Miami: GMOA, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. 160pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of mild jacket wear. A tight and lovely first edition of this company history by the former Rudolf Bing assistant (1925-91) who single-handedly transformed this regional opera into one..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967. Hardcover. Illustrations by author. 8vo. Brown buckram with color pictorial stamping and lettering. 96pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good. Front jacket flap neatly tipped to rear pastedown. Ultra-tight and decent first edition of this young adult primer on Native American music and their..... More
[Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. xii, 326pp, (2pp). Very good/very good. Mild bit of wear and age toning to jacket. A tight and lovely first edition of this important text. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, [1940]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth. 481pp. Very good. Slight edgewear. Later printing, revised, of this popular reference containing over 8500 entries. More
N.p. [New York]: N.p., n.y., [1917]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. 130pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Almost a "Near fine," for it's tight, clean and handsome with just a touch of wear. First edition of this privately printed (by the Philharmonic Society, presumably?) handsome production, penned..... More
New York: The Hyperion Press, [1946]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Andre Dugo. 8vo. Textured blue paper over boards. 48pp. Color frontispiece, numerous line drawings (many color), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear. Lacks jacket, else a tight and nice first edition of this slim young adult biography of the German composer..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pierce, [1958]. Hardcover. Edited by Michael Bowles. Small 4to. Green cloth with green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 126pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn, with archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears and several small edge chips. Tight, nice first edition of this anthology (words and..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 286pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn. A tight and handsome first edition of this novel about "one of the world's foremost symphony conductors, brilliant, sensual and aloof" who becomesinfatuated with "a young society girl..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1963. Hardcover. Translation by Richard and Clara Winston. Small 4to. Tan buckram, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 356pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket age toning and slight edgewear, with one small edge chip. First American edition, tight and nice. More
Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1956-75. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. Small 4to. Beige cloth (Volumes I-II) with green lettering and decoration and green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration (Volume III). 492pp, 518pp, 661pp. Illustrations, music notation. Volume I is very good (mild soiling to binding)..... More
Paris: Editions du Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. 394pp. Very good. Bit of mild soiling to binding. First edition, tight and handsome. From the collection of musicologist and conductor Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94), with his huge flamboyant 1969 ownership signature in blue ballpoint..... More
New York: Dover Publications, [1957]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jackets. xviii, 1768pp. Very good/very good. Jackets lightly edgeworn; ownership signature on front flyleaf of each volume. Tight, handsome full set -- the first of this edition, being a reprint of the 1907 second revised..... More
[Torino]: Edizioni Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, [1976]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red pictorial cloth with printed clear mylar wrapper. 358pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Bit of minor wear (as usual) to the printed clear mylar wrapper; delicate front inner hinge expertly archivally strengthened. First edition. From the library of musicologist and conductor/director Paul..... More
Known as "The Waltz King," this American bandleader made slow, dreamy waltzes popular during his heyday of the 1930s and '40s. Matchbook with facsimile "Wayne King" signature embossed in gold on the front cover (3" X 1 3/4"), 3" X 4½" (unfolded, with matches removed for safety's sake). Chicago: Universal..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, [1981]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets. xli, 407pp; pp. 411-879. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on each front flyleaf. A tight and handsome second printing of this hefty pair -- a massive compilation of German folk..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt. viii, 184pp. Music notations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear; ownership signatures on front pastedown and front flyleaf. Tight, clean, quite nice. Second, enlarged edition of this 1896 text. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Green patterned buckram. ix, 250pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Bit of shelfwear. First edition, tight and decent -- a mild ex-library, which other than its telltale library buckram has relatively few markings. More
New York: Belwin Inc., 1930. Paperback. 4to. Wrappers. 4pp. Very good. Faintest bit of edgewear; "St. Louis Conservatory of Music" inkstamp at lower left of front wrapper. Handsome first edition of this sheet music from the "Ten Melodious Piano Pieces in Polyphonic Style Preparatory to Bach" series -- this copy..... More
New York: Belwin Inc., 1930. Paperback. 4to. Wrappers. 4pp. Very good. Faintest bit of edgewear; "St. Louis Conservatory of Music" inkstamp at lower left of front wrapper. Handsome first edition of this sheet music from the "Ten Melodious Piano Pieces in Polyphonic Style Preparatory to Bach" series -- this copy..... More
New York: Belwin Inc., 1930. Paperback. 4to. Wrappers. 4pp. Very good. Faintest bit of edgewear; "St. Louis Conservatory of Music" inkstamp at lower left of front wrapper. Handsome first edition of this sheet music from the "Ten Melodious Piano Pieces in Polyphonic Style Preparatory to Bach" series -- this copy..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 213pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn. Tight, clean, nice first edition of this delightful and superbly illustrated study. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94)..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine and gold blind-embossed paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Third printing, tight and attractive. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine and gold blind-embossed paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite minor jacket wear. Third printing, tight and attractive, of the flamboyant pianist/showman's memoir, bearing a large and bold inscription and signature in..... More