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Sacramento: California State Department of Education, 1951. First edition; 6 x 9; pp. 44; cloth-backed stiff green wraps; silver title and illustration to front cover; minor wear to wraps; very faint outline of a "Superintendent of Education" stamp to lower margin of front cover; several pages with a chip to bottom edge; overall very good or better condition.Part of "California State Series" the booklet is comprised of 46 popular American folk songs (with scales and lyrics).

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, Publisher, 1850. Softcover. First edition thus, n. d. (ca 1850); broadside, 7 x 4 3/4; thin paper stock, printed in black; ruled with an intricate, typographic border; very small creases to corners; a few light spots to margins; very good condition.The music sheet, published by a prolific printer of such material at the time, contained the three verses of the popular song, originally created by vocalist and composer Lyman Heath (1804 - 1870) in 1843.

S. l. (Oakland, CA): Oakland Choral Society, 1889. Softcover. First edition; 6 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [18]; textured beige wraps, tied with a decorative string; a few small spots of foxing to margins of wraps; small manuscript note in pencil to one of the pages; very good condition.The pamphlet included a program for the performance of the Oakland Choral Society at the First Congregational Church on October 18, 1889. Apart from several pieces by Schumann, Schubert, etc., large portion was devoted to Danish composer Niels Gade's cantata "Psyche," with its libretto printed herein.

New York: Spivak, 1938. Softcover. Presumed first edition; two circular orange and white overlapping disks, upper one die-cut and transposed on the lower one; minor wear; near fine condition. Original envelope with instructions on how to use the Spivak Arranger and Transposer with a few nicks along edges and a glue discoloration obscuring a few words; good or better.Used by musicians and composers to quickly change key during performances and while creating new compositions.

Paris: Henry Lemoine et Cie / Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1897. Hardcover. Early edition; 7 1/4 x 11; pp. [7], 2-125; cloth-backed paper over boards; some rubbing to edges and corners; upper corner of back cover bumped; few spots of foxing mostly to margins; small signature to front cover verso; overall very good.Originally published in 1872, Danhauser's "Theory of Music" is still reprinted today and is regarded as one of the most authoritative works on music.