Search Results: Music from Parker's Rare Books

Stuttgart und Tubingen: Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844-1845. HB. Two volumes, in uniform green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, all edges of text block marbled, viii, 561, (564)- 1055 pp. Each volume has separate title page and frontis illustration, but volumes paginated together. Owners name ffep of each volume only marks in books, bindings tight. Covers show minor shelf and edge wear, corners lightly bumped. Index at end of second volume. "Ludwig Uhland's two-volume, 357-song Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder (1844), is significant for the ways it connects songs with regional dialects in oral tradition to those in the national literary language, High German. Uhland's collection thus strengthens the nation from within, buttressing the edifice of a common literate musical tradition by demonstrating its foundation in regional and dialect traditions." Bohlman, p. 94. Text in German. Book condition VG-.

New York: Oxford, 1978. HB. Blue cloth, 8vo., 749pp. X-Reference Lib., stamps on ffep, title page, sticker on spine. No card pockets, etc. Clean, tight book in Brodart covered dust jacket. Book condition VG- in VG- DJ.

New York et al: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1982. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 4to, 370 pp. First printing. Profusely illustrated with photographs of various guitars, with forward by Les Paul. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Covers show very minor edge wear. In unclipped dust jacket that shows some chipping, several closed tears, lacking top 1" on spine affecting first two letters of title, old sticker residue top front panel. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

New York: The Four Corners, 1942. Stated 1st. pr. Wraps. Stiff blue wraps, 16 mo., 94pp. Clean and tight, slight edge wear. Book condition VG.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. First Edition. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 230 pp. Signed by the author on ffep. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In a near fine dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in like DJ.

London: Cassell, 1948. hb. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 299 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Some soiling edges of text block, foxing of preliminary pages. Covers show minor edge wear. In unclipped dust jacket that has faded brown, some chipping, one 1" tear. Book condition VG- in Good DJ.

New York: Free Press, 2004. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Quarter blue cloth and white paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 296 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. In a nice, unclipped dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.

Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1912. Wraps. Green cloth spine with tan stiff paper covered boards, black lettering on front cover, 16 mo, 256 pp. Songbook, for ships passanger's, text in Norwegian. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show some edge wear. Book condition VG.

New York: Oak Publications, 1968. First Printing Stated, of this Edition. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 4to, 297 pp, photographs by Julius Lester. Gift inscripion on ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Covers show minor sunning. Lacking the dust jacket. Book condition VG.

NewYork et al: Greenwood Press, 1990. 1st Printing. HB. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on blue border front cover and spine, 8vo, 251 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Short biography of the Swiss composer, with extensive bibliography. Book condition NF.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1840. HB. Adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's work, with black and white and color illustrations by Sheilah Beckett. Quarter blue cloth over glossy colorful illustrated boards, 8vo., 47 pp. Owners bookplate on ffep, no marks in book, binding solid. Covers show slight edge wear. In dust jacket with significant edge wear, chipping. Authorized by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

Minneapolis: Til Salgs Hos P. Benson; Skoog & DeLander Music Printers, 1903. First Edition. HB. Red cloth, black lettering on front cover, 12 mo, 205 pp., all edges of text block stained red. Sacred songs (medium voice) with musical scores for guitar. Text in Norwegian. No marks in book, front hinge cracked but binding holding. Covers show edge wear, minor fraying top and bottom of spine. Uncommon title. Book condition Good+.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1965. HB. A Study of the Relationship between English Music, Poetry and Theatre, c. 1600-1900". Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 317 pp. X-College reference library with usual flaws, but a very good reading copy. No marks in text, binding solid, covers clean. Book condition VG-.

Helsinki: Suomen Vapaakirkko, 1948. HB. Quarter tan leather and marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 774 pp. Church music book, text in Finnish. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. Book condition VG.

Chicago: No Publisher Noted, 1931. Wraps. Oblong orange paper stapled wraps, 16mo, black lettering and illustration on front cover, 16 pp. Musical scores. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Bergen: Udgiverens Forlag, N. Nilson & Sons, 1904. HB. Dark brown paper covered boards, brown cloth backstrip, 12mo, xiii, 224 pp. Text of Norwegian hymns. Previous owner's name, in pencil, front paste-down, no marks in book. Binding somewhat lose, but holding. Covers show edge wear, paper covering chipped top front cover. Book condition Good+. Text in Norwegian. Very uncommon title,

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1949. Second Printing. HB. Gray cloth, blue lettering on spine, 8vo, 201 pp. No marks in book, binding tight, offsetting to endpapers. Covers show minor edge wear. In unclipped dust jacket that shows considerable edge wear and chipping, old price sticker on front panel. Book condition VG- in Good DJ.

Boni & Liveright, 1924. First Edition. HB. Quarter brown cloth and tan paper covered boards, paper title label on spine, 8vo, 322 pp. Number 1898 of a limited edition of 2050. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show edge wear, soiling top edge of text block. Book condition Good+, lacking the dust jacket.

Boston: Bilfinch Press, No Date. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, folio, 144 pp. Stated first edition. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In unclipped dust jacket that shows slight shelf wear. Profusely illustrated. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

Basel: Barenreiter-Verlag Kassel, 1972. Wraps. Vocal Score based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition arranged by Max Schneider." Stiff blue paper wraps, white and black lettering on front cover and spine, 4to, 345 pp. BA4012b. Minor notes, in pencil, on blank rear page, otherwise no marks in book, binding tight. Covers clean, with 1/4" tear bottom front joint. Book condition VG.