The Man Who Gave The Beatles Away by Allan Williams - 1975

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author 'For Anthony, Some shared places, with much affection George Nov 11/86' on the half-title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner and spine end bumps, light foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, corner chips, light wrinkle to top of front panel, short closed edge tear at front flap, in new Brodart sleeve. 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

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Good +. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 58 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including patriotic songs such as The Dashing U.S. Marines' March, as well as some older songs. Both sides of the back wrapper list contents of nos. 1-18 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library. The publication appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: first leaf detached but present; dampstaining; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; chipping to lower and fore-edges; 2-cm. tear from fore-edge of first leaf; clean and intact.

[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

Sanga.
Isidore De Lara, 1858-1935.
Ex library copy.
274pp.

Choudens, Paris, 1906.

A. P. Johnson, Grand Rapids, MI, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. 74 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Previous owner's inscription on endpapers. Corners are lightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Music; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001180. .

Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1824. Very Good. Violoncello part only. 6 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. No date of printing, but the composer's opus X appeared in 1821 and he died in 1824. Contents: Deus in adjutorium -- I. Psalm -- II. Psalm -- III. Psalm -- Hymnus -- Magnificat -- I. Antiphon: Alma redemtoris -- II. Antiphon: Ave regina -- III. Antiphon: Regina coeli -- IV. Antiphon: Salve Regina. Old repair to fore-edge of 2nd leaf, not impacting printing. In Very Good Condition: disbound; 1st and 2nd leaves (conjugate) are partially separated; 3rd leaf remains glued to 2nd leaf; 1st leaf lightly creased along gutter; light soiling; otherwise clean and solid.

Pasadena: Dynaflow , 1999 Hardcover Limited 1st Ed of 500 copies SIGNED by author to endpaper, #362 of 500 hand-numbered copies in dust jacket, Fine in Fine, no remainder mark, a pristine unread unbumped copy (dj in mylar protector); 4to; 402pp indexed & illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority or overseas delivery of this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). Signed by Author. First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. New/New.

211 pp. Wraps, Vocal score, Quarto, 12 x 9 in. Very good, slightest wear at edges. Plate number 5603-207. Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart. The Boys from Syracuse. New York: Chappell & Co., 609 5th Ave., c. 1965. First performance in November, 1938, at the Alvin Theatre, New York. Revived in 1965.

133 pp. Ads on back leaf. Slight wear to edges and top and bottom of spine, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in., The "1999" on the lower left is not a date. Other longer digits appear there in other exemplars; this seems to me to be the original 1946/7 issue, but I am unable to verify. Book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy. Crawford Music Corporation, c1947. Made in England. Vocal Score. Pictorial wraps, illus, Don Freeman. Laid in a program from November 14-18, 1956, for a production at Brown University by "Sock and Buskin," a student theater group, at the Faunce House Theater. The musical was performed on several campuses in 1956, having been revived on Broadway in 1955. Also laid in, an article by E. Y. Harburg, "The Bridge That Spans the Galaxy," clipped from an unidentified source. There Harburg says, "The merry, light-hearted handling of all these problems by the dancing, singing leprechauns and pixie people, make us long wistfully for a Congress of just such characters in Washington, D.C."