Beatles '64 A Hard Day's Night in America by Rayl, A.J.S.; Gunther, Curt - 1989

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rinehart & Co., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard cover, chartreuse boards with black lettering on spine. Some edgewear on boards and spine and very few light stains with discoloration on front and back edges, Very Good - . Former owner's name printed inside front cover, covered by DJ flap. Binding tight. Dust jacket Good has some edgewear with small chips, tear and wrinkles. Mylar protection.156 pages. Pages slightly yellowed but clean. B&W photo illustrations. Not stated but assumed first edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/SONGWRITER on free front page in black ink "HOAGY CARMICHAEL". Large signature. Newspaper articles dated 1981 of his obituary included with book. The songwriter tells his life story including his close friendship with Bix Beiderbecke and many other jazz greats. Author wrote the greatest popular song of the 20th Century - Star Dust. Extremely rare and much sought after Signed First Edition..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard cover, black cloth boards with yellow/green lettering on spine, Very Good. Some edgewear on corners of boards and spine and small discoloration on back. Boards show some overall wear. Binding tight with just a very little give. Pages slightly yellowed but clean. 394 pages. Dust jacket, Good, is protected by mylar cover and is price clipped. DJ has edgewear and several open tears on edges of both front and back boards, spine and front and back flaps. Dj has a light brown water stain on top and bottom of back as well as on top of front and back flaps. Vintage SIGNED bookplate by author in blue ink "ARTIE SHAW" affixed to free front page. Bookplate reads "Ex Libris Best Wishes from the Author" . Previous owner's stamp and light signature appears above bookplate. Previous owner's signature appears on second half-title page after book foreward. Note from previous… Read More

Gloucester: Gloucester: printed by D.Walker, for Cadell and Davies, London, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xv,278, [1]pp. In original mottled half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered leather spine label to second compartment, binders ticket and early engraved ownership label to front pastedown, a very clean copy of this first edition.

152 pp. Vocal Score. Wraps, quarto, 12 x 9 in., Very good, slight wear to edges with some light abrasion to front, else with a fine interior. Stephen Sondheim. (Music & Lyrics) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, based on the plays of Plautus. New York, NY: Burthen Music Company, Inc., 1964. Plate 5542-148. A typed sheet with the lyrics of "Love is going around," which was cut from the show, laid in with an incipit of the song in pencil also laid in.

Wallishauffer, Wien.,1833. FIRST EDITION. Gatherings unopened. Some pages a bit browned but overall very good in original publishers printed wraps, small stamps to covers.Some light creasing to wraps but still a very good copy of this fragile item. Housed in cloth folder with the bookplate of Hans Brukner (dated 1906).:

Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN T.H. 6706], 1834. Oblong folio. Unbound as issued. 1f. (title), 1-8 pp. Engraved. Decorative title with dedicatee's coat of arms. With Fischer overpaste. Minor dampstaining. First Edition. Weinmann, p. 15. Schonherr & Reinöhl, pp. 99-101. Composed following Strauss's visit to Hungary in 1833.

Editions de l'Amitié/G.-T. Rageot/A.Damidot, 1947. Book. Illus. by Maurice Albe. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In-4, broché, Très Bon Etat, un de six cents exemplaires sur papier pur chiffon Annonay, 1634 de papeteries Johannot, ex.no. 332.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harms, 1931. Sheet music. Good. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original sheet music of the hit song SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the cover in fountain pen by Singer-Actor-Composer-Bandleader RUSS COLUMBO "To Paul, with sincere appreciation, Russ" Bottom of cover has small name stamp of previous owner, and pencil notation of "1931" otherwise in Good condition. Columbo died young under mysterious circumstances. Rare one of a kind item..