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1873WRCLIT84154Boston & New York: Lee and Shepard 1873. 221pp. Gilt brown cloth. Frontis and portraits. 1874 female ownership inscription on verso of front free endsheet extremities worn and sunned modest soiling slight damp mark to covers at top of spine slightly affecting text block at extreme upper gutter stain to sectional music title following leaf and few fore-edges but a good sound copy. First edition of this popular Seward beginning on p. 165. Among the most important of the several contemporary books on the Jubilee Singers and their tours. HORN 783. WORK p.436. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
193326371Chicago: IWW Industrial Workers of the World. 1933. Sheet Music. Wraps "Adapted from Chas. H. Kerr's translation." Very good to near fine.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 pp . IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) unknown books
1972006834Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Co. 1972. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small chip to wrappers at spine. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Dramatic Publishing Co. Paperback books
194929610Cincinnati: Scrapbook Publishers / Jordan O. Zimmerman 1949. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong stapled 4to. Unpaginated scrap book of country and western music stars with photos and facsimile signatures plus text. Over 100 stars 125 pictures and 45 biographies. Covers a bit worn. A very good copy. Scrapbook Publishers / Jordan O. Zimmerman paperback 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
1941139101New York: Famous Music Corporation 1941. Original sheet music for the song "Fireflies on Parade" from the 1941 film "The Hard-Boiled Canary" here under the working title "There's Magic in Music."<br/><br/>Words and music by Ann Ronell whose notable songs include "Rain on the Roof" "Let's Go Out in the Open Air" "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" and "Willow Weep for Me." <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Eight pages 2 folded leaves in illustrated wrappers. Very Good with brief creasing and tears. Famous Music Corporation unknown books
19691340856London: The Macmillan Company 1969. Hardcover. Octavo; First printing; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black print; DJ in mylar tears at spine ends and flap corners one-inch closed tear to rear top edge and to front top edge small hole torn in center of front hinge edgewear toning to spine stains on spine and front; Boards in yellow illustrated cloth light wear to spine caps and corners else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; unpaged illustrated color. 1340856. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1953011548NY: Random House 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Inscribed by musical comedy actress Kaye Ballard who played the lead role in the original production of THE GOLDEN APPLE: "To Jane & Bob - Memories!!!! Love & Peace Kay Ballard" Between two lines of the inscription Ballard has sketched a musical scale and within her signature Kay has sketched a self-caricature. Jane and Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop the go-to bookstore in Manhattan for theatre professionals and aficionados. Unclipped dustjacket lightly soiled more so to spine and rear panel. Random House hardcover books
1966235638London: Spring Books 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good Dustjacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding. Light edgewear to boards with slightly heavier wear to lower extremities. Light to moderate edgewear to dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good Dustjacket. Spring Books 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
196518579New York: Ed Sanders / Fuck You Press 1965. First Edition. Near fine. 4to. broadside mimeographed recto only on blue-grey paper; 11" x 8.5". Near fine with just touches of wear. Bright and sharp overall. <br/><br/>Promotional flyer executed in Sanders' distinctive FU Press style touting a string of Saturday "dope-grope rock 'n' roll meat-shrieks & rice paddy frenzy" midnight shows at The Bridge Theater on St. Marks following the band's return from their October 1965 Vietnam protest tour. These ephemeral broadsides are among the scarcest items to roll off Sanders' notorious press. [Ed Sanders / Fuck You Press] 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
1975131490San Francisco: San Francisco Folk Music Club 1975. 17 issues 8.5x14 inches mimeographed newsletter issues range from 4 to 10 pages stapled folded in half handwritten addresses and cancelled stamps on last pages mild toning on some issues. Partial run of newsletters variously from vol 8 1972 through vol. 11 1975. Full runs of volumes 9 & 10. Mix of contemporary Bay Area folkie news travel reports sheet music for original folksongs and classified ads "Rosalie Sorrels needs a housekeeper/kid-sitter". Included are an obituary for Malvina Reynolds' husband listing of Utah Phillips 1973 house concerts in Bay Area etc. Includes calendars for all the area folk music venues. San Francisco Folk Music Club unknown books
185071304Boston: Oliver Ditson 115 Washington St 1850. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 5p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34cm. Light to moderate foxing and soiling. Trimmed at bottom removing any copyright date. Color lithograph on front of a semi-nude Native American young woman with strategically placed necklaces and other accoutrements. The lithograph is by J. H. Bufford's from an engraving by Masury & Sillsbee of Boston. Ditson moved from 115 Washington St. in the mid to late 1850s so this uncommon piece of sheet music must date before that move. <br/><br/> Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington St paperback books
1931020000New York NY: Fox Film Corporation. Fair. 1931. Sheet music. Sheet music is in fair condition. Pages toned loose page has significant more toning than wrapper; soiling on wrapper. Small closed tears on edges. ; 12" x 9"; 5 pp . Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1930001619Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music 1930. About Fine the cream-colored wrappers are lightly soiled. Laid in is an announcement from the school discussing what areas of study still have vacancies for that school year. The catalogue details faculty plans of study facilities etc. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Curtis Institute of Music Paperback 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
179021873London: J.S. Barr 1790. 3 volumes. 12mo. Newly bound in period-style marbled boards with printed paper title labels to spines. <br/><br/>Volume I: 1f. title iii-xvi index 350 pp. 536 songs <br/>Volume II: 1f. title v-xii index 348 pp. 282 songs<br/>Volume III: 1f. half-title 1f. title i-viii 348 pp. including "A Complete Alphabetical Glossary; Or Explanation of the Scotch Words" pp. 345-348. 306 songs<br/><br/>Text without music to a total of 1124 songs. <br/><br/>Manuscript annotation to flyleaf of Volume I: "Sept. 1792 Lent Mr. Hall the first Volume not come home yet." <br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned occasional foxing and staining. Lacking frontispiece portraits of Mrs. Billington Vol. I Mrs. Martyr Vol. II and Captain Morris Vol. III. First Edition. J.S. Barr unknown books
186150864Augusta GA: Blackmar & Bro 1861. 4to. 4 pp. Arranged by A. Schwartz. Lithographer: B. Duncan & Co. Columbia S.C. Parrish 6872. Original printed self-wrappers; severely browned. <br/><br/> Blackmar & Bro unknown books
1917WRCLIT79164Brooklyn: Will. Carroll Co. Inc 1917. 4pp. Folio 34.5 x 26.5cm. Pictorial upper wrapper A bit of rubbing and creasing a few small edge tears but a good copy. The composer is identified as serving in the 2nd Batt Naval Militia NY and OCLC which locates only two copies Brown and Bowling Green indicates that the photograph inset into the wrapper design is of Franks. OCLC: 78977919. Will. Carroll Co., Inc unknown books
192529429New York: Viking. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good with owner's short 4-line gift inscription on front free endpaper moderate general wear a very light line of staining to the top edges prelims and rear endpapers in the very scarce dust jacket. The jacket is in several pieces all holding together inside the mylar jacket protector; they are not taped or glued. The front panel has shallow chipping across the top edge and a 1" x 1/8" chip at upper front spine fold. The rear panel has a shallow chip near the top of the rear spine fold and a 1" x 1/8" chip at upper rear spine fold. Both flaps are non chipped or clipped but there is no price on the dust jacket. The spine has a 1" chip at its head losing the word "The" in the title. There is 1" tear across the spine about 2" above the bottom of spine and becomes a 2" vertical tear in the lower front spine fold. There is a 3/8" chip at the foot of the spine with no loss of text. A light water-stain shows in a 1 - 2" band around the entire top edge of the jacket. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 187 pp . Viking hardcover books
186671307New York: C. M. Tremaine 1866. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 5p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34cm. Moderate foxing and some offsetting. Black and white lithograph by H. C. Eno on front cover of a two story "cottage." <br/><br/> C. M. Tremaine paperback books
184271309Boston: Oliver Ditson 1842. Paperback. Very Good. Sheet Music 7p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35cm. Minor foxing. Short creased tears at bottom of last two leaves. Small black & white illustration on front of a group of children singing around a seated boy. "Twentieth edition" at head of title on cover. Dedicated to Mrs. Archibald Robertson of Philadelphia by Dempster a popular 19th century ballad singer and composer. <br/><br/> Oliver Ditson paperback books
1983256925Winona & Milwaukee: Jerryco Music/Edwin H. Morris & Co./Hal Leonard 1983. 8p. accordion-fold 9x12 inches music lyrics chords very good sheet music in pictorial covers. Jerryco Music/Edwin H. Morris & Co./Hal Leonard unknown books
14537Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original 1973 compilation album of the family singing group on whose story The Sound of Music was based signed on the inside album cover by the family's matriarch Maria von Trapp "Maria Trapp." In fine condition.<br><br>After leaving Nazi-annexed Austria the von Trapps began to perform in the United States and Canada in 1938. The family moved to Stowe VT in the 1940's and operated a music camp while they were not touring. In the 1950's they made a series of 78 rpm discs for RCA Victor some of which were later issued on RCA Camden LPs. There were also a few later recordings released on LPs including some stereo sessions. In 1957 the Trapp Family Singers disbanded and went their separate ways. Maria and three of her children became missionaries in Papua New Guinea. In 1965 Maria had moved back to Vermont to manage the Trapp Family Lodge. She died in 1987.<br style=""> unknown books
