Music Books

Harvard Univ. Press 1944. x & 824pp. (Size. Approx. 9½' x 6¼') Very light rub marks on cover edges. Very good. No dj. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Dover (1967). Translated by Nary Stewart Evans. New Introduction and Notes by Julia Sutton. And a New Labanotation Section by Mireille Backer and Julia Sutton. ISBN> 0-486-21745-0. 266pp plus ads. Old price tag on verso of rear cover. Small label shadow on cover. First published in 1589. Describes 16th century dances and dance music. Little wear to outside cover corners. else a very good copy. Musicakl notation, Dance figures. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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Macmillan (1975). ISBN: 0-02-504500-8. Foster's songs in context. xxiv & 420pp. Index. Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. Very good dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Prentice-Hall (16th printing. March 1949). Smooth paper. ix & 396pp. Light underlining on several pages. Good. Illustrations and musical notations. 8vo.. (more information)

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Simon and Schuster 1949. xxiii & 596pp. Slick paper. Tattered and torn dj remnants laid-in. In two parts: Outline History of Opera/ The Stories of the Operas (arranged by title.). Very good copy. IllustrationsHendrickson, Robert. Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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A Scarborough Book/ Stein & Day (1981). xiii & 253pp including bibliography, discography, index. Recommended by Minnie Pearl. Photo portrait of Hank Williams (1923-1953), with Audrey Williams and the Drifting Cowboys on rear cover. Very good. Photo illustrations. 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Phoenix House London (1955). 256pp. Foxing on foredge. Very slight wave in some pages. Great variety of lyrics are quoted. Good, clean, tight copy. Illustrations: Fronts of Music Covers. 1st printing. Cloth. Chipped dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Norton (1942). 387pp. Faded spine. Nick and minor wear to head of spine. Good. no dj. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Franklin Watts 1989. Small red dots on top and bottom edges. xv & 335pp Updated and expanded edition. Originally published in paperback in 1979 by Anchor Books. 1st printing thus. Original American troubadour--Phil Ochs (1940-1976). Near fine. Photo illustrations. Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Grove Press/ Evergreen Book (1980). Pictures of Lennon on cover. (Size. Approx. 10' x 8'. 192pp.) Small label shadow on cover. Included: Lennon's Chronology, Discography, Selected Bibliography. Small curl on cover foredge. Two parts: The Man, The Magic. Very good. Illustrations. Revised. Stiff wraps. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Bonanza (1965). viii & 280pp. Slight change in color tone of paper. Foreword by Dizy Gillespie. In four oarts: The Sources/ The Instruments, The Sounds, the Performers/ Its Nature/ Its Future. Good. No dust jacket. Reprint. Cloth. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Published by the Association Pittsburgh 1942. One very light two word note on Contents page. Crease and small nick to foredge of one page. Short address by Edwin Hughes, President, National Music Council, titled 'The National Music Council and the War.' gives his organization's response to the just iniated war a few weeks before on December 7. 499pp. Plain brown wrap with chipped edges for dust jacket. Contains papers and addressEs given at meeting, reports of standing committees and of secretary and treasurer. Paper by Alan Lomax on folk music in radio broadcasts. Excellent papers on serious concerns of professional musicians. Very good. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Published by the Association Pittsburgh 1940. 520pp. Folded flyer issues by Association laid-in. Contains papers and addressEs given at meeting, reports of standing committees and of secretary and treasurer. Paper by Dr Earl V. Moore on WPA music program. Excellent papers on serious concerns of professional musicians. Near fine. No dj. Frontis of Karl Wilson Gehrkens. A few illustrations and diagrams. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Morrow 1973. Light bump to bottom outside corners. Bump to upper edge of rear cover. A little soil outside. 333pp. Popular American singer. Good. No dj. Photo illustrations. Book Club. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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St Martin's Press (1978). (Size approx. 9¼' x 6¾') xv & 236pp. 'An inside look at the lives and music of Nashville's finest.'. Near fine. Illustrations. Cloth. Slighlty torn dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Crown (1939). Foreword by Frederick Hobbs. Soil marked outside. Head and foot of spine chipped. Rubs to cover corners. 10 operas--dialogue & lyrics: Gondoliers/ Pirates of Penzance/ Iolanthe/ H.M.S. Pinafore/ Mikado/ Yeomen of the Guards/ Ruddigore/ Princess Ida/ Patience/ Trial by Jury. Slight aging of paper. (Size: 10¼' high x 6¾' wide). Good. No dj. 'Bab' Illustrations drawn by Gilbert. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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William Morrow )1988). ISBN: o-688-04721-1. 2nd printing. 719pp. 'endless succession of maasks' Describing Lennon in all his complexity. Near fine. Illustrations. Hardback. Fine dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Henry Holt (1940). x & 303pp. Very good. Illustrations. Frontis of Ravel. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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Columbia University Press (5th printing. 1958). Slight change in color of paper. Light shelfwear outside. xii & 711pp. A little underlining and marginal marks and notes. In five parts: Music and Drama to End of the 16th Century/ Renaissance and Baroque Opera/ The 18th Century/ Romantic Opera/ From Romanticism to Modern. Good. No dj. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Black Cat Booki/ Grove Press (1st Black Cat edition: 1961). Translated from the French by David Noakes. (Size. Approx. 7 x 4 inches) 295pp plus preliminary pages. Paper aged brown. Recommended by Wilder Hobson and Charles Edward Smith. Good. Paperback. 12mo.. (more information)

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Viking Press (1982). xiii+ & 202+pp. Light bump to rear outside corner.(Size: 9¼' tall x 7½' wide). Very good. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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Flash Books NY (1976). A few short light creases at spine. Two small label shadows on cover. Solo superstar and former lead singer of Matt the Hoople. Cover illustrations. Smooth heavy paper. 104pp. 'Strips away the glittering facade of the pop scene and lays the life style of today's rock star on the line.' Written as a diary dated from Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1972 to Sunday Dec. 24. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Very good. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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Simon & Schuster 1940. Ex Library with markings else very good copy. Light and small label shadow on lower portion of spine. 'Table of Themes' pamphlet in rear pocket. xiv & 215+pp. No dust jacket. Musical notation. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Winter 2001. 319+pp. Fine. Photo illustrations. Stiff wraps. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Alfred Knopf 1956. Gift note written on fly. For Henry--signed by Ben. Sorry but I can't decipher it. Book is a reasoned defense of opera as a serious dramatic form. 269pp plus 4 page index. Very good with nicked and dust soiled dj. 1st edition. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Garden City Publishing (1917). D\Faded spine, rubs to cover corners and spine ends. Paper browning. Bookplate of Jean D. Weiss on endpaper. Name repeated on free endpaper along with date: Feb. 12, 1934. Card shadow on endpapers. Card with hand drawn map of a section in Greenwich Village laid-in. one short note on contents page. xiii & 345pp. Paper browning. Good reading copy. No dj. Reprint. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Knopf 1977. ISBN: 0-394-41051-3. xvii & 393pp. Index. Hand written note on first blank page: 'To my Darling 'SP' I'm sure you will enjoy Yehudi's book--Such a genius--and his dear Dianna, a lovely Ballerina and so talented. We first heard him when hev was 11 or 12 at our new S.F. Opera House--Such a thrill--and unbelievable! I met his father and mother many years later when they lived in Los Gatos. Lovingly -- Grandma. Xmas '79.' Perhaps someone can identify Grandma from the clues. Near fine. Illustrations. Cloth. Very good dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Vintage Books. Division of Random House (October 1982). Produced and Art Directed by Harris Lewine. 'classic study of the aesthetics and values of the blues and jazz.' Recommended by Ralph Ellison. Paper darkening. 264pp. Good reading copy. Illustrated. 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Firestone/ Simon & Schuster (1981). ISBN: 0-671-43253-2. Light rubs to cover. 414pp. Index. Good, clean copy. Illustrations. 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, NJ (1960). Smooth paper. The folk roots of American jazz in the U.S. deep South. xiii & 177pp. Near fine. Photo illustrations. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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