SIR THOMAS BEECHAM; A memoir
London: Collins, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 126. Illustrated with several portraits. Owner's name on flyleaf. Blue cloth stamped on spine in gilt. Edges slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
London: Collins, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 126. Illustrated with several portraits. Owner's name on flyleaf. Blue cloth stamped on spine in gilt. Edges slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
Boston: Ditson. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 5 including front. Cover printed in black, with lithograph of Gianetta standing by a stairway, looking down the canal at a gondolier. Fold chipped where this was disbound, some slight yellowing in places, o/w a VG clean copy. More
Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1950. Sheet music. Small 4to, pp. 5 including front. Cover printed in maroon and gray; harp, dancer and music staff motif. A simple student piano piece. A nice copy. More
NY: Harmony Books, (1979). Second impression. 4to, pp. 224. Index. Paper wraps. Copiously illustrated, much in color. Each entry has a short discography. Cover little soiled, creased,first few leves little dog-eared, o/w a VG tight copy. More
NY: Schroeder & Gunther, 1926. 8vo, pp. 15. Paper wraps. Sheet of pictures laid in. later wraps. Cover little chipped, some pencil marking inside and on picture sheet, o/w VG. A child's workbook about the precursors of the modern piano, with a sheet of illustrations to paste in at designated..... More
NY: Gray, 1909. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 103. Frontis portrait. Red cloth stamped in gilt. A little foxing at ends, cover little soiled and scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. "Composed for the Litchfield County University Club." More
NY: Harper, 1927. First American edition. Translated by H. M. Buck. Revised, enlarged and edited by Katharine Wright. 8vo, pp. 345. Memoir by the great Russian basso, who came up to from poverty through many wild and strange adventures to become famous, especially in the role of Boris Godounov. More
NY: Stephen-Paul, (1948). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 171. Something erased from flyleaf, o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped and little stained and chipped dj. A personal record of a life spent enjoying music. More
Baldwin, MD: Barberry Hill, 1934. Second printing of the first English edition. 8vo, pp. 61. Bibliography. Originally published in French. Frontis portrait. Illustrated with drawings and music notation.Paper over boards. Owner's name on flyleaf. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. More
NY: Putnam's, 1977. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 448. A fine copy in slightly chipped dj. OP? A memoir by the former general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1969). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 192. Illustrated. Vg in little stained, price-clipped dj. Sixteen masters of the violin, from Lully to Kreisler. More
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Knuf, 1969. 8vo, pp. 183. In Dutch, but there is an introduction in English on p. 6. Ex library, bookplate removed. VG. A catalog of partial holdings of the Scheurleer collection in the Municipal Museum at the Hague. More
NY: Dover, (1959). Second (revised) edn. 8vo, pp. 383, plus catalog. Illustrated. Ex library. Paper, rebound in boards.VG. More
Paris: Rouart, Lerolle. Large 8vo, pp. 72. Paper wraps. Front cover missing, spine mended with paper tape, o/w VG. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 304. A very good copy in dj. Inscribed by the author to poet William Jay Smith: "3/17/79 | To Bill Smith | With special warm wishes | & hopes that our paths | keep crossing | Kelly | Hollin Coll, Va" Cherry's..... More
Natchitoches, LA: Southern Legacies Press, 2003. Gail H Shelton. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 170. Fine in dj. Inscribed to poet William Jay Smith and his wife Sonja by the author. Chevalier was hired by Long tp provide musical accompanyment for his political campaigns. From this vantage point, the author tells..... More
NY: (c.1892). One sheet, blue paper, 5-1/2x8-7/8 inches. With illustrations. Appears to have been the rear cover of a publication by the Five Points House of Industry, with a description of the institution and its purpose verso. A little yellowed and slightly creased, o/w VG. More
Boston: Ditson. Large 4to, 184. AEG. Exterior worn, cover detached. Some offsetting on music pages, but interior VG. More
NY: Knopf, 1956. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 148. Illustrated wtih several photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Endpapers and edges slightly soiled, owner's name on flyleaf, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat scuffed, chipped and soiled dj. More
NY: Ev'ry Month, 1899. Periodical. 4to, pp. 32. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Cover somewhat chipped and soiled, o/w VG. Articles on the actress May Irwin, other articles, some short fiction, pictures from current plays, music for a dance, a march and a song. Interestng ads. More
NY: Appleton, 1890. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. 164. Gray paper over boards, cloth spine. Stamped in dark blue. Owner's name on flyleaf, cover little soiled, and worn at corners, o/w VG. Wright III, 1070. A short novel. More
NY: Paull-Pioneer Music, 1932. 8vo, pp. 95. Paper wraps. Rear of cover missing, front taped on neatly, o/w VG. Words and music. More
London: William Reeves, (c. 1909). Small 8vo, pp. iv, 40. Illustrated. Green cloth, stamped in black. Front hinge mended with masking tape, owner's bookplate on pastedown, Cover little soiled, o/w VG. More
NY: Abrahams, 1913. Sheet music. Large 4to, pp. 5. Music by Maurice Abrahams. Pictorial cover in orange and black, with small photo of Anna Miller in lower corner. Slightly worn at edges, cover little scuffed, with a stain on back, o/w VG. Image of a man lying under his auto..... More
London: Birchall, [ca 1800]. Large 4to, pp. 4. For voice and piano. Disbound from a collection. Little creased, chipped and soiled, o/w VG. More