Die Bildnisse von Gustav Mahler [Pictures of Gustav Mahler]. by Mahler, Gustav; Alfred Roller - 1922

Various Photographers , 1930. A group of 32 photographs, 30 b&w and 2 color, ranging in size from 4" x 6" to 7" x 9 1/2", 10 circa 1930's, the rest 1957-1997, 8 SIGNED ( signees to be determined). Credited photographers are: Ginger Gamage, Forbes, Jay Dee (Ft. Worth, TX), V. Sladon, (NYC), and John Lindquist. Some of the photos have writing verso identifying the subjects, including one of Svetlova with Claudio Arrau and Mantovani. Several appear to be other noted people in the world of dance. And the 1930's photos, several of which are signed, appear to be friends of Svetlovas. Marina Svetlova ( 1923-2009) had a carrer in ballet that began as a child in 1931 and carried into the 1960's. She was a soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In 1969 she became a Professor of Ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1992, gaining a reputation as a major educator in dance. A… Read More

Newport, RI: Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival, 1959. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval, 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page, Introduction by Billy Faier, editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers, Very Good, foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger, Odetta, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Josh White, The New Lost City Ramblers, Memphis Slim, The Stanley Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Earl Scruggs, Jean Ritchie, and Bo Diddley, among others. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1917. xxviii, 341 ps., oroginal blue gloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very Good, gilt at spine dulled, front hinge cracked yet holding nicely, 3 pages of Introduction with top corner creases. Originally from the collection of Anne F. Oberndorfer, her signature in pencil front end page. Anne Shaw Faulkner Oberndorfer (1877-1948) a prominent Chicago music educator and a frequent contributor to Better Homes & Gardens, The Ladies' Home Journal and Child Life magazines during the 1920s. Later from the collection of noted music professor John Planer of Manchester University, his bookplate front paste down. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Romae: Typis Vaticanis,, 1908. Finely bound in 20th c. red morocco, gilt at spine,, with prior owner name in gilt bottom corner front cover and in ink front end page and with original wrappers bound in. Full-color frontispiece of Pope St Gregory the Great (with tissue covering) and with headpiece engravings in black and white of all the major feasts. Pope Pius X's facsimile signature at half-title page. Near Fine, a few pages top corner crease. Printed music : Chants, Christian xvi, 559, 208, 153 pages. Proprium de tempore --; Proprium sanctorum --; Commune sanctorum --; Missae votivae per Hebdomadam --; Aliae Missae votivae pro diversis rebus --; Missae votivae per annum --; Missae aliquibus in locis celebrandae --; Ordinarium Missae --; Missa et absolutio pro defunctis --; Toni communes Missae. A lovely copy in handsome binding. . Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Thick 8vo.

Paris: Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1855. Two volumes bound as one. Lambillotte's Esthetiqu du Chant Gregorien, 1 preliminary leaf, vi, 418 pages frontispiece (portrait) facsimile, folded table, with Abbe Raillard's Memoire Sur La Restauration De Chant Gregorien, Paris, 1862, Librairie Catholique et Classique de Perisse Freres, folded table, 46 pages, bound at rear with original wrappers, and SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front wrapper -"A Monsieur Bellaquet, Secretaire Gen. du Ministaire d l'Etat F. Raill(ard)" (the book being trimmed for binding causing partial loss of the signature).Both books bound as one in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering at spine, hand written label top corner front cover. Very Good scattered light toning, edges of boards rubbed, prior owner name in ink front end page. A significant refernce work for the study of Gregorian chant. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket,… Read More

Pleasant Hill, MO: Little & Sprague No Date, circa 1869, what is now called the Hannibal Bridge saw construction begin in 1867 and finish in 1869. Titled "Kansas City Railroad and Carriage Bridge" under photo, "Little & Sprague, Pleasant Hill, MO" right margin, in fine print under left side of photo "Total Length 1,395 Feet" and :"PACAN & WINANS (illegible)" under right side of photo. Verso appears to have a map in faint pencil of the area of the bridge. Very Good, dark spot to margin left edge. . Cartes-de-Visite . Very Good. 2 1/2" x 4".

Various Photographers , 1930. A group of 32 photographs, 30 b&w and 2 color, ranging in size from 4" x 6" to 7" x 9 1/2", 10 circa 1930's, the rest 1957-1997, 8 SIGNED ( signees to be determined). Credited photographers are: Ginger Gamage, Forbes, Jay Dee (Ft. Worth, TX), V. Sladon, (NYC), and John Lindquist. Some of the photos have writing verso identifying the subjects, including one of Svetlova with Claudio Arrau and Mantovani. Several appear to be other noted people in the world of dance. And the 1930's photos, several of which are signed, appear to be friends of Svetlovas. Marina Svetlova ( 1923-2009) had a carrer in ballet that began as a child in 1931 and carried into the 1960's. She was a soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In 1969 she became a Professor of Ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1992, gaining a reputation as a major educator in dance. A… Read More

New York: Larry Clark, 1971. SIGNED BY AUTHOR photographer Larry Clark at title page, bottom corner. First published by Ralph Gibson at Lustrum Press in 1971 in wrappers.This is the first Hardcover Edition published by Larry Clark with help from Ralph Gibson and Danny Seymour and printed at Rapoport Printing, no date but 1979. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1" scrape along spine fore edge, small chips at head of spine and corners, a few small closed edge tears. Larry Clark later became an important film director and producer, best known for his controversial teen film "Kids" (1995)."Tulsa" is credited with inspiring several filmmakers and their films, including Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976), and Francis Ford Coppola's "Rumble Fish" (1983). . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Hardcove Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1917. xxviii, 341 ps., oroginal blue gloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very Good, gilt at spine dulled, front hinge cracked yet holding nicely, 3 pages of Introduction with top corner creases. Originally from the collection of Anne F. Oberndorfer, her signature in pencil front end page. Anne Shaw Faulkner Oberndorfer (1877-1948) a prominent Chicago music educator and a frequent contributor to Better Homes & Gardens, The Ladies' Home Journal and Child Life magazines during the 1920s. Later from the collection of noted music professor John Planer of Manchester University, his bookplate front paste down. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1855. Two volumes bound as one. Lambillotte's Esthetiqu du Chant Gregorien, 1 preliminary leaf, vi, 418 pages frontispiece (portrait) facsimile, folded table, with Abbe Raillard's Memoire Sur La Restauration De Chant Gregorien, Paris, 1862, Librairie Catholique et Classique de Perisse Freres, folded table, 46 pages, bound at rear with original wrappers, and SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front wrapper -"A Monsieur Bellaquet, Secretaire Gen. du Ministaire d l'Etat F. Raill(ard)" (the book being trimmed for binding causing partial loss of the signature).Both books bound as one in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering at spine, hand written label top corner front cover. Very Good scattered light toning, edges of boards rubbed, prior owner name in ink front end page. A significant refernce work for the study of Gregorian chant. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket,… Read More