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Update : July 04, 2008
RARE BOOKS WANTED Name Your Price!!
DE FIDICULIS OPUSCULUM II. HODGES AGAINST CHANOT
HERON-ALLEN, E; LONDON, 1883, Mitchell And Hughes, 88pp. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.

A FATAL FIDDLE: THE COMMONPLACE TRADEGY OF A SNOB
HERON-ALLEN, E.; circa 1890, BELFORD,CLARKE & Co., Chicago, 8vo, 262pp. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE. SALE GUARANTEED!

LA LUTHERIE
FISSORE, R.; Vols. 1&2; Paris, 1901/1904

VIOLINS & VIOLINIST MAGAZINE
ANY ISSUES FROM APRIL 1938 (#1 WHOLE No.) through 1945 (#56 WHOLE No.); or COMPLETE SET

THE VIOLIN TIMES Magazine
1893-1907, LONDON, E. HERON-ALLEN; NEED all volumes starting with Vol. 5, No. 49. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.

THE VIOLINIST Magazine
1900-1937, Chicago, IL. NEED issues prior to 1914. Have many issues if you want to trade!!! Will trade 7 issues for each one that I need!!! Will buy any issue for inventory purposes.

THE FIDDLER Magazine
LONDON, 1884 - 1888, KENT & Co. then WM. REEVES. NEED the Following isssues: #1, #2, #7, #8, #10, #12. Will pay top dollar. NAME YOUR PRICE.

" THE CREMONA " Magazine
LONDON, J. Nicholson Smith, 1906-1911; 5 volumes. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE. Will purchase individual issues. NEED Vol. 4 (nos. 38,39,40,41,43,44,45, 47,48) and Vol. 5 (No. 51,52, 54, 55)

INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN AND GUITAR MAKERS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL Magazine
JEFFERSONVILLE, 1958-1959. Need issues #1-#24.

THE VIOLIN WORLD MAGAZINE
GEMUNDER, AUGUST, New York, 1892-1924, NEED any issues.

THE STRAD Magazine
LONDON, 1890-PRESENT, COMPLETE SET

THE GAZETTE OF THE COLLEGE OF VIOLINISTS Magazine
LONDON, W.E. Hill, 1916-1937. Need any issue before October 1918 ( Vols 1-9) or after March 1923 ( any Vol. 20 and on)

VIOLEXCHANGE Magazine
USA, 1986-1990s

THE VIOLIN MONTHLY MAGAZINE
James Fleming Editor - 1899 Only. Need any issue. HUNGRY COLLECTOR WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.

IL VIOLINO. ESPOSTO GEOMETRICAMENTE NELLA SUA COSTRUZIONE
FOLEGATTI, ERCOLE; Bologna 1874, Small 8vo, 90+12pp, 3 Folding Plates.

Reflexions D'un Artiste Sur Le Talent De Paganini
Du Rivage, M.: Paris, 1831, G.A. Dentu & Launer&Frey, Large 8vo, 16pp, Pamphlet

LES MEDARD, LUTHIERS LORRAINS
JACQUOT, ALBERT. Paris, 1896, Fischbacher, 8vo

PAGANINI IN SEINEM REISEWAGEN UND ZIMMER IN SEINEN REDSELIGEN STUDEN , IN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN ZIRKELN
Harrys, George: Brunswick, 1830, F. Vieweg, Small 8vo, 12+68pp

ARCHEOLOGIE DU VIOLON
DESMARAIS, CYPRIEN. Paris, 1836, Dentu & Sapia, 37pp

THEORETISCH-PRAKTISCHES HANDBUCH DES GEIGENBAUES
BACHMANN, OTTO. Quelinburg-Leipzig 1835, G. Basse, 8vo, 98+6pp.

LES SARTORY DES SARTORY
DUPUY, P., JORI, P. MILLANT, B.: Limoges, 1987, Imprimerie A. Bontemps, 12pp, 10 Plates. NEEDED BY BOW COLLECTOR. HE WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.

OM VIOLINENS URSPRUNG JEMTE BIOGRAFISKA ANTECKNINGAR OFRA CORELLI, TARTINI, GAVINIES, PUGNANI .....
FAYOLLE, FRANCOIS J.M. Stockholm 1811, Carl Delen, 8vo, 55pp

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I buy, sell and trade in books, periodicals, and ephemera related to the VIOLIN FAMILY of Musical Instruments, all countries and all languages. The various subjects of interest include: history, luthier schools, construction, wood finishing, varnish dictionaries and encyclopedias on stringed instruments, musical instruments, repair and restoration, accoustics, biographies, novels, instrument monographs, exhibits, collections, dealer catalogues, bows, book collections, Cremona.
 
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