Classical Music from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Festival, 1987. Limited Edition, one of an unnumbered edition. Published in conjunction with an event held at the Los Angeles Festival on September 5, 1987, honoring Cage on his 75th birthday. INSCRIBED by John Cage on the title page: "for Ben Latting / John Cage." Laid in with the booklet is a program for the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced musical film. A young nun from a small European village runs away with a traveling Romani acrobat in hopes of seeing a performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Screenwriter Leslie Bricusse was best known as a composer and lyricist for musical films in the late 1960s and 1970s, including "Doctor… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Three vintage photographs of director Werner Herzog, taken by noted jazz photographer Jeffrey Kliman during choir rehearsals for his staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser," held at The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore in March, 2000. These prints are unique, struck from the original negative by the photographer. Full provenance available. 8 x 10… Read more about this item

Berlin: A. Rogall, 1932. Folio. Limited Edition, one of 100 numbered copies (this being No. 27) SIGNED by illustrator Rafaello Busoni. Text and titles in German. Comprises the libretto of "Arlecchino," a one-act opera composed by Ferruccio Busoni in 1913, and originally performed at the Zürich Opera House in 1917. Lithograph illustrations throughout by Busoni's son Rafaello.… Read more about this item

N.p.: PBS, 1983. Vintage reference publicity photograph of noted ballerina Vera Zorina, in three separate poses, from the 1983 television episode, which originally aired on February 14 on PBS. With a descriptive promo sheet affixed to the verso, as issued. This episode of "Great Performances" featured dancers performing three pieces choreographed by George Balanchine, to the works… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage borderless double weight photograph, circa the late 1950s, depicting world renowned Spanish cellist and composer Pablo Casals playing the cello, while his wife Marta looks on in the background. Rubber stamps for photographer Helene Jeanbrau, the Dalmas Photography Agency, and the International Magazine Service, with light manuscript annotations in pencil and blue pencil on the… Read more about this item

Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1968. First printing of this edition, and first edition in English. A brief but intense study of Messiaen's organ music, aimed at an advanced audience, with illustrations of staves throughout. Small octavo. Small, neat owner name on the front wrapper (and again on the second leaf, containing the preface), else easily Very Good plus… Read more about this item

Redding, CT: Charles Ives, 1922. First Edition. First Edition. Second issue, in publisher's blue cloth with titles and rule in gilt on the front board and spine, and with pages 37-39 printed, and no dust jacket as issued. Fine condition. A collection of avant-garde short pieces in every imaginable format (marches, violin sonatas, group sing-a-longs, etc.) written… Read more about this item

Redding, CT: C.E. Ives, 1922. First Edition. First Edition. A self-published volume of songs by Charles Ives, selected from a volume published earlier the same year, titled "114 Songs." Like "114 Songs," this was printed for distribution among the composer's friends, and judging from the small number of copies in world libraries (OCLC locates 12 libraries with copies, whereas… Read more about this item

New York: Soho News, 1981. Original poster for a performance by Steve Reich and Musicians, Philip Glass, Sun Ra, John Ashbery, Paul Jacobs, and others on May 27, 1981. An important moment for modern classical music. This concert coincided with the unveiling of a new music programming policy at New York's WNYC, at that time the "broadest… Read more about this item