Books
Thirty Years' Musical Recollections
New York: Vienna House, 1972. Edited with an Introduction by Ernest Newman. Black and white frontispiece. xxv + 411 pages, thick 8vo, orange cloth (light sunning on spine and back panel, else fine). New York: Knopf, 1972. A very good(+) copy. More
Toscanini: An Intimate Portrait.
New York: Knopf, 1956. Frontis. 148pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Knopf, 1956. A very good copy. More
"Inga-Play!".
New York: 1952. Memoirs, written in collaboration with Molly W. Pearson, et al. New York, (1952). A very good(+) copy, inscribed by the author on rear endpaper. More
Prima Donna: A History.
367pp., 8vo, cloth- backed boards, worn d.w. New York: Viking, 1985. Very good. More
Noel And Cole: The Sophisticates
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Black & white photo illustrations. 360 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Fine. More
The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd & Alan Jay Lerner
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Illustrated (b/w). 446 pages. 8vo, blue cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. A near fine copy. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. More
The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Alan Jay Lerner.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Illustrated sparsely in black & white and with musical notations. 445pp. Tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19th, 1864. 8 inches x 10 inches broadside sheet/writing paper,
Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1864. with blind stamp of papermaker Southworth CO., folded in half, (creating four pages), decorated with two American flags and the words, "Liberty and Union Forever." Lyrics contain thirteen verses, including those mentioning the Eighth Corps, General Grover and General Sheridan. Printed in red and blue against a white backdrop. Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1864. Fine An exceptional example of this printing that remains fresh and without creases or tears. More
Biographical Dictionary of American Music.
West Nyack: Parker Publishing, 1973. 491pp. tall 8vo, d.w.; rubbed, small tears. West Nyack: Parker Publishing, 1973. A very good (+) copy in a very good (-) dust jacket. More
Antonin Dvorak: Musician and Craftsman
New York: St. Martin's, 1966. Illustrated, including many musical notations. xviii + 341 pages, tall 8vo, cloth, d.w.; a few instances of underlining in red ink, dust wrapper lightly edgeworn. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1966). More
Nathaniel Giles: Anthems
London: British Academy, 1979. 165 pages. Tall slim 8vo, stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. London: British Academy, (1979). First Edition. Very good. Early English Church Music. More
The Composer in Love
New York: Roy Publishers, 1951. Some illustrations in black & white. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Roy Publishers, (1951). Very good (+). More
Jazzlife auf den Spuren des Jazz
Offenburg: Burda, 1961. Profusely illustrated throughout with amazing photographs, some in color. 268 pages with text in German, printed on thin paper, somewhat toned; color pictorial endpapers at front. 4to, gilt-lettered black cloth (spine heavily faded, still a very good solid copy of this uncommon book). Offenburg (Baden): Burda, 1961. First edition. Lacks the dust wrapper, and as usual, the 2 very rare 45rpm records from rear sleeve. In 1960 photographer William Claxton and noted German musicologist Joachim E. Berendt..... More
Queens of Song: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Celebrated Female Vocalists...
London: Smith, Elder, 1863. 6 steel engraved portraits. 2 volumes, 381 + 452 pages, 3/4 burgundy morocco, decoratively gilt spines, marbled boards, t.e.g. London: Smith, Elder, 1863. First Edition. Near Fine. More
Les musiciens celebres depuis le seizieme siecle jusqu'a nos jours.
Paris: Hachette, 1868. 44 steel engraved portraits, tissue guards. Rubricated title, 680pp. + 8 page preface, 4to, 3/4 vellum, marbled boards (spine scratched, rubbed), red leather spine label. Paris: Hachette, 1868. Very good. Biographical sketches of 111 famous musicians. More
The Collected Works of Harold Clurman: Six Decades of Commentary on Theatre, Dance, Music, Film, Arts and Letters
New York: Applause, 1994. Edited by Marjorie Loggia and Glenn Young. Introduction by Robert Whitehead. xii + 1101pp., large 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Applause Books, (1994). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Reprise: The Extraordinary revival of Early Music.
Boston: Little Brown, 1985. Illustrated. xxviii + 227pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; light chipping. Boston: Little, Brown, 1985. First edition. A very good ( ) copy in a very good (-) dust jacket. More
There Is No Eye: John Cohen Photographs
New York: powerHouse Books, 2001. Color and black and white photographic illustrations throughout. 199 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (lightly sunned). New York: powerHouse Books, (2001). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Twentieth-Century Music in Western Europe: The Compositions and the Recordings
New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1965. xii, 510pp. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper adhered to the inside covers. New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1965). Dust wrapper edgeworn and chipped, but internally clean. A good copy. More
The Minstrel; A Collection of Celebrated Songs, Set to Music
Baltimore: F. Lucas, 1812. Illustrated with some small woodcut vignettes. x, [3], 6-316pp. Short 8vo, original calf (well-rubbed and worn at edges; both joints repaired; light but persistent foxing throughout; page edges somewhat soft and with a handful of tears, several with some loss of text). Baltimore: F. Lucas, printed by G. Dobbin & Murphy, 1812. First edition. A very good(-) copy of this scarce American imprint, featuring 140 Irish and Scottish airs. More