Music
Fire in the Rain... Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 290pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear. A handsome, tight first edition of the folk singer's memoir, bearing her enormous signature in black marker on the front..... More
Singing for Our Lives.
Oakland: Redwood Records, [1982]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 68pp. Illustrations, guitar chord chart. Near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this compilation of songs from Near's "Imagine My Surprise" and "Fire in the Rain" recordings, most with music and/or lyrics by Near herself. Boldly signed by her in..... More
Beethoven Encyclopedia.
New York: Philosophical Library, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 325pp. Near fine/very good. Faint bit of jackwet rubbing only; small front pastedown ownership signature. Quite handsome first edition of this useful reference. More
Church Music Comes of Age.
Boston: Carl Fischer Inc., 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Green buckram with silver lettering, dust jacket. x, 157pp. Fine/very good. Bit of mild jacket wear. An absolutely tight and superb first edition of a title usually found in worn condition. A landmark "hand-book guide for ministers, organists, building committees, choir members, parents..... More
America's First Hamlet.
[New York]: New York University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 439pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild edgewear, with very slightly sunned spine -- but overall a tight and nice first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "Portrait of a great..... More
A Treasury of Early Music: An Anthology of Masterworks of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque Era.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1958]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth. x, 331pp. Very good. A tight and nice first edition of this noted collection. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94), with his flamboyant 1967 ownership signature in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf..... More
Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin.
Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1977. Paperback. 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. 311pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, musical annotation. Very good. Almost a "Near fine," as it's tight and internally fine, with just a tad of binding wear. First edition of this (to cite front wrapper) "Illustrated Compendium of Words..... More
The Sinatra Treasures: intimate photos, mementos, and music from the sinatra family collection.
New York: Bulfinch Press, [2004]. Hardcover. Forewords by Frank Sinatra Jr. and Quincy Jones. 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. 191pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), 12 sealed wax paper sleeves containing 30 paper facsimiles, pristine CD in front pocket. Fine. Superb, tight first edition of this hefty tribute volume, outstandingly illustrated..... More
Give Out! Songs by and for the Men in Service.
New York: Arrowhead Press, [1943]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale blue pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Binding faintly edgeworn and text block lightly age toned per usual; jacket rather edgeworn, but complete and bright. Tight and nice first edition of this WW2 patriotic..... More
They Were Singing: And What They Sang About.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. First English edition of this history of the music hall. More
American Patriotic Songs: Yankee Doodle to the Conquered Banner with emphasis on the Star-Spangled Banner.
Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1968. Paperback. 4to. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight and sharp first edition of this exhibition catalogue, a useful pictorial survey of important patriotic tunes from the late 18th century through the Civil War. More
Five Essays by Don Michael Randel Issued by the University of Chicago Press in Celebration of His Inauguration as President of the University 2 November 2000.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Gold-flecked green paper over boards with gilt-lettered green calf label. 103pp. Illustrations. Fine. Superb first edition of these scholarly music essays on such topics as "Al-Farabi and the Role of Arabic Music Theory in the Latin Middle Ages," handsomely inscribed..... More
The Grasshopper: A Tragic Tale.
Evanston: Summy-Birchard Company, 1965. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 20pp. Very good. Probable sole edition. Retelling of the tale (first published 1878) of the tragic shortness of insect life, set to music. More
Sayings from The People, Yes (Carl Sandburg).
New York: Beekman Music, 1956. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 18pp. Near fine. Probable sole printing of this unusual sheet music "For Mixed Chorus With Piano Accompaniment" based on the Illinois poet's 1936 verse collection. On the front wrapper, in bold blue ballpoint, Raphling inscribes and signs: "To my dear..... More
Critical and Bibliographical Notes on Early Spanish Music.
New York: Da Capo Press, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. viii, 154pp. Illustrations. Very good. Slight bit of mild edgewear. First of this edition, a facsimile reprint of the scarce London 1887 first edition. Part of this publisher's "Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series" edited by Frederick Freedman." From..... More
The Madrigal.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 167pp. Numerous music notations. Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition of this uncommon title. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94), with his flamboyant full ownership signature in..... More
An Analytical Index to the Ballad-Entries (1557-1709) in the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London.
Hatboro, PA: Tradition Press, 1967. Hardcover. Foreword by Leslie Shepard. Small 4to. Red cloth. xv, 324pp. Very good. Almost, but not quite, rates a "Near fine," for it's a tight, clean and lovely copy. First of this facsimile reprint of the classic and now quite scarce 1924 University of North..... More
The Folksongs of Virginia: A Checklist of the WPA Holdings Alderman Library University of Virginia.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, [1969]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xx, 145pp. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition, from the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). More
Musical Impressions: Selections from Paul Rosenfeld's Criticism.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1970]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxxii, 302pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of faint jacket wear. A tight and handsome first edition of this gathering of the best essays by the famed American music critic (1890-1946). From the collection of..... More
Opera Annual No. 4.
New York: Lantern Press, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 188pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition. More
The New Met in Profile.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and purple cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxix, 202pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
The Grammar of Conducting: A Practical Study of Modern Baton Technique.; Foreword by George Szell.
New York: G. Schirmer, (1950). Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth. xvi, 350pp. Numerous diagrams and musical notations. Very good. Sans dust jacket, but front flap copy neatly affixed to front pastedown. Early (not first) printing of this uncommon how-to. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94)..... More
The Dance Bands.
New Rochelle: Arlington House Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket wear. Tight, attractive first U.S. edition. More
World History of the Dance.; Translation by Bessie Schonberg.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1963). Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. ix, 448pp. Illustrations. Very good. Wrappers lightly edgeworn, with small abrasion (likely from price sticker removal) at lower left corner of front wrapper. Overall a tight, decent first paperback edition of this 1937 overview -- a mild..... More