Music

Wien: Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo [PN P.M. No. 2772], 1836. Oblong folio. Disbound. 1f. (title), 3-11 pp. Engraved. Decorative title with dedicatee's coat of arms. Trimmed; slightly dampstained. First Edition. Weinmann Mechetti catalog p. 70.

New York: Charles F. Tretbar. Very Good+. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. Clean reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering and black ornamental border. Text tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W instruments. Collect and repair instruments and learn the original method of playing them. Endpapers age toned. Music, Musical Instruments; B/W Illus.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 170 pages; Signed by Author .

New York, New York: G. Schirmer. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1915. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 168 pages: 5.25 x 7.75 in.: 1.2: KB#010449: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. First edition of the author's first book. No Dustjacket. Full purple cloth boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name at top of front flyleaf - else would have considered this copy in Fine Condition), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Book has large clean titles label on front board and small label (very slightly age toned) on spine. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Book contains eight essays including: 'Music After the Great War', 'Music for Museums?', 'The Secret of the Russian Ballet', 'Igor Strawinsky: A New Composer', 'Massenet and Women', 'Stage Decoration as a Fine Art', and 'Adolphe Appia and Gordon Craig'. .

New York: Columbia University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean grey paper covered boards. Silver title on spine. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with drawings, b/w photographs and a facsimile. VG+ dust jacket has a small top edge crease. A great pianist and composer. A virtuoso of the pen. Music, Pianist, Composer, ; B/W Photograph & Drawing Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 446 pages .

Selingrove, PA.: Click! Publishing., 1992. Stated First Edition. Inside cover signed by Alan Green (musical director for Davy Jones of The Monkees for twelve years) and free-end-paper signed by Jones. Inside cover has a sticker inditcating "Special Limited Edition. #754 of the First 2,500 Printed." Book is in beautiful shape with bright illustrations and graphic designs throughout. Very minimal wear to dust. jacket. Tight and bright copy of this signed book. . Signed by Both Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. 8vo - 9¾" Square. Limited.

SIGNED IN PERSON BY BRIAN at Grimey's in Nashville! Includes a photo from the event. Brand new, never played, gift quality condition. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

Lyons Press, 2012. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x0x9. Signed. HARDCOVER SIGNED BY OLIVIA and PROFESSIONALLY AUTHENTICATED by PSA/DNA. Also briefly inscribed to Sandra as shown. A lovely and scarce hardcover first printing in VG+ condition with a pristine interior but mild bumping on the extremities. Issued with a decorative cover in lieu of DJ. VERY scarce with certified signature! Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Bk 3, signed by author.

London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd./Doubleday Page & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arthur Rackham. 160pp, 34 plates with captioned tisue-guards. Grey cloth, black lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, spine faded and mottled and very readable, contents age-toned, all Rackham plates are very sound, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

[xii], 159 pp. Corrigenda laid in. 1 of 500 copies. Fine, with no markings. Theodorakis sketched this out while in exile on the island of Icaria, in the late 1940s, Rallou Manou created and danced the principal role, with scenery by Spiros Vasiliou. It became quite popular and was performed many times in the 1950s. In 1988 the composer used this work in part for a ballet, Zorbas. After an introduction, Carnaval spins out a ten dance musical suite.

New York: Vienna House [0-8443-0063-2] 1973. (Hardcover boxed set) 317, 342, 332, 439pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Green cloth in near fine slipcase. Photographs, indices. A small chip to the opening of the slipcase. Vol. 1 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 2 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 3 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 4 London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno Di Bassetto (Later Known As Brenard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars. (Music).

This listing is for a 1971 Coal Miner's Daughter vinyl album SIGNED by both Loretta Lynn and her sister Crystal Gayle. Condition is very good overall and the album presents quite nicely but please note there are thumbtack hole in each of the four corners.

Choix de Chansons compiled by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde

J. Lemonnyer Bookseller in Rouen, 1881, Quarto, 2 ff + 150 + (3) pages. Volumes 3 & 4 of the reprint on Vergé paper of the superb 1773 edition of a selection of songs with scores by Jean Benjamin de Laborde (1734-1794) familiar with Louis XV and the Du Barry. For Volume 1, De Laborde had begun the illustrations with Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814), but he collaborated with Le Bouteux, Le Barbier and Saint-Quentin for the other 3 volumes. In addition to the front cover and the title page, there is a frontispiece in this volume (bound after the title page), and 25 intaglio engravings by Le Bouteux, Le Barbier and Saint-Quentin.

Condition: The two books were clearly damaged in a fire. The boards are in poor condition, and the edges are singed. There is some staining around the margins of some of the pages- more in Vol. 3 than Vol. 4. - but many other pages show little or no damage. Please see the photos...

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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, 1995. Spiral . Very Good. Notes Through Out. In Very Good Used Condition. With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Vintage 1995 Perfect For The Older Beginner (Aged Nine And Up), This Well-Paced, Three-Volume Series Is A Thorough Introduction To Basic, Intermediate, And Advanced Rudiments. Throughout The Series, Concepts Are Reinforced Through A Guided Analysis Of Actual Music Examples. Concise Instructions And Explanations Make These Workbooks Appropriate For College And University Students As Well.

1983. Very Rare Title - This is a 1983 2nd edition, revised from a 1977 hardcover edition which included two additional co-authors: Tony Manno (who died before publication of the book) and Mancel Warrick (father of Dionne and Dee Dee, who died in 1977, after the publication of the first edition.) It appears to be a Private Press publication. 8vo size stapled binding with inside covers the equivalent of dust jacket flaps; 101 pages with many pages of sheet music. The author and previous co-authors appear in photographs on inside back cover. Author photograph and biography are on back cover. From inside front cover: "(This book) discusses the history and musical forms of gospel music, beginning with the spirituals of slave days, and branching out into folksongs, jubilees, hymns, anthems, and other forms which culminate in the religious gospel and pop-gospel music known today. It deals in depth with the techniques of all these musicological forms, and provides numerous examples of each,… Read More

Hal Leonard, 1998-05-31. paperback. Good. 9x0x12. Unmarked, text appears free of highlighting, underlining and writing. Corner bumping, some page tips show bumping/tip creasing. Softcover book, cover shows a bit of creasing, several scratches, some edge, corner and shelf wear from regular use. Binding is solid. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. 1998. Hal Leonard. Ships quickly and with care.