The Record Guide by Edward Sackville West (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd printing, Ex-library copy with typical markings, head of spine frayed, top edge tanned, spine cocked. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 11/52 2nd imp. Stamped owner's info bottom title pg. Clean text. Covers recordsavailable in England, January 1951 to May/June 1952. very good, no dj, gold-stamped blue cloth. Bumped corners. Tight 383 pgs. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Imp. 8vo. A nice copy. Light mark to front board. Slight tan to eps. Dw has a couple of tears, 1 1.5" on lower rear cover. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1951. Second Impression. 763 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1952 edition. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards in good condition with minor shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked. Top cut edge coloured blue. Foxing to back endpapers. Rest of text clean. Tightly bound. No dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dents to rear board. Boards are warped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 383 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Condition: Good. 1956. Revised Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Moderate water marks to rear. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Condition: Good. 1956. 191 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2.85.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint, large 8vo, 383pp, previous owner's name and date to ffep o/w VG Copy in VG DJ with a couple of very minor edge tears Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good Dj. Revised Edition. with Andrew Porter and William Mann 957 Pages. An essential reference book where there is a record library. PLEASE NOTE a heavy book suitable only for New Zealand and Australia shipping will be more than ABES quote.

First edition. 763 pp. A guide to gramaphone records available in England up to 1950 which offers help and advice to the music-loving record-buyer. Browning on eps. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Spine darkened. Patch at top of front board faded. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd impression. 225 x 152mm, maroon cloth, spine lettered & ornamented in gilt, pp.768, top edge maroon. Arranged alphabetically by composer. List of performers at end. Very good copy. Good unclipped pictorial dustwrapper with neatly repaired chips to spine panel. Weight over 1 kilo.

Cloth 763pp.tape marks on endpapers, otherwise clean & bright.

15 x 23 cm Leinen. Condition: Gut. 1st edition. 763 Seiten roter Leineband mit Goldtitelprägung; wenige leichte Bleistiftanstreichungen, sonst und insgesamt gut erhaltenes Exemplar (with a great deal of record reviews) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. HARDBACK BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION,REVISED EDITION.

Hard. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dust jacket rubbed and stained in places, chippes along edges, some with loss, spine ends and corners chipped, some with loss, spine browned, chip to spine near foot, price clipped, boards clean and tidy, feint vertical stain along reading edge of front board, pp clean and text clear to read, binding sound. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Closed edges lightly tanned, some composer names are underlined in biro, otherwise VG. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Closed edges lightly tanned/foxed, slightly shaken, owner inscription to ffep, otherwise VG. Size: 8vo.

Condition: VG. London 1951. Lg.8vo., 763pp. VG, no DJ.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. This copy is aged (dust jacket is clipped, chipped and edgeworn in places and the text block is discoloured throughout with foxing and dampstains) There is a notation from previous owner on opening page. There is one loose page. 1163.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A very smart first edition of this precursor reference work for vinyl records of the 1950s. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.An influential guide to gramophone records available in England up to 1950, which aimed to provide as a condensed guide book for record buyers at the time.Compiled by music critics Edward Sackville-West and Desmond Shawe-Taylor, each section begins with an introduction assessing and describing the composer's works, after which the recordings are described and evaluated, using a star system, with two stars as the top rating.It was a precursor to modern guides such as The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight fading to the spine cloth and minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a few spots to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Some minor wear or markings to covers; still in good condition. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Condition: Used: Good. good overall condition . Sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0.

8vo 383 pages. Cloth, backstrip bumped at head and foot, in chipped and torn d/w. Internally VG. Signed and inscribed by authors on front endpaper "To Christopher Raeburn with best wishes from the grateful authors Desmond Shawe-Taylor + Edward Sackville-West".

8vo 763 pages. Cloth, backstrip bumped at head and foor and corners bumped, in yellowed, torn and chipped d/w. Internally VG. A guide to the gramophone records available in December 1950. Signed by authors on front endpaper.