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105546London New York etc.: various publishers n.d. 6 items disbound each with lithographic title page/cover sheet in color. Occasional foxing and browning. Several items are cropped apparently at the time of binding affecting title page but not music. § A collection six of 19th century songs including marches polkas and waltzes printed in London and New York. The chromolithographic title pages depict clowns aristocrats and landscapes. The titles are:- “The Express Gallop†comp. Charles D’Albert. New York. - “The Sontag Polka†arr. Charles D’Albert. New York.- “Palermo Quadrille†comp. Charles D’Albert. London.- “Song of the Perfect Cure†comp. J. Blewitt and C. Perry. London.- “The Perfect Cure Quadrille Comique†comp. CH. Thorpe. London.- “The Palace Favourite A Polka†comp. C. C. Amos. London. various publishers 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
196426392New York: New School for Social Research 1964. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Tall folded single sheet of paper measuring 13 1/4" tall x 9 1.2" wide. A poster announcing a series of performances on April 24th 1964 at The New School for Social Research. The concert was entitled "A Concert Of 20th Century American Music" and featured such avant-garde composers and musicians as John Cage James Tenney and Charles Ives among other luminaries. Poster is in very good condition. Folded once horizontally. General light wear. Rubber-stamped images in blue and red. Quite a scarce piece of music ephemera. We could find no other copies. New School for Social Research unknown books
193131350London: Frederick Warne & Co n.d. ca. 1931. Slim quarto 24.75cm.; publisher's green cloth-backed pictorial boards; 24pp.; color illus. throughout sheet music printed in brown. Boards rubbed with a few small dings to extremities the whole rather dust-soiled textblock a hint shaken and lightly foxed throughout. About Very Good only. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Frederick Warne & Co unknown books
1881011953London: George Routledge 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine copy of a first edition of Greenaway classic lacking its uncommon dustjacket but lovingly preserved in glassine. Some wear to corners but the covers are fine and the inside shows littel if any sign if use. No names inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. George Routledge hardcover books
181719472Dedham Mass.: Abel D. Allene Printer 1817. First edition. Some light soiling and wear; a very good copy. Original blue sugar-paper wrappers 8.38 x 5.5 inches 22 2 pages. Williams decries the long custom of a "prevailing inattention and ignorance respecting the proper design and performance of psalmody the most painful and pernicious abuse and perversion in this part of divine worship." An important and explicit endorsement from the pulpit of the contemporary cultural erasure of native American styles of sacred public music with its emphasis on fugues and ornamentation and its replacement with the "smooth academic European harmonies" Nitz of English psalmody this an address by the clergyman Williams endorsing the work of Norfolk Musical Society in bringing the state of church singing in Norfolk County more into line with the proper form for worship. Though the annual meetings of the Norfolk Musical Society all featured sermons though the next of none of those sermons seem to survive; this discourse would seem to be of a piece of the advocacy for this musical reform. For more on this shift in musical practice specifically in the context of the Norfolk Musical Society see Nitz Donald. "The Norfolk Musical Society 1814-1820: An Episode in the History of Choral Music in New England." Journal of Research in Music Education 16 no. 4 1968: 319-28. Early ink autograph ownership signature dated 1817 on the verso of the title page; ink autograph titling to the upper wrapper. Abel D. Allene, Printer, unknown books
1963011557NY: Dodd Mead 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . Inscribed on the half title by Sondheim "For Bob and Jane -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. Unclipped dustjacket slightly toned at spine. Missing ffe else near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1966150305N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage oversize borderless double-weight matte-finish reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Zero Mostel and Inga Neilsen. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1962 Broadway play with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart which was loosely based on several farces written by ancient playwright Plautus. A slave named Pseudolus attempts to earn his freedom by uniting his young master and the unattainable girl next door. <br/><br/>Set in ancient Rome shot on location in Spain.<br/><br/>8.5 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966150190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Jack Gilford and Phil Silvers posing in costume with director Richard Lester. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1962 Broadway play with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart which was loosely based on several farces written by ancient playwright Plautus. A slave named Pseudolus attempts to earn his freedom by uniting his young master and the unattainable girl next door. <br/><br/>Set in ancient Rome shot on location in Spain.<br/><br/>11.25 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966150188N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Zero Mostel and Inga Neilsen. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1962 Broadway play with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart which was loosely based on several farces written by ancient playwright Plautus. A slave named Pseudolus attempts to earn his freedom by uniting his young master and the unattainable girl next door. <br/><br/>Set in ancient Rome shot on location in Spain.<br/><br/>11.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. 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
195416072504San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Berman Eugene. One of 1100 copies octavo size 102 pp. "A Gest of Robin Hood" is one of the oldest surviving tales of Robin Hood printed between 1492 and 1534. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Bohemian Club of San Francisco; the Grabhorn Press run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn was one of the most highly renowned private presses in America during the twentieth century.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter green cloth with light green paper boards decorated with green red and yellow pattern yellow lettering on the spine title page in red and black paragraph marks in red; monotype Caslon machine-made paper octavo size 9.5" tall 102 pp. one of 1100 copies unnumbered printed for the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; prior owner's name and date July 29 - 1954 written in blue ink on the front free endpaper some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and the bottom front corner is somewhat rubbed else fine.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Heller & Magee no. 552.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. (Printed by the Grabhorn Press) hardcover books
1930007047Various Photographers 1930. A group of 32 photographs 30 b&w and 2 color ranging in size from 4" x 6" to 7" x 9 1/2" 10 circa 1930's the rest 1957-1997 8 SIGNED signees to be determined. Credited photographers are: Ginger Gamage Forbes Jay Dee Ft. Worth TX V. Sladon NYC and John Lindquist. Some of the photos have writing verso identifying the subjects including one of Svetlova with Claudio Arrau and Mantovani. Several appear to be other noted people in the world of dance. And the 1930's photos several of which are signed appear to be friends of Svetlovas. Marina Svetlova 1923-2009 had a carrer in ballet that began as a child in 1931 and carried into the 1960's. She was a soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In 1969 she became a Professor of Ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1992 gaining a reputation as a major educator in dance. A wonderful mid-century collection depicting the career of this noted prima ballerina and educator. . SIGNED. Photograph. Near Fine. Various Photographers Paperback books
184071308New York: Firth & Hall 1840. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sheet Music 7p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35cm. Black & white illustration of a home surrounded by trees with a couple sitting on a bench nearby. "Fourth edition" in type above the title on the front. <br/><br/> Firth & Hall paperback books
184471293Louisville: W. C. Peters 1844. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 8p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34 cm. Light foxing and soil. Lettering and decorations in a pale shade of green on front cover. The "West" celebrated in this song seems to be found somewhere on the prairie. <br/><br/> W. C. Peters paperback books
199151151New York: Applause Theatre Book Pub 1991. First Applause Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; 236pp. Old price sticker to rear cover of jacket. Crown and foot of spine mildly pulled else a tight clean unmarked copy. Minor external wear to jacket including a few trivial damp stains to interior of jacket. Very Good. Applause Theatre Book Pub unknown books
1973011554NY: Dodd Mead 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine/Very Good . Inscribed on the ffe by Sondheim "To Bob and Jane with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim 1/15/82". Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Unclipped dustjacket spine lightly faded. Book near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1974011575NY: Privately published 1974. Private edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound musical score as performed on the opening night of February 25 1973 at theSchubert Theatre. Bound musical scores are privately published a project usually undertaken by the music preparation supervisor and then presented to producers and creative principals as a momento or official record of the music as presented opening night. This copy is legendary producer and director Hal Prince's who both produced and directed A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC inscribed to him by Mathilde Pincus and Al Miller whose company was responsible for music supervision: April 12 1974 To Hal Price Another one to add to your collection of 'greats!' Our greatest esteem respect admiration - and love. Sincerely Mathilde and Al." It is also inscribed by composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim: "Wyth lots of Luv - Steve" which wittily Sondheim has written with Swedish grammatical notations this musical being based on Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night. Typically there are about 12-18 bound musical scores per production. Never commercially sold only for private presentation. This copy especially rare in that along with Sweeny Todd it represents a highpoint in Prince and Sondheims collaboration besides being one of the highpoints in Sondheim's cannon. Squarish folio green cloth gilt titles front and spine. Privately published hardcover books
198216222New York: Symphony Space 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 22 pp including covers. The Program Guide for a memorial concert at Symphony Space in New York in memorial of Cornelius Cardew on May 25 1982. Stapled wrappers with photo of the composer on the front cover. Introduction by Christian Wolff. With a long bibliographic essay by John Tilbury. Very good condition. One handwritten note in text from someone who was likely at the event. Uncommon ephemera. <br/><br/> Symphony Space paperback books
1715045411London 1715. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary paneled calf rubbed but sound first few pages loose title a bit stained with an old signature rear endpaper worn and loose with old writing some scattered foxing and some creasing and old stab holes presumably from its brief life as an unbound volume staining in the gutter a few chips to the top edge in the index. An amusing and sometimes bawdy collection of poems. xii164p. Variant with 2 lines of errata on xii. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Music. Inventory No: 045411. <br/><br/> hardcover books
32963New York: The League of Composers. Octavo. Original publisher's light green printed wrappers. <br/><br/>4 issues: <br/>- Volume VII Number 1 December-January 1929-30<br/>Contributions by Lourié Milhaud Schaeffner Roerich Stefan Mark Gutman Saminsky Thompson and Opdyke<br/><br/>- Volume VIII Number 3 April-May 1930<br/>Contributions by di Chirico de Schloezer Pisk Stuckenschmidt Evans Rudhyar Petit Reich and Bauer<br/><br/>- Volume IX Number 2 January-February 1932<br/>Contributions by Hoerée Reich Thomson O'Brien Petit Blitzstein Copland Hammond Lopatnikoff and Boys<br/><br/>- Volume X Number 3 March-April 1932<br/>Contributions by Rivera Weiss Schlee Heinscheimer Blitzstein Stefan Mark Smallens and Saminsky<br/><br/>With occasional illustrations some tipped-in.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and chipped; some partially detached; one spine repaired with tape. "The quarterly journal Modern Music was first published in New York under the title League of Composers Review from February 1924 through January 1925. In April 1925 the title was changed to Modern Music and publication continued uninterrupted under this name until the fall issue of 1946. The purpose of the journal was to inform American professional musicians and the American and European public about the new idioms and styles of twentieth-century music. According to the editor Minna Lederman 'Modern Music had no fixed editorial position about any composer any movement. Its pages recorded derogatory opinions about as well as homage to even the greatest figures of the age-Schoenberg and Stravinsky who were under its most constant observation.'<br/><br/>The development of American modern music is recorded in detail: topics include the radicalism of Ruggles Ives Varèse and Cowell; the Americanization of the symphony by Sessions William Schuman and Roy Harris; and the innovations of composers such as Carpenter Copland Gruenberg and Bernstein all directly influenced by jazz and popular music. And an extensive series titled "American Composers" consisting of twenty-one biographical sketches with lists of important compositions and a portrait or sketch is featured from 1930 through 1946. Included among others are Louis Gruenberg John Alden Carpenter Charles Ives Roy Harris Aaron Copland Walter Piston and Samuel Barber.<br/><br/>Studies of the many European twentieth-century composers-Schoenberg Bartók Hindemith Stravinsky-fill a large part of the first years of the journal. Paul Stefan discusses Schoenberg's operas; Erwin Stein investigates Schoenberg's inheritance and development of German music; Hugo Leichtentritt examines Schoenberg's tonal and atonal compositions; while Paul Pisk explains Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. Adjioran Orvos and Kodály discuss Kodály and Bartók's integration of folk music into the traditional European genres. An entire supplement to the May-June 1932 issue is dedicated to Willi Reich's monograph on Berg's Wozzeck. Many articles about Stravinsky's neoclassicism parallel the American premières of a number of his ballets and symphonic works. Reports on the annual festivals held in European centers by the International Society for Contemporary Music and American festivals held at Rochester and the Yadoo artists' colony appear annually." Richard Kitsom 2003 in RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals 1760-1966. The League of Composers unknown books
1986240114New York: Greenwood Press 1986. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Tables. Green cloth binding with very light edgewear. Binding just slightly cocked; no markings in text. Very Good binding. Greenwood Press unknown books
1967152429New York: 101 Productions 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced musical with book by "John and Fran Pascal" who co-wrote the book of the 1968 musical "George M!" with Michael Stewart music by pianist and arranger Milton Kaye and lyrics by composer lyricist and performer Michael Brown. Single annotation in holograph pencil of "Sandy Farber" above 101 Productions on title page.<br/><br/>From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. <br/><br/>An absurdist political comic musical taking place in 1875 Egypt at the fictitious "International Alliance for Prosperity and Perpetual Peace" a hypothetical precursor to the United Nations set in the summer palace in Suez.<br/><br/>Red titled Studio Duplicating Services wrappers. Title page present dated October 1967 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for Book by John and Fran Pascal Music by Milton Kaye and Lyrics by Michael Brown. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-5-26. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with closed tears and chipping at extremities and splitting at spine bound with two gold brads. 101 Productions unknown books
191140494Philadelphia: J. G. Dailey Music Co 1911. White paper printed in black ink. Moderate wear to paper foxing/ age-toning rubbing and creasing. An about VG example. Single sheet folded once. Sheet music contained within. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"We recommend to all Christian Endeavorers & other young people's societies prohibition movements temperance and anti-saloon organizations a united campaign for a New Declaration of Independence - a Saloonless Nation in 1920." J. G. Dailey Music Co unknown books
1939259654San Francisco: Works Progress Administration Northern California 1939. Paperback. ix 208p. stiff wraps original black tape spine lacking label front cover browned and creased paper toned else good condition first edition mimeographed 8.5x11 inches. History of Music in San Francisco series vol. 2. March 1939. Works Progress Administration, Northern California paperback books
