London Studioart (1973)., 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good condition in an edge-worn dust jacket. 12" x 8.25" pictorial dj 88pp w/index Contains 76 pages of color facsimiles of sheet music covers as well as 10 pieces of music to rags and early jazz. Illustrated by 128 illustrations in color. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Chicago Down Beat 1940., 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped binding and contents near fine condition. 7.25" x 5" pp: xv, 188 This scarce how-to book was published by Down Beat at the height of the big band era. Chapters include: Organizing Dance Bands and Radio Orchestras; The Best Way to Get a Job with an Orchestra; Rhythm and Tempo (Two-in-a-Bar, Swing, Jam, Shuffle, &c.) ; Arrangers and Arrangements; Dance Music; Broadcasting; Style and Musical Design; etc. Illustrated by seating diagrams, etc. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Chicago Down Beat 1940., 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped binding and contents in very good condition. 7.25" x 5" pp: xv, 188 This scarce how-to book was published by Down Beat at the height of the big band era. Chapters include: Organizing Dance Bands and Radio Orchestras; The Best Way to Get a Job with an Orchestra; Rhythm and Tempo (Two-in-a-Bar, Swing, Jam, Shuffle, &c.) ; Arrangers and Arrangements; Dance Music; Broadcasting; Style and Musical Design; etc. Illustrated by seating diagrams, etc. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY: Lee Furman, 1939. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 480pp w/index. Contains the history and highlights of the Witmark family and their music-publishing company, with capsule biographies of many of the songwriters whose work they published, including Paul Laurence Dunbar, L. Frank Baum, R. Rosamond & James Weldon Johnson, Rudy Vallee, and others. 88 illus from photographs. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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NY Lee Furman (1939)., 1939. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 480pp w/index Contains the history and highlights of the Witmark family and their music-publishing company, with capsule biographies of many of the songwriters whose work they published, including Paul Laurence Dunbar, L. Frank Baum, R. Rosamond & James Weldon Johnson, Rudy Vallee, and others. 88 illus from photographs. First Edition. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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