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New York: G. Schirmer, Inc, 1958. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback Music Book in Very Good Condition.Clean and unmarked with slight rubbing of edges. Tight stapled binding. Pages are completely clean, no markingsof any kind. Musical scores and words for 49 hymns. 64 pages. 12 x 9 inches. G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, 1958

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A: Hal Leonard Corp, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Music for Organs, Pianos, & Electronic Keyboards--some old favorites: Annie Laurie, Cielito Lindo, My Old Kentucky Home, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Wabash Canon Ball to name a few of the 90 pieces. Bright and colorful paperback cover, very clean and unmarked, touch of wear to corners. Bottom corner has slight waviness to some pages. Pages very clean and completely unmarked. 9.5 x 12 inches. 1990, Hal Leonard Corp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

San Diego,: Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9. Kjos Music Co., 1999. Softcover, spiral- bound large piano book in Very Good Condition. Slight wear to corners, very clean and completely unmarked cover and pages. No creases. A Beginners Course--and maybe the beginning of a new phase of life with your piano. 1999 Kjos Music Co. ISBN10: 0849773024

Chicago, Illinois: Follett Publishing Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, Comb Binding. Very clean, unmarked, solid book. No edgewear. Pages clean and unmarked, no marginalia, no marking of text or musical scores. The objectives of the music program in the sixth grade include three major goals: Music Appreciation, Musical Competencies, and Musical Concepts. These are explored in detail. Filled with songs, musical scores, teaching suggestions. 224 pages with index. 8 x 9.5 inches. Follett Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1967.

New York, New York, USA: Harms Inc, 1937. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Large Paperback Book of Piana Arrangements for the Organ, in Good Condition. . Clean and unmarked cover with light wear to extremities. Former owner name on front cover. Stapled binding, the cover is loose from the stapled text body. Music scores clean and clear and untorn and free of any markings. Words & Music and Chord symbols included. Examples of music arrangements: September in the Rain,The Blue Room, Moonlight Bay, In a Shanty In Old Shanty Town, Poor Butterfly. 9 x 12inches. 1937, Harms Inc., New York, New York, USA

Germany: Kindlers Klassische Bildbiographien, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Hardcover First Printing In the German Language, in Very Good Condition, with a Fair Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean and unmarked blue cloth with gilt debossed design on front, gilt titles on spine. Sunned on the very upper edge, lower front corner bumped. Tight, solid and square. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket is clean and unmarked, edgeworn with chipping and small tears, a piece missing from the rear lower edge. 144 pages with Index. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. 1959, Kindlers Klassische Bildbiographien, Germany .

USA: The Methodist Publishing House, 1939. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Hardback Church Hymnal in GOOD Condition. Clean Navy Cloth Binding gilt lettered on front and spine.Boards rubbed on edges, frayed on corners and upper spine edge. Solid and tight. At the Order of Worship page, inner hinge partially cracked. Interior clean, unmarked, no tears. Musical scores quite clean and clear. Book Plate on paste-down. 695 pages with Topical Index and First Lines of Hymns. 8.5 x 6. 1939, The Methodist Publishing House, USA

New York: Schirmer Books/Simon and Schuster, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back Fourth Printing of the Fourth Edition of this standard guide to the research and reference literature of music. This fourth edition is a revised and completely corrected new edition. Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a VG Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Spotless black cloth with sharp and bright red-foil lettering on spine, completely unmarked, tight and solid binding; interior is pristine. Clean bright red jacket, rubbed, sunned on upper edge and spine, a very small chip to the rear spine heel; no other edgewear. This edition retains the scope, authority, and organization of previous editions that have made this book indispensable to scholars and librarians. It is a guide to information sources on music of all styles and periods. 740 pages with index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Schirmer Books/Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994.

C. L. Hanon. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Published by C. L. Hanon, "Le pianiste virtuose". No date given. Sections paged separately. 4to - over 9

Los Angeles, CA: J.P. Tarcher, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Foreword by Andre Watts. Clean and unmarked illustrated wrappers with faint wear to extremities. Tight glued binding. Filled with b/w illustrations throughout. Pages very clean and free from any markings, not toned. An entertaining and informative book about pianos and keyboards, their history, those who play and live them. It presents a colorful look at the piano's past, including its invention by Bartolommeo Cristofori, an 18th century Florentine instrument maker. It also includes a vast assortment of piano lore and practical advice. And also a look at America's love affair with the piano and anecdotes about such stars as Arthur Rebenstein, Liberace, Claude Bolling, Teddy Wilson, Herbis Hancock, and others. 166 pages. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. 1983, J.P. Tarcher, Los Angeles, CA , USA

New York: Halycon House, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Clean, tight, solid, square book. 556 pp. Bound in blue cloth, stamped on front and spine with dark blue lyre with gilt lettering overlaid. Board edges and spine ends are rubbed, light fraying of upper front corner. Front endpapers have prev owner name in pencil and two pencilled scribbly lines. Pages are in fine condition, evenly toned. Part One is The Standard Operas and Part Two in The Standard Concert Guide. 556 pages. 8.75 x 5.8 inches. 1930, Halycon House, New York, USA

Breitkopf & Hartel, Wiesbaden: Kammermusik-Bibliothek 2221, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Large Paperback Music Book in Very Good Condition. Musical score for String Quartet. Orange wrappers are quite clean and unmarked, light wear to some extremities. Internals As New. Musican Notations in the German Language. 80 pages. 13 x 9.25 inches. 1987, Kammermusik-Bibliothek 2221, Breitkopf & Hartel, Wiesbaden, Germany

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back Second Printing, Feb. 1944. (First Dec, 1943). Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No jacket. A biography of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), not a critical study of his music. The first English language biography of the life of this musical genius. Frontis: Portrait of Tchaikovsky by Kuznetsov (1893). 13 Illustrations. Bound in blue-green tweed cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine. Clean and unmarked; edges, corners are rubbed, no fraying. Tight & solid sewn binding. Rough cut. Former owner name on endpaper. Interior very clean, pages lightly toned. xii+386 + xxx pages, with Bibliography, General Index, and a special index to the Tchaikovsky works mentioned in the body of the text. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. 1944. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Clean green full cloth w/gilt titles on spine and front, red illustration on front. Very slight rubbing of spine ends and front corners. Tight and solid sewn binding. Interior is Fine, illustrated with over 100 b/w plates, musical scores, drawings, photographs. In order for the listener to understand and appreciate music more completely, the author spends considerable time on the constructive elements of the art: melody, harmony, rhythm, form and style. He describes and explains various musical instruments and their use, then explores music of historical periods: the Medieval Period, 600-1450; The Renaissance Period, 1450-1600; Baroque, 1600-1750; Classic Period, 1750-1827; Romantic Period, 1827-1900; and the Modern Period. viii, 630 pages with bibliography and index. 9.5 x… Read More