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
Music
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
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
Rudolf Serkin: A Life
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
A Treasury of the Blues: Complete Words and Music of 67 Great Songs from Memphis Blues to the Present Day (Inscribed by W.C. Handy AND Including a 2 Pg. TLS of His With Excellent Content) SIGNED
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
A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia
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
Where's That Tune?: An Index to Songs in Fakebooks
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1990. 1st. Cloth. 1990 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its original brown cloth. Thick octavo, 449 pgs. More
The Beatles:A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989. 1st. Cloth. A tight, clean copy of the 1989 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its gray boards. Octavo, 181 pgs. More
An Introduction to Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen: A Handbook
Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1983. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1983 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, 163 pgs. More
Gaelic Songs
Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1937. Cloth. 1937 "new edition revised--with metrical translation, memoir, glossary and notes by George Calder". A handsome edition. VG+ in its dark green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. And in a bright, cream-colored, VG dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine and..... More
Briefe Und Aufzeichnungen (7 Volumes)
Kassel, Germany: Barenreiter-Verlag, 1962. 1st. Cloth. The entire collection of Mozart's letters and diaries, complete in 7 Volumes. All 7 Volumes 1st editions, 1962-1975. Each volume still tightly-bound and clean and VG in bright, VG dustjackets with modest, forgivable chipping along the spine extremities of several of the volumes and..... More
Night in the Garden of Love SIGNED
New York: Vantage Press, 1988. Hardcover. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY YUSEF A. LATEEF on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1988 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dutsjacket, with very light rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, 95 pgs. Signed..... More