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My Books (with photos) also available on my 'fiddlebooks' Ebay site.
(you are welcome to come back to me with your order - especially if ordering more than one)

Please note Ebay charges a small fee to UK buyers . Updated May 2026
Direct order: just note the author/title and send me an e-mail together with your contact details.
 I will let you know availability and postage by return. Contact:        s@nowakviolins.co.uk

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some recent and discounted titles on this page - more details and all book on the A-Z links above.


A book collector is interested in the first edition,
but an author is more interested in the tenth. (Anonymous)

Some highlights/ latest additions - more details of books in the A-Z links - or enquire

Accornero, Epicoco, Guerci: Il conte Cozio di Salabue Liuteria e collezionismo in Piemonte. Count Cozio of Salabue: Violin Making and Collecting in Piedmont £100

Accornero Giovanni, Ivan Epicoco, Eraldo Guerci:Liuteria Piemontese - Annibale Fagnola Sold

Alburger, Mary Anne: The Violin Makers Portrait of a Living Craft £25

(Amati) :  Andrea Zanrè (Ed.) The Girolamo Amati Viola - Galleria Estense 
Large format  colour ill. & DVD .£110 

Baese, Geary L.: Classic Italian Violin Varnish Its History, Materials, Preparation, and Application
1985, VG Sold

(Dutch School) Balfoort,Dirk J.: De Hollandsche Vioolmakers (Dutch Violin Makers ) 1931. Amst. .Sold

Basford, John & Toft, Tim: W.E. Hill & Sons: Violin Makers 1880–1936  £85

J.& A. Beare: "Guide to the Italian Violin" 正弦定律 意大利古琴入门指引
Beare's Publishing, London 2018 £150

Beare, Charles: Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari - Cremona 1987, catalogue SB, 127pp, £45

Beare, Charles. Stradivari the Cremona Exhibition of 1987. library edition £275

BLETSCHACHER, RICHARD Die Lauten- und Geigenbauer des Füssener Landes, lg. 4to, £95

Bodart P. : Les tresors de la Lutherie Francaise du 19eme siecle (The treasures of French violin making from the 19th century) £200

Bonetti, Carlo and Daniel Draley : A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers 1500-1740
The Maecenas Press,1989. Library edition £250 SALE £220

Bonetti, Carlo and Daniel Draley : A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers 1500-1740
The Maecenas Press,1989, Very rare. limited edition Sold

Brückner,Daniel : L'or des archets - The golden bow - Solistenbögen von 1790 bis heute
A picture book of soloists bows . £65

(Catalogue) L'esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937 £50 £45

(Catalogue) (Bünnagel, Wolfgang). : Alte Geigen Und Bögen: Violins and Bows of the Past £150

(Catalogue) Mostra di Antonio Stradivari Settimani Musicali Di Stresa: Isola Bella, 1963.  £120

(Catalogue) : And they made violins in Cremona from Rennaisance to Romantic Era £60

(Catalogue) Thibault: Eighteenth Century Musical Instruments: France and Britain London 1973 £20

(Catalogue) see: Wurlitzer, Rembert : The Henry Hottinger Collection New York: 1967. Sold

Doring, Ernest N : How Many Strads? Chicago, Illinois 1945, £90

Doring, Ernest: The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers Chicago, William Lewis & Son, 1949. £195

Ealing Strings: The Eternal Influence of Antonio Stradivari  1987 limited edition of 250. £95

Ealing Strings and Malcom Sadler: The Caprice Bows - A Tribute To Paganini £85

Ealing Strings-Malcolm Sadler: The Retford Centenary Exhibition £50

Gheroldi / Colombo: Varnishes and very curious secrets: Cremona, 1747 £30

Giordano, Alberto: Cesare Candi liutista i liutai della famiglia Candi Cremona 2003, 173pp. HB,  text in Italian and English, numerous photos. A superb book on this violin maker from Genua.Was £70 SALE £50

Hamma, Fridolin : Meister Deutscher Geigenbaukunst 1948 (Masters of German Violin Makers Art) £150

Hamma, Fridolin: Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, ca. 1931 (Masterworks of Italian Violinmakers Art) (ca. 1931. £450

Hamma,  Italian Violin Makers HB  Sold

Hart, George : The Violin: Its famous Makers and their Imitators 1875 HB 1. Ed. Publisher: Dulau and Co. £90

Henley, William. Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers, HB DJ 1973. Sold

Hill, W.E. Set of 2 Books. Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work & The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family,
HB 1/4 leather, 1980.
£250

Hopfner Rudolf : Meisterwerke der Geigenbaukunst. Masterpieces of Violin-Making Sold

Jalovec, Karel :  Houslari Italie - Italian Violin Makers 1948  A very rare first edition, 20 issues  £100 SALE £79.50

LEBET. CLAUDE Luthier: LA POCHETTE DU MAÎTRE À DANSER THE DANCE MASTER'S KIT   £125

Lütgendorff : Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis Zur Gegenwart 1975 2 Vols.  £120

Magrini, Cesare: Augusto e Gaetano Pollastri - Liutai in Bologna 1877-1960 - Violin Makers in Bologna 1877-1960 Cremona , 1990, hardback, dj, as new, 85pp, text in Italian, English and German.numerous photos - an important work on the Pollastri Italian violin makers. Sold

Millant, Roger: J. B. Vuillaume: Sa Vie et Son Ouvre by (His Life and Work) Standard edition. £Sold

Millant, Roger: J. B. Vuillaume: Sa Vie et Son Ouvre by (His Life and Work) De Luxe Sold

Möller, Max (vader en zoon): Italiaanse vioolbouw van Gaspar da Salo tot Pressenda £175

Gio Batta Morassi many colour illustrations 111pp   Was £50 SALE £40

Mosconi, Witten: Capolavori di Andrea Amati, Cremona £25

Pilar Vladimir. & Sramek, F.  Umeni Houslaru - The Art of (Czech-) Violin-Makers Sold

Rattray, David: MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING (1620-1850) 1. Ed. 1991 £45

Retford, William : Bows and Bow Makers, Novello £60

Roda, Joseph: Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family, standard edition 1959 £240

Roda, Joseph: Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family, deluxe fully leather bound, slipcase 1959
Was £550 SALE £425

Sacconi, Simone F.: The Secrets of Stradivari 1.English edition Sold

Sackman, Nicholas: The Messiah Violin: A Reliable History? £50

Sadler,Malcolm - Ealing Strings: The Retford Centenary Exhibition £50

Sadler, R.: ARTHUR BULTITUDE AND THE HILL TRADITION. Ealing Strings, 2000. £150

Scrollavezza, Renato and the Parma school, many ill. New 95 pp. £40 

Sprenger, Arnold; Baumgärtner Fritz: Alte Meistergeigen Old Master Violins Venetian School Vol 1£79.50

Sprenger; Baumgärtner: Alte Meistergeigen Old Master Violins Milanese, Florentine, Genua School Vol 2 £79.50

(Stradivari) Strumenti di Antonio Stradivari ( Instruments by A.Stradivari) Ente Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco 1991, elephant folio, many colour photos of 5 excellent preserved Stradivari instruments £120

(Stradivari)  Dilworth, John: 3 Monographs on Antonio Stradivari:
The ''Archinto'' Cello 1689 ,  ''La Pucelle'' Violin 1709, ''Tyrrell '' Violin 1717 
Sold

Dilworth, John: Monographs on Antonio Stradivari: The ''Archinto'' Cello 1689  Sold

Toffolo, Stefano: Strumenti musicali a Venezia nella storia e nell'arte dal XIV al XVIII secolo £40SALE £30

Vannes, Rene : DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL DES LUTHIERS (2 Vol, in one) , 1999.  £250

Vatelot, Etienne: Les Archets Francais Volumes 1 &2, 1977 VG £1100 

Venetian Instruments.Les Violons. Paintings and Drawings Jaeger, Emmanuel & Jean-Frederic Scmitt, 1995 Softcover, 295 pp. with many col. illustrations of fine Venetian violin family instruments and paintings.£70

Vuillaume: Sotheby's AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF J.B. VUILLAUME LONDON Sold

Vuillaume: Violons, Vuillaume: 1798-1875, un maître luthier français du XIXe siècle £99.50

Werro, Henry : 'Ole Bull' Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu 1744 excellent £120

Whone, Adam: Edward Withers Ltd: 230 Years of Violin Craft in Soho £85

Wurlitzer, Rembert : The Henry Hottinger Collection New York: 1967. Sold

Altmann, Frank   Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon. 2 Teile in 3 Bänden.
Hard to find standard work, in German,   £100 SALE £80

Blume, F. (Ed.)  Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. hardback, leather (16 vols) £300 SALE £220

Confalonieri  Giulio. Storia della musica, 2 Vols. £50

Riemann Musik Lexikon 5 Vol. £60

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