Search Results: Musicology from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

New York: G. Schirmer, 1903. Translated by Dr. Th. Baker. Illustrated by music notation. later printing of 3rd revised edition. c.1898, G. Shirmer, 10978. Original burgundy blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped spine and topboard. 8vo. pp. 323. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of edgewear to binding. Copy and ink signature of Edith Roberts (1899-1935, Mrs. Harold Carter), child Vaudeville performer and later silent film actress from NYC. Blank period postcard (Napoli: Ediz. Salvatore Simeoli) of Florestano Rossomandi (1857-1933, Italian pianist and composer) laid in. Small bookseller ticket: Boston Music Co. Preface to the second edition by Theodor Kullak (1876) and Bischoff second (1879) and third (1889) editor prefaces..

New York: Public Affairs (Perseus Books Group), (2003). Illustrated by b&w photographs, reproductions. 5th printing (N) of first edition. Black Cloth, line deckle fore-edge. 8vo. pp. xxv, 323, [1] About Press. Glossary, Recordings, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. New York Times (2003) assisting managing editor and amateur pipe organist. First comprehensive history of American manufacturers and performers, with organ types (including monarch). ISBN: 9781586481735..

Haarlem (and) La Haye: Les HŽritiers Loosjes (and) Marinus Nijhoff, 1929 & 1930. Illustrated by b/w text illustrations, plates. First thus edition. 2 volumes. Original printed wraps, uncut & unopened. 8vo (24.5cm). pp. 72; 73-132. Very Good. Covers soiled (one small corner chip), most sections unopened with some edge darkening. Text in Dutch, French, English. Contents (note though there are other important articles, this selection is gouped for music): (F1) Sur l'accoustique des salles, des instruments de musique et de la voix humaine with 37 figures & plates; Sur la Forme d'un RŽflecteur du Son with 4 figures; On the construction of sound reflectors (1 figure); Measurements on the acoustic efficiency of specially designed sound reflectors (with 3 plates, 11 figures); Krachten en Bewegingen (Forces and Movement) with 54 figures. Early works of Adriann Daniel Fokker (from physics to music; or, expanding 12 tones to 31!). [Fokker wrote short pieces under pseud. Arie de… Read More

New York: Vantage Press, (1970). Stated first edition. Clay cloth. 8vo. pp. 76. Bibliography. Near Fine/Very Good+/Unclipped price in mylar. Jacket has light soil and rubbing..

New York: Irving Squire, (1908). Edited by W. L. (William Lines) Hubbard. Illustrated by 8/9 plates volume 1 (missing frontis), 9 plates volume 2. 2 volumes. Original red cloth, gilt print spine, teg. Royal 8vo. pp. [x], 511; [x] 509. VG/No jacket. Edge and cap wear, rear dampstain (vol.2), (ink owner), o/w internally NF. Two of 12 issued volumes with music biographies complete through early 1900's. (Post quoted for destination)..

New York: Irving Squire, (1908). Edited by Arthur Foote. Illustrated by color frontis and 8 (tissue-printed) plates. Original red cloth, gilt print spine, teg. Royal 8vo. pp. [x], 358. Bibliography. VG/No jacket. Edge and cap wear, joint starting, top stain, (ink owner). Introductions by W.L. Hubbard, Emil Leibling and W. J. Henderson. One of twelve issued volumes..

Durham & London: Duke University Press, 1990. Edited by Peter Williams. Illustrated by music notation, facsimiles. First (SD) edition. Sources of Music and Their Interpretation, Duke Studies in Music. Gray cloth. 8vo. pp. xiv, 139, [1]. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Fine/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Dedicated to Christoph Wolff; on the third organ collection and new date findings. ISBN: 0822310090..

New York: Oxford University Press, (1989). Illustrated by pp. [16] b/w photos at pp. 140. First printing and edition. Cloth backed boards. 8vo. pp. xii, [3], 404. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Very Good/Near Fine/No price in mylar. Exlib marks: rubber withdrawn stamp ffep, removed rear pockets, and 4 tape marks to boards..

New York: Pantheon (Random House), (2003). Illustrated by b/w text photos and reproductions. Stated First (&N1) edition. Publisher Review Slip laid in (6/3/2003). First Book. Clay boards. Royal 8vo. pp. xiv, 498. Notes, Bibliography, Index, Acknowledgements. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Comprehensive analysis of African-American popular music, 1965-2001..

Exeter: James G. Commin, 1915. Illustrated by 19 numbered b/w plates (collated). First edition. Bookplate of Margot and Roy Mugford of Topsham. Green cloth. Super Royal 8vo (25cm). pp. iv, 36. Very Good. Punctures to rear board and spine affecting several page edges, not text. Intended as companion volume to The Figure Sculpture of the West Front of Exeter Cathedral Church..

London & Edinburgh: Canterbury Press, (1952). Illustrated by Custard port frontis, music notation in appendix, McLaren jacket sketch. First edition. Red cloth. 8vo. pp. 152. Appendices, Index. Near Fine/Very Good+/Unclipped price in mylar. Jacket has light rubbing and soil with one short rear tear..

Hialeah, FL: Columbia Pictures Publications/PR Studio Publications, 1978. Illustrated by cover maze and one line drawing. First edition. SB37. Stapled card wraps. 4to. pp. 20. Near Fine. Faint cover crease. High, middle, low and total breath, with and without instrument techniques, puffed cheeks, hyperventilation, embouchure rejuvenation, vibrato, tonguing, breathing in extreme registers..

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. cloth. 8vo. pp. xi, 868. VG/No jacket. Faded spine, light edgewear..

New York: Abingdon Press, 1931. Illustrated by b/w frontis (1660 copy) Huguenot Psalter, (instrument) drawings of Theodore Kerg. First edition. Brown 'suede' cloth, gilt spine, decorated top in black and gilt. Crown 8vo. pp. 183. Near Fine/No jacket. Several dots of stain at spine. Eleven essays on author concept of title, ranging from sacred music, commentary on six composers, his copy of Huguenot Psalter, and A New Problem In Music, the radio (humor)..

London: William Reeves (New Temple Press), n.d. Illustrated by b/w frontis, several line drawings. Reprint edition. Paper covered boards. 16mo (16,5cm). pp. 111, [1] ad. Near Fine. Top edge has partially concealed price, small bookseller ticket..

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1966. Illustrated by bw photographs and music notation. First edition. Tan cloth. 8vo. pp. xii, 404. VG/No jacket. Edgewear, sunning to edges, ink owner fep..

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Lafayete Place, (1886). Stated Tenth edition. (c.April 22, 1886, first issue of 3,000 copies; Second revised edition September 15, 1886 added American chronology and made corrections to "Source of Wonder and Delight"). Original green linen, gilt print spine. Royal 8vo. pp. [1] blank, [1] Ad, vii, [1] blank, [1] Preface to Second Edition, [1] blank, 675, [3] blank. Chronological table (including American Hymn-writers), Index of Authors, Index of Hymns, (annotated or mentioned including Latin, German, French, Danish, Greek and appendix to hymn lines), Topical Index . Near Fine. Traces of wear to caps and topboard edge. Blank presentation plate of The Hartford Theological Seminary on front pastedown. Includes two author poems: Laus Perinnis pp. iv (October 1885) and Joy in Exile pp. 666. Biographical sketches of authors and hymns, no musical notation. Publisher anomoly, as no consistent statements of firsts were indicated prior to 1929. This is probably a… Read More

New York: Edison Co, 1928. Illustrated by Leslie Crump (cover); b&w ports and reproductions throughout. First edition. Illustrated stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 60. Near Fine. Traces of wear. Composers of weekly radio broadcasts on rear cover (pictured). "From 8 July 1925 onward, advertisements begin to appear for the New York Edison Hour, an hour-long program on WJZ featuring the Edison Ensemble, under the direction of Bonime. The show's format was essentially a short orchestral concert program, frequently 17 Olin Downes, "Music: Mischa Elman Returns," New York Times, 15 October 1928. In his biography of Elman, Allan Kozinn states that Bonime and Elman worked together from 1920 through 1928, at which time Marcel van Gool became Elman's regular accompanist. In the last several years of their partnership, however, Elman began devoting more energy to his string quartet and only performed with Bonime on several recordings." Rika Asai 2011. Scarce program catalog..

Paris: Librairie Firschbacher, 1929. First edition. Original wraps. 8vo. pp. 74, [2]. Very Good. Tonned covers, caps chipped..

[Vermont]: Estey Organ Works (Forbes Co.), nd [ca. 1893]. Illustrated by chromolithograph trade card. unspecified edition. American trade card. 12.5x7.5cm. pp. [2]. Near Fine. Promotional card from Estey Organ Works in Brattleboro, VT, established in 1846. The company produced approximately 520,000 reed organs and 320,00 pump organs by 1955 and had piano production in New York until 1960. The Church Phonorium was their largest and most complex reed organ in N84 and O86 styles with 2 extra stops in the later (8 Trumpet & 8 Gamba). Only several are in existence today..