Bix Beiderbecke: An Appreciation
Van Nuys, CA: Sunbeam Records, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. 1988 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original wrappers. Quarto, 96 pgs. plus discography, which is cleanly and respectfully highlighted. More
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The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records: A Narrative and Pictorial Discography of Beatlemania in 2 Books (Complete in 2 Vols. and Slipcase)
New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2000. Boards. The 2000 1st edition of this exhaustive, remarkably impressive compilation, complete in 2 volumes and the publisher's matching slipcase. INSCRIBED AS WELL IN BOTH VOLUMES BY BRUCE SPIZER, who painstakingly compiled the entire project. Both volumes tight and Near Fine in their pictorial laminate..... More
The Decca Labels: A Discography (Complete in 6 Vols.)
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Cloth. A pristine example of this sweeping discography of the Decca Labels, complete in 6 volumes. All 6 volumes tight, crisp and Fine in their blue cloth, with offsetting black title labels at the front panels and spines. Thick octavos, just shy of 6,000 pgs..... More
"Gentlemen, Be Seated!": A Parade of the Old-Time Minstrels SIGNED
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. 1st. Cloth. The 1928 stated 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SIGMUND SPAETH IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the half-title. Clean and VG in its orange boards. And in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with pronounced chipping (affecting the lettering) at the spine ends..... More
The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw (Shaw's Music --Vols. 1 & 2)
London: Max Reinhardt/The Bodley Head, 1981. Cloth. Pristine copies of vols. 1 & 2 (of a 3 vol. set) of The Bodley Head's compilation of all of George Bernard Shaw's musical writings, called "Shaw's Music". Both volumes clean and Fine in bright, price-intact, Fine dustjackets. Thick 12mos, almost 2,000 pgs..... More
The Wind in the Willows: A Musical Adaptation
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1977. 1st. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1977 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 93 pgs. Music, Lyrics and Scenario by Don Trifiletti. More
Cinema Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Film Music from Squaw Man (1914) to Batman (1989)
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co., 1991. 1st. Cloth. 1991 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its original green cloth. Thick octavo, 628 pgs. More
Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts (Dore Ashton's Copy)
Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2010. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of this uncommon catalogue based on the March-June 2010 exhibition at Dublin's Irish Museum of Modern Art. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Folio, major study on the influence of the Abstract Expressionists on..... More
Young Man with a Horn SIGNED
Houghton Mifflin, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY DOROTHY BAKER AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY NOVELIST JANET LEWIS AND POET YVOR WINTERS on the front flyleaf. 1938 1st edition. VG- (with foxing to the front and back panels and to the endpapers) in an unclipped, VG- dustjacket, which has a bit of..... More
The Trinidad & Tobago Steel Pan: History and Evolution
Self-published, 1995. Hardcover. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1995 stated 1st edition. Virtually pristine in its pictorial laminate boards. Tall quarto, 314 pgs., dozens and dozens of black-and-white photos thruout. The chapter headings: Historical Background; The Development of the Steel Pan; The Social, Political and Educational Environment in Trinidad..... More
The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music Printed Before the Year 1801(in 2 Vols.)
London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1957. 1st. Cloth. 1957 1st edition of this attractive 2 volume set. Both volumes clean and VG+ in their original red cloth with bright gilt-lettering to the spines. Quartos, 1,178 pgs. all told. "A record of the holdings of over one hundred libraries throughout the British..... More
Le Calvecin Dans L'Oeuvre De J.S. Bach
Geneva: Edition Henn, 1920. 1st. Original Wraps. Published under the auspices of the "L'Association des Musiciens Suisses". 1920 1st edition. A clean, VG+ copy in its original wraps. Octavo, 138 pgs. "The Harpsichord in the work of JS Bach". Pages uncut. More
History of the Violoncello, the Viol De Gamba, Thier Precursors and Collateral Instruments
London: William Reeves, 1915. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon--and exhaustive-- study of this particular family of stringed instruments (all closely related to the violin). "With biographies of all the most eminent players of every country". 1915 1st edition. Thick octavo, 700 pgs., top-edge gilt. A well-preserved, VG copy in its crimson cloth..... More
Caricatures
New York: "La Follia Di New York" 1951. 1st. Original Wraps. 1951 1st edition of this surprisingly accomplished collection of Enrico Caruso caricatures. Crisp and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. One very small chip at the front panel's lower tip and very light wear to the spine ends, otherwise..... More
I Ain't Been Nowhere. I Ain't Been Lost. I Been Here All Along. --Blues Memories: A Performance for Spoken Voices, Vintage Recordings, and Projected Photographs SIGNED
Tokyo: Mushinsha Limited, 1982. Limited. Cloth. 1 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR ERIC SACKHEIM on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of this 1982 signed/limited. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 181 pgs. all told. Also includes, on the flipside, another book by Sackheim..... More
The Songs of Hugo Wolf
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1962 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, 268 pgs. More
Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1962. 1st U.S. edition, 1962. A VG+ copy in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. A bit of light toning to the front panel of the jacket and very minor darkening along the spine. A bit of offsetting as well to the front free endpaper. But still..... More
The Torchum Never Stops (Vols. 2-4)
Germany: 1991. Original wraps. The 1991 1st (and only) editions of Vols. 2-4 of this obscure collection (published out of Germany) of a Frank Zappa discography (live recordings and bootlegs included) . All 3 volumes clean, tight and Near Fine in their multi-colored wrappers. Quartos, essentially uncommon, sophisticated Zappa fanzines..... More
The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Hants, England: Gregg Press Ltd., 1967. Cloth. 1967 Gregg facsimile reprint of the 1855 1st edition, originally published at the University Press, Dublin. "This reprint includes the volume published in 1855 together with an additional forty-eight pages being all that was published of the second volume planned by Petrie but..... More
Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String: A History of Scottish Dance Music
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1971. 1st. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1971 1st edition. A Review Copy to boot, with publisher's review slip laid-in. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine crown and light offsetting to the rear panel..... More
Puissances Du Jazz
Paris: Arcanes, 1953. 1st. Original Wraps. 1953 1st edition. VG in its original pictorial wrappers (with a wonderful photo of Billie Holiday gracing the cover). Light creasing along the front panel and spine edges, light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, solid and well-preserved. 12mo, 218 pgs. More
The Death of Anton Webern
New York: Philosophical Library, 1961. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1961 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 118 pgs. More
Early American Sheet Music: Its Lure and Its Lore 1768-1889 SIGNED
R.R. Bowker Company, 1941. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS on front free endpaper. 1941 1st edition. A VG+ copy in a VG example of the uncommon dustjacket. A degree of chipping to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Stilll, a very presentable copy. Quarto, 287 pgs. Signed..... More
A Door Will Open
Portland. ME: House of Falmouth, Inc., 1970. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon 1970 memoir of Randy Brooks, "the virtuoso with his golden trumpet, from Sanford, Maine, who was a legendary part of the Big Band era". Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with light spotting..... More