Music
Life: November 27, 1939 Vol. 7, No. 22).
New York: Time Inc., 27 November 1939. Paperback. Folio. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 96pp. Heavily illustrated (some color), advertisements. Fine. An absolutely superb, completely flawless copy of the issue depicting "Toscanini & Granddaughter" on the front wrapper. In addition to the cover article, other articles include "The Cases of Dr..... More
Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Chicago: Chicago's Neighborhoods, [2009]. Hardcover. Introduction by Van Cliburn. Wide 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 233pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Perfectly pristine first edition of this superbly-illustrated chronicle of this three-quarter's of a century old music festival -- with choice presentation inscription from Macaluso..... More
Offerings by G.W. MacKinnon Purveyor of Fine Automated Musical Instruments: #19.
Charlotte, NC: G.W. MacKinnon Automated Musical Instruments, 1974. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Single ½" chip at spine tail, else tight and clean and attractive; several red ink checkmarks on text. Sole edition of Catalogue #19, an extraordinary selection of automated musical instruments..... More
Offerings by G.W. MacKinnon Purveyor of Fine Automated Musical Instruments: #20.
Charlotte, NC: G.W. MacKinnon Automated Musical Instruments, 1974. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff orange pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Spine sunned. Tight and clean and attractive copy Catalogue #20, a superb selection of automated musical instruments for sale. Exceptional for reference. More
I've Got Something to Say (Letters to My Sons): P.S.: I Love You.
New York: Vantage Press, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Signed and inscribed by author. First edition. Reminiscences of the great teacher/performer. Signed and inscribed by MacLean on the front flyleaf. More
Nights of Gladness.
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 268pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint binding edgewear, else internally fine; mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this chronicle of English musical plays. Interestingly, front flyleaf bears the..... More
Difesa Della Musica Moderna e de' Suoi Celebri Esecutori.
Bologna, Italy: Forni Editore, [1972]. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth. 207pp. Near fine. A tight, superb facsimile reprint of the rare first edition (1788) of Manfredini's "In Defense of Modern Music and Its Celebrated Performers." Part of this publisher's "Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis" series. From the collection of conductor and musicologist Paul..... More
Contemporary Composers.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial giltstamping. xi, 290pp, 4pp ads. Frontispiece, 4 illustrations. Very good. Almost rates a "Near fine," as it's tight and lovely and the front cover gilt is as bright and fresh, but the spine gilt..... More
Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [1999]. Paperback. Small 4to. Glossy wrappers. xv, 806pp. Figures, tables. Near fine. Tight, near pristine copy of this American Council of Learned Societies production. More
The Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing: 1910-1950.
Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1982. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. 176pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome later printing. More
The Random House Book of Stories from the Ballet.
New York: Random House, [1994]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Angela Barrett. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 112pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. A tight and handsome first edition of this superbly illustrated retelling of "Swan Lake," "Coppelia," "Giselle," "Cinderella," "La Sylphide," "The Nutcracker," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Firebird," "Petrouchka"..... More
Francois Couperin and the French Classical Tradition.
New York: Roy Publishers, [1951]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. xiv, 412pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Almost, but not quite, a "Near fine." Tight, clean, nice first edition. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). More
Unser Liederbuch: Die beliebtesten Kinderlieder.
Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ludwig von Bumbusch. Wide 8vo. Yellow pictorial paper over boards with tan cloth tape spine. 47pp. Illustrated title page, full-page chromolithographs and pictorial borders, decorative pastedowns. Good plus. Board edgeworn and corner-rounded; inner hinges strengthened with brown cloth tape; several text pages..... More
Merry Songs for Merry Singers: A Collection of Sacred, Secular, Nature and Patriotic Songs for Children.
New York: Tullar-Meredith Co., 1914. Hardcover. 4to. Tan decorated paper over boards. 48pp. Very good. Unusual songster. More
A History of the Choir and Music of Trinity Church, New York from its Organization, to the Year 1897.
New York: Edwin S. Gorham, Publisher, 1906. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth. viii, 324pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Almost, but not quite, rates a "Near fine," for it's tight and quite handsome with just the mildest hint of usage. A superb first edition by the long-time organist..... More
Die Palme No. 4 fur Kirchen=Chore, Sanger, U.S.W.
Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and tan pictorial paper over boards. 160pp. Very good. Large ownership inscription on front flyleaf; corners lightly bumped, else clean, tight and attractive copy of this church music collection. More
Notes on the Buffalo-Head Dance of the Thunder Gens of the Fox Indians.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth, gilt spine. 94pp. Diagram. Very good. Handsome, tight first edition. Bulletin 87 in the Smithsonian Institution's noted Bureau of American Ethnology reports. Discreet ex-library, the sole marking being a college name (neatly punched in small holes) at the..... More
Observations on the Thunder Dance of the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth, gilt spine. 73pp. Diagram. Very good. Handsome, tight first edition. Bulletin 89 in the Smithsonian Institution's noted Bureau of American Ethnology reports. Discreet ex-library, the sole marking being a college name (neatly punched in small holes) at the..... More
The King's Breakfast.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1925]. Hardcover. Music by H. Fraser-Simson. Decorations by E.H. Shepard. Small 4to. Lavender and yellow decorated paper over boards with pictorial paper label. 17pp (rectos only). Illustrations. Good plus. Binding a tad soiled and edgeworn. A tight, decent first edition of this humorous song..... More
Gustav Mahler: Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death -- Interpretations and Annotations.
Berkeley: University of California Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 659pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of the third and final volume of the eminent Mahler scholar's massive opus. More
A Guide to Opera Recordings.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 308pp. Near fine/fine. Superb and tight first edition -- from the collection of conductor and musicologist Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). More
The Treasury of Song for the Home Circle: The Richest, Best-Loved Gems: Sacred and Secular.
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, Publishers, [1882]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in tan cloth. 548pp, vii. Very good. 1896 ownership signature on front flyleaf. Elaborate half-title page done up in a pseudo-faux-illuminated manuscript style featuring large rubricated letters, gilt, etc. First edition, tight and nice. Discreet ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed..... More
Music and Music-Makers.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 364pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with small edge chips (mainly at head and tail of spine) and spine age toned. A tight, handsome first edition of this..... More
Music and the Book Trade from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century.
[New Castle, DE]: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2008. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. xv, 218pp. Illustrations, tables. Fine/fine. A handsome first edition, tight as the day it was published, of this volume in the "Publishing Pathways" series. Press release laid in. More