Music from Old Bookshelf

New York: Book-A-Mag Co., Inc., 1940. 62pp. Red, white and blue printed wraps. Light wear to cover and spine, small abrasion and hole to front cover, text is clean. Tap dancing instructions with many illustrations.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Seaman. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. 17pp. Blue cloth, black lettering and violin design. Book is in very good, clean condition, contents age-toned, inscription on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and missing a few pieces at top and bottom. Foreward by Walter Damrosch. A little girl, Alice, is fancifully introduced… Read more

New York: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1962. 38pp. Blue card stock, gilt lettering. Cover and contents are in clean and sound condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibl.

Wolfenbüttel: L. Holle., 1850. No date circa 1850. Five flexible leather bound volumes containing a total of 1,002 pages, gilt lettered spine, former owner's name in gilt on covers. Covers are all worn and heavily chipped and torn, and mostly detached, however, the interiors are all in very nice condition, slightly age-toned and have only light occasional… Read more

Boston: Keith's Music Publishing House, 1844. 48pp. Printed wraps. Cover and contents are age-darkened, chipped, partially damp-stained, 3 separate leaves partially torn away with some loss of text, however most music and lyrics are intact and readable. An early example of temperance songs sung at temperance meetings. Amusing lyrics.. Soft Cover. Poor. Oblong 24mo. Sheet Music.… Read more

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. 788pp. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in very clean and sound condition. FIRST EDITION.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philade;phia: Theodore Presser Co., 1914. 71pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Light wear, light soil to cover, contents mildly toned. A variety of articles on music theory, instruction, composers in addition to a number of music compositions. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine/Periodical.

Philade;phia: Theodore Presser Co., 1914. 79pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Light wear to cover, contents mostly clean. A variety of articles on music theory, instruction, composers and numerous period ads.. Soft Cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine/Periodical.

[Camden, NJ]: Victor Talking Machine Company, 1916. Unpaginated, 250 pp approx. Green wraps. Cover is chipped along edges, corners and spine, contents are toned. Catalog of records, and photos and biographies of many of the performing artists.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Garnier Frères 418pp. No date, circa 1890s. Numerous illustrations including 8 in color. Nombreuses illustrations, 8 en couleurs. Technique par Mme. Berthe Bernay, Notation Musicale par MM. Francis Casadesus et Jules Maugué. Blue multi-color pictorial boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, contents age-toned. A magnificent Victorian binding of… Read more

London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd., 1958. 88pp. Orange cloth. Book is clean and tight, interior mildly toned. Dust jacket has light edgewear and slight foxing to rear panel. Author explores the subtleties of ballet music.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Albin Michel, 1950. 394pp. Couverture souple. Text in French. Bon état, unopened. Illustrated cover protected by glassine jacket. Inscribed and signed on half-title page "Paule et Léon Vallas". Signé et inscrits par l'auteur.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. 46pp. Pictorial red paper over boards. Darkening to endpapers, book otherwise very sound. Unclipped dust jacket is spine-faded, age-toned. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author of front free endpaper. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Long Player Publications, Inc., 1958. 226p. Stiff wraps. Minor edge rubbing and slight corner crease. Contents are tanned but crisp and unmarked. Comprehensive LP recording catalog, listed alphabetically by composer.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Calmann-Levy 334p. No date, circa 1909, sans date, couverture souple. Yellow wraps. Soiling, spotting and light chipping to cover, text is clean. Biographies of Berlioz, LIszt, Gounod, Massé, and Rubinstein,and essays on music related subjects. Text in French.. Soft Cover. Good.

New Milford, Connecticut: Self-published, 1914. 198p. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Darkstaining along edges and to page edges, contents are mildly toned and have an occasional damp or dark stain, but mostly clean and binding is sound. A curious book attempting to reform the spelling irregularities and inconsistencies of the English language. this is the actual… Read more

New York: Cordner & Curran, 1901. Unpaginated 27p. printed one side. Black boards, gilt spine title. Illustrated brochure bound in cloth binding. Color illustrated title page and second title page in sepia, followed by 11 full page sepia photos of the production of Florodora in New York at the Casino Theatre. The last part of the… Read more

W.F. Shaw, 1881. 101pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Covers worn, binding shaken, contents have smudges on many pages and dampstaining to last pages, but text is complete, owner's name and date (1882) on front endpapers. Contains 50 compositions for cabinet organ. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sheet Music.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1926. 276pp. Green cloth. Corners and spine ends rubbed, spine sunned, contents are evenly toned but clean, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Salzburg: Oesterrichisches Propagndabüro, 1947. 142pp. Pictorial wraps. Bi-lingual English/German. A fold-out schedule of events and a fold-out seating plan in addition to numerous photos and advertisements. Light wear and light soiling to cover, Contents clean except for a 1 inch oval hole to margin of one page and abrasions slightly affecting some of the seating… Read more