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Biographies of composers and singers are the largest group. Jazz, blues, big bands, classical music and rock and roll have their own links below, and there are piano scores, opera libretti and books on singing.

 


 

Clog and Character Dances


Frost, Helen

Hardcover. New York, A.S. Barnes & Co., Rep., 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pgs. illust. w/photos, diagrams & sheet music.

Record # 125685


Price: $25.00 

 

Visions of Jazz - The First Century


Giddins, Gary

Hardcover. New York , Oxford University Press, 3rd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 690 pages

Record # 175141


Price: $28.00 

 

Cinderella & Company - Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli


Hoelterhoff, Manuela

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, b&w photos, 259 pages

Record # 175661


Price: $25.00 

 

Flagstad - A Personal Memoir


McArthur, Edwin

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 343 pages, plus index. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips, torn at front cover.

Record # 176331


Price: $15.00 

 

You Can't Steal a Gift - Dizzy, Clark, Milt and Nat


Lees, Gene

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages. B&W illustrations.

Record # 185860


Price: $25.00 

 

Southern Exposure - The Story of Southern Music in Pictures and Words


Carlin, Richard and Bob

Paperback. New York, Billboard Books, 1st wraps , 2000, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, many B&W photos of performers. Paperback.

Record # 189399


Price: $20.00 

 

Hit Men - Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business


Dannen, Fredric

Random House , 3rd, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 200606


Price: $12.00 

 

A Hymn To Him - The Lyrics Of Alan Jay Lerner


Lerner, Alan Jay

Hardcover. NY, Limelight Editions, 1st thus, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like New. Black & white illustrations.320 pages.

Record # 202466


Price: $15.00 

 

Opera On The Road - Traveling Opera Troupes In The United States, 1825-60


Preston, Katherine K.

Hardcover. Urbana, University Of Illinois Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new. Black & white illustrations. 479 pages.

Record # 202491


Price: $30.00 

 

Vermont Chap Book - Being A Garland Of Ten Folk Ballads


Flanders, Helen Hartness & Donald Davidson, Arthur Healy (Ill.), Illust. by: Arthur Healy

Middlebury, VT, Middlebury College Press, 1st Ltd, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations by Arthur Healy. Light shelfwear.

Record # 203633


Price: $20.00 

 

Ballads The Whole World Sings


Wier, Albert E.

Softcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Paperback.

Record # 204093


Price: $12.00 

 

A Wind From the West - Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Abroad


Ames, Evelyn

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 169 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 204547


Price: $12.00 

 

The Authentic Librettos of the Italian Operas


N.A.

New York, Crown, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 481 pages. Light wear to spine edge.

Record # 204643


Price: $12.00 

 

Fisherman Lullabies


Watson (ed), Wendy, Illust. by: Wendy Watson

Cleveland, OH, World, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages. Black & white illustrations by Wendy Watson. Music by Clyde Watson. Gift inscription on front end paper. Previous owner's signature on back of front cover. Light wear to corners and spine edge.

Record # 204884


Price: $15.00 

 

Mozart on the Stage


Benn, Christopher

London, Benn, 2nd, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 178 pages. Introduction by Richard Capell. Color illustrations by Kenneth Green. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Record # 205006


Price: $15.00 

 

The Gershwins


Kimball, Robert and Alfred Simon

New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Black & white photography. Previous owner's sticker on front end paper. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Dust jacket spine slightly sunned.

Record # 205631


Price: $30.00 

 

Magie der Stimme - Die Welt des Singens, der Oper und der Grossen Sanger


Herzfeld, Friedrich

Berlin, Ullstein, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 262 pages. Black & white portraits. German text. Dust jacket chipping with several large closed tears.

Record # 205784


Price: $15.00 

 

Mozart's First Mass In C


Novello, Vincent

Boston, Ditson, 1st, 1864, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Latin and english text. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.

Record # 206715


Price: $15.00 

 

From the Top of the Stairs


Finletter, Gretchen

Boston, Little Brown , rep, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, The daughter of Walter Damrosch tells of her early encounters and conflicts with pianos, performers, politics and parties. 252 pgs. dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 300084


Price: $15.00 

 

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops


Dickson, Harry Ellis

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 174 pages. B&W photos.

Record # 300918


Price: $15.00 

 

Rolling Stones, The Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)


N/A

Paperback. New York, Immediate Music, Inc., 1st wraps , 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages with color wraps. Book of scores for hits like Get Off My Cloud, Lady Jane, Satisfaction... Edgewear especially at spine. Previous owner's signature, tape residue inside covers. Paperback.

Record # 301262


Price: $30.00 

 

Musique Pour Saxophone


no author

Paris, Alphonse Leduc, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 397 pages. Collection of extracts of musical pieces for the saxophone. The publisher uses this book as a catalog

Record # 301886


Price: $20.00 

 

Letters of Giuseppe Verdi


Osborne, Charles (Ed.), Illust. by: Illustrated

New York, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. B&W illustrations. Translated from Italian by Osborne.

Record # 302579


Price: $35.00 

 

Spice Girls... And Then There were Four


Milnes, M. Ellen

New York, Barnes and Noble, 2nd, 1998, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Color photos throughout.

Record # 303068


Price: $18.00 

 

Star is Born, A


N/A

Paperback. New York , Warner Bros., 1st wraps, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 84 pages. A collection of the musical scores from the motion picture starring Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. Color, B&W photos. Paperback.

Record # 303666


Price: $18.00 

 

Mozart in Salzburg


Kenyon, Max

New York , G. P. Putnams, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good , 225 pages, B&W illustrations. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.

Record # 303870


Price: $25.00 

 

Mozart


Sadie, Stanley

New York, Grossman, 1st U.S. , 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 192 pages, B&W illustrations. Dust jacket with light edgewear, rubbing.

Record # 303906


Price: $23.00 

 

Mozart the Dramatist - A Psychological and Historical Study of Genius


Brophy, Brigid

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st U.S. , 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A study of Mozart, his operas and his age.

Record # 303907


Price: $25.00 

 

White Christmas - The Story of an American Song


Rosen, Judy

New York, Scribner , 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 213 pages, B&W illustrations.

Record # 304130


Price: $15.00 

 

Don Giovanni - Opera in Two Acts


Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Paperback. London, Boosey & Hawkes, 1st wraps, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Vocal score by Ernest Roth. English version by Edward J. Dent. Light chipping to paper spine. Paperback.

Record # 305629


Price: $15.00 

 

Break It Up: Patti Smith's Horses and the Remaking of Rock'n'Roll


Paytress, Mark

Hardcover. London , Portrait, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 402512


Price: $15.00 

 

Au Fur et a Mesure: Tel Que Raconte a Micheline Simard (SIGNED)


De Preist, James

Softcover. Quebec, Heritage Plus, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY DE PREIST on half-title page. French text.

Record # 404683


Price: $35.00 

 

Notation of Polyphonic Music: 900-1600, The


Apel, Willi

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Mediaeval Academy of America, 5th Ed., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages plus 28 pages of musical transcriptions. Fifth edition, revised with commentary. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, otherwise clean.

Record # 405371


Price: $25.00 

 

Cure, The: Standing on a Beach: The Singles


The Cure

Softcover. New York , Amsco Publication, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages, sheet music, color illustrations. Light shelfwear, clean.

Record # 406246


Price: $31.00 

 

Kindergarten and Primary Songs


Everett, Edna

Softcover. Chicago, Beckley-Cardy Company, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages, gray heavy paper wraps, oblong, stapled. Excellent condition, clean and bright.

Record # 406544


Price: $25.00 

 

Interpretation of the Music of the XVII & XVIII Centuries, The - Revealed by Contemporary Evidence


Dolmetsch, Arnold

Hardcover. London, Novello & Co., reprint, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 403 pages, green cloth covers. Dust jacket edgeworn. Clean.

Record # 407160


Price: $15.00 

 

Rock Hardware: The Instruments, Equipment and Technology of Rock


Bacon, Tony, Editor

Paperback. New York, Harmony Books, 1st US, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages with more than 500 illustrations, including 150 full color. Binding cracked on page 162 and 174. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 408282


Price: $19.00 

 

Acoustic Guitars. The illustrated Encyclopedia


Hunter, Dave

Paperback. San Diego, Thunder Bay Press, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Very good condition.

Record # 408285


Price: $31.00 

 

Composers Of Operetta


Hughes, Gervase

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan and Co, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 283 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Decorative stain to top edge. Some wear to top edge of dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 410282


Price: $19.00 

 

Masters of the Folk Violin: A National Tour of Fiddle Styles


N/A

Softcover. Washington DC, National Council for the Traditional Arts, N/A, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 12 page stapled brochure for a touring performers showcasing the history and current practitioners of folk fiddling. Illustrated in b&w. From a museum library with light stamping. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411952


Price: $16.00 

 

Songs of the Rivers of America


Carmer (Ed.), Carl and Dr. Albert Sirmay

Hardcover. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers stamped with black design. 196 pages, sheet music with b&w illustrations throughout. Part of The Rivers of America series, but larger (9 X 12"). The drawings by various artists picked up from previous volumes in the series. Tiny nick to bottom of cover otherwise, clean, very good. No dust jacket.

Record # 412098


Price: $313.00 

 

Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini, The


Weaver, William

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. slight wear to jacket, else a very neat, tight, clean copy.

Record # 450271


Price: $25.00 

 

First Nights: Five Musical Premieres


Kelly, Thomas Forrest

Hardcover. New Haven, 1st , May 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 387 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Remainder marks to top and bottom edge. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451907


Price: $28.00 

 

Mastery of the Bow, The


Erdlee, Emery

Softcover. Tamarac, Fla., 1st, January 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451968


Price: $18.00 

 

Violin and Viola, The


Nelson, Sheila M.

Hardcover. London, 1st Am, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 277 pages, b&w photographs and diagrams. Rubbing, light edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451976


Price: $15.00 

 

Jascha Heifetz


Weschler-Vered, Artur

Hardcover. London, 1st , February 13, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451982


Price: $60.00 

 

Heifetz


Alexrod, Herbert

Hardcover. Neptune City, N.J., 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 506 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Light edge wear to covers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451987


Price: $35.00 

 

Conversations with Menuhin


Dubal, David

Hardcover. reprint, April 8, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 179 pages. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451990


Price: $15.00 

 

Schoenberg Remembered: Diaries and Recollections, 1938-76


Newlin, Dika

Hardcover. Pendragon Pr, 1st, March 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 369 pages, several b&w photographs. Light edgewear, rubbing, small tear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 454032


Price: $15.00 

 

Music guide to Great Britain, The : England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland


Brody, Elaine

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages. Clean tight copy in price-clipped dust jacket with sun-fade to spine.

Record # 454118


Price: $12.00 

 

Chamber Music: Notes for Players


No Author

Softcover. Plantation, Fla., Distinctive Pub. Corp., 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 454429


Price: $12.00 

 

1791: Mozart's Last Year


Landon, H.C. Robbins

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1st Am, May 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket price-clipped. Very good.

Record # 454912


Price: $12.00 

 

Steinway and Sons


Lieberman, Richard K.

Softcover. Yale University Press, 3rd pr, September 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages, b&w photographs. Minor wear to wrappers. Else very good.

Record # 454942


Price: $15.00 

 

Blows Like a Horn


Whaley, Preston

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1st, June 2004, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages. B&w photographs. Slight smokey odor. Small damp stains on cover. Light wear to dust jacket.

Record # 454950


Price: $18.00 

 

One Love: Life with Bob Marley and the Wailers


Steffens, Roger (Introduction)

Softcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., April 22, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Never opened, still in original shrink wrap. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455463


Price: $25.00 

 

Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989


Kingsbury, Paul

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Very little wear to cover. Many color illustrations throughout. A beautiful, comprehensive copy.

Record # 455643


Price: $20.00 

 

Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar


Kuronen, Darcy

Softcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st pbk, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, color photographs throughout. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456454


Price: $18.00 

 

Stu Who?: Forty Years of Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business


Phillips, Stu

Hardcover. Studio City, CA, Cisum Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 301 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 457056


Price: $25.00 

 

Was Mozart Poisoned?: Medical Investigations into the Lives of the Great Composers


O'Shea, John

Hardcover. New York, St Martins Pr, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 247 pages, with illustrations, minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 457261


Price: $12.00 

 

Top RandB Singles 1942-1999


Whitburn, Joel

Hardcover. Menomonee Falls, Wis., 1st Thus, February 1, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 667 pages. Laminated boards, no dust jacket. Faint soil to fore-edge, slight scratching to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457497


Price: $80.00 

 

Bobby Short: The Life and Times of a Saloon Singer


Short, Bobby

Hardcover. New York, Panache Press/Clarkson Potter, 1st, September 26, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 263 pages. SIGNED BOOKPLATE LAID IN. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457911


Price: $50.00 

 

Encyclopedia of quotations about music, An


No Author

Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 418 pages, light dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 458040


Price: $19.00 

 

TRACKINGS: Composers Speak with Richard Dufallo


Dufallo, Richard

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 418 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458946


Price: $15.00 

 

MARIA CALLAS: Sacred Monster


Galatopoulos, Stelios

Hardcover. US, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1999-04-02, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 564 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462513


Price: $19.00 

 

Purcell Remembered


Burden, Michael

Hardcover. US, Faber Faber Inc, 1st, 1995-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462738


Price: $10.00 

 

C. F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873 (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series)


Gura, Philip F.

Hardcover. US, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2003-09-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463554


Price: $38.00 

 

Gounod


Harding, James

Hardcover. US, Stein and Day, 1st, 1973-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 251 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear, rubbing and tearing to dust jacket.

Record # 463823


Price: $13.00 

 

My Road to Opera: The Recollections of Boris Goldovsky


Goldovsky, Boris

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1979-03-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 401 pages, b&w photos. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Edgewear, rubbing and slight tearing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464458


Price: $25.00 

 

Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?


Tyler, Steven

Hardcover. US, Ecco, rep, 2011-05-03, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages, photos in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464633


Price: $15.00 

 

Street Player: My Chicago Story


Seraphine, Danny

Hardcover. US, Wiley, 1st, 2010-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages, photos in b&w. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464743


Price: $50.00 

 

Bruce Springsteen on Tour: 1968-2005


Marsh, Dave

Hardcover. US, Bloomsbury USA, 1st US, 2006-10-03, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 324 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and tearing to dust jacket, remainder mark to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465819


Price: $25.00 

 

Git Along, Little Dogies: Songs and Songmakers of the American West (Music in American Life)


White, John I.

Hardcover. US, University of Illinois Press, reprint, 1985-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 221 pages. Record laid in. Sheet music, b&w photographs throughout. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466032


Price: $38.00 

 

Southern Exposure: The Story of Southern Music in Pictures and Words


Carlin, Richard

Softcover. US, Billboard Books, 1st, 2000-05-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Extensive notes and references. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 466112


Price: $23.00 

 

Charles E. Ives: Discography


Warren, Richard

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Library, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Blue cover with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with light edgewear. Tight copy.

Record # 470822


Price: $38.00 

 

Darker Shade of Pale, A - Backdrop to Bob Dylan


Mellers, Wilfrid

Softcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback with spine fade. Some light soiling to edges, crease along spine. Also contains black & white photos. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 500009


Price: $41.00 

 

Arti Musices - Musicological Yearbook - Special Issue


NA

Softcover. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Institute of Musicology, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback, 143 pages. Essays on Croatian music. Black & white photography. Bright orange and white cover with black lettering on front. Tear to mid-spine. Rubbing, soiling, edgewear to covers.

Record # 500829


Price: $15.00 

 

Gold in Tin Pan Alley, The


Meyer, Hazel

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 258 pages. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Dust jacket with rubbing, soiling, edgewear. Brodart cover.

Record # 500855


Price: $25.00 

 

Marosszeker Tanze: Dances of Marosszek: Piano Solo


Kodaly, Zoltan

Hardcover. London, Universal Edition , Facsimile ed. , 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Hardcover. The brief text (one page) is in Hungarian, German and English. Book measures: 11.5"W X 16.5"H. SIGNED BY SAROLTA KODALY-PECZELY ON LAID-IN CARD (NOT ATTACHED TO BOOK) WHO WAS ZOLTAN KODALY'S SECOND WIFE. This is a facsimile edition of Zoltan Kodaly's original manuscript of "Dances of Marosszek". The musical manuscript for piano reproduced here is the one the engraver worked from when preparing the piece for publication. Covers with some light soiling. No dust jacket.

Record # 502158


Price: $41.00 

 

Pawnee Music


Densmore, Frances

Hardcover. Washington DC, U. S. Gov't Printing Office, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 129 pages. Part of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 93. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Some wear to spine and corners. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 508111


Price: $20.00 

 

1000 Airplanes on the Roof: A Science Fiction Music-Drama


Glass, Philip and David Henry Hwang and Jerome Sirlin

Softcover. Salt Lake City, UT, Peregrine Smith Books, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Introduction by John Howell. Rubbing, creasing, edgewear to covers.

Record # 508734


Price: $19.00 

 

Laughter, Love and a Barbershop Song - Behind the Scene Glimpses of Barbershopping at its best, ...


Gielow, Fred

Woodstock, NY, Fred C. Gielow, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 294 pages.

Record # 509231


Price: $19.00 

 

Scientific Piano Tuning and Servicing


Howe, Alfred H.

Tuckahoe, Alfred H. Howe, Revised, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 267 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with black & white diagrams. Previous owners name label on front inside cover. Dust jacket sun faded.

Record # 509934


Price: $16.00 

 

Stravinsky - in Pictures and Documents


Stavinsky, Vera/Robert Craft

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 688 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs of Stravinsky and and articles related to his compositions. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Dust jacket spine sun faded with minor wear. Related articles laid-in.

Record # 510468


Price: $21.00 

 

Gershwins,The


Kimball, Robert/Alfred Simon

Hardcover. New York , Atheneum, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs and reproductions. Dust jacket spine sun faded with small chips and tears at edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 510822


Price: $13.00 

 

A Popular History of Music


Matthews, W.S.B.

Hardcover. Chicago, The "Music" Magazine Publishing Co, 1st, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 536 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated cover. Top edge gilt, previous owner's inscription. Inside of hinge in back is ripped but otherwise very good.

Record # 511086


Price: $10.00 

 

Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: A-D (volume No.1)


Champlin, JR. (Ed.), John Denison

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1888, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 472 pages. Cream cover with red and gilt designs on front cover and spine, lettering is gilt with red outline. This book is copy No. 204 out of 550 books sold in England. B&w drawings throughout. Page have deckle edges. Loose signature in front of book, all pages are there. Light finger soiling and pencil marks to pages. Previous owner's book plate to front endpapers, owner was Edwin Frabko Goldman. Light edgewear to covers and spine, covers also have light soiling. Spine has some scuff marks. Endpapers have light tanning.

Record # 511388


Price: $51.00 

 

Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: N-Z (volume No.3)


Champlin, JR. (Ed.), John Denison

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1888, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 624 pages. Cream cover with red and gilt designs on front cover and spine, lettering is gilt with red outline. This book is copy No. 204 out of 550 books sold in England. B&w drawings throughout. Page have deckle edges. Light finger soiling and pencil marks to pages. Previous owner's book plate and inscription to front endpapers, owner was Edwin Frabko Goldman . Light edgewear to covers and spine, front cover also have light soiling and rubbing. Back cover has soiling and water marks. Endpapers have light tanning.

Record # 511389


Price: $51.00 

 

Book of American Negro Spirituals, The


Johnson, ed., James Weldon

Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Slight wear on the edges and discoloration on the pages.

Record # 512675


Price: $48.00 

 

Lanza - His Tragic Life


Strait, Raymond and Terry Robinson

NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 181 pages, b&w photos. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 602377


Price: $18.00 

 

Beethoven Handbook


Nettl, Paul

NY, Frederick Ungar, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages, hardcover. An alphabetical reference guide to Beethoven's life and work. Very good with a lightly edgeworn dust jacket, price clipped.

Record # 602636


Price: $25.00 

 

Swedish Folk Dances


Bergquist, Nils W.

Hardcover. NY, A.S. Barnes Co., reprint, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 53 pages, hardcover, b&w photos. Ex-library with only minor stamps, marking.

Record # 602697


Price: $30.00 

 

Guide to Jazz


Panassie, Hugues, and Madeleine Gautier

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages, hardcover. Pictures in b&w. Light foxing on back flyleaf. Dust jacket lightly soiled, chipped, small tears.

Record # 602769


Price: $35.00 

 

Pictorial History of Jazz, A - People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz


Keepnews, Orrin, and Bill Grauer, Jr.

New York, Crown Publishers, Revised, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 297 pages, hardcover. Illustrated in b&w. Very good condition. Light wrinkling to dust jacket laminate.

Record # 602774


Price: $25.00 

 

Tonight at Noon - A Love Story


Mingus, Sue Graham

NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 266 pages, b&w photos.

Record # 602804


Price: $15.00 

 

Bohuslav Martini: The Man and His Music


Sarfranek, Milos

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 127 pages not including index. Black and white photographs. Dust jacket with spine fade.

Record # 603096


Price: $23.00 

 

John Henry - A Play with Music


Bradford, Roark

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Music composed by Jacques Wolfe, 8 stage sets by Albert Johnson. This was the production starring Paul Robeson. 91 pages, hardcover. Illustrated in b&w. Very good condition. Top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket some small tears, creases at top, one chip at top of spine, spine age tanned with two small stains.

Record # 603101


Price: $40.00 

 

Rock'n'Roll Babylon


Herman, Gary

Softcover. NY, Perigee, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 190 pages, b&w photos. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603193


Price: $16.00 

 

New Orpheus - Essays on Kurt Weill, A


Kowalke, Kim H.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 374 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604306


Price: $13.00 

 

Bibliography of Early Secular American Music (18th Century), A


Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo, Reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 617 pages. Ex-library copy with usual marking and stamping.

Record # 604343


Price: $13.00 

 

Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions 1960-1994


Heylin, Clinton

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages, b&w photos. Crisp, clean copy in a bright dust jacket.Scarce in hardcover.

Record # 604870


Price: $32.00 

 

Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400 - 1505


Lockwood, Lewis

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. 16 pages of black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606665


Price: $50.00 

 

Bibliography of Jazz, A


Merriam, Alan P./Robert J. Benford

Hardcover. Philadelphia, American Folklore Society, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Part of the publications of The American Folklore Society - Bibliographical Series - Volume IV. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606726


Price: $25.00 

 

Vibrato on the Violin


Hauk, Werner

Softcover. London, UK, Bosworth & Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages, b&w illustrations. Translated by Dr. Kitty Rokos. Yellow stapled wrappers. Light sunning to spine, else a very nice, clean copy.

Record # 606929


Price: $25.00 

 

Beruhmte Cellisten


Bachi, Julius

Hardcover. Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 2nd, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages, b&w illustrations. German text. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 606931


Price: $20.00 

 

Image and Structure in Chamber Music


Ferguson, Donald N.

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Minnesota Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 339 pages. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608230


Price: $30.00 

 

Historische Musikinstrumente im Bachhaus Eisenach


Heyde, Herbert

Hardcover. Germany, Eisenach, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Record # 608285


Price: $25.00 

 

Bob Dylan Approximately - A Portrait of the Jewish Poet in Search of God


Pickering, Stephen

Softcover. New York, David Mckay, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Shallow damp wrinkle to top edge approx. 3" from spine. Faint damp smell to book. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 609286


Price: $18.00 

 

Eighteeth Century Musical Instruments: France and Britain


Thibault, G./Jean Jenkins/Josiane Bran-Ricci

Softcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2nd, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Illustrated with primarily black & white photographs. Sunfading to spine with 2 short separations in cover wraps at top and bottom. Covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609550


Price: $15.00 

 

Ballad Makin' in the Mountains of Kentucky


Thomas, Jean

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 270 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610963


Price: $38.00 

 

Traditional Ballads of Virginia - Collected under the Auspices of The Virginia Folk-Lore Society


Davis, Jr. (Editor), Arthur Kyle

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 634 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with a few black & white photographs. Bookplate on inside front cover. Features music and lyrics. 1 Fold-out map of Virginia. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610968


Price: $44.00 

 

Ancient Music of Ireland from the Petrie Collection - Arranged for the Pianoforte by F. Hoffmann


Hoffman, F.

Hardcover. Dublin, Pigott & Company, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 137 pages. Hardcover. Inscription on front endpaper by William Stokes, M. D. , of which this book is officially dedicated. Green cloth covers with title and decorations in gilt. Light to moderate fraying to cloth at top and bottom of spine, standard wear overall. Rear inside hinge is cracked, but firm.

Record # 611001


Price: $188.00 

 

Roots of the Blues, The


Charters, Samuel

Hardcover. Salem, Marion Boyers, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611695


Price: $15.00 

 

New Sounds for Woodwind


Bartolozzi, Bruno

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, Reprint, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages plus fold-out featuring black & white illustration of Oboe, Clarinet, Flute, and Bassoon. Includes 7" (33 RPM) vinyl record in VG+ with examples of sonic explorations of the selected woodwinds. Record in original sleeve. Book with moderate chipping at top and bottom of spine. 2 small spots of abrasion to covers. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpapers. Clean, tight copy. Overall, a Good+ copy.

Record # 611972


Price: $100.00 

 

Pictorial Bibliography of The First editions of Stephen C. Foster


Fuld, James J.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Musical Americana, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with pastedown black & white photographic illustration of Foster on front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612718


Price: $38.00 

 

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians: Frederick Chopin


Hubbard, Elbert

Softcover. East Aurora, The Roycrofters, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 84 pages. Brown leather softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Titles in gilt on front cover. "Of this edition there were printed and specially illumined by hand but Nine Hundred and Forty copies, and this book is Number: 235". Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613437


Price: $31.00 

 

Sacramento Jazz Scene - A Yearbook of Traditional Dixieland Jazz - Premier Edition


Sacramento Traditonal Jazz Society

Hardcover. Sacramento, Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613611


Price: $50.00 

 

Blues Album Cover Art, The


Marsh (Editor), Graham/Barrie Lewis

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2nd printing, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages. Softcover. Full color examples of great blues album covers from the 1950's to 1970's. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 614194


Price: $25.00 

 

Dangerous Curves - The Art of the Guitar


Kuronen, Darcy

Hardcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Softcover published to accompany the exhibition Dangerous Curves - Art of the Guitar, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from November 5, 2000 to February 25, 2000. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Clean unmarked copy.

Record # 750362


Price: $25.00 

 

Tom Jones - Over the Top and Back - The Autobiography


Jones, Tom

Hardcover. New York, Blue Rider Press, 1st Edition, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Hardcover. Wine cloth boards with silver printed titles. Nickel sized bump to front board edge. Copious illustrations in full color & b/w throughout. Dust jacket with light wear, one small tear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750377


Price: $15.00 

 

Music in the Air - The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason


Gleason, Toby

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, First Edition, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages. Hardcover with black & grey printed design & black titles to cover. Grey & white titles to spine. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750453


Price: $31.00 

 

Five Centuries of Music in Venice


Landon, H. C. Robbins/John Julius Norwich

Softcover. New York, Schirmer Books, First Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages. Softcover. Profusely illustrated in full page, full color and bw throughout. Light toning to edges of preliminary pages. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751025


Price: $15.00 

 

He's a Rebel: The Truth about Phil Spector - Rock and Roll's Legendary Madman


Ribowsky, Mark

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages, b&w photos, remainder line at bottom edge, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Record # 801195


Price: $13.00 

 

Blood on the Tracks: The Story of Bob Dylan


Rowley, Chris

Softcover. London, Proteus Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 157 pages, b&w and color photos, slight foxing to edges, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801197


Price: $15.00 

 

Pops Foster: The Autobiography of a New Orleans Jazzman


Foster, Pops/Tom Stoddard

Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, b&w photos, dust jacket covered with Mylar, dust jacket spine faded, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Record # 801216


Price: $30.00 

 

Harlequin Years, The: Music in Paris 1917-1929


Nichols, Roger

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, Universty of California Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Record # 801217


Price: $13.00 

 

Music and People


Rorem, Ned

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Black cloth covers, laminate black dust jacket with orange and green titles. Previous owner's inscription to top corner of front endpaper, slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding.

Record # 808316


Price: $18.00 

 

David Ewen Introduces Modern Music: A History and Appreciation from Wagner to the Avant-Garde


Ewen, David

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton Book Company, revised, enlarged edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 323 pages. Bright green cloth covers, purple laminate dust jacket, 8 pages of b&w photographs printed on glossy papers. Light rubbing to dust jacket, spine very slightly cocked, previous owner's signature to front endpaper, pages crisp and unmarked, clean covers; overall, a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 808602


Price: $12.00 

 

"And Everyone Would Sashay": The Remembrances of the Ed Larkin Contra Dancers


Sher, Ruth

Softcover. West Topsham, VT, Gibby Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages, b&w illustrations. Stapled wrappers with slight soiling to covers. Internally very clean.

Record # 809663


Price: $35.00 

 

Tristan and Isolde, by Richard Wagner: Explained According to the Musical Development of its Motives


Heintz, Albert

Hardcover. London, Novello, Ewer and Co., 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 59 pages. Black covers w/ gilt lettering. Sticker on inside of rear cover. Light soiling to title page. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850765


Price: $40.00 

 

Mezzotints in Modern Music


Huneker, James

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 318 pages. Newspaper clippings laid in. Rough-cut pages. Top edge gilt. Light edge wear, soiling to covers; spine faded. Binding weak in places. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 850807


Price: $20.00 

 

Weep Some More My Lady


Spaeth, Sigmund

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 268 pages, b&w illustrations. Red top edge. Orange covers soiled, w/ small stains. Rear hinge starting to crack, binding slightly weak. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 850945


Price: $20.00 

 

Conversations avec Pablo Casals


Corredor, J. Ma.

Softcover. Paris, Editions Albin Michel, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, French text. 343 pages, b&w photographs. Rough-cut pages. Edge wear, rubbing to wrappers; creases to spine. Wrappers starting to detach. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 850980


Price: $18.00 

 

Robert Schumann: A Biography in Word and Picture


Eismann, Georg

Hardcover. Germany, Edition Leipzig, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 188 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Edge wear, chipping, small tears to dust jacket; protected by mylar cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850986


Price: $25.00 

 

Suzuki Violinist, The: A Guide for Teachers and Parents


Starr, William

Softcover. Knoxville, TN, Kingston Ellis Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 142 pages, b&w photographs. Spiral bound. Light edge wear to covers. Else very good.

Record # 850987


Price: $12.00 

 

El Violin: Manual de Cultura Y Didactica Violinistica


Pasquali, G. and R. Principe

Softcover. Buenos Aires, Ricordi, 1st Spanish, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Spanish text. 313 pages. Light edge wear to wrappers; creases, yellowing to spine. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850989


Price: $30.00 

 

Beethoven: Les Grandes Epoques Creatrices (2 Volumes)


Rolland, Romain

Softcover. Paris, Editions du Sablier, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, French text. 438 pages in total, b&w illustrations. Rough-cut pages. Tan paper wrappers w/ soiling, light edge wear. Small tears, pieces missing from spine of Volume I. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf of Volume I. Else nice, clean copies.

Record # 851000


Price: $40.00 

 

Il Violoncello


Malusi, Lauro

Softcover. Zanibon, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages, b&w illustrations. Light rubbing to wrappers. Previous price sticker on rear. Small crease to top right cover corner. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851006


Price: $40.00 

 

Casals


Corredor, Jose Maria

Hardcover. Barcelona, Editions Destino, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Spanish text. 149 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Light edge wear to dust jacket; protected by mylar cover.

Record # 851009


Price: $18.00 

 

Mr. Punch's County Songs


Lucas, E. V. and Ernest H. Shepard

Hardcover. London, Methuen & Co., 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 92 pages, b&w illustrations. Edge wear, rubbing, light soiling to boards. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf and bookplate inside front cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851022


Price: $60.00 

 

Romance of the Fiddle, The


Van der Straeten, E.

Hardcover. London, Rebman Ltd., 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages, 32 b&w plates. Red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Rough-cut pages. Light rubbing to covers corners. Light foxing to fore-edge and end papers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851037


Price: $75.00 

 

Beethoven: A Documentary Study


Landon, H. C. Robbins (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st Am, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 400 pages, b&w and color plates throughout. Light edge wear, rubbing, a few small tears to price-clipped dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851427


Price: $40.00 

 

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples


Titon Et Al., Jeff Todd

Hardcover. New York, Schirmer Books, 2nd, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 469 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Slight dent to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 851457


Price: $12.00 

 

Victrola Book of Opera, The


N/A

Hardcover. Camden, NJ, Victor Talking Machine Company, 8th, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Red illustrated cloth, black spine. Light wear to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 851463


Price: $12.00 

 

Violin and Keyboard: The Duo Repertoire Vol. 2


Loft, Abram

Hardcover. New York, Grossman , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 417 pages. Decorative purple stain to top edge. Minor edgewear to dustjacket with faded spine. Small tear on dust jacket spine. Else nice, clean copy.

Record # 851635


Price: $25.00 

 

Modern Russian Composers


Sabaneyeff, Leonid

Hardcover. New York, International Publishers, reprint, 1927, Book: Good, 249 pages. Private library stamp on front endpaper. Pencil markings. Some wear to cover edges.

Record # 851799


Price: $20.00 

 

At Home with Music: The Recollections and Reflections of an Unabashed Amateur


Marsh, Leonard

Softcover. Vancouver, Versatile Publishing Co, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages. B&w illustrations. Light wear to cover and fading to spine. Pages clean and tight.

Record # 851820


Price: $20.00 

 

Sailor's Songbook, A


Carey, George G. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Amherst, University of Massachusetts, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851886


Price: $15.00 

 

Songs of Bob Dylan, The


n/a

Softcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st paperback, 1978, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 383 pages. B&w frontispiece. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Edgewear and rubbing to cover. Some pages dog-eared and spotting to edges.

Record # 852095


Price: $20.00 

 

Missa Solennis (In D)


Beethoven (Composer), L. Van

Hardcover. New York, Novello and Company, Limited, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 148 pages, with newspaper review of the performance in Carnegie Hall laid-in. Small tear on top corner of front fly leaf, minor edge and corner wear, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 853592


Price: $30.00 

 

Saga of Frankie & Johnny


Held, Jr., John

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 50 pages, woodcuts by John Held, Jr. throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and crease, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853832


Price: $15.00 

 

They All Played Ragtime: The True Story of an American Music


Blesh, Rudi, Harriet Janis

Hardcover. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 338 pages, plus index in rear. Ex-library copy with residue and chunks missing from dust jacket spine and front fly leaf, dust jacket edge wear and fade, minor worn and soil on book, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 854450


Price: $30.00 

 

Slavic Traditions: The Story of Great Music


Johnson, David

Softcover. NY, Time Inc., 1st ed., 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. Color photos throughout. Light shelf wear. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, foxing to end papers. Tight copy.

Record # 855630


Price: $15.00 

 

Songs America Sings, The


van Loon, Hendrik Willem & Grace Castagnetta

Hardcover. New York , Simon and Shuster, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear, soil and fraying to pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Internally very good.

Record # 855966


Price: $38.00 

 

Musical Life, The


Kolodin, Irving

Hardcover. New York , Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 266 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, light wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856023


Price: $13.00 

 

Living with Ballads


Muir Willa

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 260 pages. Dust jacket covers lightly soiled, including a couple of water stains. Minor edge wear. Price clipped. Some foxing on fore and bottom edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856170


Price: $19.00 

 

Golden City


Richie, James T. R.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 182 pages. 8 black-and-white illustrations. Some edge wear on dust jacket cover. Small crease on front dust jacket flap. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856172


Price: $19.00 

 

Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan


Gardner, Emelyn E. & Geraldine J. Chickering

Hardcover. Hatboro, PA, Folklore Associates, INC., reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 501 pages. Light shelf-wear and wrinkles to dust jacket with small closed tear to front cover. Internally very good.

Record # 856182


Price: $31.00 

 

Round Dance Book, The: A Century of Waltzing


Shaw, Lloyd

Hardcover. Caldwell, ID, The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 3rd, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 443 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to a very nice, bright dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856201


Price: $19.00 

 

Songs of the Cowboys


Thorp, N. Howard ("Jack")

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 346 pages. A stain on front dust jacket cover. Dust jacket chipping and edge wear. Some scratching and rubbing on rear dust jacket cover. Dust jacket price clipped. A few faint spots along top and fore edge. Unmarked, tight copy.

Record # 856221


Price: $23.00 

 

Mighty Hard Road: The Woody Guthrie Story, A


Yurchenco, Henrietta

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 159 pages. Black-and-white photos throughout. Author assisted by Marjorie Guthrie. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Some sun-fading and creasing along dust jacket spine. Small stain on rear dust jacket cover. A little edge wear on rear dust jacket flap. Front dust jacket cover creased, with closed and open tears. Tiny tear on bottom of front flap. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket protected with clear, plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856222


Price: $25.00 

 

Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages: Their Evolution and Development, The


Panum, Hortense

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 511 pages. Gilt titles on blue cloth covers. 400+ black-and-white illustrations. Foxing on top edge and a little on fore edge. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. A few light stains on bottom of first few pages. Minor creasing on top corner of a few pages. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 856223


Price: $63.00 

 

More Traditional Ballads of Virginia


Davis, Arthur Kyle

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press , 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 371 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing and chipping to price clipped dust jacket. Internally very good.

Record # 856297


Price: $25.00 

 

Living Texas Blues


Govenar, Alan

Softcover. Dallas, TX, Dallas Museum of Art, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Some shelf-wear to covers. Light wear along spine, including small closed tear. A little soiling on rear cover. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856476


Price: $50.00 

 

Old English Songs from Various Sources


Dobson (introduction by), Austin

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co, 1st, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w by Hugh Thomson. Unfortunate foxing throughout text. Minor wear to illustrated boards with light soil to rear cover.

Record # 856820


Price: $50.00 

 

Music for oboe, 1650-1800: A Bibliography


Haynes, Bruce

Softcover. Berkley, CA, Fallen Leaf Press, rep, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing and creasing to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856912


Price: $75.00 

 

On Playing the Flute


Quantz, Johann Joachim

Hardcover. New York , The Free Press, 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Light wear, rubbing and staining to cloth covers, No dust jacket. Internally very good.

Record # 856971


Price: $31.00 

 

1992 Tennessee Banjo Institute


N/A

Softcover. Cedars of Lebanon State Park , 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages. B&w photography throughout. Related articles laid in. Includes appendix of member names. Previous owner's signature on front cover. Light marking to page 2, otherwise Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857297


Price: $25.00 

 

Grand Old Opry, The: The Early Years


Wolfe, Charles K.

Softcover. London , Old Time Music , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. B&w photographs and reproductions of vintage articles throughout. Includes appendix of record listings. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857298


Price: $38.00 

 

George Harrison: Yesterday & Today


Michaels , Ross

Softcover. New York, Quick Fox, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Includes appendix of album and song titles. B&w photos on front fly leaf and title page. Light shelf wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857303


Price: $25.00 

 

Guitar Heaven


Marten, Neville

Hardcover. New York, Collins Design, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Introduction by Les Paul. A guide to some of the most influential guitars of all time. Edgewear to top and bottom of dust jacket. Hundreds of color photographs throughout. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.

Record # 951627


Price: $48.00 

 

Glenn Gould: Selected Letters


Gould, Glenn

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Selected correspondence of famed pianist Glenn Gould. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951750


Price: $19.00 

 

Clockwork Music


Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G.

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers Inc., 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 334 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An illustrated history of mechanical instruments from the musical box to the pianola. Slight cocking to spine. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Purple toning to top text block edge. Many fine illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.

Record # 951790


Price: $19.00 

 

Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of a Obsession


Bostridge, Ian

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st US, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 502 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An exploration of the world's most famous and challenging song cycle. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout. unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 952308


Price: $19.00 

 

Bob Dylan In America


Wilentz, Sean

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 3rd, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean copy with minor scratches to dust jacket, minor foxing to top edge of textblock.

Record # 2230274


Price: $19.00 

 

Kinks, The: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961-1996


Hinman, Doug

Softcover. San Francisco, CA, Backbeat Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Black & white photographs throughout.

Record # 2230369


Price: $50.00 

 

Old Songs of Skye, The: Frances Tolmie and her Circle


Bowman (EDITOR), Derek; Bassin, Ethel

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 227 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to paper edges. Faded on spine.

Record # 2233552


Price: $23.00 

 

Orchestra and Orchestral Music, The (The Music Lover's Library)


Henderson, W. J.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, First Edition, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Hardcover. Publisher's brick cloth covered boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Previous owner's signature to front fly leaf. Wonderful portraits in black & white throughout, featuring Beethoven, Nikisch, Haydn, Wagner, Lamoureux, Thomas, Richter and Berlioz. Some light toning to pages, clean pages, in very good condition for its age.

Record # 6670095


Price: $25.00 

 

Claude Debussy: Master of Dreams


Dumesnil, Maurice

Hardcover. New York, Ives Washburn, Second Printing, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 326 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth with yellow titles & light sunfade to edges. Frontis illustration, Claude Debussy, from a crayon by Yvan Thiele, in black & white. Light toning throughout. Original dust jacket, with wonderful illustration, sunfade to dj spine, small tears & chips to edges, and age toning. Else clean, unmarked.

Record # 6670096


Price: $23.00 

 

Enrico Caruso His Life and Death


Caruso, Dorothy

Hardcover. New York, NY, Simon and Schuster, First Edition, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Original dust jacket with spine mostly detached, age toning & wear to edges, now protected with a brodart. Light toning throughout, slightly darker tone to a couple pages. Else clean.

Record # 6670098


Price: $31.00 

 

From Grieg to Brahms: Studies of Some Modern Composers and Their Art


Mason, Daniel Gregory

Hardcover. New York, NY, The Outlook Company, Second Printing, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt board, gilt embossed text block to cover & gilt titles to spine. Sunfade to spine, edges of cover board & top inch of the rear board. Previous owner's signature in faint pencil to fly leaf. Gilt top edge. Frontis illustration Brahms at the Piano, in bw protected with a tissue guard. Illustrations in bw at the beginning of each chapter, Grieg, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Franck, Tschaikowsky, Brahms. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670154


Price: $23.00