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
Liberace: An Autobiography SIGNED
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY LIBERACE IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION opposite the title page. A clean, solid copy to boot of the 1973 stated 2nd impression. Tight and Near Fine in its suitably over-the-top gold boards, with decorative blindstamping to both panels. Lacking its pictorial dustjacket. 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
Naples and Neapolitan Opera
Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small closed tears at the panel edges. Quarto, 281 pgs. More
Bass Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton SIGNED
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MILT HINTON (AMONG OTHERS) on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1988 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, 328 pgs. Crisp, high-quality black-and-white reproductions of Milt Hinton's..... More
Guiana Sings
Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc., 1959. Original wraps. Wonderful 1959 booklet of folksongs from British Guiana. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. 16mo. "Most of these Guiana folk songs were set down in the '20s and '30s by Miss Vesta Lowe. The original recordings and descriptions..... 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
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
I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
New York: Beech Tree Books (William Morrow), 1987. Boards. A handsome copy of the 1987 stated 1st edition (with the correct number bar as well). Tight and Near Fine (one small spot at the fore-edge) in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with one very thin band of bubbling runnung..... 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
The Voidoid SIGNED
New York: CUZ, 1991. 1st. Original Wraps. The very uncommon 1991 1st edition, SIGNED BY RICHARD HELL on the title page. Even though the limitation states --erroneously-- that there were 521 copies issued, the author confirms that there were far, far fewer than that done (more along the lines of..... 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
Avec Piano
Japan: Shisakusha Publishing Co. and Yano Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1983. Original wraps. 1983 audio cassette and thick booklet by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who, among other things, composed the music for the David Bowie film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence". The booklet is clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers and..... More