Contact [Musical Program]
New York: Lincoln Center Theater, 2001. Paperback. Quarto-sized brochure. [14] color pages printed on glossy stock. Fold-out back panel. Stapled wraps. From private collection. More
Music & Performing Arts
![Item #171211004 Kabuki [Kabukiza Guide], November 1960, February 1961, March 1961, December 1961](/pictures/thumb/171211004.jpg?v=1554485574)
Kabuki [Kabukiza Guide], November 1960, February 1961, March 1961, December 1961
Kabukiza Theatre, 1960-1961. Softcover. Collection of 4 issues. Quarto in stapled wraps. Each issue approximately 28 pages. With black & white illustrations and period advertisements. More
S. Hurok Presents Uday Shan-kar and His Hindu Ballet
New York: Hurok Attractions, INc. and Hurok Arstist, Inc., 1937, 1952. Softcover. This listing is for two programs: the first for the season 1937-1938; the second, 1952-53. Quarto, [16] pp each. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Back wraps of 1937-1938 program shows large scuff. More
The Pianist and the Art of Music
Chicago: Lyon & Healy, 1893. Hardcover. Octavo, 160 pp. Burgundy cloth. Retired library copy with usual markings. More
Incite #4, Summer 1987
Belmont, Massachusetts: Self Published, 1987. Softcover. 1980s music fanzine includes pieces on Yo La Tengo, the Cave Dogs, a Lemonhead's record release party, Sons of Ishmael Interview, and the NME. Octavo, [11] pp, stapled wraps. From private collection. More
Advice to Teachers and Pupils of the Violin
London: The Strad, 1912. Hardcover. Book covers elementary bowing, scales, mode of procedure, positions, shifting, etc. Octavo, 157 pp. Maroon cloth. Binding is starting to show wear to spine ends and corners. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Scarce. More
Hypnotism: Course of 17 Practical Self-Study Lessons on Hypnotic Power
Chicago: Nelson-Hall Company, 1949. Softcover. Octavo, 265 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Wraps are a little yellowed and show rubbing to edges. Light crease to bottom corner. Pages lightly agetoned. More
Sing Round the Year
Bodley Head Children's Books, 1966. Hardcover. Inscribed by Michael Flanders of British comedy duo Flanders and Swann to previous owners on the front free endpaper: With best wishes to the Drivers, From the Flanders's, NY. 1967" Quarto, 1122. Green cloth binding. Pages remain clean and unmarked. In price-clipped dust jacket..... More
The Cat in the Hat Song Book: 19 Seuss Songs for Beginning Singers. Piano score & guitar chords by Eugene Poddany.
New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition (no mention of later printing; last title mentioned on back cover is I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew). Quarto, unpaginated. Cloth. From private collection. No signatures, inscriptions, or bookplates. Edges of boards; spine ends, and corners show heavy rubbing... More
The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Hardcover. "From celebrated entertainer Michael Feinstein comes a beautifully illustrated account of the lives and legacies of the Gershwins—told through stories of twelve of their greatest songs and accompanied by an original CD of those songs, performed by the author." Quarto (10.5" tall). 352..... More
![Item #171212002 Hollis St. Theatre, Week of November 26 to December 1, 1894 [Theatre Programme]....](/pictures/thumb/171212002.jpg?v=1554485586)
Hollis St. Theatre, Week of November 26 to December 1, 1894 [Theatre Programme]
Boston: E.O. Skelton, 1894. Softcover. Octavo, [20] pp. Stapled wraps. Wraps show a little soiling and minor wear. "1894. Went with Mamma" writeen in pencil on front. More
The True Method of Tone Production / A New and Complete Course of Voice Training
New York: The H. W. Gray Co., 1908. Hardcover. Quarto, 122 pages. Brick red cloth. From private collection. More
Low Loss Voice
Boston: Privately Printed, 1925. Hardcover. Self published guide on making the falsetto a natural voice. 12mo., 22 pages. Red cloth. From private collection. More
Anna Steiniger: A Biographical Sketch ; in which is contained a suggestion of the Clark-Steiniger system of piano-forte playing
Boston: G. Schirmer, 1886. Softcover. 12mo, 46 pp. Stapled wraps. Back wrap is missing; upper wrap is heavily soiled with name and date written along top edge. Name printed on title page. Top edge of some pages is a little worn. More
Wieland Wagner Inszeniert Richard Wagner
Konstanz: Rosengarten Verlag, 1960. Hardcover. German language book on Wieland Wagner's productions of his grandfather's works. illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Square quarto, 44 pages. Red cloth. Very Good Book in Good Dust Jacket. From private collection. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is chipped and edgeworn..... More
George Pierce Baker and the American Theatre
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Scholarly work on noted American educator in the field of drama. Octavo, xiv, 347 pp. Gray cloth backstrip over paper-covered boards. From private collection. Browned newspaper clipping taped to front pastedown. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. Dust jacket shows some..... More
The Musical Arts of Ancient China
Hong Kong University Press, 2002. Softcover. Catalogue of an exhibition held from September 2001 to January 2002. The exhibition displayed 123 musical instruments, dating from the Neolithic period to the 20th century; and some documents on Chinese music." Text in Chinese and English. Tall quarto. 152 pages. Illus. in color..... More
Songs of Harvard
New York: Hinds, Noble and Eldredg, 1913. Hardcover. Quarto, 222 pp. Tipped in plates depicting scenes from Harvard.. Crimson cloth with photographic plates on front board. Prelims and edges of book block show some foxing. Tissue guard protecting frontispieces is creased and yellowed. 1914 gift inscription. More
Friend Fritz - L'Amico Fritz: Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts
New York: G. Schirmer, 1891. Hardcover. Quarto, 184 pp. Decorative brown cloth binding. From private collection. Cloth shows rubbing to spine ends and corners. Pages remain clean and unmarked. More
Qi Rushan, Zhang Daxia Chinese Language Theater Design Book
Taiwan: Youth Culture Enterprise Co., n.d. Hardcover. Quarto, 131 pp. Orange cloth. No publication date. Profusely illustrated in color. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket shows rubbing and small creased tear. More
Program Testimonial Benefit Tendered to Rev. S.F. Smith, DD, Author of the National Anthem, "America" Music Hall, Boston, April 3, 1895, Afternoon and Evening
Boston: J.H. Daniels & Son, 1895. Softcover. "An 'America' Testimonial Souvenir has been published for the benefit of Dr. Smith...and is handsomely designed, and printed on heavy paper with covers in two colors, and contains: Origin of 'America' Testimonial, with fac-simile signatures of leading citizens of Boston and New England..... More
Masquerade, Number One: The Magazine of Science Fiction Costuming
Cincinnati, Ohio: Once in a Blue Moon, 1980. Softcover. "Everything you ever wanted to know about WorldCon Masquerades--with photos to match." 1980 magazine appears to be a cross between cosplay and burlesque. Quarto, 50 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. From private collection. Wraps show faint foxing along..... More
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570): L'arte et prudenza d'un maestro cuoco (The Art and Craft of a Master Cook) (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)
University of Toronto Press, 2011. Softcover. "Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Cardinals and was such a master of his profession that he became the personal cook for two Popes. At the culmination of..... More
Film in Contemporary China
Praeger, 1993. Hardcover. Scholarly work focuses on changes in Chinese film theory during the last 1980s. Octavo, 204 pages. Blue cloth. From private collection. Cloth binding shows a little soiling. Small faint stain to top edge of last three pages (minor). More
Busoni and the Piano: The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1986. Hardcover. "Musicologists, pianists, composers and music-lovers in general will welcome the re-issue and second edition of Larry Sitsky's Busoni and the Piano, which has been out of print for a number of years. The second edition, which brings various aspects of the book up-to-date, will..... More