Music from Lippincott Books

Belfast: Balladeers Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McSorley, John. 31pp. Words to 16 songs, b/w drawings. Scarce

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Melville House, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. The vocoder was invented by Bell Labs in 1928. It once guarded phones from eavesdroppers during World War II. It later was repurposed as a voice-altering tool for musicians. and became an important technology for popular music. Tompkins traces the history of electronic voices from… Read more

Los Angeles: Reed Books, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 160 pp. Yellow leatherette. With 103 color photographs and over 100 black and white photographs by Henry Diltz. An intimate look at the community of Southern California musicians, particularly of Laurel and Topanga Canyons. Musicians include Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash and… Read more

Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 363, [1] pp. Forward by Anthony Tommasini. Includes index. Page is a former music critic for the Washington Post; this collection includes some of the pieces that won him the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Inscribed by Page on the title page.… Read more

New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2001. Review Copy . Hardcover. GVG/GVG. xiv, 384 pp, with bibliography, index. Lower section of spine bumped- probably fell off a shelf at one point; book appears to have been in fine condition previously. Dustjacket reflects same incident: rumpled lower section of spine and torn tail edge. Review… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster,, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/GVG. Paul Bacon. 223 pp with Index of First Lines and Index of Songs. Green paper-covered boards, blue cloth spine embossed in green. Very slight curve to boards. Dustjacket has wear to edges, corners, and spine edges but no tears or creases.

London: Oxford University Press for the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xxii, 312 pp. Blue cloth with title gilt on front and spine. Folio. Volume IX Includes bibliographic material, appendix, and words of motets. Although Byrd was Roman Catholic, Queen Elizabeth I and James I… Read more

New York: David McKay Co., 1951. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 322pp. Fifth Edition. Presentation copy, inscription reads, "For Charlotte Ingram, Cordially Yours, Jessica Dragonette." VG+/VG

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1939. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. xliii, 316 pp. Mediaeval Academy of America, Publication No. 36, Studies and Documents, No. 3. With 8 black and white plates, bibliography, and cross-reference table of Landini's works. Annotated scores. From the library of Charles Bell, with Bell's name on… Read more

Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover Gutta Percha. Fine/Near Fine. xv, 262 pp. Original papers from 24 Chinese and Western scholars written for a symposium presented by the International Society for the Study of Time. Includes bibliographic notes at the end of each paper. With notes on contributors. … Read more

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Good-. Translated from the German, edited with commentaries. 160 pp, with appendix. Red cloth, spine title gilt. Would be Very Good except the binding is warped. Dustjacket is sunned, with one closed tear, and a 1" chip out of the front. Inscribed on title page… Read more

Cherryfield, Maine: Self Published, 1978. First Edition, Third Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. [viii], 92 pp. Illustrated with map, b&w photos. "This man of many careers writes autobiographically with emphasis on his more than sixty-two jam-packed years as a dance band musician." From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on… Read more