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1895005836Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Lithographic Co. 1895. First edition. Card. String ties. . Very Good. 17 by 17 cm. Unpaginated 84 pp. with program notes cast excerpts many photos and illustrations some of which underlay text ads etc. This is an especially elaborate and attractive souvenir program for an "amateur" theatrical this one being a spoof modeled after Shakespeare's original. Scarce with no copies of this program listed on OCLC First Search and a single listing at Washington State University for the considerably shorter program for 1893's theatrical. LIght soiling of the cover. Otherwise tight clean. <br/><br/> Lowman & Hanford Lithographic Co. unknown books
196528856New York: Museum of Modern Art 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Cardboard gatefold with 10" 33 1/3 LP record. 4 Unnumbered pages with illustrations. Text by Ludwig Glaeser. Includes a checklist from the exhibition at MOMA from October 4 to December 5 1965. An exhibition featuring these two brothers; Francois the sculptor and accounstical genius alongside Bernard a professional sound engineer. Between them they created numerous musical instruments for a new modern-age concept of electronic music. Included with this gatefold is a 10" 33 1/3 LP recording of music composed for the Baschet instruments demonstrating their sound qualities. Catalog design by Mary Margaret Ahern. Gatefold in clean very good condition. The LP is fairly dusty and worn. We have not played it but it looks to be in fair to good overall condition. Quite scarce catalog. Six copies noted in O.C.L.C. Museum of Modern Art paperback books
1960142951New York: Music Theatre Inc 1960. Draft script for the 1965 play. Revival run at New York City Center April 28 to May 9 1965 for a total of 15 performances. Props and costume plot bound in. <br/><br/>Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" two short stories by Damon Runyon. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Won five Tony Awards in 1951 including Best Musical. 1965 production starred Alan King as Nathan Detroit Sheila MacRae as Adelaide Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah. <br/><br/>Set in Broadway Save-a-Soul Mission Havana Cuba and The Hot Box Club. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for story writer Damon Runyon music and lyricist Frank Loesser book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-7-50. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Music Theatre, Inc unknown books
1959011532NY: Random House 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good -. Inscribed on the ffe by the plays' lyricist Stephen Sondheim "For Jane and Bob/ Best wishes from/ Stephen Sondheim/ 12/21/82 " Jane and Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for Broadway stage professionals and aficionados. . Price clipped dustjacket rear panel is moderately soiled and the spine moderately faded with minor loss at tips. Uncommon with Sondheim's signature. Random House hardcover books
1957148947New York: N.p. 1957. Vintage double weight photograph of Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence from the original 1957 production of the Broadway musical which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 26 1957 and ran for 732 performances closing on June 27 1959. Stamps crediting photographer Fred Fehl and the Winter Garden production on the verso.<br/><br/>Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Nominated for six Tony Awards winner of two including Best Choreographer for Jerome Robbins. Revived four times on Broadway most recently in 2020. Robbins who conceived the musical would go on to co-direct with Robert Wise the 1961 Academy Award winning musical film starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
13397Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A collection of three decorative watercolors of musical notation circa 1870's each depicting several staves of music in pen & ink within decorative border of various vignettes and motifs including flowers landscape vistas figures birds architectural details etc. each intricately cut out in outline mounted on blue paper. The three meticulously copied pieces of music appear to be short Viennese waltzes for piano. Three charming pieces evoking the spirit of late-nineteenth-century Vienna. Some light wear to the blue mounts but overall in very fine condition. Each approx. 11 x 8 inches 27.5 x 20.5 cm mounted to 14.25 x 10.75 inches 36.3 x 27.3 cm.<br style=""> unknown books
196219957np ca. 1962. Very good. Lacquer disc with handwritten labels about 6.5" in diameter. Solidly very good with light surface scratches mild surface noise. Included with record is 7" by 7" piece of cardboard with hand-illustrated collaged art drawn by fountain pen with handwritten notes and information to verso including a long inscription. Cardboard about very good as well; lightly toned and scuffed. <br/><br/>Original and likely unique acedate disc of four folk songs performed on guitar by one Joachim Keiser. The songs all originally performed by Woody Guthrie are here presented as a "little present" to a "Mrs. Braley." In halting English he notes to Bialey: "please don't be afraid about the cover" which depicts a hand holding a smoking revolver and notes that the recordings "sounded better on the tape." His performances however are not unaccomplished and are typical for the period while the cover is a striking word of folk art. Its noirish gloom is surprisingly modern: Mingering Mike meets Raymond Pettibon. unknown books
196328891New York: Dodd Mead 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo. First printing in book form of this Tony Award Winning Play which starred Zero Mostel as the slave Pseudolus. A musical comedy based on the plays of Plautus. Book by Shevelove and Gelbart with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. 107 pp. With some black and white photos. A fine copy in nearly fine price-intact dustwrapper. Minor rubbing and wear. This copy has been SIGNED BY SONDHEIM on the front endpaper. Rarely found thus. The play was made into a film of the same name and to this day is considered by many to be among the funniest films of its generation. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
1958011558NY: Random House 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine/Very Good . Inscribed across the top of the front pastedown and ffe by Sondheim "For Bob and Jane from Stephen Sondheim". Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Price-clipped dustjacket very lightly toned spine small piece missing top edge rear panel. Book near fine. Signed copies of this comedy not a musical for which a very young Sondheim wrote the incidental music are rare. Random House hardcover books
1959004340New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1959. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Kent Cooper- My dear friend- the kind of friendship it is always rewarding to meditate on. affectionately Meredith Wilson followed by Wilson's hand-drawn bar of music Nov. 4th '59 ". A wonderful inscription and Association Copy Kent Cooper is best known for transforming the Associated Press where he served as general manager and executive director in a career spanning over 40 years into the worlds largest international news cooperative. A shrewd and innovative journalist Cooper pioneered many of the publishing techniques that are still used today. Merdith Wilson is best known for his book music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical "The Music Man". Very Good Plus endpages lightly foxed and age toned in a Very Good dustjacket tiny hole at front spine fold small chips and tears at spine and flap folds bottom corner front flap price-clipped. . . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Association Copy. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1814006921Leipzig: J. A. G. Weigel 1814. RARE treatise on the metres of Pindar. August Boeckh or Bockh 1785-1867 was a German classical scholar and antiquarian and the founder of classical and ancient studies. Near Fine handsomely bound in recent marbled boards prior owner bookplate front paste down small prior owner stamps title page and verso of title page. Pagination: 582 p. folding table. Page block quite clean and lovely. . Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. A. G. Weigel Hardcover books
1865LV2308Terre Haute Indiana.: Flourishing 1865-1880; music sheets from 1848-1871. 1865. Folio. 4 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES & 5 LITHOGRAPHS. Annie was the wife of Samuel Milton Call 1847-1924 and later Reverend Henry Clay Sprinkle 1868-1955. Bound volume containing 28 music scores for piano. Illustrated title-pages done with ornamentation or printed in lithography 9 of which 4 are color. Volume is worn. Good. Unique collection of 28 American music scores for piano dating from 1848-71 including specimens printed in New York Boston Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Cleveland Nashville and Louisville. This group features nine lithographs by such firms as Ehrgott. Forbriger & Co. Lithographers Cincinnati 4; Ehrgott & Krebs Lithographers ; Color lithography by Sarony & Co. New York; Lithographed title by E.H. Pigott Forbriger & Co. Cincinnati. This collection was bound together for Annie Van Eaton whose name is featured on the cover. Her music teacher Lorenz Kussner of Terre Haute Indiana clearly had experience with the pieces selected. PROVENANCE: Lorenz Kussner Pianos & Music Terre Haute Indiana. Kussner was a dealer in musical merchandise born in Hasse-Darmstadt Germany in 1836. In 1852 he immigrated to the Unites States settling in New York briefly before relocating to Cincinnati. While in Dayton Ohio he apprenticed to a piano manufacturer. After four years he moved again to Crawfordsville Indiana and the Greencastle IN teaching music. In 1864 he arrived in Terre Haute and opened his retail music store. After a year the building burned down. In August 1857 he married Emilie Weinhardt also a native of Germany. They had a daughter Amalia who became a well-known miniaturist artist. See: Hiram Williams Beckwith History of Vigo and Parke Counties Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley . . . Chicago 1880 pp. 298-9. It seems likely that Lorenz Kussner either taught Annie or employed her while at Terre Haute. Inventory available on request. Flourishing 1865-1880; music sheets from 1848-1871. unknown books
1951008276Palmer Michigan: National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange 1951. RARE. 16 issues of Disc Collecto; Official Organ of National Hillbilly Record Collectors' Exchange later renamed Disc Collector: "The Country Record Collectors Bible". This mimeographed country and folk music journal which has been called a veritable "research discography". Published quarterly starting in 1951 the 16 issues are Vol. 1 Nos.1-4 1951; Vol. 2 Nos. 1-3 1952; and Nos. 10 12-19 1957-1961. With a hand-written artist index on 4" x 6" index cards giving artist name issue number and page number no indication of author but from the collection of noted folklorist Frank Hoffman. Additionally Disc Collectors New Letter Nos. 1-5 Jan.-Sept. 1964 along with 2 pages of New Releases and a blank application for membership to Disc Collectors Record Club. Very Good or better overall slight musty smell assorted small corner creases. A remarkable and RARE treasure trove for the collector of early country and folk music. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange Paperback books
95285New York: Kal Efron. Original program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon. Quarto illustrated with photographs. Signed and inscribed by Ronald Drake Margaret Bannerman Marie Paxton Charles Vistory Hugh Dempster and Katharine Hynes. In very good condition. A unique example. Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion My Fair Lady set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway with its notable 1956 Broadway production starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. Often referred to as "the perfect musical" the piece was adapted into the popular 1964 American musical drama film starring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. A critical and commercial success it won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. Kal Efron unknown books
162214499Amsterdam 1622. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original ca. 1620 engraving of an old man playing the violin by the Dutch Golden Age artist son of the engraver Jacob Matham. The man wearing a feathered cap and with a bagpipe strapped over his shoulder is shown playing the violin left-handed holding the instrument against his chest. The text below the image is a cheeky reference to the seventeenth-century sexual connotations of the violin and reads translated from the Dutch: "My snares strings are still strong as well as all the rest / So if my Aeltie helps then it will sure go best." The empty bagpipe the man carries is also a veiled reference to sexual prowess.  Hollstein Dutch 6; "Old men in black and white: the imagination of the age in Dutch printmaking 1550-1650" Anouk Janssen p. 283 fig. 188; Amsterdam Rijksmuseum RP-P-1883-A-7212. Set on a silk mat and framed. Significant losses along the right edge with smaller hole and loss along the opposite side area of staining to middle right collector's pencil notation at foot frame heavily chipped. 15.5 x 25 cm; 6.1 x 9.6 inches. Framed to 34 x 39 cm; 13.5 x 15.5 inches. unknown books
197130702New York and Los Angeles: John Gibson Multiples 1971. First edition. Record LP. Very Good . Double LP audio record in gatefold sleeve. Association Copy INSCRIBED BY REICH TO FELLOW ARTISTS ATHENA TACHA AND RICHARD SPEAR in 1982. The first pressing of this recording was limited to 500 numbered copies and came with a leporello fouldout score as well as 100 Artist Proof AP copies. This copy is not numbered only inscribed and we suspect it to be one of the AP copies. This copy also lacks the leporello score that was issued with the signed/numbered edition. The gatefold sleeve has the title written on it neatly in ink by the recipient but is otherwise in very good to near fine condition with only some minor toning. Both records are also in superb condition very good or better showing only some very faint sleeve wear. A beautiful example of this important record from early in Reich's career and is very scare as an association copy. John Gibson + Multiples unknown books
1973147543N.p.: N.p. 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 Broadway musical which premiered on June 3 at the 46th Street Theatre in New York. Noted as copy No. 76 on the title page holograph ink the title page.<br/><br/>Though it initially drew criticism from New York audiences in 1975 for its Brechtian style and cynical subversive take on the nature of American celebrity the play soon became a wildly popular runaway hit. The original run went for 936 performances before it closed on August 27 1977 followed by a 1996 revival and a 2002 Oscar-winning film. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago. <br/><br/>Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated DATE noted as DRAFTTYPE with credits for NAMECREDITS. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-13-62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1961149449Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white reference photograph of actors Tony Mordente Harvey Evans Susan Oakes Bert Michaels Tommy Abbott and Tucker Smith standing with director Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."<br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno.<br/><br/>Set in New York's West Side shot on location in New York and California. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and creasing to the corners. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
17516This legendary R & B tenor hit the charts in the mid-50s with the Drifters and such hits as "Money Honey" "Such a Night" and "Honey Love" before going solo. ALS 1p 8½" X 11" New Rochelle NY 1958 January 2. Addressed to Donald. Very good. Yellowed tape stain at each corner and one 1¼" at each side. On delightfully corny letterhead of "Clyde McPhatter's Tune Shop" this rare letter was written shortly after his split from the Drifters and the height of his fame as a soloist. A gracious letter to an admirer reading in part: "Hope that you will like the little verse that I am sending you. Very sorry that I don't have any pictures at this time hope when you write again I'll have some on hand. So until then be good." Bold full signature. The alcoholic McPhatter died of a heart attack at age 39 making his autograph material quite uncommon. unknown books
1946005337New York: Rinehart & Co. 1946. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and Bloomington Indiana's legendary composer and actor Hoagy Carmichael on front end page. Very Good slight spine lean boards a bit soiled in a Very Good priced dust wrapper rear panel soiled and minor edge wear. An uncommon SIGNED BY AUTHOR copy !. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rinehart & Co. Hardcover books
1984006329New York: Universe Books 1984. A wonderful ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by a treasure trove of Hollywood and Broadway actors dancers singers fashion designers and authors from the library of Thommie Walsh Tony Award-winning choreographer dancer actor and author his bookplate front end page. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Kenn Duncan noted dance photographer on the title page. Additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on half-title page by the fabulous Mitzi Gaynor "Hi Thommie - We're not in this book - Love" and dated by her Christmas '86 boyishly charming Donald O'Connor "Definitely not -" Academy Award Honors winning Gene Kelly "Best Tom" Mary Frann Bob Newhart's wife in "Newhart" "No Hard Feelings but I better be in the next one -" author and Hollywood screenwriter Joseph Wambaugh "I'll buy the shoes if I can get in !" Emmy Award-winning fashion and costume designers and life partners Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie "Love" and SIGNED by Hollywood Walk of Fame TV journalist Jess Marlow. First Printing with complete number row. Near Fine small stain bottom of half-title page in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. A unique treasure for any collector of Hollywood Broadway dance or fashion. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Association Copy. Universe Books Hardcover books
1973142586N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for the 1973 play. <br/><br/>Based on the 1950 Broadway play "Out of this World" by Cole Porter Dwight Taylor Reginald Lawrence. George Oppenheimer NY columnist playwright and screenwriter streamlined his interpretation for a tasteful revamp to fit a smaller stage. The musical opened Off-Broadway at the Equity Library Theatre in March 1973. Writer Howard Thompson wrote a review in the March 12 1973 edition of the New York Times calling out Joy Franz vocal talent as Juno in her rendition of "I Am Loved." <br/><br/>Set in Athens Greece. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for music and lyrics by Cole Porter book by George Oppenheimer suggested by Dwight Taylor Reginald Lawrence. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-5-33. Mechanical duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1956145819N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for the 1956 Broadway musical which opened at the Broadway Theatre on March 22 1956 and ran for 383 performances before closing on February 23 1957. With a three page "prop inventory" bound in at the rear. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein about an entertainer and his struggles in show business and conceived as a vehicle for Sammy Davis Jr. Davis' performance received rave reviews and helped to launch him beyond night clubs and into the superstardom he would see by the end of the decade.<br/><br/>Red titled Hart Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Joseph Stein and Will Glickman and composers/lyricists Jerry Bock Larry Holofcener and George Weiss. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered "PROP INVENTORY - 2." Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good Plus with some slight staining wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1949001526Nashville TN: Acuff-Rose Publications 1949. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on the front wrapper "My Best To You" Anita Carter and "Luck & Stuff" June Carter. June Carter of course later became the wife of Johny Cash and June and the Carter Family are Country Music legends. Signed material by members of the Carter Family from this era are exceedingly scarce.- as is this song book. 48 pages containing the music for 14 songs 17 photosincluding 4 portrait photos of the family and 4 biography pages. Bottom corner creases to the wrappers and pages and a 1" horizontal tear back wrapper and last 4 pages. This is a chance to own a truly unique piece of Country Music history. SIGNED. First Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Acuff-Rose Publications Paperback books
194132370New York: G. Schirmer 1941. Early printing. Paperback. Near fine in original printed wrappers. The score is signed: "Samuel Barber / March '78.". Quarto. 9 x 12" single sheet laid into a printed folio entitled Samuel Barber Four Songs for Voice and Piano as issued. The text of the song is taken from a lyric by Agee that was first published in his first book Permit Me Voyage 1934 two years before the publication of Barber's signature work Adagio for Strings. The author and composer became friends after Barber famously set Agee's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 to music in 1948. <br/><br/> G. Schirmer paperback books
