Lot N. 76
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927-1928, 6 vols. (5 times + 1 supplement)
Thrid edition edited by H. C. Colles in five volumes
(240x165 mm) Vol. 1 A-C: XXXII, 773 p., XX tab. + 1 frontispiece portrait - Vol. 2 D-J: XXIV, 800 p., XXI-XXXIX tav. + 1 table frontispiece - Vol. 3 K-O: XXIV, 787 p., XL-LV pl. 1 table frontispiece - Vol. 4 P-SON: XXIV, 840 p., LVI-LXXV pl. + 1 table frontispiece - Vol. 5 SONG-Z: XXIV, 791 p., LXXVI-XCII pl. + 1 table frontispiece - American supplement being the sixth volume of the complete work: VII, 438 p., 16 tav.
Publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles on the spines, gilt harp on the front boards. Defects (peeling on the headphones and corners). Blooms and damp spots. In vol. 5 table LXXVIII detached, tear on p. 783
Third edition, complete with all plates. and of the VI vol. of supplement (6)