WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION GUIDE.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. blue cloth, 1st ed. (1991), 362 pages. A Fine copy. More
Performing Arts
THE GLASS OF FASHION: Fifty Years of Dress and Decor. A Kaleidoscope of Changing Tastes and the People Who Inspired Them.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Cecil Beaton. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1954, stated First Edition, 8vo, 397 pps. Illustrations by the author throughout. Black cloth boards with red and white titles and illustration in Very Good condition. Dust Jacket has some age toning and small tears to the..... More
DANCE AND BE MERRY: Volumes I + II;
Chicago: Clayton F. Summy Co., 1940, 1942. First. Comb bound wraps. quartos, comb-bound blue wraps + green wraps, 1st eds. (1940, 1942), 50 + 44 pages. Bindings slightly sunned & soiled, slight damage to combs. Piano arrangements with dance directions. More
THE INTERPRETATION OF FRENCH SONG.
New York: Praeger, 1970. 3rd printing. Hardcover. light blue cloth, SIGNED 3rd printing (1972), 326 pages in Very Good (lightly edgeworn, short tears) Dust Jacket. Owners bookplate inside, scattered pencil notations by the owner, otherwise Very Good. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy..... More
I WAS A 1950'S PIN-UP MODEL: From the Collection of Mark Rotenberg
Brooklyn: Shake Books, 1995. 1st edition. Stiff wraps. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy. 4to., 96 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Color photo-illustrated wraps. More
ME OF ALL PEOPLE; ALFRED BENDEL IN CONVERSATION WITH MARTIN MEYER.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press, 2002. 1st U.S. edition, Hardcover. black hardback, 1st US ed. (2002), 275 pages in Very Good (minor edgewear) Dust Jacket. Book clean / unmarked. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Alfred Brendel (born..... More
FLORENCE LAWRENCE, THE BIOGRAPH GIRL; America's First Movie Star.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st ed. (1999). A Fine copy. 8vo., 216 pp. Blue cloth with white titles. SIGNED. Fine. Signed Presentation by the Author on title page. More
ADDRESSES On Several Occasions
Baltimore: Deutsch COmpany, 1906. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition. A Very God copy. 8vo., 137 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles. End papers coated black. Light edge wear to the tips and joints. Text is clean and bright. More
WALZER, TRAUERMARSCHE: Bolero, Tarantelle, Ecossaisen Fur Pianoforte. Klavierwerke 1. Band
Leipzig: Steingraber Verlag, 1890. Wraps. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. (ca. 1890) Text in both English and German. Folio, 76 pp., composed most of musical score. Text for the foreword in both German and English. Sewn, printed wraps, with the publisher's list of music available on the rear..... More
LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE: film
Monaco: Edition du Rocher, 1961. 1st edition, thus. Cloth. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in Very Good publisher's mylar jacket. 12mo., unpaginated, appropriately 80 pages, illustrated with numerous b&w photographs. Publisher matter laid in. The mylar sleeve has small area of loss at the front panel's top edge. A...... More
SONGS COMPLEAT, PLEASANT AND DIVERTIVE; Set to MUSICK (Wit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1876. Facsimile. Leather. (1876) Facsimile of the 1719-20 edition. A Very Good to Near Fine set. 6 volumes. 12mo., with portrait frontispiece in volume 1. Finely bound in red morocco and pink cloth over boards. Five compartment spine, with floral designs; gilt lettered title and..... More
COME DANCE WITH ME; A Memoir 1898-1956.
London: Hamish Hamilton / Readers Union, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. red cloth binding, 200 pages in Dust Jacket with Readers News pamphlet (Vol.21, No.7) laid in. Dj with a short tear, slightly tanned spine. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust..... More
THE ART OF J. S. BACH
London: Hinrichsen, 1950. 2nd Edition. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd edition, revised. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 12mo., 260 pp. Green cloth in pink, printed dust jacket. The dj has a few small closed tears, and a lightly sunned spine. The dj..... More
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MUSIC OF THE XVII AND XVIII CENTURIES.
London: Novello & Co. Ltd., {1945}. Reprint. Hardcover. 1945 edition. A Very Good copy in Good + dust jacket. Small 8vo., 493 pp. Gren cloth in green printed dust jacket. Lightly worn, owners name (dated 1945) inside, light pencil notes to front & rear blank areas. The dj is now..... More
PLAYERS AND PAINTED STAGE; The Theatre of W. B. Yeats.
Sussex: Harvester, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. black hardback 1st ed. (1984), 143 pages in As New Dust Jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. More
STRAIGHT AHEAD: THE STORY OF STAN KENTON.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1973. First edition. Hardcover. off-white cloth spine over black boards, 1st ed.(1973), 252 pages, in Very Good (with short tears) Dust Jacket. Light soil to textblock edges, very faint foxing to first & final few pages. The dj is now protected in a mylar..... More
DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON; An Intimate Memoir.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover. yellowish cloth, 1st ed. (1978), 236 pages in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Spine faded; book Near Fine. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. More
LEARNING TABLA WITH ALLA RAKHA: A Manual of Drumming & Recitation.
Vanice CA: Digitalia, 1983. 1st edition. Paperback. trade-size black plastic comb-bound white wraps, 1st ed. (1983), 92 pages (NO recorded cassette). Clean / unmarked. More
THE THEATER OF AUGUSTIN DALY; An Account of the Late Nineteenth Century American Stage.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. gray cloth, reprint of the 1956 ed. (1969), 329 pages. Clean / unmarked. ISBN: 0837122090. More
LE BON DESAUGIERS; Vie aventureuse de debonnaire Marc-Antoine.
Paris / Chambery: Dauthon / Imprimeries Reunies, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. small octavo, blue cloth spine with marbled paper-covered boards, 273 pages. Owner s bookplate inside, text browned. Text in French. Marc-Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers (1772-1827) Singer & vaudeville actor. More
QUINTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS in A Minor, Opus 38.
New York: Da Capo Press, 1984. 1st ed. thus. Hardcover. 1st ed. thus (1984, new intro.), 60 pages + 4 separate string parts (12 pages each). Quarto, green cloth, . Light soil to exterior, all parts have owners blind stamp, otherwise clean / unmarked. Sheet Music: Full Score (with piano..... More
THE DICKENS THEATRE: A REASSESSMENT OF THE NOVELS.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. 1st edition, Hardcover. 1st ed. (1965). A Very Good copy. 8vo., 259 pages, Black cloth. Textblock edges tanned; text clean. Very Good. More
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE CULMINATION OF AN ERA.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. 1st British edition. Hardcover. brown cloth, 1st UK ed. (1967), 382 pages in Very Good (short tears) Dust Jacket. Lightly bumped corners, owners name stamped on front endpapers & top edge, soil to front fre endpaper; text unmarked. The dj is now protected..... More
OF THEE I SING - Vocal Score.
Secaucus, NJ: Warner Bros. Publ. 1932. Reprint. Paperback. quarto, pale gray wraps, reprint (no date), 198 pages. Cocked & worn spine, owners address label on front; interior well-used with pencil notes & several sections with taped hinges. ALL pages present - not an attractive copy but quite serviceable. Sheet Music;..... More
DAVID GLEN'S HIGHLAND BAGPIPE TUTOR with a selection of quicksteps, strathspeys, reels and jigs, followed by a pibroch.
Glasgow: Mozart Allen, ca 1950. Reprint. Paperback. oblong small quarto, stapled pale yellow illustrated wraps, reprint (ca 1950 with Price 2/6 nett.) on front, XVII + 34 pages. Lightly bumped corners/front edge, business address stamped on title page; text clean / unmarked. How to play bagpipes with sheet music. More