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NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS ORIGIN OR ADOPTION. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTING AND INDEX BACK. GREAT NUMBER OF BALLADS, FOR THE LOVER OF BALLADS, MUSIC AND VERSE. NUMEROUS BALLADS REGARDING ROBIN HOOD. BALLADS ON ALL PARTS OF LIFE ITSELF. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. MacEdward Leach (1892-1967)… Read More

PHILADELPHIA, PA: G. & D. BILLMEYER, 1817 RARE BOOK, LEATHER COVER WORN AND INTACT, FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT PAGES, NUMBERS WRITTEN NEXT TO SOME ENTRIES. COUPLE SCRIBBLES WITH PENCIL IN BACK ON 2 BLANK PAGES. TERRIFIC PIECE OF LUTHERAN HISTORY. A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise". The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body. The ELS has 130 congregations and has missions in Peru, Chile, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Latvia. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod teaches that the Bible is the only authoritative and error-free source for doctrine.… Read More

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1894 RARE SONGBOOK, PUBLISHED 1894, COMPRISING PRIMARY SONGS, INTERMEDIATE SONGS, GOSPEL AND SPECIAL SONGS, AND OLD HYMNS AND TUNES. LIGHT BROWN COVER SHOWING SOME WEAR. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE, NO MARKINGS. NICE INDEX IN THE BACK AND A SECTION THAT SEPARATES THE SONGS BY CATEGORIES, SUCH AS GOD, BIBLE, LOVE, WARFARE, TRUSTING JESUS, GIVING AND MANY OTHERS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF RELIGION AND MUSIC. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: L.C. MCCOLLUM, 1929 VERY NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER WITH TEXTURED RICH DESIGN, BLACK DESIGN FRONT OF EAGLE AND PRINT, TWO COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, BOTH HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AROUND THE EDGES. NUMBER 1 HAS A PRICE MARKED INSIDE WITH NO OTHER MARKINGS ACCEPT FOR WHERE SOMETHING HAD BEEN GLUED ONTO AND PULLED OFF FIRST PAGE. BOTH ARE EXCELLENT SHAPE THROUGHOUT. A NICE FRONTISPIECE PHOTO OF THE COMMANDER OF THE LOST BATTALION, THE FRONTISPIECE FOLDS OUT WITH A PICTURE OF THE BATTALION IN FRANCE. ARTWORK IS TREMENDOUS AND DETAILS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. GREAT BOOKS. NUMBER 2 HAS A STICKER IN THE FRONT WHERE THIS BOOK WAS PRESENTED TO A LADY IN APPRECIATION OF ASSISTANCE BY A COMMANDER BY VATERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. BOOKS ARE SOLD SEPARATE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1938 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, ORNATE DECORATIONS FRONT AND SPINE, LIGHT TAN COVER, GREEN & GOLD DESIGN. RED ON SPINE. NICE SLIP COVER WITH DESIGN AND BEAUTIFUL ART WITH WEAR ON EDGES. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, EIGHT COLORFUL, DETAILED ILLUSTRATION. DELUXE EDITION.THE GARDEN OF KAMA FRONTISPIECE WITH TOPLESS DANCERS. THE IMMORTAL POEMS OF LAURENCE HOPE, "LESS THAN THE DUST", "PALE HANDS I LOVED" AND MANY MORE. John Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872 ¿ 26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was an Indian-born British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) (9 April 1865-4 October 1904) was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. In 1901, she published Garden of Kama, which was published a year later in America under the title India's Love Lyrics. VERY NICE HEAVY PAGES AND ART. 84 LOVE LYRICS ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Boston, MA: THE BOSTON MUSIC CO., 1913 NICE COVER, TIGHT AND GREAT SHAPE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. Beautiful book about a composure, musician with a strong family life. Born November 25th, 1862 near Pittsburgh. MOSTLY TOLD BY Nevin and his wife throughout. Pictures and music for songs all through. Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, 1862-1901, American composer born in Edgewerth Pennsylvania; debut as pianist, Pittsburgh (Dec. 10, 1886); excelled in lyrical music, composing 70 songs, published in Sketch Book (1888), Water Scenes (1891), In Arcady (1892), May in Tuscany (1896), A Day in Venice (1898). Best known compositions, Narcissus and The Rosary. Inside fine, binding w/ paper spine label darkened, corners rubbed through and material fraying. Book. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

GLASGOW: BAYLEY & FERGUSON, 1890 RICH DARK BLUE COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, NO PUBLISHED DATE, ESTIMATED CIRCA 1890. NO MARKINGS INSIDE, TIGHT AND CLEAN. AROUND 200 LYRICS. WRITTEN BY WELL KNOWN SCOTTISH PEOPLE SUCH AS BURNS, SINCLAIR, NAIRNE, BYRON, TANNAHILL AND OTHERS. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF SCOTLAND, MUSIC OR THE PIANO. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PITTSBURGH: T. M. WALKER, 1909 LIGHT BROWN COVER, EDGES LEATHER, SOME DISCOLORING AND WEAR OUTSIDE EDGES.INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT. THREE PAGES LOOSE BUT IN GOOD SHAPE. DIVIDED INTO SONGS, HYMNS AND INSTRUMENTAL. FIRST FEW PAGES ABOUT fOSTER'S LIFE. FOSTER WAS BORN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, PA JULY 4, 1826. INDEX LISTED, SONGS WITH MUSIC THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE MUSIC LOVER. Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American composer and songwriter known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period . He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer", and many of his compositions remain popular… Read More

NEW YORK: THE MUSIC LOVERS PRESS, 1905 BEST MUSIC OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF ALL NATIONS. WONDERFUL BOOK AND PIECE OF HISTORY. THIS IS VOLUME 3 OF A 7 VOLUME SET. THERE ARE FOUR PAGES IN THE FRONT OF AN INDEX OF TIMELESS SONGS FROM HISTORY. IN THE BACK IS A LIST OF COMPOSERS NAMES AND MUSICAL TERMS. BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT ON SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR EDGES, NICE GREEN FLOWER DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, VERY GOOD SHAPE. IN THE VERY FRONT AND BACK THERE ARE SOME VERY TINY HOLES IN THE OUTSIDE PAPER THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE PRINT. WONDERFUL BOOK OF SONGS. BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND, GIPSY CHORUS, GREAT IS THE LORD, KILLARNEY, SHIP OF LIFE, ABC, GOOD NIGHT, SWEET AND LOW.MANY MORE ALSO THE BOOK DIVIDES THEM INTO CATEGORIES AND LISTS COMPOSERS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE MUSIC LOVERS PRESS, 1905 BEST MUSIC OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF ALL NATIONS. THIS IS VOLUME 7 OF A 7 VOLUME SET. THERE ARE THREE PAGES IN THE FRONT OF AN INDEX OF INSTRUMENTAL PIANO SONGS BY POPULAR COMPOSERS AND DANCE WRITERS. MUSICIAN NAMES AND MISICAL TERMS IN BACK. BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT ON SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR EDGES, NICE GREEN FLOWER DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, VERY GOOD SHAPE. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE PIANO LOVER OR COLLECTOR. COMPOSERS SUCH AS STRAUSS, VERDI, JAXONE, BOHEMIAN GIRL, STEIN, FAUST, TROVATORE AND OTHERS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE MUSIC LOVERS PRESS, 1905 BEST MUSIC OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF ALL NATIONS. WONDERFUL BOOK AND PIECE OF HISTORY. THIS IS VOLUME 1 OF A 7 VOLUME SET. THERE ARE FOUR PAGES IN THE FRONT OF AN INDEX OF AN INDEX OF TIMELESS SONGS FROM HISTORY. BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT ON SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR EDGES, NICE GREEN FLOWER DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, VERY GOOD SHAPE, SMALL PIPPEN'S BOOK STORE STICKER IN FRONT- BALTIMORE. ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTION OF SONGS- AMERICA, AULD LANG SYNE, BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, DIXIE LAND, FAR AWAY, FLAG OF THE FREE, GLORY GLORY, OLD BLACK JO, ROBIN REDBREAST, STAR SPANGLED BANNER, YANKEE DOODLE. ALL THE BEST POPULAR SONGS OF THE PAST. A TREMENDOUS BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE MUSIC LOVERS PRESS, 1905 BEST MUSIC OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF ALL NATIONS. THIS IS VOLUME 6 OF A 7 VOLUME SET. THERE ARE THREE PAGES IN THE FRONT OF AN INDEX OF INSTRUMENTAL PIANO SONGS BY STANDARD COMPOSERS. BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT ON SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR EDGES, NICE GREEN FLOWER DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, SLIGHT WATER MARK AROUND THE TITLE PAGE EDGE IN FRONT, VERY GOOD SHAPE. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE PIANO LOVER OR COLLECTOR. COMPOSERS SUCH AS BOHM, LANGE, SPINDLER, HEINS, SLACK, STEELE, JUNGMANN, THOME AND OTHERS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1942 BLACK COVER WITH PRINT ON SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. INDEX IN THE BACK. INTRODUCTION, THE MUSIC, THE RECORDED PERFORMANCES, A LIBRARY, JAZZ AND THE PHONOGRAPH. A TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF MUSIC AND ITS HISTORY. Bernard H. Haggin (December 29, 1900 - May 28, 1987) was an American music critic. He was music critic of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1934 to 1937, and from 1936 to 1957 was music critic of The Nation. From 1946 to 1949, he wrote a column for music on the radio for The New York Herald Tribune. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

CINCINNATI, OHIO: THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1929 NICE LOOKING DARK BLACK TEXTURED COVER, FORMER OWNER NAME AND ADDRESS INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. PICTURES SHOW SONGS.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIAL MUSIC IN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, CHURCH SERVICE, BIBLE SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, ETC.
ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: The Macmillan Company, 1967 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL HISTORY AND MUSIC. VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH BLACK SPINE. COWBOY ON HORSE DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. PROTECTIVE COVER HAS NICE PICTURE OF A MAN WITH A GUITAR WITH COWBOY HAT FRONT, BLACK ORANGE BLUE DESIGN. CLEAN NO MARKINGS, TIGHT. SILBER COMPILED AND EDITED, ROBINSON ( MUSIC ANNOTATED, EDITED AND ARRANGED). EIGHT SECTIONS OF GREAT MUSIC OF THE WEST. STORIES TOLD IN SONG. BALLADS, LULLABIES, BATTLE CRIES, LOVE SONGS. SOME SONGS INCLUDE HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION. INDEX BY SUBJECT AND TITLES. Irwin Silber prospered as a writer, left-wing organizer, and book editor, but his greatest claim to fame originates from his editorial duties at Sing Out during the 1950s and 1960s. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1915 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER SHOWING WEAR, BLACK DESIGN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GOOD INDEX IN FRONT. SONGS HAVING TO DO WITH LOVE, HOME, OPERATIC, SACRED, HYMNS, COLLEGE, CHILDREN'S, SOUTHERN, PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL. ARRANGED FOR USE AS SONGS AND PIANO PIECES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PHILADELPHIA: THEODORE PRESSER CO., 1925 WHITE COVER WITH PRINT AND PICTURES ON THE FRONT. PICTURES OF BACH, CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN, LISZT, VERDI GOUND, MOZART.
TIGHT THROUGHOUT. SOME PAGES HAVE PENCIL WRITING ON OPEN LINES, ALL PICTURES ARE PASTED INSIDE.
WONDERFUL DETAIL WITH VERY NICE PICTURES THROUGHOUT.
GREAT BOOK FOR THE MUSIC LOVER.
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect of all human societies, a cultural universal.
James Francis Cooke (November 14, 1875, Bay City, Michigan – March 3, 1960, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) spent his life involved with music. He was a pianist, composer, playwright, journalist, author (including novels and of books on musical history and theory), a president of Theodore Presser music publishers from 1925 to 1936, and editor of The Etude music magazine from 1907 to 1950, or… Read More