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29831264 x 224 mm. wide margins. Signed in the plate by both the engraver and the artist and also signed with the engraver's initials in pencil just below the impression at lower right. Printed on coated wove paper. A fine impression. <br/><br/>With two small handstamps of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh with manuscript address below Lugt 433. The subject of the present engraving is Bessie Abbott the original owner of the instrument identified as Clavichord No. 33 in the original log of these instruments sold to her in October of 1909. The instrument was extensively rebuilt in 1944 by John Challis. <br/><br/>Wellington was a New York illustrator and miniaturist. <br/><br/>We would like to thank both Laurence Libin and Richard Troeger for their kind assistance in the cataloguing of this item. unknown books
184729827Paris: Aubert & Cie 1847. 267 x 225 mm. good margins sheet size 324 x 250 mm. Printed on wove paper. Signed by the artist in the stone. A very good impression. <br/><br/>This humourous print depicts a young lady playing a piano duet with a somewhat Liszt-like gentleman. <br/><br/>Remants of mounting tape to right edge and upper corners of verso. Bibliothèque Nationale Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800 no. 70. No. 4 in the series Les Bonnes Têtes Musicales. Aubert & Cie unknown books
1818WB15600Leipzig: bey Breitkopf und Hartel s.d. but c. 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. Thin oblong 4to. pp. 60. Contemporary marbled boards and calf; internally some toning minor worming and minor stains. Contemporary ownership inscription Ref: Sammlung Hirsch IV 1230. Laid in is a 1857 Broadside for a Munich performance of Lucrezia Borgia the melodramatic opera by Gaetano Donizetti; 34 x 22.5 cm. The broadside is apparently unrecorded by OCLC. <br/><br/> bey Breitkopf und Hartel hardcover books
25401Some original some arrangements of works for other forces as follows:<br/><br/>- Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791<br/>K. 550 arr. Sinfonie . arrangée Pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains. No. 2. Pr. 1 Rthlr. Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 3144 ca. 1820. 1 title 2-35 i blank pp. Lithographed. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt December 1825." Occasional notational corrections in pencil. Slightly to moderately foxed and soiled; dampstained at outer edge; lower and outer edges frayed with slight loss not affecting printed area; upper edge closely trimmed with occasional loss to "Primo"/"Secondo" headers. A later edition. Not in Köchel 6 Hoboken or Hirsch. RISM M5633. <br/><br/>- Beethoven Ludwig van 1770-1827<br/>Op. 20 arr. Grand Septuor . arrangé Pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains. Pr. 1 Rthlr. 12 Gr. Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 4066 ca. 1824. 1 title 2-47 i blank pp. Lithographed. Signature in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt." Fingering and occasional notational corrections in pencil. Slightly foxed and soiled; upper edge closely trimmed with occasional loss to "Primo"/"Secondo" headers and pagination. A later edition. New Kinsky 2014 I p. 123 ascribing arrangement to F. Mockwitz; first issue: 1815 with PN 2171. Not in Hoboken or Hirsch.<br/><br/>- Onslow George 1784-1853<br/>Op. 7. Grandes Sonates pour le Piano Forte à quatre mains . No. 1 no printed price. Hambourg: A. Cranz without PN before March 1827. 1 title 2-31 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt März 1827." Fingering and notational corrections in pencil. Several pages including title torn at spine and outer and lower edges; upper edge soiled and dampstained; some foxing; page 30 smudged. A later edition. Rare. Most copies by Cranz found in libraries are either later issue or Titelauflage. The first edition was published by Pleyel in Paris in 1815.<br/><br/>- Onslow<br/>Op. 22. Second Grand Duo =Sonata in F minor pour le Piano Forte à quatre mains composé et dédié à Mr Hertz Senr. . Op: 22. Prix 5 Frs. Bonn et Cologne: N. Simrock PN 2244 ca. 1824. 1 title 2-37 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt October 1826." Fingering other performance-related annotations and occasional notational corrections in pencil. Several pages including title torn at spine and edges with loss to lower outer corner; pp. 3-4 with loss to music; small stain to lower edge of p. 19.<br/>First Edition. Rare. WorldCat 2 copies only at the Bibliothèque nationale Paris and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich. <br/><br/>- Weber Carl Maria von 1786-1826<br/>WeV S.5; arr. Polonoise à quatre mains pour le Pianoforte . Pr. 10 gl. Hambourg: A. Cranz without PN before February 1826. Engraved. 1f. title i blank 1 blank 2-11 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt Februar 1826." Occasional notational corrections in pencil. Somewhat foxed and soiled; moderately dampstained at upper edge; ink stain to title. A later edition. Jähns 59 arrangement ascribed to Carl Klage 1788-1850 with price "10 sgr". Originally for piano two hands. <br/><br/>- Weber<br/>WeV T.2 Six pièces à quatre Mains pour le Pianoforte . Oe. X. Leipzig: Fred. Hofmeister PN 275 ca. 1820 title 2-19 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt." Somewhat foxed and soiled; loss to lower outer corner throughout affecting music on pp. 17-18; moderately dampstained at upper edge; occasional creasing especially to final leaf; title and final leaf with stains and repairs. A later edition. Jähns 81-86 lists two later Hofmeister editions with price in Neugroschen. Hoboken 15 286 most probably a Titelauflage as it displays Hofmeister's original plate number 275 preceded by the new number 1251.<br/><br/>Oblong folio. Brown quarter leather with marbled boards two labels to upper lettered "J. Mosenthal" in manuscript. Signature "Joseph Mosenthal" in black ink to upper right corner of front endpaper; table of contents in Mosenthal's hand to upper left corner of front endpaper. <br/><br/>Binding considerably worn with upper detached spine lacking. Remnants of red sealing wax to front endpaper. The Weber pieces date from his time as court kapellmeister in Stuttgart. "The Six Pieces for Piano Duet dated 27th November 1809 and dedicated 'à Leurs Altesses Sérénissimes Mesdames Marie et Amélie de Württemberg'. They are charming little pieces each based on a simple melodic idea with characteristic accompaniment. both accessible to schoolgirl fingers and forming a neat introduction to various melodic manners." John Warrack: Carl Maria von Weber p. 64. <br/><br/>"Joseph Mosenthal 1834-1896 was a German-American musician born at Kassel. He studied under his father and Spohr and in 1853 went to America where he played the organ in Calvary Church New York City from 1860 to 1887. He was conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club in New York City from 1867 to 1896 played a first violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra for 40 years a second violin in the Mason and Thomas Quartet for 12 and composed much Church music such as the psalm "The Earth is the Lord's" a setting of part of Psalm 145 published in 1864 and part songs for male voices Thanatopsis Blest Pair of Sirens and Music of the Sea. He died in New York City." Wikipedia. <br/><br/>Samson Ruben Goldschmidt 1768-1841 was a banker and businessman in Kassel Germany. unknown books
19973357New York: The Monacelli Press 1997. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean crisp copy of the 1997 1st US edition. Bright and Near Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Square octavo 288 pgs. <br/><br/> The Monacelli Press paperback books
1997207536New York: Monacelli Press 1997. First. paperback. near fine. Many color illustrations. Tall oblong 8vo stiff pictorial black wrappers faint crease on front cover. New York: Minacelli Press 1997. First Edition. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Monacelli Press unknown books
25432- Corticelli Gaetano 1804-1840<br/>Op. 65. Il Sorriso dell'Innocenza Divertimento brillante per piano forte a 4 mani composto e dedicato Alla Noblie Fanciulletta Alda Pio di Savoja. Milano: Fco. Lucca PN 1729 after 1856. 1f. title 1 blank 2-13 i publisher's catalogue pp. Music engraved; catalogue typeset. Signature "Pia Tolomei" in brown ink to upper right corner of title. Stain to lower margin of p. 9. A later issue. The catalogue lists works up to PN 12289 including a transcription by Fortunato Senna PN 10425 from Errico Petrella's L'Assedio di Leida an opera first performed in 1856.<br/><br/>- Cunio 1833-1891<br/>Le Rose 4 Piccole Fantasie Sopra motivi favoriti die Verdi per Piano Forte . Op. blank . No. 3 Rigoletto. Milano: F. Lucca PN B 8192 B after 1858. 1f. title 9 i publisher's catalogue pp. Music engraved; catalogue typeset. Text incipits from arias quoted printed in syllabification above music. Signature "Tolomei Antonietta" in brown ink to upper right corner of title; titling underlined in red crayon; some fingering in ink; multiple paper repairs. A later issue. The catalogue lists works up to PN 11874 including transcriptions from Errico Petrella's Jone an opera first performed in 1858. Rigoletto the latest of the Verdi operas paraphrased in the cycle offered on the present title was first performed in 1851.<br/><br/>- Fanna Antonio 1783-1845<br/>Op. 70. Otto Ricreazioni per Pianoforte a quattro mani Brevi Pezzi adattati per uso della Gioventù . No. 1 Bellini_Beatrice di Tenda: Io soffrii tortura list of seven more numbers follows the latest being Verdi's Ernani 1844. Milano: Gio. Canti e C PN 871fb after 1844. 1 title printed in blue with decorative frame 2-3 blank 4-9 i blank pp. Title lithographed; music engraved. Signature "Pia Tolomei." in brown ink to upper right corner of title; some paper repairs.<br/><br/>- Hünten Franz 1793-1878<br/>Op. 87. Le premier succès Morceau brillant sur un thême de Bellini composé Pour le Piano. Milan: Jean Canti et C. PN 1135 mid-1840s. 1 title 2-3 blank 4-11 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature "Tolomei Antonietta" in brown ink to upper right corner of title trimmed.<br/><br/>- Menozzi Giovanni fl. 19th century<br/>Op. 39. Simpatie musicali Raccolta di Pezzi brillanti per Pianoforte a 4 Mani . Fasc. 3. Milano: Francesco Lucca PN n 9403 n; Z 9403 Z ca. 1854. 1f. title with printed text and decorative frame in blue and lithographed vignette in black 1 blank 2-13 i publisher's catalogue pp. Title lithographed; music engraved; catalogue typeset. Plate number N 9403 N through p. 5 Z 9403 Z from p. 6. Handstamped: I Lombardi di G. Verdi. A later issue. The catalogue lists works up to PN 13493 including a fantasy by Menozzi PN 12849 on Verdi's Un ballo in maschera first performed in 1859.<br/><br/>- Poppi Giovanni 1828-1891<br/>Op. 45. Le Pensioniste Dodici Ricreazioni per Pianoforte a quattro mani somposte sopra melodie del Celebre Verdi N. 1 Nabucco list of 11 more operas follows ending with Giovanna de Guzman. Milano: Gio. Canti PN 3031 after 1855. 1 decorative series title with charming engraved vignette depicting domestic music-making: four women around a piano two seated at a piano and two listening 2-3 blank 4-9 i blank pp. Engraved. Ink stain to final blank page.<br/><br/>- Zenoni Leopoldo 1818-1879<br/>L'Adolescenza seguito all' Infanzia del primogenito Suonate per Piano-forte a quattro mani . Fasc. 5o. Fantasia sull'opera Simon Boccanegra del M. Verdi. Milano: Gio. Canti PN 4599 after 1857. 1-2 title within decorative blue border 3-4 extracted and thus lacking 5-11 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature "Tolomei Pia" in brown ink to upper right corner of title.<br/><br/>Folio. Mid-tan tooled morocco-backed blue mottled paper boards title label with "Tolemei Antonietta" in manuscript within blue decorative border to upper. <br/><br/>Boards worn rubbed and bumped. With occasional fingerings and other annotations in pencil throughout. A compilation of chiefly rare editions primarily intended for the amateur. Of note are the presence of three scarce Lucca catalogues and the charming engraved illustrated title of the Poppi arrangement depicting two young women playing four-hand piano music. unknown books
17076Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A large sammelband of sheet music for assorted short popular and classical piano pieces published mostly in the United States ca. 1850'sâ1870's. The volume contains ca. 30 items of music of varying length bound in quarter leather. The pieces include works by Charles Kunkel W. V. Wallace George William Warren Erneste Szemelenyi H. A. Wollenhaupt Jules Schulhoff and many others. Corners and spine rubbed some toning consistent with age but structurally sound and overall fine. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. hardcover books
1984010265New York: Electa / Rizzoli 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No. First edition. Excellent 246 pp monograph on this architect with text by Massimo Dini. Prior ownership name of P. F. Norton to front endpaper else a near fine copy in thick bound wrappers. <br/><br/> Electa / Rizzoli paperback books
2007108404New York: The Monacelli Press 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Attractive monograph with numerous color photographs of Piano's stunning buildings. A very near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottom edge in a very near fine dust jacket that has a tiny amount of wear at the top of the spine. The Monacelli Press unknown books
195134272Wien-London: Universal Edition PN 12050 1951. Small folio. Decorative wrappers printed in red. 2 xi i 79 pp. With biographical summaries in German French and English. <br/>"Diese Sammlung erschien im Jahre 1951 aus Anlaß des fünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Verlages"<br/><br/>Contains 25 pieces previously published separately:<br/>REGER Max. Humoreske<br/>SIBELIUS Jean. Rondino<br/>SZYMANOWSKI Karol. Etude<br/>LARSSON Lars-Erik. Lento<br/>KODÃLY Zoltán. Il pleut dans mon cÅ“ur comme il pleut sur la ville<br/>MARTIN Frank. Prelude<br/>KRENEK Ernst. Klavierstück<br/>POOT Marcel. Fughetta<br/>BURKHARD Willy. Adagio<br/>BARTÓK Béla. Allegretto ; The night's music<br/>SCHOENBERG Arnold. Klavierstück ; Kleines Klavierstück<br/>APOSTEL Hans Erich. Marcia moderato<br/>HAUER Josef. XXII. Zwölftonspiel für Klavier<br/>WEBERN Anton. Variation<br/>JELINEK Hans. Zweistimmige Invention<br/>WAGNER-RÉGENY Rudolf. Zwei Klavierskizzen : in ein Album für Gerty Herzog<br/>PETYREK Felix. Griechische Rhapsodie<br/>AKSES Necil Kâzum. Das Dorf.<br/>VLADIGEROV Pancho. Bauerntanz<br/>CASELLA Alfredo. Bolero<br/>SCHULHOFF Erwin. Hopp . hopp<br/>EINEM Gottfried. Klavierstück<br/>MILHAUD Darius. Romance<br/>BLACHER Boris. What about this Mr. Clementi<br/>DOUCET Clément. Chicken pie<br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned. Published on the occasion of Universal's 50th anniversary. Universal Edition [PN 12050] unknown books
1998127474Los Angeles California: Pritzker Architecture Prize / The Hyatt Foundation 1998. Softcover. VG- Ex-lib. labels at front and back covers inside front cover. Grey pictorial stapled wraps; 56 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Includes an essay by Amery as well as Piano's award acceptance speech other ceremony speakers' comments and photos of some of his buildings and a chronology of works. Pritzker Architecture Prize / The Hyatt Foundation unknown books
26673Softcover. VG. Tannish tri-folded brochure. 5 color plates. Brief essay and exhibit checklist. unknown books
192821819NY: Schimer 1928. First Edition. Glory Road only. Dedicated to Paul Robeson. 4to self wraps pp. 16. Illustrated cover by Bobri. Moderate wear to the covers and partially disbound good. Wolfe was a Roumanian who found a reminder in American Blacks of the roving gypsies of his native country. He wrote a number of songs on Black subjects. Schimer unknown books
199845913Basel Switzerland: Birhauser 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. 143pp. Light foxing to prelims else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Birhauser hardcover books
29149Columbia Records. 1. 10" 78rpm Phonograph Record. Four 10" 78rpm phonograph records released on blue label Masterworks labels E- copies. album is very good with very slight wear to corners and some soiling to inside rear cover. By an' By Water Boy Go Down Moses John Henry Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho Balm in Gilead Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child One of the less common Robeson collections. ; 4 10" 78rpm records pp . Columbia Records unknown books
192834273Wien-Leipzig: Universal Edition PN U.E. 9517 1928. Small folio. Dark ivory wrappers printed in dark brown. 44 2 pp. Parallel text in German French and English. Listing of all volumes on penultimate page and lower.<br/><br/>Contains 14 pieces previously published separately:<br/>GRAENER Paul. Dämmerlicht and Frauenbildnis<br/>WILLNER Arthur. Erdmännleins Tanzweise op. 25 no. 14 and Tanzweise op. 25 nos. 2 and 15<br/>TCHEREPNIN Alexander. Romance op. 31 nos. 1 and 3 <br/>SCRIABIN Aleksandr. Mazurka op. 3 no. 2<br/>HÃBA Alois. Scherzo op. 2 no. 1<br/>GÃL Hans. Skizze op. 7 no. 2<br/>MEDTNER Nikolay. Märchen op. 9 no. 3<br/>SZYMANOWSKI Karol. Etude op. 33 no. 3 and Mazurka op. 50 nos. 1 and 3<br/>CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Mario. Corale su una melodia ebraica<br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned. Wrappers detached. Universal Edition [PN U.E. 9517] unknown books
2009138801Chicago IL: The Art Institute of Chicago 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. Foreword and essay by James Cuno. Additional text by Paul Goldberg and Joseph Rosa. Includes a photographic portfolio by Judith Turner and architectural photographs by Paul Warchol. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A look at this stunning recent addition to The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
199724551New York: The Monacelli Press. Very Good. 1997. First American Edition. Softcover. 1885254652 . a bit of edgewear to covers no other significant wear. Trade PB color photographs architectural drawings etc. A sort-of memoir by the famed architect as he chronicles his projects from the mid-1960s through 1996: "I have tried to relate these adventures here so that this book may introduce many young people to the extraordinary ritual that is the making of architecture." He does manage to squeeze out a two-page biography of himself near the end of the book though. Includes a register of his works a list of his collaborators and an extensive bibliography. . The Monacelli Press paperback books
194180079New York: Harms 1941. Sheet_music. 8p. 9x12 inches sheet music very good in yellow pictorial wraps. Harms unknown books
2009131465Chicago IL: The Art Institute of Chicago 2009. First edition. Softcover. 167 pages. Foreword and essay by James Cuno. Additional text by Paul Goldberg and Joseph Rosa. Includes a photographic portfolio by Judith Turner and architectural photographs by Paul Warchol. A clean near fine copy in wrappers that have some very slight wear. A look at this stunning recent addition to The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books