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Grossman Publishers / Viking Press: NY, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author Tony Palmer on the flyleaf and inscribed to Rudi Blesh. Quarto, 11" tall, 323 pages with intertextual illustrations throughout, red cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, but paper slightly yellowed. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

Harvard University Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issued) . Signed by music critic Rudi Blesh on the front end paper. Octavo, 9 2/3" tall, 501 pages, gilt titles on green cloth. A very good, generally clean, neat hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, binding solid, paper clean and moderately yellowed. Without dust jacket.

Geneva, Switzerland: Societas Bibliographica, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. Two volumes, complete as issued--first published in 1943, this printing revised 1955. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, vol. 1 : xxv + 340 pages (680 columns compiled in 340 pages), --with approximately 360 additional blank pages inter-leafed; vol. 2: 340 pages (760 columns compiled in 380 pages)--with approximately 380 additional blank pages inter-leafed; gilt spine titles on red cloth. A very good, clean, neat and sturdy hard cover over all, with minor wear and rubbing to the cover, hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed, with slight soiling to the exterior fore-edges. Volume two has been annotated with addition entries by hand on many of the blank pages and beginning with the year 1899, many printed entries have been 'boxed' in red pencil and additional information penciled in--all apparent corrections to the text.

Birmingham, England: S. S. Stratton, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, ii + 462 + [1] pages, gilt titles, black (or very dark blue cloth). A good, clean hardcover first edition overall; interior very good, clean, hinges and binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed but with foxing to the endpapers and with the previous owner's inscription (from 1897) on the front endpaper; cover is worn, with fore-corner tips through to boards, spine cloth frayed and starting to chip at the upper edges, and cloth along backstrip sunned to brown color, gilt titles still bright.

Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy; Chicago, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Without dust jacket (if issue. A rare copy of this original publication of "The Birthday Song." Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xvi + 79 pages, gilt titles on black cloth. A good plus, sturdy hard cover overall with moderate shelf wear, corners rubbed, bottom fore-corner tips worn through to boards, spine cloth frayed at top and bottom edges, cloth lightly finger soiled, interior very good, hinges and binding solid, paper clean and moderately yellowed. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper and additional notations penned on a rear flyleaf dated June 1, 1894. Includes many other children's songs including 'As I walked over the hills one day', 'Bye baby! night is come', 'Do you hear the sound of rain', 'Merry little snow flakes', 'Rub, scrub, rub-a-dub-dub', etc. The 1893 first edition with the all-time most popular tune for 'Happy Birthday',… Read More

Arrow Editions: NY, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Good. With the signature of former owner, Rudi Blesh on the front endpaper and his marginal annotations scattered throughout. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 234 pages, black cloth. A very good, and otherwise generally clean, neat original hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding tight, but paper moderately yellowed. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, with a significant 2 x 4" chip from the back panel, chipping to the flap fold edges and top and bottom of back strip, moderately soiled and with the original price torn away.

R. -A. Correa: Paris, 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Good. French text. Sold as a good original reading copy only. "Il A Et Tire a Part de Cet Ouvrage 60 Examplairs sur Lafuma, Numerotes de l a 60." Octavo, 9" tall, xvii + 432 pages + black and white plates, stiff illustrated wraps. A good, sturdy soft cover with moderate shelf wear overall, minor exterior soiling and foxing, slight cover edge chipping binding tight, BUT paper significantly yellowed though many pages unopened. Rare and thus still expensive.

British Library, 1970. First edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. l2 volumes oblong folio in slipcase. Volume I: Facsimile; Volume II: Transcription. In near fine condition with light shelf wear, clean with very slight soiling to the fore-edges, binding tight, paper cream white. Slipcase in very good condition with minor shelf wear

Macmillan Company; NY, 1941. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good minus/good. Small quarto, 9 1/2" tall, xxxiv + 416 pages, red titles on gray cloth. A very good, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, but yellowing (foxing) to the exterior margins and the effects of New York City soot on the dust jacket and fore-edges, binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed, with foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges, and with the name of a previous owner (musicologist Rudi Blesh) on the front endpaper. In a good, moderately worn dust jacket with the original price present, but somewhat soiled by that city soot. Because of the larger size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage depending on destination.

University of Georgia Press, 1990-10-01. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xxxix + 632 pages, gilt spine titles on green cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket. Because of size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage,

Creative Age Press: NY, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/good minus. Small quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xxxii + 256 pages, illustrated endpapers, red and white titles on black cloth with a vignette black and white photo. A very good minus, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, rubbing to the extemities with two cornere tips through to boards, binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed, with foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges and the effects of New York City soot visible, with the name of a previous owner (musicologist Rudi Blesh) on the front endpaper. In a good minus, considerably worn dust jacket, somewhat soiled by that city soot, with chipping at all edges and moisture staining to the lower edges, (all quite visible on the blank reverse) with the original price present. Because of the larger size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage depending on destination.

G. Schirmer: New York, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket (as issued). This copy has a gift 'Christmas Greetings' Yaddo bookplate from Katrina Trask, co-founder of Yaddo, and a small color 'decal' illustration of an eastern blue bird on the front endpaper. Quarto, 10 2/3" tall, xxv + 170 pages + plate pages, black titles and decorations on beige cloth. A good, hard cover first edition cover with moderate shelf wear, BUT spine cloth split 1 1/2" at the heel, fore-corner tips rubbed, and with exterior (city soot) soiling, binding solid, paper generally clean but moderately yellowed.