My Own Story by Luciano Pavarotti - 1981

Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Pubns Inc, 1992. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1992, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. 616pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by WCBS FM101 radio host Don K. Reed, with his inscribed 5x7 promo photo laid in, plus laid in June 24, 2000 DooWop concert reunion program, East rutherford, NJ, with 10 signatures of the artists: The Penguins, The Angels, Who's Johnny, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, John Kuse & the Excellents and producer Richard Nader. All fine. Signed. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1818. Very Good. Organ bass and violone part only. 5, [1] p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. A few pencilled notations. Contents: Nro. 1. Zum Staffelgebet und Eingang der heiligen Messe -- Nro. 2. Zum Gloria -- Nro. 3. Nach der Epistel und zum Evangelium -- Nro. 4. Zum Credo -- Nro. 5. Zum Opfer des Brodes und Weines -- Nro. 6. Zum Sanktus und Kanon der heiligen Messe -- Nro. 7. Nach der heiligen Wandlung -- Nro. 8. Zum Genusse des Leibes und Blutes Jesu -- Nro. 9. Zum Schlusse der heiligen Messe. In Very Good Condition: disbound; 1st and 2nd leaves (conjugate) are solid; 3rd leaf remains only partially glued to 2nd leaf; soiling, primarily in lower corners; no tears or chipping.

Augsburg: [Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn], 1815. Very Good -. The part for the organ bass or violone only. 2 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. No date of publication. The composer's opus 4 was published in 1817, suggesting an approximate date of 1815 for this, his first published work. In 1804 Bühler became a choir director in Augsburg, where he remained for the rest of his life. The Augsburg music printers, Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, printed those works of his that were issued during his lifetime, so it is likely that they also printed this work. Contents: Kyrie -- Gloria -- Credo -- Et in carnatus -- Sanctus -- Benedictus -- Agnus Dei -- Dona. At head of both pages is printed "Organo"; written in pencil above that: "Violone." The handwritten label on the volume that included this piece listed this as "Missa I in D." In Very Good- Condition: soiled; one horizontal crease; lower edge slightly chipped.

As new hardcover, missing CD. 1st edition, rare 3000 copies. excellent profusely and beautifully illustrated book onthe history of Greek musical folk instruments, from the Fivos Anoyanakis Collection. A wonderful book.

Berkeley: Undermine Press, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 60pp, stapled wrappers. The scarce 1967 rock and roll issue of this underground poetry magazine from Berkeley. Includes Charles Bukowski, Fugs lyrics and an essay on rock by Tuli Kupferberg, an early poem entitled The Grateful Dead by Ron Silliman, plus an ad for The Mojo Navigator R&R News and other period content. A bit of cover soil, no markings.

Sainte-Croix, France: Les Editions Du Cochet SA. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. 219 pages: 9 x 11.25 in.: 3.8: KB#006655: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Dustjacket has small scuff mark on back near bottom edge. Content Chapters include: The Music Box Craftsmen At Home * Animates Music Boxes And Singing Birds * Creation And Restoration Of Automata * Treasures From The Sainte-Croix Collections. "Sainte-Croix, small town up in the Jura mountains of the Canton of Vaud, lies at an altitude about 1000 metres, close to the French border. For over one and a half centuries, it has perpetuated the traditional manufacture of music boxes, in spite of fashions and crises. In 1973, attracted by the know-how of the inhabitants of this area, a creator and restorer of automata came to settle in Bullet, a village in the vicinity of Sainte-Croix. Thanks to him and to one of his pupils, the land of music boxes has also… Read More

Paris: Choudens, 1888. Partition de musique. Bon. Demi-cuir. Ed. originale. in-4° . Paris, Choudens, sd [1888]. 28 x 19 cm (R), in-4, 2 ff. - 195 - 21 pp., titre illustré, reliure de l'époque de demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs orné. Partition rare. Coiffes, nerfs et mors frottés, papier un peu bruni en marges, bon exemplaire..

[Poland] Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1953, hardcover. Beautifully made book of selected 16th and early 17th century Polish music, including facsimiles of the original manuscripts and woodcuts, plus nice page decorations. -- Text in POLISH. Errata sheet tipped in. -- Hardcover, 10.5x13 inches. Condition: near fine (spine cloth foxed, else really nice) with bright, very good minus dust jacket (edgeworn).

Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer, 1814. Hardcover. Good +. Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind; Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America. Fünfte Auflage." [4], 148, [8], 585, [9], 26 p., frontispiece of David playing his harp: music; 18 cm. Original calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer Geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1814 (Vierte Auflage). Final 26 pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Elizabeth Petry; date in another hand below: Sept 12th 1823. Small green woodcut of a running stag on front fixed endpaper. Early American Imprints, 32226;… Read More

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed, inscribed, and dated 24/May/84 by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump to head of spine. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film, and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773