Schumann as Critic
Yale University Press, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. 1967 1st edition. VG+ in a VG+ dustjacket with one tiny chip to the foot of the spine. Octavo, 354 pgs. More
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The Story of Billy Eckstine
New York: Thw William Morris Agency. 1st. Original Wraps. Wonderful Billy Eckstine "Souvenir Book", published by his talent agency, William Morris of New York. Circa late 1940s. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 16 phs., crisp black-and-white photography thruout. More
Music Hall Parade
New York: Scribner's, 1938. 1st. Cloth. An impressive copy of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Very light chipping at the jacket's spine ends, otherwise bright as could be. Octavo, 147 pgs. "With illustrations from Photographs, Programmes, Prints, Song Covers, Song Books, Bills..... More
Modest Mussorgsky: His Life and Works
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
Space Calculated in Seconds: The Philips Collection, Le Corbusier, Edgar Varese
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
A Surprise to the Children
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
Schoenberg (The Signed/Limited)
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
Performing the Music of Henry Purcell
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
The Music of the English Parish Church (2 Vols.)
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
Thunder Road (Only 6 Copies in This Limitation, Signed by Both Bruce Springsteen and Nick Hornby) SIGNED
Los Angeles: Synaesthesia Press, 2006. Pictorial cloth. A lovely Fine Press collaboaration between Bruce Springsteen and author Nick Hornby ("High Fidelity", "Fever Pitch", etc.). Created in 2006 by Synaesthesia Press of Los Angeles in an edition of 232 copies (broken down as follows: 200 numbered, unsigned copies in wraps, and..... More
English Music Publishers Plate Numbers in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
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
A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players
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
The Osmonds: The Official Story of the Osmond Family
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
Mahler Discography
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
A Guide to Children's Records: A Complete Guide to Recorded Stories, Songs and Music for Children SIGNED
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
Confederate Music
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
Secular Music in America 1801-1825 (3 Vols.)
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
Judenthum in Der Musik
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
The Irish and Highland Harps
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
Early German Music in Philadelphia
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
Tarantula (1969 Bootleg)
1969. Original wraps. Stamped mimeo bootleg of Bob Dylan's "Tarantula", which opens with the Dec. 1969 interview between Dylan and Jann Wenner of "Rolling Stone". Appearing just before the 1970 1st trade edition, this remains among the most colorful and appealing of the various bootlegs. In its staplebound wrappers (missing..... More
Convertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style
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
Drain My Brian and Other Songs (LP Record)
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
The Great Conch Train Robbery and Other Songs (LP Record)
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
The Facts of Life in Popular Song SIGNED
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