Evansville, Indiana: Berger, (1955). Printed in Biloxi, Miss. Blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. Printed erratta slip laid in. Illustrated with photographic portraits of musicians. Some light dust soiling, a few amendments to the text in pen, a nice clean copy in general. A biographical directory of notable band members. View More...
4to., decorative printed boards, black cloth spine. 152pp. Inner hinges cracked, paper chipped from fore-edge of covers, some fraying to spine ends, a very good copy generally. First published 1884, this is the revised edition of 1896. View More...
Two volumes. Original cloth, design stamped in blind on front covers, spines lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Some fading of spines, a bit of shelf wear, in general a decent, very good set, very fresh internally. A nice little set of this classic compilation of Scottish verse and song, with many biographies of the writers, and samples of their signatures. View More...
Sheet music. 8pp. Color art deco cover by Van Doorn Morgan. Light edge wear, ownership rubber stamp on front cover, a nice bright copy. Image is of girls gossiping; the song is an instrumental. View More...
Colour pictorial wrappers, 4pp. Sheet music. Sung by Johnny P. Dane, Also by J.B. Preston. Old stain along spine, some wear to corners, an attractive very good copy. A scarce piece of comical sheet music. View More...
Herrn Professor Dr. Anton Kippenberg zum 22. Mai 1934 gewidmet von der Frankfurter Bibliophilengesellschaft und Frankfurter Frennden. Original gray printer wrappers. A 16-page booklet. Three color plates are laid in. The front cover reproduces that of an edition of 1776. Slight chipping to top of spine, a few red marks to lower front wrapper, in general a nice clean copy. View More...
Self-wrappers, 28pp. Illustration on front leaf, tailpiece illustration on final leaf. Split in first leaf at upper left corner, dust-soiling, very good. Issued as No. 88 in Chambers Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts. Includes The Eve of St John by Walter Scott, The Mermaid by Leyden, The Nut-Brown Maid, others. View More...
Grey-blue wrappers, taped spine. 130pp. printed on rectos only. Folding map at rear. Several small illustrations within the text. An ALS from the author dated 1977 is laid in. A little wear to edges, some old stains along the spine of the first few leaves, a very good copy. A detailed study of music in this region of Nigeria. View More...
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 334pp plus two leaves of ads at rear. Frontispiece & illustrated title page. Spine very faded, modest edge wear, a very good copy. View More...
These are two pamphlets by Arthur Geddes, sent to musicologist Bertrand Bronson. The first is: "The Songs of Craig and Ben" including The Last Farewell to the Bens and A Song to His Hunting Gun by Duncan Ban MacIntyre. 12pp., printed wrappers, stapled. Imprint of The Outlook Tower, Castlehill, Edinburgh. Reprinted from "The Scots Magazine" January, 1950. Pencil inscription from Geddes to Bronson on upper cover, fine condition. [with] "Craig and Ben" -- Their Life And Song. A study of Response to Environment. 6pp. , one illustration. Plain wrappers, stapled. This is extracted from Geography M... View More...
Sheet music, 5 leaves, disbound from a volume. Remains of stitching at spine, very good condition. This copy has been trimmed slightly to fit into the binding. Ownership inscription at the top dated 1872. The imprint is partly covered by the sticker of J.P. Hagarty, Musical Warehouse, Halifax, and their ink stamp is on the inner cover and first leaf (sticker and stamps slightly trimmed). A nice lithographic cover depicting this ship, which was launched in 1867, and which sailed between Halifax and the West Indies. Very scarce. View More...
London: Turnour, [c.1840]. Fifth Edition. Disbound, self-wrappers, 8vo., 16 pages. Indents on spine where removed from a binding, a little browning to edges, very light wear, very good. This booklet contains ads for music published by Hill & Co. including the scores for the Devil's Opera. This booklet contains the lyrics for the musical numbers in the play, and would have been sold in the theatre for use at the performance. View More...
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. 9 x 12 inch format. 16pp. Some wear to spine and corners, but a very good copy of an extremely fragile and cheaply-produced book. Ownership signature and stamp on front cover. The cover features a picture of Ralph Maddison, billed as "The Premier Canadian Tenor", "The Singing Miner", and "Canada's Greatest Ballad Singer!". Maddison was from Springhill, Nova Scotia, and as a young man he worked in the mines there. He became a successful singer and toured in the vaudeville circuit for about 20 years, apparently being very popular in Western Canada. In the mid-30s he ... View More...
190pp. Red cloth, front cover designed and lettered in gilt. Floral end papers. Light rubbing of cloth, a very nice bright copy. Considerably revised and expanded from the previous edition of 1885. View More...
Stuttgart: Greiner und Pfeiffer, [1906]. Erstes bis funftes Tausend. Dark blue cloth, black spine, front cover lettered in light blue and designed in black & gilt; spine designed and lettered in gilt. Spectacular Art Nouveau end papers printed in black, blue, and silver. Decorative title page and facing series page, and a small decorative panel on the verso of the title with the legend: BuchSchMuch von Franz Stassen. Some decorative headpieces and divisional half-title pages. Notes in pen on front blank, pencil marks in margins throughout, a few bumps to edges and modest wear to spine extremit... View More...
4to., colour pictorial wrappers, [192]pp. Illustrated with many drawings in the text, and some plates in colour. Notes in pencil (translation) on one page, lower corner bumped, a nice clean copy otherwise. An anthology of poems and art about Tango. Text is in Spanish. View More...
Sheet music, 4 leaves, disbound from a volume. Remains of stitching at spine, very good condition. Small circular ink stamp at lower front cover, from a Montreal distributor. This copy has been trimmed slightly to fit into the binding, affecting the first word of the title at the top, and the imprint at the bottom. A nice lithographic cover depicting the Countess of Dufferin [Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava; 1843 - 1936]. Illustrated ads on the rear cover are for J.L. Orme & Son, music and instrument dealers in Ottawa. Lady Dufferin is notable for ha... View More...
London: Goulding & D'Almaine, [c.1825]. Oblong, half-calf & marbled boards, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers. The boards very rubbed, wear to corners, front board detached, yellow tape marks to front end papers from ancient tape, last leaf and rear end paper detached; basically very good otherwise. 246 pages. The first three numbers bound together, each with an engraved title page; a fourth part was published, not present here. At the front is a decorative engraved title page, with the title spelled: Duetts. A scarce compilation of the popular songs of the day. View More...
Los Angeles: Interscope Records, 1991. This is a promo packet for the band PRIMUS, promoting the album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE. Three glossy 8 x 10 inch photos, and 5 pages of printed biographical info on three sheets (stapled). Fine condition. View More...
