Bagster's Gem Edition of Handel's Messiah.
London: S. Bagster & Sons. Hard Cover. 16mo. 181 pp. Light soiling to covers. Binding tight, pages clean. Handsome Christmas decoration to cover in red, green, and gilt. Tiny book with tiny music score.
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Breathe: The First Edition:; Christ, Life of the World
2001. Paperback. 269 pp., 4to. Paperback. Korean/English Christian songbook. Some sunning, soiling & wear to covers & spine. Some soiling to textblock edges. Some faint soiling & wrinkling scattered to mostly clean textblock.
Collection of Early 19th century American sheet Music, bound in 2 volumes.
Unknown: 1835. Hard Cover. 4to. Unpaginated. N.d., ca. 1930s. Half leather over blue cloth boards with owner's name in gilt to front boards: E.F. Hogan. Two volumes, both disbound. Boards detached but text blocks holding. Sheet music for 56 songs in volume 1, 46 songs in volume 2. Handwritten index.....
Eyes Right!:; First Steps in Music Reading
London and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Paperback. 36 pp., 8vo. Stapled paperback. Nelson's Music Practice. Containing: "150 stepwise exercises in staff notation designed for beginners." Light shelfwear to covers & spine; sm pencil writing to front cover top corner. Binding very sturdy. Sm po pen signature to ffep.....
Gaieties 1970:; Rare Songs and Barroom Ballads
1970. Paperback. 54 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. Light sunning & soiling to covers; brown spot to front cover top fore corner. No spine cover. Binding tight. Textblock very clean.
Liberace.
New York: circa 1955. Paperback. Unpaginated, 4to. Stapled paperback. Signed in pen by Liberace. Containing biographical info & profusely illustrated w/ b&w photos of Liberace's homes & performances, also pics of him w/ Jack Benny, Art Linkletter, Helen O'Connell, Jimmy Durante & others. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence RI advert fopr.....
Revival Melodies, or Songs of Zion Parts I & II.
Boston: John Putnam, 1842. Hardcover. 128 pp., squarish 16mo. Quarter-cloth hardcover. Christian music w/ some compositions. Heavy discoloration w/ edgewear, foxing, & soiling to boards; also some wrinkling. Some fraying to spine ends. Binding very loose (attached at by front hinge top half) but holding. Po sticker w/ writing to.....
Selected Songs from New England Colleges.
Boston: Monsanto Chemical Co., 1952. Paperback. 119 pp., folio. Stapled paperback. Songbook. "College songs - the football marches & fight songs, the gentle Alma Maters & sweetheart songs, the drinking songs, the bawdy songs & the funny songs - these are a proud part of American culture." Faint shelfwear to.....
Shaker Music, 2 volumes; Original Inspirational Hymns and Songs Illustrative of the Resurrection Life and Testimony of the Shakers
Sabbathday, ME: The United Society of Shakers, 1995. Cloth. 2 volumes. 250 + 271 pp. 8vo. Cloth hardcovers: vol. I in blue with gilt title text, vol. II in burgundy with black. Originally published for the North family of Mt. Lebanon, Col. Co., N.Y. by Wm. A. Pond & Co......
Tempo Number 11, Spring 1949:; Prokofieff Number
Boosey and Hawkes Ltd., 1949. Paperback. 36 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. Moderate edgewear, soiling, & slight wrinkling to covers & spine; missing piece to front cover spine top edge. Some light wrinkling scattered to very clean textblock interior.
Tempo Number 8, Summer 1948:; Strawinsky Number
Boosey and Hawkes Ltd., 1948. Paperback. 32 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. Heavy edgewear w/ discoloration, edgewear, soiling, & several tears / missing pieces to covers (both detached from binding). Light soiling & pencil marks scattered to textblock pgs.
Tempo Number 9, Autumn 1948:; Aaron Copland Number
Boosey and Hawkes Ltd., 1948. Paperback. 32 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. Light edgewear & soiling to covers & spine; crease to rear cover. Some light wrinkling scattered to very clean textblock interior.
Wurlitzer Jukeboxes and Other Nice Things 1934-1974.
1983. Spiral binding/paperback. 4to. 222 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Book is in excellent condition. Illustrated throughout. Lists of jukebox model numbers, year of manufacture and number of selections played for wurlitzer and other brand jukeboxes, ads of the era, songs of the era, remote.....
You Can Play...Sonny Rollins:; Nine Classic Jazz Originals
New Albany, IN: Jamey Aebersold, 1976. Paperback. 32 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. Volume 8 of A New Approach to Jazz Improvisation (for all instruments). Record not included. Some very light shelfwear to covers. Pgs clean & crisp.
Vocal Poetry, or A Select Collection of English Songs.
London: J. Johnson and Co, 1810. Leather. 249 pp. 12mo. Leather. Wear and scuffing, soiling. Bumping to spine ends and corners, board exposure to corners, small tear to spine foot leather. 5 raised bands to spine w/ faded gilt stamps in panels. Marbled endpapers. Soiling to title pages and some.....
Break Dancing.
London: Hamlyn, 1985. Pictorial Boards. 4to. 59 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Book is in great condition otherwise. Let Colin & Venol show you how to break dance! Color photographs and step-by-step instructions throughout. Photography by Clare Muller.
The One and Only:; Peter Perrett - Homme Fatale
England: SAF Publishing Ltd., 1996. Paperback. 224 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "An extraordinary journey through crime, punishment & the decadent times of The Only Ones." From interviews w/ the subject himself, his wife & former group members. Illustrated w/ rare exclusive photos. some very light shelfwear & soiling to covers &.....
Dissecting Marilyn Manson.
London: Plexus, 2000. Paperback. 8vo. 176 pp. Light rubbing to covers and cover edges. "Marilyn Manson is more than a mere rick star-- he is a cultural phenomenon.. In Dissecting Marilyn Manson author Gavin Baddeley perfroms a cultural autopsy, examining the seminal influences and psychotic sources that have created this.....
40 Patterns for Yamaha, Casio, Korg, and Alesis Drum Machines.
NY, London, Sydney, Cologne: Amsco, 1988. Paperback. 54 pp. 4to. Stapled booklet. Light scuffing, minor edgewear. Full title: "40 Patterns for Yamaha, Casio, Korg, and Alesis Drum Machines."
Nick Drake, No Reply & Tim Buckley Once He Was: The Stories of Nick Drake and Tim Buckley.
Hampshire: Agenda, 1997. Paperback. Skinny 8vo. 106 pp. Light soil to spine. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. Nick Drake: No Reply. Tim Buckley: Once he Was.
The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Hardcover. 369 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. Inscribed in pen on ffep to Howard Glasser - calligrapher & graphic artist, known for work in folk music. "More than 100 of the best American ballads from English & Scottish sources, collected in the Appalachian Mountains & simply.....
Kerrang! February 23- March 7, 1984; No. 62.
London: Spotlight Publications Ltd., 1984. Paperback. 45 pp. 4to. Stapled magazine. Wear to covers and spine, dog earing to bottom corners of first several pages, small tears to spine ends, a few small tears to cover and page edges. Has musty odor.
A Preface to the Magic Flute.
London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 175 pp. Head of spine and bottom corner of back cover lightly bumped. Owner's notation on ffep. Illustrated frontispiece; illustrations throughout. Price-clipped dj has edgewear and is somewhat sunned. Introduction to the subject of Mozart's greatest opera with special attention to.....
Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems to Care).
New York: Irving Berling, Inc., 1919. 4to. one sheet, folded. Sheet music for Irving Berlin's "Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems to Care)". Soiling throughout. Red damp staining to rear of final sheet. Readability is not affected by soiling.
The Pharmer's Almanac: The Unophicial Giuide to the Band, Volume 3.
Melting Media, 1996. Paperback. 4to. 223 pp. Light wear to corners, light rubbing. Fall '96?Winter '97. Stories from Phish followers, tour playlists, etc.