The Lament of the Irish Emigrant by Mrs. Price Blackwood, music by Wllliam R. Dempster - 1843

Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1824. Very Good. Violoncello part only. 6 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. No date of printing, but the composer's opus X appeared in 1821 and he died in 1824. Contents: Deus in adjutorium -- I. Psalm -- II. Psalm -- III. Psalm -- Hymnus -- Magnificat -- I. Antiphon: Alma redemtoris -- II. Antiphon: Ave regina -- III. Antiphon: Regina coeli -- IV. Antiphon: Salve Regina. Old repair to fore-edge of 2nd leaf, not impacting printing. In Very Good Condition: disbound; 1st and 2nd leaves (conjugate) are partially separated; 3rd leaf remains glued to 2nd leaf; 1st leaf lightly creased along gutter; light soiling; otherwise clean and solid.

Randall Thompson, Book and Music. Solomon and Balkis (The Butterfly That Stamped) Opera in One Act. Boston, Mass.: E. C. Schirmer Music Co., c. 1942. Plate Number E.C.S. No. 1320. Wraps, Quarto 12 x 9 in., 87 pp. + ads. Very Good, (a bit of sunning on the edges of the wraps, else fine). Vocal Score. Errata slip tipped in. Libretto adapted from "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling. "The first performance of the music of Solomon and Balkis was given under the auspices of the Columbia Workshop, James H, Fassett, Musical Director, over WABC and affiliated stations, . . . on Sunday, March 29, 1942, Howard Barlow conducted the Columbia Concert Orchestra." Eileen Farrell sang the role of the Egyptian Queen. "The Butterfly, when he stamps, causing Solomon's own castle to crumble at the sound, makes a noise like a small darning needle."

133 pp. Ads on back leaf. Slight wear to edges and top and bottom of spine, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in., The "1999" on the lower left is not a date. Other longer digits appear there in other exemplars; this seems to me to be the original 1946/7 issue, but I am unable to verify. Book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy. Crawford Music Corporation, c1947. Made in England. Vocal Score. Pictorial wraps, illus, Don Freeman. Laid in a program from November 14-18, 1956, for a production at Brown University by "Sock and Buskin," a student theater group, at the Faunce House Theater. The musical was performed on several campuses in 1956, having been revived on Broadway in 1955. Also laid in, an article by E. Y. Harburg, "The Bridge That Spans the Galaxy," clipped from an unidentified source. There Harburg says, "The merry, light-hearted handling of all these problems by the dancing, singing leprechauns and pixie people, make us long wistfully for a Congress of just such characters in Washington, D.C."

224 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, beige covers with brown lettering, no title on spine, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very Good, perhaps slightly tilted spine. Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, and George Forrest. Song of Norway: An operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg. Musical adaptation and Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Milton Lazurus from a play by Homer Curran. Orchestral and Choral Arrangements and Musical Direction by Arthur Kay. Choreography and Sing Ensembles sated by George Balanchine. Produced by Edwin Lester. New York, N.Y., RKO Building – Rockefeller Center: Chappell & Co., Inc., c.1951. Plate 40549. Made in England. First performed in the Imperial Theatre, New York, August 21st, 1944, by The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera.

236 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, blue covers with red ink, also printed on spine. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Near fine, with a little sunning to spine. Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner. Camelot. New York 17, N.Y. 609 Fifth Avenue: Chappell & Co., Inc. with Alfred Productions, Inc., c1962. Plate 5384-232. First performed on December 3, 1960 at the Majestic Theatre, New York City with Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and Roddy McDowell. "Story of Camelot, "from a May, 1968, publication laid in. Also laid in, a program, 8.5 x 11 in., starring Kathryn Grayson, William Squire, and Arthur Treacher (ca. 1962-63), with decorative credits page, bios, b&w and some color photos.

Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1824. Very Good. Violoncello part only. 6 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. No date of printing, but the composer's opus X appeared in 1821 and he died in 1824. Contents: Deus in adjutorium -- I. Psalm -- II. Psalm -- III. Psalm -- Hymnus -- Magnificat -- I. Antiphon: Alma redemtoris -- II. Antiphon: Ave regina -- III. Antiphon: Regina coeli -- IV. Antiphon: Salve Regina. Old repair to fore-edge of 2nd leaf, not impacting printing. In Very Good Condition: disbound; 1st and 2nd leaves (conjugate) are partially separated; 3rd leaf remains glued to 2nd leaf; 1st leaf lightly creased along gutter; light soiling; otherwise clean and solid.

Randall Thompson, Book and Music. Solomon and Balkis (The Butterfly That Stamped) Opera in One Act. Boston, Mass.: E. C. Schirmer Music Co., c. 1942. Plate Number E.C.S. No. 1320. Wraps, Quarto 12 x 9 in., 87 pp. + ads. Very Good, (a bit of sunning on the edges of the wraps, else fine). Vocal Score. Errata slip tipped in. Libretto adapted from "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling. "The first performance of the music of Solomon and Balkis was given under the auspices of the Columbia Workshop, James H, Fassett, Musical Director, over WABC and affiliated stations, . . . on Sunday, March 29, 1942, Howard Barlow conducted the Columbia Concert Orchestra." Eileen Farrell sang the role of the Egyptian Queen. "The Butterfly, when he stamps, causing Solomon's own castle to crumble at the sound, makes a noise like a small darning needle."

133 pp. Ads on back leaf. Slight wear to edges and top and bottom of spine, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in., The "1999" on the lower left is not a date. Other longer digits appear there in other exemplars; this seems to me to be the original 1946/7 issue, but I am unable to verify. Book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy. Crawford Music Corporation, c1947. Made in England. Vocal Score. Pictorial wraps, illus, Don Freeman. Laid in a program from November 14-18, 1956, for a production at Brown University by "Sock and Buskin," a student theater group, at the Faunce House Theater. The musical was performed on several campuses in 1956, having been revived on Broadway in 1955. Also laid in, an article by E. Y. Harburg, "The Bridge That Spans the Galaxy," clipped from an unidentified source. There Harburg says, "The merry, light-hearted handling of all these problems by the dancing, singing leprechauns and pixie people, make us long wistfully for a Congress of just such characters in Washington, D.C."

224 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, beige covers with brown lettering, no title on spine, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very Good, perhaps slightly tilted spine. Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, and George Forrest. Song of Norway: An operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg. Musical adaptation and Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Milton Lazurus from a play by Homer Curran. Orchestral and Choral Arrangements and Musical Direction by Arthur Kay. Choreography and Sing Ensembles sated by George Balanchine. Produced by Edwin Lester. New York, N.Y., RKO Building – Rockefeller Center: Chappell & Co., Inc., c.1951. Plate 40549. Made in England. First performed in the Imperial Theatre, New York, August 21st, 1944, by The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera.

236 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, blue covers with red ink, also printed on spine. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Near fine, with a little sunning to spine. Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner. Camelot. New York 17, N.Y. 609 Fifth Avenue: Chappell & Co., Inc. with Alfred Productions, Inc., c1962. Plate 5384-232. First performed on December 3, 1960 at the Majestic Theatre, New York City with Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and Roddy McDowell. "Story of Camelot, "from a May, 1968, publication laid in. Also laid in, a program, 8.5 x 11 in., starring Kathryn Grayson, William Squire, and Arthur Treacher (ca. 1962-63), with decorative credits page, bios, b&w and some color photos.