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Auction Number 144 ­- AUCTION Closing Date: Monday, 13 June, 2010

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K2319 - 2328 are Books

K2319. RODOLFO CELLETTI. Le Grandi Voci, Dizionario critico – Biografico dei Cantanti con Discografia Operistica. Roma, Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale, 1964. 1044pp.; Numerous Photos; DJ. (Italian Text) Legendary reference source offering brief biographies and discographies of countless singers of all nationalities. Exceedingly elusive! MB 185

K2320. ROBERTO BAUER. The New Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898-1908/09. Milano, Martucci, 1937. 294pp. Original 1937 Edition. (softbound, as originally published) Inscribed to George T. Keating and Autographed by the Author, not dated. Exceptional condition. MB 125

K2321. ROBERTO BAUER. The New Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898-1908/09. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947. 494pp. DJ. Excellent copy of the Original 1947 Edition has very sl. yellowed page edges. Inscribed to George T. Keating and Autographed by the Author, March, 1957. Exceptional condition. MB 95

K2322. ROBERTO BAUER. The New Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898-1908/09. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1970. 494pp. DJ. MB 45

K2323. The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music [WERM]. F. F. Clough & G. J. Cuming. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1952. 890pp. (Incl. First Supplement, 1950-51.) Excellent, sl. used copy. MB 95

K2323a. The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music [WERM], Second Supplement, 1951-52. F. F. Clough & G. J. Cuming. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1953. 262pp. MB 45

K2324. The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music [WERM], Third Supplement, 1953-55. F. F. Clough & G. J. Cuming. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957. 564pp. MB 75

K2325. Discopćdia of the Violin, Original Edition. James Creighton, Ed. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1974. 987pp. DJ. Long out-of-print. MB 150

K2326. Discopćdia of the Violin, Second Edition, Volumes I, II & III, (plus separately-bound Index). James Creighton, Ed. Burlington, Ontario (Canada), Records Past, 1994-95. 1610pp., incl. Index (Softbound, Slipcase Edition). Long out-of-print. MB 475, the Set of Four Volumes, with Slipcase.

K2327. The Victor Master Book, Vol. II (Vol. I never published), 1925-36. Brian Rust. England, Published by the Author, 1969. 776pp. Includes listings of Personalities & Performers, alphabetical by Artist offering specific recording locations & dates, including all rejected "takes." Invaluable reference source for black Orthophonic Victors, arranged by matrix number, with cross references by issue numbers. MB 175

K2328. W. J. HENDERSON. The Art of Singing. New York, Dial, 1938. 509pp. Index; Chapters incl. Calvé, Tetrazzini, Lilli Lehmann, Hauk, Melba, Viardot, Patti, Galli-Curci, Farrar, Caruso, Maurel, Jean de Reszké, Jeritza, Ponselle, Pons, Scotti, Renaud, Sembrich, Flagstad, Schumann-Heink, etc. Invaluable reference source, highly sought-after! MB 65