Search Results: Music from Tangible Tales

Hawaii: Mele Loke Publishing Company, 1968. Paperback. Good. 17 pages tied with grass twine at the top. Instruction booklet for performing 3 hula dances, "It can happen only in Hawaii," "Me Ke Aloha Pumehana," and "Don't Laugh at Me." The record that original accompanied the book is no longer present and it's outline is visible on the rear cardboard cover. Soil and age toning to the front cover, interior clean and unmarked. Original sales sticker to the top of the front cover with price blacked out. A good copy of this nice little piece of Pacific ephemera.

Missouri: Litho Printers and Bindery, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperback signed by multiple members of the Baldknobbers Jamboree Show - Brent Mabe, Patty Mabe, Joy Bilyeu, Ed Snowden, Bob Leftridge, Droopy Jr., Brandon Mabe, Hargus, Jerry Adams, Jonathan Black, Dean Holman, Megan McCombs, and one illegible autograph. In near fine condition with very slight shelf-wear to the cover edges. 139 pp., filled with black and white and color photos. The story of this Branson, Missouri family's legendary Jamboree Show.

New York: Northern & Southern Music Publishing Co., 1922. Sheet_music. Fair. Charles Baskerville. Sheet Music - 6 pages counting the covers. A fair only copy - limp and edge worn, with tears at the spine tips. There is a scar from a sticker removal toward the bottom center of the front cover, not impacting the illustration which is bright. Thumbing to the edges from page-turning no doubt. The music itself is unmarked. A rough but intact copy of this 20s title.

Denmark: Foreningen for Hojskoler Og Landbrugsskoler, 1969. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Text in Danish. A small (6.5x3.5in) blue hardcover with gilt titles and cover illustration. A good copy with some bending at the corners and spine tips and a few stray soil spots. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid but flexible binding. 1085 pp., a hymnal of sorts put together for Nordic schools.

Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Blue cloth hardcover, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best Wishes to you, Kay, as you continue your organ studies. Orpha Ochse." A very good copy, clean, straight and solid. Minor shelf-wear and sunning to the board edges. The dustjacket is good, but with scuffing at the folds and spine panel ends, soiling to the white rear panel, and a few short tears and chips. 494 pp., index, bibliography, and notes. A thorough examination of the history of the organ and organ builders in the United States.

Canada: Gynergy Books, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Oversized softcover with photos on cover. A very good copy with a bump to the lower front corner, and minor shelf-wear. Binding is strong and spine has no creasing or wide openings. Clean and tight. 136 pp., black and white photos of the artists and some lyrics included. Faye's Books

Hawaii: Published by the author, 1948. Later printing. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperbound music book. "Illustrated Souvenir Collection." The 1948 printing of this popular collection of Hawaiian classics in good condition. Brown stain (cup ring) to the front cover, and binding is cocked forward from use. Binding is solid but lacking tightness. Pages are unmarked. 196 pp., some black and white photos with music for piano, voice, and guitar, includes tablature for ukulele. Oversize - will require additional shipping for international or expedited orders.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1939. First edition. Cards. Fair. Card covers with cloth overlay - edges fraying and bent. A fair only copy due to heavy external wear. Dots of white stain to rear cover and weakness at the binding. Better inside - previous owners name to the front endpaper appears to be the writing but with a few stray check marks and X's scattered in the text. 72 pp., a hard to find music theory volume, valuable in-spite of its rough condition.

Frankfurt: Henry Litolff's Verlag/C.F. Peters, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Tan softcover miniature score. A very good copy with light wear at the edges and corners. Interior clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Scar from a sticker removal to the rear cover. 56 Pp. #5966 in the publisher's catalog.

Published by the author, 1994. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tan cardstock covers, stapled binding, 2nd edition. A very good copy with minor wear at the edges and a bit of bending at the upper corners. Text is clean and unmarked and staples still firmly bound in. 66 pp., filled with illustrations and equations for making the perfect non-mechanical flute.

Chicago: Chart Music Publishing House, Inc., 1923. First edition. Sheet_music. Good +. Tan stapled sheet music. Copyright 1923 with no other printings indicated. A method manual for the German Accordion with 18 pages. Staples well bound in, bottom edge of spine curling upward and general wear at the edges. Some notation to a few of the songs. A good copy of a hard to find title.

California: Warner Bros. Records Inc., 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Tan leatherette hardcover, oversize. All 12 issues of Warner Bros. music publication bound from the publisher into one volume. Moderately heavy wear to the board edges and light scuffing to the front cover. The interior is clean, solid and well bound. 1977 was an interesting year with covers featuring Fleetwood Mac, Randy Newman and the Motels. Interviews and album reviews, totalling just shy of 400 pages. Color covers and black/white photographs throughout. A treat for the music collector.