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1862008383Cleveland Also New York Detroit and Chicago: S. Brainard & Company Also S. T. Gordon D. S. Amsden and Root & Cady 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. Very Good. Complete with six pages including the cover. Light soiling and wear with a couple of short closed marginal tears. Old tape repair to the spine. Very scarce; at time of listing OCLC reports no copies of this sheet music held by any institution. There are no examples in the trade and no auction records at the Rare Book Hub. Although often credited to Root & Cady or others the original lyrics of this famous Civil War ballad were actually written by a young soldier Lawson Wood while he waited to die in a Union hospital after being mortally wounded during the initial battle at Vicksburg. Root & Cady planned to publish the soldier's far more heartrending lyrics as written under the title "On the Field of Battle Mother" and later explained that a mistake was made "in regard to these words." See "George F. Root" by P. H. Carder and "The Compendium of Every Day Wants" by Luther Minter. This example published by Brainard in Cleveland simultaneously with Root & Cady's Chicago 1862 edition contains the dying soldier's original lyrics. Very scarce; as of 2018 OCLC reports no copies of this sheet music held by any institution. There are no examples in the trade and no auction records at the Rare Book Hub. <br/><br/> S. Brainard & Company (Also S. T. Gordon, D. S. Amsden, and Root & Cady) unknown books
186244349Chicago: Root & Cady 1862. Not a 1st. Sheet music. Fair. 5p. plus 1p. publisher's adverts. Disbound. 35cm. Spotting and offsetting. A few edge-tears 2 repaired with small glued paper squares. No cover illustration. The lyrics are in dialect. <br/><br/> Root & Cady unknown books
1856008048Fitchburg Massachusetts: Andrew Whitney 1856. First Edition. Sheet Music. Very Good. 6 pages including cover. Portrait illustration of Robinson on the front cover. Very light dampstain along the fore-edge margin. <br /><br />Charles L. Robinson was an abolitionist leader who settled in Lawrence and worked for the New England Emigrant Aid Society which transported Free-Staters from the northeast to settle in the Kansas Territory and successfully swung the balance of power from pro-slavery advocates. He was instrumental in organizing voter fraud and intimidating pro-slavery voters which resulted in the Topeka Convention of 1856 electing Free-Staters into all important governing positions with himself as governor and creating a free-state constitution. The Topeka Convention was roundly criticized and eventually rejected by Congress and within three months President Franklin Pierce proclaimed the Topeka Government to be revolutionary and ordered the arrest of its leaders including Robinson. <br /><br />This polka was composed by one of Robinson's long-time friends from Fitchburg Massachusetts and published in the short time between his 'election' as governor and subsequent arrest as a revolutionary. <br /><br />At time of listing OCLC locates one copy of this title. None are for sale in the trade and the Rare Book Hub shows no auction records. <br /><br /> Andrew Whitney books
1880046021Paris: Garnier Freres 1880. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original yellow wraps undated ca. 1880. A few marks to cover mild wear scattered mostly minor foxing. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 046021. <br/><br/> Garnier Freres paperback books
1880046022Paris: Garnier Freres 1880. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original yellow wraps undated ca. 1880. A few marks to cover mild wear scattered mostly minor foxing. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 046022. <br/><br/> Garnier Freres paperback books
1890046427Paris: Garnier Freres 1890. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Henri Pille. Decorative cloth with red silk ties light wear at edges some dulling to gilt but still very attractive. Lovely illustration throughout. Old bookseller stamp to title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: Henri Pille. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Music. Inventory No: 046427. Garnier Freres hardcover books
184471291Louisville: W. C. Peters 1844. Paperback. Very Good. 4p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34cm. Moderate foxing around edges. Decoration and lettering in a pale shade of red on the front cover. Small illustration in black and white on the front cover of a minstrel who is playing a stringed instrument while standing in a small boat beneath a window where a young woman is standing. <br/><br/> W. C. Peters paperback books
182526869Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1825. 12mo. Early dark green cloth-backed green paper boards titling within decorative devices gilt to spine. 1f. frontispiece engraved by J. Mitchell after Clennel depicting three gentlemen raising their glasses in a toast 1f. half-title with decorative device 1f. title 5-300 303-310 index pp. <br/><br/>Text only but with indication of tunes to which the text is to be sung in many instances. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn bumped soiled and dampstained. Blank margins of some leaves moderately browned or slightly lacking affecting several letters; some foxing; offsetting from frontispiece to half-title. Rare. Worldcat 3 copies only of this edition at the Smithsonian Edinburgh University Library and Norfolk UK County Council Library; copies of all editions are quite scarce. Catalogue of English Song Books Forming a Portion of the Library of Sir John Stainer p. 65. Humphries & Smith p. 248. OCLC no. 28012823. Oliver & Boyd unknown books
184424937London: Sherwood & Co 1844. 5 volumes bound in 1. Small octavo. Newly bound in full marbled paper boards with printed title label to spines. <br/><br/>Vol. 1: Nos. 1 August 1842 - 6 January 1843. 48 pp.<br/>Vol. 2: Nos. 7 February 1843 - 12 July 1843. 48 pp. <br/>Vol. 3: Nos. 13 August 1843 - 18 Jan 1844. 48 pp. <br/>Vol. 4: Nos. 19 February 1844 - 23 June 1844. 40 pp. Lacking No. 24 July 1844.<br/>Vol. 5: Nos. 25 August 1844 - 26 September 1844. 16 pp. Lacking title table of contents and several issues.<br/><br/>With 2 preliminary leaves title and table of contents to each volume except Vol. 5. <br/><br/>Occasional light soiling and browning minor annotations in pencil and black ink; slight loss to lower corners of first volume not affecting music. Quite rare. OCLC incomplete runs only. <br/><br/>These volumes comprise several hundred melodies without text from operas popular songs dances and orchestral and chamber music. References are made to fuller versions e.g. with accompaniments in contemporaneous periodical publications in particular the Flutonicon and the Pianista. <br/><br/>A significant resource for tunes popular at the time. Sherwood & Co unknown books
1818033878Boston: S.h Parker 1818. Hard Cover. Very Good. Printed c. 1818 as an advertisement appears in the Evening Post of New York on January 27 1818 advertising the book for sale. Some dampstaining to printed boards with some light soiling and moderate wear to corners. Pages show only light soiling but are mostly bright and clean. A few blanks have tears. 22 songs in 98 pp plus two page index. Rebacked spine with plain cloth and paper title strip Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Music; Americana; Inventory No: 033878. <br/><br/> S.h Parker hardcover books
1810045629London: Clementi Banger Collard Davis & Collard et al. 1810. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Collection of engraved scores bound up in half red leather modest wear at edges rubbing to boards with loss of marbled paper. Modest foxing occasional minor staining and creasing old manuscript list of scores on front endpaper a few ownership marks to titles a bit shaken with a few signatures protruding with wear at the leading edge scattered minor paper repairs; generally very good internally. The scores are: Sir John A. Stevenson. O leave me to my Sorrow Ballad Sung by Mr. Manners at the Bath Concerts from the Second Volume of the Melodies of Various Nations The Poetry by Thomas H. Bayly Esqr. The Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John A. Stevenson Mus.Doc. London: Printed by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: Charles Smith. Nay weep not dear Ellen A Ballad Written by Mr. J. Lee Lewes and Sung by Mr. Braham at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.London: Published by J. Power n.d. And: John Parry. Smile again my bonnie Lassie Sung with the greatest Applause by Mr. Braham Mr. Collyer Mr. Broadhurst and Mr. Sapio Also by Mr. C. Bland.Third Edition. London: Published by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: T. Smith. Oh yes-I oft remember thee Sung by Mr. Phillips Answer to the Celebrated Song "Oh no-we never mention her" The Poetry & Music by T. Smith. London: Published by Mori & Lavenu n.d. And: J. Blewitt. The Laurel Wreath As Sung by Mr. H. Phillips at the Argyll Rooms Edinborough Bath &c. London: Published by J. B. Cramer Addison & Beale n.d. And: F. Paer. When I think of the wrongs he hath done me The Favorite Aria as Sung by Mr. Phillips in the Grand Opera called The Freebooters at the Theatre Royal English Opera House.Arranged & Adapted to English Words by Wm. Hawes The Poetry by Hampden Napier Esqre. London: Printed & Published by Wm. Hawes n.d. And: Storace. The Captive Rival The much Admired Song as Sung by Mr. Bedford at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the Opera of Isidore de Merida or the Devil's Creek.Adapted and Arranged by T. Cooke.London: Published by Clementi & Co. 26 Cheapside n.d. And: J. C. Clifton. Bacchus's Bowl. A Convivial Song Written by W. F. Collard.London: Published by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: Georg Frideric Handel. Arm Arm Ye Brave Song in Judas Maccabeus.Arranged by C. Trinks. London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. And: John Emdin. Who deepy drinks of Wine The Celebrated Bacchanalian Song. Sung by Mr. Lacy Mr. Hodges Mr. Rolle Mr. Bedford and M. Leoni Lee with the most brilliant Applause at London Bath Bristol Birmingham and Dublin.London: Printed by Phillips & Mayhew n.d. And: Wm. Reeve. The Friar. A Favorite Song in Merry Sherwood. Written by Mr. O Keefe.London: Publish'd by Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co. n.d. And: Henry R. Bishop. The Captive Knight. A Ballad.Teach me to forget Sung by Mr. H. Phillips at the Concerts Festivals &c. &c. The Poetry by Thomas H. Bayly Esqr.London: Published by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: T. Cooke. The Wolf is Out Bass Song. The Words by Saml. Jas. Arnold Esqe. Second Edition. London: Published by T. Williams n.d. And: Henry R. Bishop. O Take This Nosegay Gentle Youth Duetto Sung by Miss Stephens & Mr. Duruset in the Opera of Cymon at the Concerts Festivals &c. London: Printed by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: Vertue. O Why is Love's Celestial Dream. A Duett for Two Voices.London: Printed by Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co. Music Sellers n.d. And: Bouldiere. "Oh Lady dear! good news I bring" A Duetto Sung by Miss Graddon and Miss A. Tree at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the celebrated Musical Romance called the white Lady or the Spirit of Avenel composed by Bouldiere and adapted to the English Stge by T. Cooke Director of the Music to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. London: Published by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: A Collection of Vocal Duets Part of which have an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte. Composed by Eminent Professors. No. 2. London: Printed by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: W. Horsley. "When shall we three meet again" A Ballad. Composed by W. Horsley Mus.Bac.Oxon. and Arranged by him for Three Voices With an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte. London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. And: G. Rossini. Zitti Zitti Piano Piano The Celebrated Terzette as Sung by Madame Fodor Sigri. Garcia e Naldi in the Opera of Il Barbiere di Siviglia.London: Published at Falkner's Opera Music Warehouse n.d. And: Mr. Shield. Shakespear's Loadstars. A Favorite Glee.London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. 1805 or 1815. And: Sir J. Stevenson. The Original Boat Glee See our Bark scuds o'er the main. The Words by Joseph Atkinson Esqr.London: Published by I. Willis & Co. Royal Musical Repository n.d. 1817 or 1820. And: R. J. S. Stevens. Bragela the Poetry from Ossian Trio for the Sopranos and a Bass. With an Accompaniment for Two Performers on One Piano Forte.London: Printed & Sold for the Author by Preston at his Wholesale Warehouses 97 Strand n.d. 1810 or 1812 or 1815 or 1825. And: T. Attwood. Hark! Hark! the Curfew's Solemn Sound. Glee for three Voices as Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the Curfew. Written by the late J. Tobin Esqr.London: Publish'd by Monzani & Hill n.d. 1819-1829. And: Two Glees. "The feast was over in Branksome Tower" for Two Trebles and a Bass and The Spirit Scene "Is it the roar of Teviot's Tide" for Counter Tenor two Tenors & a Bass.N.p.: n.d. And: Wm. Knyvett. "There is a Bloom" A favorite Glee for Three Voices. As Sung by Miss Stephens Messrs. Vaughan & Bellamy at the Vocal Concerts Hanover Square.London: Published by the Royal Harmonic Institution n.d. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045629. <br/><br/> Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis, & Collard et al. hardcover books
1820651501820. Original calf-backed marbled boards 7 x 10 inches. "Universal Church" stamped in gilt on spines. Five Volumes with first page indexes approx. 225 pp. plus 8 additional loose leaves. Signatures loose page numbers erratic covers well worn. Text pages have been printed with staves musical notation and lyrics are added in ink. Manuscript music in various hands consisting mostly of hymns with some secular pieces from the origins of the Universal and Unitarian churches. Three of the books are titled for "treble" two with a printed label one hand-written and two of these have a similar song set although they include some different titles in different order so that the books do not appear to be a completely matched set for choristers. One book has the word "tenor" written in ink on the rear board with the ink ownership name of David West on the front pastedown and "Lyander W. Webb 15 August 1824" at the head of the index page. The fifth notebook is unmarked on the outside but has a manuscript note on the front pastedown: "Lyander W. Webb one of the members of the Universalist Church Choir." Some titles from these volumes: Surry Thanksgiving Miriams Song Canaan several versions Lancaster Dedication Exaltation- approximately twenty-five titles per book. The loose sheets have secular tunes primarily musical notation without lyrics with a few of the titles being: Hail Columbia "Nora's Song in the Poor Soldier" Washington's March Yankee Doodle The Plough Boy and Ramah Droog from the comic opera. Hail Columbia was originally written for and performed at Pres. George Washington's first inauguration in 1789.<br/>One book includes the hymn "Union" with words by "Rev. A. Kneeland" and by W. Dixon. Abner Kneeland 1774-1844 a pioneer evangelist and minister was a powerful if inconsistent advocate of Universalism for a quarter of a century beginning with the Winchester Convention of 1803. Kneeland Hosea Ballou and Edward Turner combined efforts to compile a new Universalist hymnal with Kneeland contributing about a third of the hymns "most of which have been judged to be inferior." After he left the Universalist fellowship in the 1830s he became the last man to be convicted of blasphemy in the state of Massachusetts. see his brief biography in the Unitarian Universalist Dictionary online <br/>Another tune called "Mount Vernon" comes from the psalms of David and was originally written by Isaac Watts 1674-1748 known as the founder of English hymnody. "This life's a dream an empty show; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere; When shall I wake and find me there" Lyander W. Webb whose name appears in two of the notebooks may be Lyander Westram Webb 1805-1858 who was born in Philadelphia. Rev. Abner Kneeland was pastor of the Lombard Street church in Philadelphia from 1818 until his move to New York City in 1825. Webb later moved to Baltimore Maryland where the 1850 Census lists him as an engineer. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1866045599Paris: A. Claudin 1866. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Early marbled wrappers lightly worn a touch of wear and soiling to page edges otherwise unmarked. One of 50 copies; 31pp. Scarce work on Virgil scholar Michel Coyssard's 1547-1623 musical work. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045599. <br/><br/> A. Claudin paperback books
188237000New York: Dodd Mead and Company Press of Francis Hart and Company New York 1882. Large paper copy number 88 of 93 copies on Whatman's Hand made Papers. Pp. xii 268. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red straight grained morocco by Ringer. Joints and extremities rubbed some darkening of spine and discoloration text clean other than a few pencil marks and a very good copy. Large paper copy number 88 of 93 copies on Whatman's Hand made Papers. Pp. xii 268. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 93 Large Paper Copies. Includes songs from Shakespeare Beaumont and Fletcher Middleton Jonson Lyly Dekker Shirley Davenant Massinger Heywood Dryden Congreve and several others. Dodd, Mead and Company [Press of Francis Hart and Company, New York] unknown books
189850475San Francisco: Examiner 1898. Paperback. Good. color illustration musical score 4p. Folded sheet of newsprint. 35cm. Pages browned. Large corner chip on front with no loss of content. Edge-tear. Cover illustration shows a minstrel in blackface holding a tambourine. Below title: "George Primrose big hit with Primrose and Wests' Minstrels sung in connection with the animated song sheet. "Supplement" to the San Francisco Examiner of March 13 1898." <br/><br/> Examiner paperback books
187828072New York: Beadle & Adams 98 William St 1878. 1st printing. Printed self-wrappers. VG wanting upper left corner of volume no text affected/faint tide-water line along spine of wrappers. 14 2 pp. Adverts last 2 pages for Nos 1-18 of the Singer's Library. Hand colored woodcut vignette to front wrapper signed by Nathaniel. Orr NY. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/>Very scarce songster from this purveyor of popular Dime novels- only 43 issues were published between 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879. Reprints can be distinguished by the lack of a color woodcut on the front wrapper. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE pp. 391 - 395. OCLC has no listings of this title; no copy recorded on the LoC on-line database. Beadle & Adams, 98 William St unknown books
187828049New York: Beadle & Adams 98 William St 1878. 1st printing. Printed self-wrappers. VG wanting upper left corner of volume no text affected. 12 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages for Nos 1-34 of the Singer's Library. Hand colored woodcut vignette to front wrapper signed by Nathaniel. Orr NY. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/>Very scarce songster from this purveyor of popular Dime novels- only 43 issues were published between 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879. Reprints can be distinguished by the lack of a color woodcut on the front wrapper. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE pp. 391 - 395. OCLC has no listings of this title; no copy recorded on the LoC on-line database. Beadle & Adams, 98 William St unknown books
187828070New York: Beadle & Adams 98 William St 1878. 1st printing. Printed self-wrappers. VG wanting upper left corner of volume no text affected/fore-edge a tad ragged. 12 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages for Nos 1-32 of the Singer's Library. Hand colored woodcut vignette to front wrapper signed by Nathaniel. Orr NY. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/>Very scarce songster from this purveyor of popular Dime novels- only 43 issues were published between 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879. Reprints can be distinguished by the lack of a color woodcut on the front wrapper. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE pp. 391 - 395. OCLC shows but one listing of this title NIU; no copy recorded on the LoC on-line database. Beadle & Adams, 98 William St unknown books
187828071New York: Beadle & Adams 98 William St 1878. 1st printing. Printed self-wrappers. VG wanting upper left corner of volume no text affected. 13 3 pp. Adverts last 3 pages for Nos 1-22 of the Singer's Library. Hand colored woodcut vignette to front wrapper signed by Nathaniel. Orr NY. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/>Very scarce songster from this purveyor of popular Dime novels- only 43 issues were published between 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879. Reprints can be distinguished by the lack of a color woodcut on the front wrapper. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE pp. 391 - 395. OCLC has no listings of this title; no copy recorded on the LoC on-line database. Beadle & Adams, 98 William St unknown books
1898WRCLIT70832New York & Chicago: M. Witmark & Sons 1898. 32pp. Printed wrappers. Faintest tanning at edges otherwise about fine. First edition of this libretto by the popular lyricist book collector and briefly bookseller. It was an important collaboration with Herbert and was first produced by the Alice Nielson Opera Co. It premiered on Broadway on September 26 1898 at Wallack's Theatre and ran for 40 performances. OCLC: 1015278. M. Witmark & Sons unknown books
1897WRCLIT70835New York: Printed by William Green 1897. 74pp. Typographically decorated wrappers. Small chips at upper wrapper tips otherwise very good or better. First edition of this libretto by the popular lyricist book collector and briefly bookseller. Its first New York production was by the Broadway Theatre Opera Company. This edition without a formal publisher's imprint is uncommon. OCLC locates four copies: HRC NY State Library Buffalo & Erie County Pub. Library & NYPL. OCLC: 9996344 & 30124148. Printed by William Green] unknown books
1895WRCLIT70831Brooklyn: Citizen Job Printing Office 1895. 391pp. Typographically decorated wrappers. Hint of trivial dust soiling to wrappers otherwise near fine. First edition of this libretto by the popular lyricist book collector and briefly bookseller. It was first produced by the Lillian Russell Opera Company and Russell played the lead. OCLC locates 3 copies of the production program but only microform copies of this libretto are reported there. Citizen Job Printing Office unknown books
1898WRCLIT70837New York & London: Breitkopf & Haertel 1898. 311pp. Printed wrappers.Tiny chips to tips of lower wrapper which is partially detached otherwise very good or better. First edition of this libretto by the popular lyricist book collector and briefly bookseller. The operetta was produced by the Francis Wilson Opera Company at the Broadway Theatre and ran for 68 performances. OCLC: 22744700 etc. Breitkopf & Haertel unknown books
1891WRCLIT70830Chicago: Slason Thompson & Co. 1891. 393pp. Typographically decorated wrappers. Hint of trivial dust soiling to wrappers otherwise near fine. First edition of this libretto by the popular lyricist book collector and briefly bookseller. The opera was notable as Leila Marie Koerber's a.k.a. Marie Dressler first role on Broadway. Uncommon - OCLC locates but two copies at Brown and at the HRC. OCLC: 10239329. Slason, Thompson & Co. unknown books
187072663Boston: White Smith & Perry 1870. 5p. decorative titling &c; folio leaves 14x10.75 inches hand-stitched along the left margin cover illustration in b&w litho image is 9.5 x 8 inches very edgeworn foxed and dust-soiled. Graveyard scene gnarled tree monolithic cross headstone angels spiriting the child from its grave with inset image showing child at prayer. "A valley grave we made her close beside her mother's lonely tomb White, Smith & Perry unknown books
