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29356MUSIC VERSTEIGERUNG DER MUSIKBIBLIOTHEK DES HERRN DR. WERNER WOLFFHEIM. F volumes complete. Berlin: Martin Breslauer and Leo Piepmannssohn 1928 and 1929. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. First edition. An indexed and annotated auction catalogue of over four thousand items from D Wolffheim's library of books on music. Two volumes are text volumes; two are illustrations. Slight chipping to the spine of Volume I--Text else a very g set. Estimates are laid in both text volumes. unknown books
195924205Bruxelles Belgium: Philips Minigroove 1959. A blues opera album; recorded "Gala Femmes d'Aujourd'hui le mardi 22 decembre 1959"; written by American composter- writer Harold Arlen 1905 - 1986 originally performed by Kostelanetz at Carnegie Hall in 1957 then taken "on the road" to Europe; with several performer signatures including: Lillian Hayman 1922 - 1994 African-American Tony Award-winning actress and singer; Norma Mae Donaldson 1928 - 1994 African-American actress and singer; Paul Harris 1917 -1985 African-American actor personnel manager and music publisher ".in the late 1950s looking for work he left the United States for Europe. He came to Paris with the cast of Free and Easy." Jet Nov 28 1968; and others signed: James Randolph F. Cowen James Randolph Charles "Smiles" Thompson Patti Boon Jacqueline Walcott; the biography "Hi-de-Hoe" the Life of Cab Calloway Shipton 2013 states that this show was not a success and ended stranding the performers in Europe after a short Paris run - Calloway had declined to be part of the production; cover texts in French; 10" Philips Minigroove record in 'shopping bag' handled illustrated cover-sleeve; no inner liner; some edge tips wear creasing and soiling to sleeve; Walcott signature faint all others very good and clear; disc not played by us to check for fidelity; in good condition. Signed By Performers. Record Album. Record Album . Good. Philips Minigroove paperback books
19952614071995. unbound. 8.5 x 7.25-inch black-and-white photo of the country music band Alabama -- no place no date circa 1995. Signed with a black marker by the four members of the group: Randy Owen Jeff Cook Teddy Gentry and Mark Herndon. Matted in off-white and set in a black frame measuring 15 x 13.25 inches. The photo has two tiny faint stains at the top but is still in very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1968148021New York: Richard Fields 1968. Draft script for the musical which premiered in 1968 by the Lincoln Center Workshop at the Forum Theatre. Numeric holograph annotation in holograph pencil on verso of last leaf.<br/><br/>One of two musical plays written by actor Austin Pendleton. "Booth is Back in Town!" was first performed with music by Jim Massengale by the Yale University Dramatic Association at the Yale University Theatre in 1961 which also released a cast album.<br/><br/>In 1963 with music by Arthur Rubinstein it was performed under the title "Mr. Booth" at the Williamstown Theatre in Williamstown Massachusetts.<br/><br/>A musical of the life Junius Brutus Booth a notorious mid-19th century actor and his sons actors Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln.<br/><br/>Blue Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Austin Pendleton book Arthur Rubinstein music and Gretchen Cryer lyrics. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-5-39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Richard Fields unknown books
196830394New York: Benjamin Patterson Limited 1968. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Single sheet printed on both sides. 8 1/2 x 13" tall. Folded twice for mailing. Announcement for a program of events to take place at Steinway Hall in NYC on April 25 & 26 1968 by Terry Riley and his Poppy NoGood's Phantom Band. Text includes descriptions by Riley of his two pieces: Solo Time Lag Music For Soprano Saxophone 1963 - present and Keyboard Studies 1965 - Present. On the verso there is an excerpt from "The Parametric Music of Terry Riley by Keith Knox in Jazz Monthly from July 1967. Flyer is lightly and generally worn but is in very good condition. Scarce Terry Riley ephemera. Benjamin Patterson, Limited unknown books
1861007954New York: Firth Pond & Co 1861. First Edition. Sheet Music. Very Good. Complete: 6 pages including the cover. Early Civil War music with a terrific cover showing five black misfit volunteers in various milita and zouave uniforms. Slightly trimmed and with nice corners and old tape binding so probably from an old bound collection of sheet music. Light marginal soiling. This comic song promises defeat for Great Britain should "John Bull" attempt to intervene in the war on the side of the South. Made very popular by Bryant's Minstrels. Firth, Pond & Co unknown books
1840007877London: Printed for the Percy Society 1840. SCARCE in 1840 First Edition. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards the spine ornately tooled in gilt matching marbled end pages and page edges. Very Good the boards rubbed light rubbing to morocco at tips. . First Edition. Half Morocco over Marbled Boar. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for the Percy Society Hardcover books
199340746Flint: Bamberger Books 1993. First Limited Edition. Letter "L" of twenty-six copies signed hand-numbered and with an original postcard collage in rear envelope the artwork with matching number and signature. Octavo 23cm; pictorial card wrappers; 138pp. A fine unread copy. A late dramatic work by Elmslie b. 1929 best known as a central figure in the New York East-Side poetry scene of the Sixties during which time he edited and published Z the seminal journal of the New York School poets including James Schuyler Joe Brainerd John Ashbery et al. The current work - a musical described in Playbill as ".a surreal show about a postcard collector who deals with personal loss by seeing postcards come to life" - was produced for the stage in 2000 but ended up being canceled while still in rehearsals. Bamberger Books unknown books
199340674Flint: Bamberger Books 1993. First Limited Edition. Letter "R" of twenty-six copies signed hand-numbered and with an original postcard collage in rear envelope the artwork with matching number and signature. Octavo 23cm; pictorial card wrappers; 138pp. Mild corner-crease to final two leaves of text else a fine unread copy. A late dramatic work by Elmslie b. 1929 best known as a central figure in the New York East-Side poetry scene of the Sixties during which time he edited and published Z the seminal journal of the New York School poets including James Schuyler Joe Brainerd John Ashbery et al. The current work - a musical described in Playbill as ".a surreal show about a postcard collector who deals with personal loss by seeing postcards come to life" - was produced for the stage in 2000 but ended up being canceled while still in rehearsals. Bamberger Books unknown books
1934006596Glasgow: The Civic Press 1934. SCARCE. 65 pp. facsimile. Very Good sticker shadow front cover edges chipped interior clean and unmarked pages still uncut. Title continues " and Bodleian Library Oxford No. 3623 etc." Al -Farabi was known to the Arabs as the "Second Master" after Aristotle as he was a philosopher logician musician and a major political scientist. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Civic Press Paperback books
187825458Paris: Imprimerie D. Jouaust 1878. Presentation copy. Period brown qtr-leather with marbled boards & eps. Spine gilt lettered. VG minor wear to binding. 209 pp. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Inscribed by the author. Imprimerie D. Jouaust hardcover books
1960012154NY: Random House 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . Review copy with review slip laid-in. Orange cloth backed covers with b&w pastedown of Mary Martin. Dustjacket is price-clipped. The original Broadway musical about the Von Trapp family's escape from Nazi Austria which became the beloved blockbuster movie musical with Julie Andrews. Book covers are a bit spotted around the edges and to the cloth spine. Dustjacket a bit rubbed still very presentable. Random House hardcover books
1959008083Newport RI: Board of Directors Newport Folk Festival 1959. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page Introduction by Billy Faier editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers Very Good foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger Odetta Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Josh White The New Lost City Ramblers Memphis Slim The Stanley Brothers The Kingston Trio Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie and Bo Diddley among others. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival Paperback books
1866045752Paris: G. Brandus et S. Dufour 1866. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Full green cloth modest wear at edges slight browning and scattered light soiling internally very slightly shaken but clean and sound overall. 657pp; 170pp index. The second section is largely music. Old bookplate and catalog entry pasted to endpapers. Undated ca. 1866. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: music; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 045752. <br/><br/> G. Brandus et S. Dufour hardcover books
196831757New York: Leo Feist 1968. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Pictorial self wrappers with photo of King on upper cover. Very good. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rare King Tribute. Rare: OCLC locates only the Yale and the British Library copies. This example bears a gift inscription to Clarence L. Holte 1909-1993 the prominent African-American bibliophile and publisher of "The Basic Afro-American Reprint Library Leo Feist unknown books
1941004252New York: The Lambs 1941. Volume One Number One Winter 1941-1942. 128 page magazine published for members of The Lambs America's first professional theatrical club organized in 1874 by a group of actors and enthusiasts. Since the club's founding there have been more than 6000 Lambs with an elite roster reading like a Who's Who of American theater and film: Maurice Lionel and John Barrymore Irving Berlin Cecil B. DeMille Charlie Chaplin George M. Cohan Douglas Fairbanks John Wayne Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. RARE the magazine is in Very Good condition small corner crease front wrappers 1" loss of paper at bottom edge of spine. Editorial content includes "Sports at the Lambs "by Tex O'Rourke "Why Pick on Hollywood" by James Mongomery Flagg "Roysterers and Little Neck Lambs" by John Golden and "Ballad Maker" by Theodore Dreiser. Numerous publicity photos of stars of the day including Spencer Tracy George M. Cohan Al Jolson Boris Karloff and Joe E. Brown. Also numerous cartoons and drawings of scantily-clad women. A quite RARE piece of American stage and film history !. First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. The Lambs Paperback books
1976272948New York: Schirmer Books 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A lovely First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. The binding is tight and square. The dustjacket is bright and unblemished. It has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Schirmer Books unknown books
11625Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A series of five French hand-tinted postcards ca. 1900 approx. 3.5" x 5.5" 9 x 14 cm detailing the outlines of a musical relationship taking place at a piano with a male violinist and female pianist. The tableaus proceed from Prélude to Duo d'amoureux to Légere dissonnance to Douce harmonie and finally to Accord parfait. In fine condition. unknown books
191934793Washington DC: Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities 1919. First Edition. Oblong 12mo 10x13.5cm.; publisher's dark blue staple-bound card wrappers; 298pp.; chiefly musical scores two full-page photographic illus. linocuts by John Held throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper extremities else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of patriotic songs with illustrations by a young John Held signed in image either "JH" or "J. Held" but otherwise unattributed to him. The noted Jazz Age cartoonist had already had work published in Vanity Fair though after the United States entered World War I he worked for Naval Intelligence in Central America as an illustrator and cartographer. Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities unknown books
200630629London: Thames & Hudson 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 223 pp. Text by Matthew Robertson and with a foreword by Tony Wilson. With 400 color illustrations. This book documents the record output of this important U.K. record label. A near fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges may apply. Terrific reference book. Thames & Hudson hardcover books
1984007467New York: Crown Publishers 1984. Publisher's promotional poster distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1984. Featuring a wonderful Sendak illustration. Near Fine 1/2" closed tear left margin could easily be covered by framing 20"w x 22 1/2" h. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 22 1/2". Crown Publishers books
2221612<p>"Alois Reiser" 2 bars signed and inscribed in black fountain pen ink. 9" x 7". 1 page. Very good.</p><p>Reiser 1885-1976; wiki says 1887-1977 Czech-born composer of tone poems cello concertos one opera student of Dvorak; resident of Los Angeles and often conductor of the Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Federation orchestras. His music featured in 30 films 1928 to 1938 mostly uncredited see IMDB.</p> unknown books
008709No Place: Roman Catholic Church Two leaves of sacred music on thick paper music and Latin verse both sides measuring 16 3/4" x 11". 1. "Proprium Missarum De Sanctis. Festa Novembris die XXIX Novembris In Vigilia S Andrae Apostoli." numbered p. 343 344 at top 2. "Sabbato Quat. Temp. Septembris. Gloria Patri. Euouae Veni-te" p. 327-328 at top. Very Good tiny pin hole light wear at edges small pencil notations top corners. No dates circa late 17th century Spain. from an Antiphonal or similar large book. . One Sheet Illustrated. Very Good. 16 3/4" x 11". Roman Catholic Church Paperback 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
1969005440Garden City: Doubleday & Co. 1969. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and 60's cultural phenomenon Tiny Tim on verso of front end page - "To Miss Peggy Happy Reading Tiny Tim" in red ink and accompanied by an utterly charming drawing by Tiny Tim of a woman reading. Laid in is a letter establishing the provenance dated 6-21-69 and sent from Seattle which reads - "Yesterday morning I was in the Union Book Store buying up all the Camus & Sartre when I heard someone say "Guess who's in the store ! Tiny Tim ! ". I thought to myself- this is surely a put-on however I'll go see. Sure enough there he was autographing these strange little books. Thought maybe you'd get a kick out of one of them Miss Peggy. After autographing books for awhile he sang "Stout-hearted Man". If this fellow isn't a put-on he's probably one of the world's truly nice-guys. Anyway it made for a fantastic morning. I felt like a little kid standing there watching listening talking and utterly enjoying every minute of it. Have fun with the book. signed Dave ps on verso of letter "Stout-hearted Man" I swear it's true. Even his manager just about broke up when he started singing it." RARE SIGNED and especially with such an endearing provenance. Book is Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Tiny Tim the performance alias of Herbert Khaury 1932-1996 became a culturlal phenomenon with his 1967 appearance on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In". After appearing several more times on that show he became best known for his appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" marrying his 17 year-old girlfriend "Miss Vicki" on Carson's show in 1969. His star began to wane after he toured the country in 1970 his tour making him good money but then being the truly nice and naive person he was he was fleeced by his business associates. Nonetheless he continued to tour and perform in ever smaller venues up until the time of his death in 1996. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and with the letter a unique and lovely bit of 60's memorabilia. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Frazier Hauge. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover books