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I buy, sell and trade in the following:

1.) 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.

2.) The author, EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: Books, periodicals and ephemera

3.) The author, CHRISTOPHER BLAYRE: Books, periodicals and ephemera

4.) The author, SELINA DOLARO: Books, periodicals and ephemera

5.) The author, ANDREW T. SIBBALD: Books, periodicals and ephemera

6.) The author, RONALD REDHEW NEAL: Books, periodicals and ephemera

7.) The author, Darrell O'DENNAHEW: Books, periodicals and ephemera

8.) The author, NORA HELEN WARDDEL: Books, periodicals and ephemera

9.) SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES: Books, periodicals, opusculums, miscellanies, addenda, menus, folios and ephemera

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Mahoney's Books, Violins and Bows recently donated 4,800 books to THE NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA. These details of each of these books including photographs are available for your review.

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Currently, no books are for sale.
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: A FATAL FIDDLE: THE COMMONPLACE TRAGEDY OF A SNOB; circa 1890, BELFORD,CLARKE & Co., Chicago, 8vo, 262pp. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE. SALE GUARANTEED!
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: "PRINCESS DAPHNE" (also by DOLARO), SELINA; BELFORD CLARKE; CHICAGO, 1888, (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: KISSES OF FATE; BELFORD CLARKE; CHICAGO, 1888, (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: ASHES OF THE FUTURE. THE SUICIDE OF SYLVESTER GRAY; BELFORD CLARKE; CHICAGO, 1888, (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: CHEETAH-GIRL - BLARYE, CHRISTOPHER (pseudonym- EDWARD HERON-ALLEN), PRIVATE PRINTING, 1923, (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: ANY OF THE NINE DELUXE VIOLIN OPUSCULUMS, ESPECIALLY Nos. 1,2 & 8 ; FROM 1882 to 1941 8vo
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN:EOCENE MOLLUSCA FROM NIGERIA (by RICHARD NEWTON); APPENDIX: FORAMINIFERA (by Edward Heron-Allen); Nigerian Government, 1922
ANGLO-FRENCH REVIEW Journals from August and October 1919
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN:THE BALLADE OF MY LADY'S GLANCE ( MUSICAL SCORE) ©1900, C. Jefferys Publisher
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN:PROLEGOMENA TOWARDS THE STUDY OF THE CHALK FORAMINIFERA, 1894; H.S. Nichols & Co., London; (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: AN APPENDIX TO THE DE FIDICULIS BIBLIOGRAPHIA: LIBRI DESIDERATI, 1888; PRIVATE PRINTING; (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: AN PROLEGOMENA TO THE DE FIDICULIS BIBLIOGRAPHIA: LIBRI DESIDERATI, 1st SUPPLEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION 1889; PRIVATE PRINTING; (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: AN PROLEGOMENA TO THE DE FIDICULIS BIBLIOGRAPHIA: LIBRI DESIDERATI, 2nd SUPPLEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION 1889; PRIVATE PRINTING; (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: AN PROLEGOMENA TO THE DE FIDICULIS BIBLIOGRAPHIA: LIBRI DESIDERATI, SECOND EDITION 1890; PRIVATE PRINTING; (If you have a copy for sale, I will quote you a premium offer for its purchase)
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: OPUSCULUM I- "THE ANCESTRY OF THE VIOLIN", OPUSCULAE FIDICULARUM I.; DELUXE EDITION ONLY, Mitchell & Hughes, London, 1882, 36 pages
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: OPUSCULUM II- DE FIDICULIS _ "HODGES AGAINST CHANOT: BEING THE HISTORY OF A CELEBRATED CASE"; DELUXE or REGULAR EDITION , Mitchell & Hughes, London, 1883, 88 pages
EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: OPUSCULUM VIII- DE FIDICULIS _ "THE SEAL OF ROGER WADE"; DELUXE EDITION ONLY, H.S. Nichols & Co., London, 1895, 14 pages
VIOLIN WANT: OM VIOLINENS URSPRUNG JEMTE BIOGRAFISKA ANTECKNINGAR OFRA CORELLI, TARTINI, GAVINIES, PUGNANI - FAYOLLE, FRANCOIS J.M. Stockholm 1811, Carl Delen, 8vo, 55pp
VIOLIN WANT: VIOLINS & VIOLINIST MAGAZINE - ANY ISSUES FROM APRIL 1938 (#1 WHOLE No.) through 1945 (#56 WHOLE No.); or COMPLETE SET
VIOLIN WANT: THE VIOLIN TIMES Magazine - 1893-1907, LONDON, EDWARD HERON-ALLEN; NEED all volumes,but particularly need VOLUMES 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.
VIOLIN WANT: 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.
VIOLIN WANT: 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.
/VIOLIN WANT: "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)
VIOLIN WANT: THE VIOLIN WORLD MAGAZINE - GEMUNDER, AUGUST, New York, 1892-1924, NEED any issues.
VIOLIN WANT: THE STRAD Magazine - LONDON, May 1897-April 1901, Also Strad years from 1903-1920 (Contact me)
VIOLIN WANT: 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)
VIOLIN WANT: THE VIOLIN MONTHLY MAGAZINE - James Fleming Editor - 1899 Only. Need any issue. HUNGRY COLLECTOR WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR. NAME YOUR PRICE.
VIOLIN WANT: IL VIOLINO. ESPOSTO GEOMETRICAMENTE NELLA SUA COSTRUZIONE - FOLEGATTI, ERCOLE; Bologna 1874, Small 8vo, 90+12pp, 3 Folding Plates.
VIOLIN WANT: PAGANINI IN SEINEM REISEWAGEN UND ZIMMER IN SEINEN REDSELIGEN STUDEN , IN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN ZIRKELN - Harrys, George: Brunswick, 1830, F. Vieweg, Small 8vo, 12+68pp
VIOLIN WANT: ARCHEOLOGIE DU VIOLON - DESMARAIS, CYPRIEN. Paris, 1836, Dentu & Sapia, 37pp
VIOLIN WANT: THEORETISCH-PRAKTISCHES HANDBUCH DES GEIGENBAUES - BACHMANN, OTTO. Quelinburg-Leipzig 1835, G. Basse, 8vo, 98+6pp.
VIOLIN WANT: 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.
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #7 - "Codex Chiromantiae, Being A Compleate Manualle Of Ye Science And Arte Of Espoundage Ye Past, Ye Present ,Ye Future And Ye Character, By Ye Scrutinie Of Ye Handde, Ye Gestures Therof And Ye Chirographie".; Edward Heron-Allen, LARGE PAPER EDITION, C.W.H. Wyman, London, 1883, 120 pp.
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #12: "Frost Fairs on the Thames"; Edward Walford, C.W.H. Wyman, London, 1887
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #19: "Repeats and Plagiarisms in Art"; James Orrock, C.W.H. Wyman, London, 1888
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #24: "Recollections of Robert Houdin"; William Manning, Chiswick Press, London, 1891, 81 pp.
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #30: "Ye Magic Mirrour of Old Japan"-Japanese Vellum Special Binding ; Silvanus Thompson, Chiswick Press, London, 1893, 95 pp.
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #47: "University Magazines and their makers" - SECOND EDITION; Currie Harry Marillier, Howard Wilford Bell, London, 1902,
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #65: "Ye Roll of Ye Set of Odd Volumes"- Lettered in Gold with JAPANESE VELLUM BINDING; George Charles Williamson, Chiswick, London, 1913, 150 pp.
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #81: "Frederick Baron Corvo" - SPECIAL EDITION< FULL MORROCCO BINDING; A.J.A. Symons, Curwin Press, London, 1927
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #83: "The Mediaeval Courts of Love" - SPECIAL VELLUM BINDING; Vyvyan Holland, Cayme Press, London, 1927
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #84: "Irish Wine" ; Maurice Healy, London, 1927
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #87: "Brother Bookbinder" (Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart.)- SPECIAL BLACK AND GOLD COVER; Ivor Stewart-Liberty, Alabaster, Passmore and Sons, , London, 1929
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #92: "The Gods Of The Fourth World- JAPANESE VELLUM BINDING; Edward Heron-Allen, Pelican Press, , London, 1931
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #100a: "The Antiquities of Bath" ; Adrian Edmund Hopkins, 1939
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #103: "The Heart of England"; S.P.B. Mais, A.W. Danderfield pub, London, ©1949
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #106: "Farinelle in Spain"; Anthony N.G. Richards, R.I. Severs Pub., London, ©1960
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #109: "Be Mine. He Murmured"; Opuscula #110: "Certain Odd Anagrams", Opuscula #111: "I'd Simply No Idea…."; Opuscula #112: "Very Large Numbers"; Any Opuscula greater than #112; Sette of Odd Volumes
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #110: "Certain Odd Anagrams", ; Sette of Odd Volumes
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #111: "I'd Simply No Idea…."; Sette of Odd Volumes
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Opuscula #112: "Very Large Numbers"; Sette of Odd Volumes
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Miscellanies #2: "Codex Chiromantiae, Appendix A. Dactylomancy, Or Finger-Ring Magic, Ancient, Mediaeval And Modern." LARGE PRINT EDITION, Edward Heron-Allen; C.W.H. Wyman pub., London, 1883
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Miscellanies #21: Ye Minutes 1980-1981; J.H.C. Leach,Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1982
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Ye Second Boke of Ye Odd Volumes from 1883 to 1888"; PAPER BOARDS/PARCHMENT DUST JACKET; Wyman Pub. 1888, Sette of Odd Volumes, London
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes, No. 5: 1892-1893" - GREY PAPER WRAPPER BINDING ; Bedford Press,Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1893
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes, No. 6: 1893-1894" LARGE PRINTED COPY WHITE PARCHMENT OR BLUE MOROCCO BINDING; J.H.C. Leach,Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1894
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes, No. 12, 1899-1900" - GREY PAPER WRAPPER BINDING; Bedford Press, Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1900
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes", No. 20, 1907-1908; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1925
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Booklet of the Sette of Odd Volumes" - November 1896, No. XV (15); Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1896
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Booklets of the Sette of Odd Volumes" from October 1950 No. 70 (LXX), No. 73 (LXXIII); No. 75 (LXXV), No. 76 (LXXVI), 1960-1961, 1961-1962, 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, Any Booklets from 1970-Present; Sette of Odd Volumes, London
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: ANY DRAFTS OF THE RULES OF THE Sette of Odd Volumes; from 1878-1886; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1886
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Lady Macbeth. A Study".;M. Leigh-Noel; 1884
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "A Plain Protest Against the Assumption Use By a Member of the Sette of Odd Volumes of the Barbarous, Foolish and Ignominious Title of Bookworm- 6th Oct., 1888" ; W. Mort Thompson; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1888
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Engraving a Diamond"; Edward Renton; , 1888
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Origin and Manufacture of Playing Cards"; George Clulow; 1889
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Copy of Bye-Laws regulating the Election of Officers at the March Meeting, 1891"; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1891
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Ode of Welcome" ( Ladies Night , 24th May, 1898); Martin. W. Wilsey; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1898
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "In Memoriam: Bernard Quaritch, O.V."; Martin. W. Wilsey; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1899
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Our Noble Selves. A Portion of an Epic; Mostyn T. Pigott, ; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1909
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "A Bibliography of the Privately printed Opuscula, issued to members of the Sette of Odd Volumes" ; Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1921
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "Ye Odd Volumes Gavotte" (Music); Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1883
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "With the Odd Volumes"; W.H.K. Wright, Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1892
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Odd Polka" (Music); Paul Bevan; Novello, London, 1895
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "The Lay of the Odd Volumes" (Music); Wm, Wilsey Martin, Novello Sette of Odd Volumes, London, 1895
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "I Saw Thee Weep" (Music); Byron, Lord & Leaf, William B.; , 1908
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: "With the British Association in South Africa"; H.G. Rosedale, 1908
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Any Sette of Odd Volumes Folios;
SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES WANT: Any Sette of Odd Volume menus issued before 1887;