Wooldridge, H. E.; Parry, C. Hubert H.; Hadow, W. H.; et al. The Oxford History of Music (8 volume set). London: Oxford University Press, 1929-1940. [8299]
Eight volumes in blue cloth, gilt titles, each 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. An ex library set from the non-circulating reference section, bindings tight with slight shelf-wear, pages clean apart from occasional library stamps. Standard library markups including white spine labels; no card pockets in this reference set. A few pages are creased; there are cello tape remnants on the bindings which once held book wrappers in place; vol. vi. had cracked end paper hinges which we repaired with pH neutral adhesive. A good used set. Hardcover.
First published 1901-1905, with the Introduction volume published in 1929.
Vol. I. - The Polyphonic Period: Part I. The Method of Musical Art, 330-1400. By H. E. Wooldridge, Second Edition, revised by Percy C. Buck. 1929. xix., 334 pp.
Vol. II. - The Polyphonic Period: Part II. The Method of Musical Art, 1400-c. 1600. By H. E. Wooldridge, Second Edition, revised by Percy C. Buck. 1932. x., 500 pp.
Vol. III. - The Music of the Seventeenth Century. By C. Hubert H. Parry. Second Ediiton, with Revisions and an Introductory Note by Edward J. Dent. 1938. xi., 486 pp.
Vol. IV. - The Age of Bach & Handel, by J. A. Fuller Maitland. Second Edition. 1938. xvi., 362 pp.
Vol. V. - The Viennese Period, by W. H. Hadow. Second Edition. 1939. viii., 350 pp.
Vol. VI. - The Romantic Period. By Edward Dannreuther. Second Edition. 1939. x., 374 pp.
Vol. VII. - Symphony and Drama, 1850-1900. By H. C. Coles. 1940. (xii.), 504 pp.
[Vol. VIII.] Introduction volume - Edited by Percy C. Buck. 1929. 239 pp.