Tune series. With an introduction and some background to American Indian instruments, songs and stories. Also scores and words to songs. Original staples have rusted causing staining at spine. There is also staining at top of front cover and first few pages. Book is intact and tidy but disbound. It could easily be restapled. A bargain.

Seller Inventory # 22105

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Interviews with a number of contemporary British violin makers. 240pp with 31 plates. Black hard cover with gilt lettering on spine. Corners a little bumped but otherwise tight and clean. Pictorial dust jacket is spotted on inside and has remains of a price sticker on the front cover and it has been price-clipped.

Seller Inventory # 21510

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Paperback in good used condition. Some bumping to corners and fading to spine. Touch of foxing to e'p's and page edges. No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 25236

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Photos By Jean Baptiste Mondino (illustrator). First Edition. Photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondino, Designed by Robert Bergman-Ungar. Black hardcover is slightly bumped and faded in places. CD is present. B&W photos with lyrics. Nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 25416

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised and Expanded. Black hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Boards clean and bright. 322pp. Part 1 - Articles by the late LL S Lloyd selected and edited with an introduction and bibliography by Hugh Boyle. Part 2 - Definitions, esperiments, measurements, calculations, various appendices and tables by Hugh Boyle. Contents tight and clean apart from a mark on title page left by a removed price sticker. No inscriptions. Dust jacket is very good and not price clipped. Very tidy copy.

Seller Inventory # 23625

Cloth Spine with Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date but around 1933. Orange cloth spine with orange paper boards with black lettering and illustration on front. Spine ends and corners bumped otherwise very good. Discolouration of e/p's otherwise contents tight and clean. Dust wrapper is sunned on spine and bumped along edges with minor cracking along top edge.

Seller Inventory # 21495

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black hardcover in tidy condition. Contents tight with occasional light pencil markings. Dust jacket is bumped along edges. Nice copy. David Boucher and Gary Browning provide a multi-faceted analysis of the political art of Bob Dylan. The contributions cover Dylan's career as a whole, dealing with such themes as alienation, protest, non-conformity and the American Dream. Dylan's work is examined from a variety of perspectives including the aesthetic theory of Kant, Adorno, Lyotard and Collingwood. The assembled authors are notable specialists in political theory, literary criticism and popular culture. They do not tackle Dylan from a single standpoint but collectively question how Dylan's work relates to the theory and practice of politics.

Seller Inventory # 25687

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Sixth Reprint. Introduction by Yehudi Menuhin. 160pp including a manual for the sitar. Contents are tight. Black cloth has yellow lwttering on spine. Contents are tight with some age discolouration of pages. New Delhi book seller's stamp on front e/p. No inscriptions. Dust wrapper is bumped and cracked along edges. It is not price-clipped.

Seller Inventory # 22012

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Black hard cover with old tape stains on edges of boards. Contents tight with usual library markings. Dust jacket has slightly faded spine and library markings on spine. Otherwise very tidy. Nice ex-library copy. Described as the first book to examine in detail the many traditions of one of today's most popular instruments. With its central focus on Andres Segovia's pioneering work in establishing the guitar as an international concert instrument, it goes on to examine in detail its subsequent developments with reference to great artists such as Julian Bream, John Williams, Alirio Diaz and Narciso Yepes.

Seller Inventory # 25667

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition paperback with blue pictorial covers. Spine is faded but otherwise covers in very good order. Contents tight and clean apart from previous owner's name on pre-title page.215pp with illustrations.

Seller Inventory # 22290

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Purple cloth has titles in gilt on red label on slightly faded spine. Corners are bumped. Previous owner's name on front e/p. Contents tight and clean. 300pp. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. It has faded spine, bumping and age-discolouration along top edge with small tear at rear top of spine. A nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 24037

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black textured hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions or markings. Dust jacket has minor bumping to edges and small closed tear to top of spine. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. Featuring 250 photographs of Fender guitars-including some extremely rare guitars in private collections-as well as the largest collection of Fender advertising ever assembled, this gorgeously designed volume is a comprehensive account of Fender's golden age. It will be irresistible to anyone interested in guitars, rock 'n' roll, or mid-century American collectibles and ephemera.

Seller Inventory # 25984

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Grey hard cover with maroon cloth spine. In very tidy condition with no inscriptions or markings. 482pp. Volume 1 only. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. "Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune," writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music - a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the nonspecialist reader. It is designed for musicians who find their art increasingly mediated by technology, and for anyone who is interested in the intersection of art and science. In Volume 1, Loy presents the materials of music (notes, intervals, and scales); the physical properties of music (frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre); the perception of music and sound (how we hear); and music composition. Calling himself "a composer seduced into mathematics," Loy provides answers to foundational questions about the mathematics of music accessibly yet rigorously. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio.

Seller Inventory # 26086

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Some age-discolouration to e/p's. Bookseller's plate to front e/p. Dust jacket is not price clipped. It has bumping to top edges. A very nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 25082

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth with embossed front and gilt titles on faded spine. Binding is tight. 166 pp plus xxxix at rear. No publication date stated but circa late 1890's. Ex library book with St Brides Convent stamps but few other markings. Remains of red dust jacket on edges of front and rear e/p's. Age discolouration of e/p's. Nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 24170

Paper Covers. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Published in Roma Anno XV - 1937. Blue paper covers in tidy condition. Spine ends are cracked and spine has been taped. 144pp of music and lyrics of fascist songs. Text is in Italian. Binding loose but holding. Some spotting and age-discolouration throughout.

Seller Inventory # 25296

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Paperback in slightly tatty but still very readable condition. Fading to the covers and with tatty, creased corners. Contents tight with some soiling to e/p's and page edges. No inscriptions or markings. 317pp. "Of the many avenues for expressing dissident viewpoints in communist societies, rock music - with its broad appeal among young people - was one of the most effective. Although there were rock groups that sang the praises of communism, other groups struck the pose of "rock rebels," assailing the system through their ribald lyrics and raucous music. Communist regimes generally had a difficult time adjusting to rock music, and some, such as those in Czechoslovakia and Romania, never did accept the new genre. Others, such as the East German government, tried to control and monitor rock by requiring musicians and DJs alike to pass tests on Marxist ideology. Other strategies included censoring lyrics, record covers, and attire; insisting on haircuts for band members; and fussing about jewelry and other adornments worn by rockers. The authorities knew that although these bands could not overthrow the state, they could sing up a storm, and, indeed, rock the state. Bringing together some of the world's leading authorities on rock music under communism, this book analyzes the rise of specific rock groups throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, examining the broader social culture in which they operated and evaluating the political ramifications of their popularity.".

Seller Inventory # 26224

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Facsimile. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt signature on front. Cloth is slightly soiled with some markings. Library markings at base of spine. Minimal library markings inside. 24pp. Facsimile of Mozart's original manuscript. Contents tight. Some foxing to e/p's.

Seller Inventory # 24622

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. E.H. Shepard (illustrator). First Edition. Decorative paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Age discolouration to edges of the boards else pretty clean and tidy. Off-setting to e/p's. Binding is shaky but holding. Some foxing throughout, particularly to prelims. Dust jacket is soiled and is edge worn. There is chipping to edges and 2 closed tears to top of front. It has been covered. Reasonably tidy copy.

Seller Inventory # 26380

Cloth Spine with Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. E.H. Shepard (illustrator). Original brown paper boards with titles on paper label on front. Cream cloth spine. Some bumping and chipping to corners and touch of foxing to paper label. Contents are tight with some age discolouration and foxing. Old bookseller's stamp at foot of front e/p. Dust jacket has some age discolouration and some repaired tears. It has been covered. Lovely copy.

Seller Inventory # 25109

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Paperback in very tidy condition. Slight darkening of spine. 95pp. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Scarce.

Seller Inventory # 25167

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Green cloth has gilt titles on spine and embossed dates on front. Spine has begun to crack at the top rear (about 2 inches) and there is some spotting on spine. Else very tidy externally. Binding is tight. Previous owner's name on front e/p. Foxing of e/p's and rough-cut page edges. Nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 23950

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Brown cloth has gilt titles on black on spine. Pictorial e/p's which have a touch of foxing. Contents tight with no inscriptions. 436pp with many illustrations. Dust jacket has faded spine and internal discolouration with very slight bumping of edges. A very nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 24179

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on green on spine. 410pp with illustrations. Over 200pp listing music for the horn. Contents tight and clean. Dust jacket slightly bumped on edges, otherwise very good. Not price clipped.

Seller Inventory # 21930

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black hard cover is in very tidy condition. Contents tight and clean. Previous owner name stamp and inscription on front e/p. Dust jacket is also very tidy. Composed in 1935-36 and intended to be his artistic 'credo', Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony was not performed publicly until 1961. Here, Dr Pauline Fairclough tackles head-on one of the most significant and least understood of Shostakovich's major works. She argues that the Fourth Symphony was radically different from its Soviet contemporaries in terms of its structure, dramaturgy, tone and even language, and therefore challenged the norms of Soviet symphonism at a crucial stage of its development. With the backing of prominent musicologists such as Ivan Sollertinsky, the composer could realistically have expected the premiere to have taken place, and may even have intended the symphony to be a model for a new kind of 'democratic' Soviet symphonism. Fairclough meticulously examines the score to inform a discussion of tonal and thematic processes, allusion, paraphrase and reference to musical types, or intonations. Such analysis is set deeply in the context of Soviet musical culture during the period 1932-36, involving Shostakovich's contemporaries Shebalin, Myaskovsky, Kabalevsky and Popov. A new method of analysis is also advanced here, where a range of Soviet and Western analytical methods are informed by the theoretical work of Shostakovich's contemporaries Viktor Shklovsky, Boris Tomashevsky, Mikhail Bakhtin and Ivan Sollertinsky, together with Theodor Adorno's late study of Mahler. In this way, the book will significantly increase an understanding of the symphony and its context.

Seller Inventory # 26111

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. A very nice copy of the second edition of this comprehensive book. Previous owner's name on title page and an attached note signed by the author. Attached Note Signed By Author.

Seller Inventory # 22291

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. A very nice copy of the third edition of this comprehensive book. 432pp. Previous owner's name inside front cover and an attached note signed by the author. Attached Note Signed By Author.

Seller Inventory # 22292

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Full number line. Pale blue hard cover in tidy condition. Previous owner name label on front e/p has had the words blacked out. Contents else tight and clean. Looks hardly read. 173pp. No DW.

Seller Inventory # 26456