New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XVII, [3], 416, IX, [3], 473, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over brown leatherette with paper covered boards. Gold lettering on spines. An exhaustive work of scholarship, interpretation, and authoritative opinion, van der Straeten's book is the definitive history of the violin..... More
London: Collier-Macmillan, (1963). Hardcover. 8vo. xiii. 545 pp. 1/2 black cloth over beige cloth with copper lettering to spine and blind-embossed lettering to front board. Top edge red. Frontispiece. Biography of renowned German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic period, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, a.k.a. Felix Mendelssohn..... More
Los Angeles: "The Pacific Coast Musician", Colby and Pryibil, (1920). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 151pp. Green cloth with black title to cover and spine. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and frayed. Wear to edges. Minor scuffing and discoloration to boards. "In presenting this first edition of a...... More
London: Dulau and Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [4], XI, [1], 484pp. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Arcangelo Corelli, protected with a tissue guard. When published, this remarkable work was one of the most important books on the subject that have..... More
New York: A Mushinsha Book. Published by Grossman Publishers, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 500pp. Brown and mottled tan cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Some staining and minor creasing on dj. Small chip missing on tail of spine, small closed tear along head on..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 390 pp. Brown cloth binding. With illustrations. Front board detached, but present. Spine loose. In fair condition. More
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1910. Fifth edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii, 664pp. Original green cloth with gilt stamped, framed art reproduction laid in and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Vignette on title page. Introduction on the art of violin manufacturing and elaborate historical treatise on..... More
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1877. Second edition (Zweite, vermehrte Auflage). Hardcover. 8vo. xx,478pp. Black cloth. Some age wear and minor staining on binding. Closed tear along bottom part of front endpaper and title-page. Frontisportrait of Mozart. Interesting collection of letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Fold-out facsimile of a handwritten letter..... More
[Portland]: Menomena, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Oblong sextodecimo. 80pp.unpaginated. Original illustrated white heavy stock paper wraps with white lettering on black spine. A Promotional photographic flipbook in black and white for the Portland-based indie rock band Menomena, and their debut album "I Am the Fun Blame Monster!". The booklet was..... More
(Pittsburgh, Penn.): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1944. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Gray cloth binding. Illustrated from contemporary painting, photographs and prints. A family history of one of America's earliest and most influential songwriters. Foster lives in the Pittsburgh area; in Lawrenceville and Allegheny country. Foster's songs included Oh! Susanna, De..... More
Viersen: J. H. Meyer, 1919. Softcover. 8vo. 56pp. Original wraps. Minor closed tears on spine. Slight age toning to outer edges of pages. "Eine musikkritische Betrachtung nebst einer Zusammenstellung von sämtlichen musikalischen Ariadne-Werken der Welt. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde bei der philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Rostock." Text in German..... More
Capitol, n/d. Fold-out leaflet by Capital Records to promote the band "Tucky Buzzard", produced by acclaimed "Rolling Stones" - drummer Bill Wyman [see below]. B/w photograph of the band on first page [with eyes of band members "censored" by black strip]. Contains warning before text: "A Warning: Although those sensitive..... More
London: H.C. Blossom, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. 128p. Black cloth with gilt lettering and dj. Head and tail of spine and corners very slightly worn. Minor denting to edges. DJ good condition. A history of jukeboxes and their art. Very good condition. More
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 318, [2]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable detailed catalogue of chamber music published from 1944 to 1958, arranged generically from a10 down to a1 for winds and strings mixed or alone; from..... More
Berlin: Hanns Graß, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo. 221pp. Original gray quarter-cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards with black and white lettering on cover. Green endpapers. Extraordinary collection of brazen folk songs profusely illustrated with b/w and duotone drawings, woodcuts, and images from farm life commodities. Selected and arranged by..... More
London: Outline Press, 1999. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1 of 6,000 copies. Sm. folio. 126pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original pictorial dust jacket housed in original blue cloth slipcase with gold lettering. Work traces the violin's development from its medieval roots, through the era of the great..... More
Zürich: Atlantis, 1980. First German edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 635pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Originally published in English in 1963 the German edition is a revised and expanded version including previously not published family correspondence and the artist's thematic catalog of works. Illustrated..... More
Neptune City, N.J. Paganiniana Publications, Inc., 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 168, [2]pp. Original photographic paper covered boards. Frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable biography of the celebrated composer, providing a background against which Paganini's extraordinary talents as a musician can be appraised in their true light. This..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 96 pp. Illustrated white boards with dj. Corners bumped. Discoloration and light chipping to edges of front cover. Dj chipped along edges. Top edge red. Illustrated throughout in b&w and color. Also includes musical compositions. Overall, in good condition. More
Malmö: Allhem Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. 4to. 181pp. White cloth with brown decorations and lettering. Head and tail of spine and corner are bumped. Top right edge has a small tear. B&W and color illustrations throughout and a pull out map of Stockholm in 1784. The first biography of Bellman in..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1977). (First Edition). Hardcover. 8vo. xvii, 458 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. Illustrated with photos and sheet music. A history of jazz, covering American chronology, as well as specific artists. Also with transcriptions of some songs, and with bibliography. In good condition with..... More