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HOLST, IMOGEN: : THE MUSIC OF GUSTAV HOLST. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS/GEORGE CUMBERLEGE,1951.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE-/VG+.No owner inscrptn other than a circular name+address ink stamp to bottom corner of ffe; but author's handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Slightly toned edges to beige background with 2 brown ink,blank music staves and black lettering to front panel of dw/dj and also,similarly,to a darkened spine/ backstrip too,rear panel with publisher's advert in black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Two small closed tears with miniscule loss at head of spine/backstrip; one each towards the front+rear dw/dj panels' gutters' edges.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain tan cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers with offset foxing+some spotting from dw/dj's inner flaps,to front+rear free endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2-164pp [paginated] includes XX (20) chapters,4 contemporary b/w facsimile music manuscript reproductions and b/w musical notation staves interspersed throughout the text and the book,a chronology,a List of compositions and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication (to Benjamin Britten),separate contents and Facsimiles lists and author's note. Imogen Holst's account of her late father's music written between 1948-50,is still regarded unsurprisingly,as the best general survey of Holst's music. Imogen Holst (b. 1907 - d. 1984),was the only child of Gustav Holst,and herself was a composer,an arranger of folk songs,a writer on music,a conductor,and an administrator.She also acted as music assistant to Benjamin Britten, with whom she became a friend and close associate.From this friendship,she subsequently continued as Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival until 1977,when she retired to devote more time to preparing a thematic catalogue of her father's music. [From her autobiography 'A Life in Music.'] Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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