Fair Lawn, NJ: Essential Books, Inc., 1956. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1956 1st American edition. A Review Copy to boot, with the review slip laid-in. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling (and one tiny, inconspicuous chip) at the rear panel. Octavo..... More
Princeton University Press, 1996. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A beautiful copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 282 pgs., richly-illustrated thruout. Music analysis by Richard Feliciano. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1933. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1933 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with chipping --and several closed tears-- along the panel edges. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by J.H. Dowd. Music by the redoubtable Deems Taylor. More
New York: G. Schirmer, 1937. Hardcover. The uncommon 1937 signed/limited. ONE OF FIFTY SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED BY ARNOLD SCHOENBERG at the limitation. A solid copy to boot of this impressive tribute to Schoengerg, with "a Foreword by Leopold Stokowski, affirmations by Arnold Schoenberg, a bibliography of Schoenberg works, portraits by..... More
Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1996. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its dark cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling along the spine. Octavo, 28 crisp black-and-white plates complementing the text. More
Cambridge University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Sparkling copies of the 1979 1st editions. In 2 volumes. Vol. 1 Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket and Vol. 2 Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Thick quartos, 660 pgs. all told. Published as part of the wonderful series Cambridge Studies in Music. More
Faber and Faber, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. A lovely copy of the 1965 1st edition. Fine in a Fine, price-intact dustjacket. Thin octavo, 48 pgs. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1899. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1899 1st American edition, translated --and revised-- from the original German by E.E. Kellett and E.W. Naylor. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design at the front panel and spine. Light rubbing to..... More
Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc., 1975. Cloth. Inscribed by Marie Osmond ("Love and kisses because I know you love us too") on the front free endpaper. The 1975 2nd printing. VG (with light soiling to the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and one small..... More
New York: The Kaplan Foundation, 1995. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1995 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 473 pgs. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1948. 1st. Cloth. 1948 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the front free endpaper. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine ends. Octavo, 195 pgs. "A complete descriptive listing and appraisal of recorded stories, songs and music for..... More
University of North Carolina, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. A sharp copy of the 1950 1st edition. VG in a VG, price-intact dustjacket with just a touch of chipping to the head of the spine and a very minor amount of rubbing along bottom of front panel. More
The New York Public Library, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. A beautiful copy of this 3 vol. bibliography. 1964 1st edition. Each vol. Fine in its original green cloth. Without dustjackets as issued. Quartos, 1238 pgs. all told. More
Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J..J. Weber, 1869. Cloth. Following the 1850 original printing of Wagner's virulent attack on the influence of Judaism in music, this is the 1869 correct 2nd edition (published out of Leipzig and for the first time using Wagner's own name as author). Rebound (in the mid-20th century)..... More
Praeger, New York, 1970. Hardcover. 1970 Praeger reprint, a facsimile reproduction of the 1904 1st edition, done out of Edinburgh. VG+ in a bright, VG to VG+ dustjacket. Light soiling to the front and back panels of the jacket and just a touch of rubbing along the spine. Two small..... More
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1910. 1st. Hardcover. 1910 1st edition. A VG+ copy in its original green cloth with gilt-lettering on spine. Quarto, 88 pgs. More
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1962. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1962 1st American edition of this landmark in musical composition, translated from its original Russian by G. Ackley Brower. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels and several very small closed..... More
Cadet Records. Record. Cadet Records LP 4054. Both the 33 1/3 record and the sleeve are in bright, VG condition. More songs by the great wordsmith Shel Silverstein. More
Chicago: Flying Fish Records, 1980. 1980 1st pressing of this Shel Silverstein 33 1/3 record. The record is immaculate and the pictorial sleeve bright and VG+. More
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1934. Decorative Cloth. The 1934 2nd printing, INSCRIBED BY SIGMUND SPAETH on the front free endpaper. Tight and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with chipping --and several closed tears-- along the spine and panel edges. Octavo, 148 pgs. Signed by Author. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st. Cloth. The 2003 1st edition of this biography of legendary pianist Rudolf Serkin. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 344 pgs. Also includes CD at rear pastedown. More
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1998 1st American edition, translated from its original German by Edmund Jephcott. Clean and Near Fine (tiny bump at the front panel's top-edge, very light creasing along its bottom-edge) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with..... More
New York: Charles Boni (Distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1949. Miguel Covarrubias. Cloth. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY W.C. HANDY TO SAXOPHONIST MAX COLE on the front free endpaper. FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES A 2 PG. TYPED, SIGNED LETTER (WITH ITS VISUALLY-STRIKING "HANDY BROTHERS MUSIC CO." LETTERHEAD) FROM..... More
Porter & Coates, 1884. 1st. Hardcover. 1884 1st edition. A sharp, VG+ copy in its original chocolate-brown cloth. Bright, unflecked gilt-lettering on the spine. A touch of wear to the head of the spine, otherwise tight and very well-preserved. Octavo, 274 pgs. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1990. 1st. Cloth. 1990 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its original brown cloth. Thick octavo, 449 pgs. More
