Elton John costume sketch by Ret Turner for a TV appearance. (ca. 1980s)
Original sketch accomplished in pencil, ink, and artist's markers on 13 x 22 in. artists' leaf. More
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Jet Magazine
1982. Soft cover. More
Louis Armstrong, a beautiful signed 8" x 10" matte finish photo of young Louis, 1932
Inscribed in green ink: "My best wishes to Miss Williams, from Louis Armstrong 25/7/32." Comes with certificate of authenticity. More
Psalterium Romanum Dispositum per Hebdomadam, Ad norman Breviarii ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restituti, S. PII V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editi, Clementis VIII, Ac Urbani VIII. Auctoritate Recogniti;
Venetiis: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1776. Editio Omnium Recentissima ac Emendatissima. Folio 19-1/4" x 13-5/8". 338 pp. Mottled calf covered boards. Five raised bands. Cum omnibus, quae pro Psalmis, Hymnis, Antiphonis, tam beatae Mariad Virginis, quà m Defunctorum, ac Responsoriis, ceterifque in Diurno Officio modulandis ne cessaria sunt, praecipua cura emendatum &..... More
Essay on an Introduction to the Heroic and Musical Trumpeters' and Kettledrummers' Art, for the Sake of a Wider Acceptance of the Same. Described Historically, Theoretically, an Practically and Illustrated with Examples
Nashville: The Brass Press, 1974. In Two Parts Halle Printed and Published by Jon. Christ, Hendel 1795. Complete English Translation by Edward H. Tarr. 0914282018. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-3/8". 148 pp. including index. Greenish beige cloth covered boards with greenish brown spine stamped in gold. Pictorial endpapers match drawing on..... More
Fireside Book of Folk Songs
Simon and Schuster, n.d. (ca. 1950s). Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. Eighth printing. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/8". Pictorial green cloth boards with beige cloth spine. Colorful pictorial endpapers. 323 pp. There is something about the haunting melodies and the simple but inimitable verses of peasants and spinners, of fishermen..... More
European and American Wind and Percussion Instruments: Catalogue of the Sterns Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (1988). Illustrated with many b & w photos. 047210070X. First edition. Small oblong 4to. 8-5/16" x 9-1/2". 171 pp. Grey cloth covered boards stamped in silver. The Stearns Collection is an international treasure of more than two thousand rare and remarkable musical instruments..... More
A Manual of Counterpoint Based on Sixteenth-Century Practice
New York: Carl Fischer, 1953. Revised Edition. Tall 4to. 10-1/4" x 6-15/16". 49 pp. Blue cloth covered heavy stock boards. More
Grateful Dead Family Album
New York: Warner Books, (1990). Illustrated with many color and black and white photos. 0446391670. Perfect bound 4to. 10-13/16" x 8-1/2" More
The Melody of Life, A Presentation of Spiritual Truth through Musical Symbolism
New York: THe Alliance Publishing Company, 1902. FIrst Edition. 12 mo. 7-1/4" x 4-15/16". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 139 pp. The Melody of Life in Five Cantos: l.. The Staff . . .Spirit. II, The Key . . .Love. III. The Score . . . Life. IV..... More
The Works of Thomas Campion, Complete Songs, Masques, and Treatises with a Selection of the Latin Verse
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1967. First Edition since Percival Vivian's edition of 1909. 8vo. Black cloth boards. Spine stamped in gold. Red endpapers. 521 pp. In addition to a new and improved text of Campion's English works -- songs, masques, and treatises -- it contains prose translations of selected..... More
Orquesta Sinfonica del Estrado de Mexico
1987. Illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. Warmly inscribed and signed by Eduardo Diazmunoz on free front endpaper, dated September 1987. Edicion Conmemorativa limited to 2000 c. 4to. 10-3/4" x 10-11/16". Black cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 85 pp. plus 4 unpaginated pp. Association copy. Stamped..... More
Gregorian Chant, A Textbook for Seminaries, Novitiates and Secondary Schools
Toledo, Ohio: Gregorian Istitute of America, Jan 27, 1945. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-15/16". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 148 pp. including index. More
Elvis Presley, The Family Album
New York: Little Brown & Co., (2007). 9780316003506. Stated First Edition: November 2007. 4to. 11" x 9-5/8". 143 pp. Blue padded faux leather hardcover binding with photo cover plate. This family album chronicles the life of Elvis Presley in rare and intimate photographs, many of them never published before. Here..... More
Illustrated History of Hymns and their Authors
Philadelphia: J. L. Landis, (1882). With many engraved portraits and other illustrations. Small 4to. Brown pebbled cloth stamped in gold and black. 558 pp. plus Illustrated History of Sunday School Song bound in back with separate pagination which begins with p. 18 (probably previously published and preliminary pp. are omitted)..... More
The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, (2003). 087338752x. Warmly inscribed and signed by Halim El-Dabh under his photo portrait on frontispiece. First edition. Includes a CD of previously unreleased recordings. Perfect bound paperback. Large 8vo. 9-3/16 x 6-1/8. Biography of Egyptian-born composer, Halim El-Dabh who passed away in 2017. He..... More
Music in the Social and Religious Life of Antiquity
Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1974). Color frontispiece photo and 150 black and white drawings and photos. Large 8vo. black cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 489 pp. including bibliography and index. More
Karol Szymanowski, An Anthology
Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, 1986. Translated by Emma Harris. Many photo illustrations. 4to. 11-1/8" x 8-1/4". Pictorial paper covered boards. 216 pp. A beautiful hand lettered presentation inscription in Polish on the half-title page signed by dr. M. Sierocka and dr. A. Borchardt. More
People and Pianos, A Century of Service to Music 1853 - 1953
New York: Steinway and Sons, (October 1961). Profusely illustrated with many historical photos. Second Edition. 4to. 10-1/8" x 7-3/16". Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 125 pp. Contents: Origins; The Perfection of the Instrument; The Instrument of the Immortals; Tune with the Future; Since the Centenary, includes 12 pp..... More
Philip Farkas, The Legacy of a Master
Warmly inscribed, "to the incomparable Lowell Greer in highest admiration from Phil Farkas" Tall 8vo. 9-5/16 x 6-1/4". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. In Philip Farkas we find one of the most articulate and much published musicians and teachers of our time. His articulate explanations of music and..... More
The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1985). Illustrated by Toller Cranston. 0771023162. First thus edition. Oblong 4to. Glossy red cloth binding. Spine stamped in gold. 48 pp. Endpapers decorated with part of Tschaikovsky's overture musical score. Veronica Tennant, Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, has won accolades in every..... More
A History of Dancing from the Earliest Ages to Our Own TImes
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1898. Illustrated with twenty full-page plates and 409 Illustrations. Second Edition. 4to. 12-3/8" x 9-1/8". Pictorial red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Sacred Dances; Religious Dances; THe Grand Ballet; Dancing in the "Great Century"; Dancing Under Louis XV; Madeleine Guimard; Rustic and Pastoral..... More
(Signed by Georg Solti) Season with Solti, A Year in the Life of the Chicago Symphony
New York: Macmillan Co., (1974). Signed by Georg Solti on free front endpaper. Stated First Printing 1974. 8vo. 9-7/16" x 6-3/8". 372 pp. including index. More
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