Search Results: Popular Music from Veery Books

New York: M. Witmark & Sons,, 1917. Wear, some short tears. Good. 10.5 X 13 inches. Ethel Gray Terry and Robert Armstrong hand-colored photo.Ballad for voice and piano. ''The roses all envy the bloom on your cheek, and the sun even envies your smile.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Sao Paulo: Off. Musical (ARS) [ca. 1923]. [1],2,[1] pp., one leaf folded once. Quarto. Pages tanned, edgewear. For piano and voice, (words above piano part). The stamp of music dealer Casa Mozart Musicas, Lino Jose Barbaso, Av. Rio Branco, 127, Rio on the front cover. P.O. sig. with date (Dec. 20, 1923). Ads for four more pieces on rear (''Fox-trots que triumpham em todas as salas chics.''): Ultimo Retoque Fox-trot, Mandarim Fox trot, Adio Cabaret Tango Argentino, and Triste Gaucho Tango Argentino. . Wraps. Fair. Quarto.

New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1919. 3 pp. 9 X 12 inches. A bump to one corner and a spot of foxing, very good. ''Once in a while there's a fragrance rare, Bringing a lingering vision fair, . . .'' Voice and piano.. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Broadway Music Corporation, 1919. 3 pp. A fold to top fore edge, else fine. ''In the spring the wedding bells will ring for Johnny and me.''. Wraps. Very Good. 9'' X 12''.

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1918. 3 pp. Long chips from top and spine, music in cloud is transfer. Harry Ruby turned to song writing after failing to become a professional baseball player. Composer of ''Who's Sorry Now?'' and ''I Wanna be Loved by You.''. Wraps. Fair. 10.25 X 14 inches.

New York: Harry Von Tilzer, 1917. 3 pp. 10.5 X 13 inches. Light bumps to corners, some short tears. Very good. ''We'll build a nest and fill it just full of love, Where we can coo like doves pretty doves turtle doves lovey doves. Give me the right to drive all your sorrows away.''. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by G. Britter[?] N.Y.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Williamsport, Penna: Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1920. 3 pp. 9.25 X 12. Some ink has chipped from title head, a fold and tear to the top fore edge corner. Very good. ''And with our parting kiss, Just remember this . . .''. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1918. 3 pp. 10.5 X 14 inches. Some creases at bottom of spine. Ink has been lost from wrap artwork, but image still striking. ''That isn't all I'm going to miss, A world of perfect bliss.''. Wraps. Fair. Illus. by Barbelle. 10.5 X 14 inches.

[cover, ad] 3-5 [ad] pp. [12¼ x 9¼ inches]. Artist, RS . Colors perhaps a little subdued, but the original palette is rather earthy. Spine artfully repaired with Japan paper. The ad on the verso of the cover is for "My Sahara Rose." "Ever since the U. S. A. went dry everybody's going there and I'm going too." No, not the Sahara! "I'm on my way to Cuba, . . . where wine is flowing and where dark eyed Stellas light their fellers panatellas." The song was later repurposed in the 1946 Musical Blue Skies, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Some copies in institutional repositories but relatively scarce in trade.

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1919. 3 pp. 9.25 X 12 inches. Some stains at spine and bottom margin extending through pages, else very good. Plate Number 967-2. ''It took six days to make the world, And on the day called seven, A thing called love came from above, And someone called it Heaven.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Beer & Schirmer, 1865. 4 pp. [cover, 2 p. score, catalog no. 2] Folio. Some foxing and offsetting, wear at extremities, disbound. Cover title: Choix de Romances Francaises favorite. For voice and piano. Text in French, with English translation. ''Il est un air a la fois vif et tendre, dont j'ai garde le touchant souvenir. J'aimais jadis; J'aime encore a l'entendre: il m'annoncait qu'elle devait venir.'' Nadaud is known for his political chansons in the tradition of Piere-Jean de Beranger. This, of course, is not a political song. Catalog on last page of vocal music offered by G. Schirmer, 701 Broadway (1866-1880), including Songs, Secular vocal ensemble music, and Sacred vocal ensemble music. Compositions by American composer Dudley Buck in the catalog indicate that this was probably a later printing from the same plates much later than 1865, yet WorldCat only finds two copies of this imprint.. Wraps. Very Good. Folio - 13'' X 10.5''.

New York: Sunset Publishing Corp, 1918. [1], 2-3, [1] pp. Some wear at edges. As sung by Madame Schumann-Heink for our boys of the Army and Navy. Byron Gay wrote the music for the L. Frank Baum song "Susan Doozan." Madame Schumann-Heink was an operatic contralto, most highly respected at the time, associated with the Bayreuth festival and the Metropolitan Opera, and a familiar of Struass and Mahler. During WWI she toured the United States raising money for the war effort even though she had sons in both the German and the U.S. Navy. ''There's an angel over there An angel from I know not where Smiling sweetly through her tears She drove my fears away. Little Girl who nursed me through, I owe my life to you Oh Come back, love that I found and lost My Angel of the Flaming Cross.''. Wraps. Very Good. 9'' X 12''.

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1920. 5 pp. Spine splitting, else very good. ''Floating on the bay at Tripoli, sweethearts, you and I Just a little paradise for two 'Neath Italian sky'' Performed by Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra, Benson Orchestra of Chicago, and William Robyn and Louise Terrell.. Wraps. Very Good. 9'' X 12''.

New York: E. T. Paull, 1905. 7 pp. Spine split, considerable losses to front wrap, the rest good. Sectrional composition with galloping, cry of alarm, patriots aroused, call to arms, minutemen assembling, battle of Lexington and Concord with shot and shell. enemy routed, enemy in full retreat, and cheers of the vicotrs. Inside the back wrap, an essay by Paull with the complete text of Longfellow's poem. ''A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore!''. Wraps. Poor. 10.5 X 14.

Chicago: Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son (The Bond Shop, 1916. 4 pp. Piano solo. Some insect damage near top of spine. Leaves are fragile although not darkening. First published in 1910. Her second-most popular song after ''I Love You Truly.'' Apparently first thus published as a waltz for solo piano. See the Lillly Library collection. ''For mem'ry has painted this /Perfect day /With colors that never fade, /And we find at the end of a perfect day /The soul of a friend we've made.'' Bond's most-requested song whilst performing for the soldiers of WWI. Performed by 15 artists on Victor alone.. Fair. 10.25'' X 14'' .

New York, Chicago: Park, Daniels & Friedman, 1915. 5 pp. with sample quartet of same song. Some chips from the art, transfer with hole in interior page. Good. 10.5 X 13 inches. ''Many times I have strolled through those gardens of old.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1915. 5 pp. Some short tears, PO sig. Very good. 10.5 X 13 inches. ''If you should leave me, I don't know what I'll do . . . '. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Parke, Daniels & Friedman, 1914. 4 pp. + sample. 10.5 X 13 inches. Some chips from finish affecting art, folds to upper right corner. Mary Pickford's official song, with her printed inscription. ''I'm like a flower without the sunshine, for you I pine.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Financial, Moto-pianos – Pianos e Musicas, R. Goncalves Dias, 80 [c. 1923]. [1],2,[1] pp., one leaf folded once. Quarto. Large tear repaired with paper tape, which could be easily removed for more archival repairs. Edgewear, stains, foxing. Fair. P.O. sig. with date (Dec. 20, 1923). For solo piano. ''Ao distincto amigo e inspirado compositor Eduardo Souto.'' Ad for publisher/music dealer on back.. Wraps. Fair. Quarto.

New York: Leo Feist, 1920. 6 pp. 9.25 X 12 inches. Spine split, else fine. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.