Burt, Struthers

War Songs

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 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. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002404

Catalogue: Poetry, Music, Military

Keywords: Patriotism Ballads

Clark, Andrew C.

A Dicshunary of Reformed and Simplified Spelling

New Milford, Connecticut, Self-published, 1914. First Edition, Tall 4to. Hardcover. 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 FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002186

Catalogue: Mystery, Music, Hobbies and How-To

Keywords: Orthography Language Pronunciation

Clarke, Mary & Crisp, Clement

The Ballet Goer's Guide

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 039451307x. 368pp. Blue boards, black spine, silver lettering. Book is in near fine, unworn condition, unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition. A very comprehensive overview of ballet. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004481

Catalogue: Dance, Music, Performing Arts

Keywords: Ballet Dance Costume Design Dancers 039451307x

Book-A-Mag Co.

Tip Top Tapping

New York, Book-A-Mag Co. Inc. 1940. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Seaman. 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. Good.

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Book number: 004342

Catalogue: Music, Dance, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: Steps Stepping Dancing

Cooke, James Francis (Editor)

The Etude : Presser's Musical Magazine

Philade;phia, Theodore Presser Co. 1914. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. 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. Very Good.

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Book number: 002958

Catalogue: Music, Performing Arts

Keywords: Marches Polkas Violin Piano Organ

Cooke, James Francis (Editor)

The Etude : Presser's Musical Magazine

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

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Book number: 002960

Catalogue: Music, Performing Arts, Periodical

Keywords: Piano Instruction Violin "Music Theory"

Eichberg, Julius (Music); Woolf, Benjn. E. (Libretto)

The Doctor of Alcantara; Opera Bouffe in 2 Acts (Complete Score)

Boston, Oliver Ditson & Co. 1862. 1st Edition, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. 107pp. Brown embossed boards, gilt lettering to cover. Boards are edgeworn, spine chipped and missing pieces from top and bottom, some foxing and offsetting of text, but very readable and the binding is holding nicely, owner's pencilled name and address on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper torn. Complete musical score with lyrics in 2 acts. Music composed by Julius Eichberg, and the libretto by Benjamin E. Woolf. An American comic opera first performed in Boston in 1867. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001479

Catalogue: Music, Performing Arts

Keywords: "Opera Bouffe" "Comic Opera" Score Libretto

Fiske, Roger

Ballet Music

London, George G. Harrap and Company Ltd. 1958. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 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. Very Good.

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Book number: 002498

Catalogue: Music, Performing Arts, Dance

Keywords: Tchaikovsky Delibes Ravel Stravinsky

Huneker, James

The Steinway Collection of Paintings by American Artists Together With Prose Portraits of the Great Composers

(New York), Steinway & Sons, 1919. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown boards, gilt lettering and gilt scroll design to cove. Tipped-in presentation card on front endpaper states this edition is limited to 5,000 copies of which this is No. 1010. Twelve tipped-in illuustrated color plates with tissue-guards. Wear and chipping to corners and spine, 1/2 inch chip to rear board, contents are clean and unblemished. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004477

Catalogue: Art, Music, Biography

Keywords: Wagner Beethoven Liszt Mozart Berlioz Schubert Composers

Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band: In Their Own Words & with Contributions from the People Who Were There

Weldon Owen, 2020. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. 9781681885896. 286pp. Clean and unworn bok both interior and exterior. As New/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004852

Catalogue: Music, Biography

Keywords: Music Art Lyrics Band Photos 9781681885896

Lieven, Peter

The Birth of Ballets-Russes

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Alexandre Benois. 377pp. Green cloth. Book is clean and solid, virtually unworn, spine faded but readable, interior is clean and unmarked. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004749

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Dance, Music

Keywords: Choreography Ballet Russia Nijinsky Fokine

Lotti, Giorgio and Radice, Raul

La Scala

New York, Park Lane, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 051734453x. 237pp. Red cloth, white lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, faint spotting to top page edges. Dust jacket is unclipped and very good. Photographic narrative of both opera and ballet performed at La Scala. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004476

Catalogue: Dance, Music, Performing Arts

Keywords: Ballet Opera Milan Milano 051734453x

Mack, E. (Arranger)

Gleams of Sunshine for the Cabinet Organ Simplified and Arranged By E.Mack

W.F. Shaw, 1881. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 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. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002081

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: "Sheet Music" Organ "Organ Music"

Moscheles, Felix

Letters of Felix Mendelssohn to Ignaz and Charlotte Moscheles Translated from the Originals in His Possession, and Edited By Felix Moscheles

Boston, Ticknor and Company, 1888. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 306pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library with all markings, shaken, spine missing several pieces, endpapers soiled, contents are age-toned but mostly quite clean. Contains illustrations and numerous facsimiles of letters, musical passages in Mendelssohn's hand, and several other documents. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001835

Catalogue: Biography, Music

Keywords: Scores Bartholdy Concertos Symphonies

Paumgartner, Bernhard

Die Schubertianer; Ein Beitrag Zur Jahrhundertfeier

Wien, Wiener-Philharmonischer Verlag A. G. 1928. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 72pp. Mit zahlerichen bild und notenbiegaben. Pictorial paper over boards. Wear to edges, spine chipped, some soiling. Contents sound, old price stamped on front free endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 000754

Catalogue: Biography, Music

Keywords: "Franz Schubert" Musik Music