Music from Grimalkin Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. This Stated First Edition from November 2010 also includes the required "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. Kay Thompson was one of the greatest multi-threat entertainers in Hollywood and anywhere else she traveled, in addition to her second career as the author of the dearly loved Eloise books for children… Read more about this item

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Henry Holt and Company, 1987. This handsome First Edition, with a Number Line ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The book is a complilation of Christmas music complemented by full-color artwork from the Metropolitan Museum's vast collection. There are approximately… Read more about this item

New York: Hill and Wang, 1959. Among the subjects covered are Musical Compositions, Composers, Performers and Performances, Musical Terms, Musical Instruments, History and Background of Music, Theories and Theorists of Music, Literary and Artistic Souces, and many special articles. Around 1500 musical compositions are described. The book is in close to Fine condition, with a Very Good+ dust jacket. The… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1981. This trade autobiography from 1981 by the late Luciano Pavarotti is a rags-to-riches story that surpassed anything Horatio Alger could invent. How a baker's son becomes the Twentieth Century's most famous tenor is a remarkable, inspiring true-life tale. This book is in New, unread condition, with an unclipped dust jacket. I've placed… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Although simultaneously released in hard cover, this is the first paperback printing from December 1988 and was released through BOMC. This oversized soft cover is in New, unread condition. Written by John Fraser whose text is complemented by Eve Arnold's black-and-white photographs throughout, the American Ballet Theatre and its stars, including Baryshnikov, come alive. (Also,… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. This Stated First U.S. Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) and unclipped dust jacket are in Very Good+ condition but are ex-library with markings on the endpapers, and a library number glued to dust jacket spine. But since in the small suburban library from which it came, most folks probably… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. This First Edition (with the required "number line" starting with a "1" to show First Printing) is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. No remainder marks. This definitive biography shows the complex nature of this choreographic genius as he fought… Read more about this item

New York: G. Schirmer, 1911. This ex-library book, with library markings, on front and rear endpapers and spine, is nonetheless in Very Good- condition. It is bound in a solid hard cover library binding, and the exterior covers show scuffing and library markings and hand-lettering on the spine, as well as an inch slit in the spine cloth seam. The… Read more about this item

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1913. This ex-library book, with library markings, on front and rear endpapers and spine, is nonetheless in Very Good condition. It is bound in a solid hard cover library binding, and the exterior covers show scuffing and library markings on the spine. The binding is tight and secure, with library markings on the front and rear… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1955. This handsome Ninth Printing from 1955 is in very close to Fine condition, but without a dust jacket. (Click on photo.) It has burgundy cloth covers with a gilt design on front panel and gilt spine lettering. The binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean and bright throughout. There is a… Read more about this item

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Though undated, The Great Operas was a series centering on individual operas, jointly published by T.C. & E.C. Jack in London and Frederick A. Stokes Co. in New York, published in the early part of 20th Century. This volume concerns opera's two most famous one-acters dealing with jealousy and revenge, Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and… Read more about this item

Ithaca, NY: The Thrift Press, 1934. Chants de France. The Thrift Press, Ithaca, New York, copyright 1934. Fine condition, with very light edge fading. This light blue softcover booklet contains 30 French folk songs for four voices, with piano accompaniment. The booklet measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 32 pages. All songs are in… Read more about this item