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ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND by Irving Berlin. Introduced 1911 by Emma Carus. Introduced 1938 by Alice Faye
NYC Irving Berlin Music Corp. 1938., 1938. Soft cover. Pictorial cover and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 6pp The pictorial cover, printed in colors, shows a brass band in a pavilion, with an inset photo-portrait of Irving Berlin. Comprises two verses and a chorus. In part: "Oh, ma honey, Oh, ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander, Ain't you goin', Ain't you goin', To the leader man, ragged meter man?.". Illustrated by bandshell motif on cover. Second Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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AND THEN SOME
NY: Famous Music, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Words by Tot Seymour. Music by Vee Lawnhurst. 6pp, in part: "I thought that I'd seen everything that makes this life worth while I've raved about the Pyramids Described the River Nile .." 12" x 9". (more information)
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AT SUNDOWN (WHEN LOVE IS CALLING ME HOME): Fox-Trot Song. Words and Music by Walter Donaldson
NY Leo. Feist 1927., 1927. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 6pp Music and lyrics. Comprises two verses and a chorus. In part: ".Sunbeams are gently fading Slowly fading And birds are waiting To do their mating When eventide is nigh.". Illustrated by gray & orange illus cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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THE WHITE MORNING: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1918. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. Arnold Genthe. pp: (iii), 195; frontispiece from photograph. 7.5" x 5". (more information)
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JULIA FRANCE AND HER TIMES: A Novel
NY: Macmillan, 1912. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: vii, 533, (2) publisher's ads. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)
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AVALON: Fox Trot Song. Lyric & Music by Al Jolson & Vincent Rose
NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1920. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Frederick S. Manuina. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Ev'ry morning mem'ries stray Across the sea where flying fishes play..I found my love in Avalon Beside the bay.." One horizontal fold mark. 12" x 9". (more information)
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BECAUSE I'M YOURS SINCERELY. Words by Al. J. Neiburg. Music by Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
Philadelphia General Music 1930., 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few signs of use, else in good condition. 12" x 9" 6pp Contains piano music, vocal line, lyrics, and guitar chords and frames; two verses and a chorus. In part: "I am yours and you are mine alone I'm so proud to call you all my own.". Illustrated by cover design by Barbelle. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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BEER BARREL POLKA (Roll Out the Barrel). Fast one-step (like a polka) by Lew Brown & Wladimir A. Timm & Jaromir Vejvoda
NY Shapiro, Bernstein (1939)., 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Crease in lower portion of cover, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp Contains lyrics, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. Two verses and a chorus. In part: "There's a garden, what a garden, Only happy faces bloom there And there's never any room there For a worry or a gloom there.Roll out the barrel We'll have a barrel of fun.". Illustrated by cover photo of Bob Strong. 1st edn thus. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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BEHIND THOSE SWINGING DOORS. Words and Music by Fleming Allan. Recorded by Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Bluebird #11282
Hollywood American Music 1938., 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (4)pp Contains lyrics, music, guitar chords and frames. In part: "'Twas Saturday night in an old mining town, Jake's barroom was merry and gay While far from the laughter a mother did wait, For pop to come home with his pay.". Illustrated by cover photo of Spike Jones. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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BIRMINGHAM JAIL. With ukelele chords, guitar chords, and special Hawaiian guitar chorus. Arranged by Nick Manoloff
Chicago Calumet Music 1935., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp The cover shows men at the windows of a prison; inset is a photo of Don Huston who featured this song. In part: "Down on the levee, levee so low. Late in the evening, hear the train blow. Hear the train blow love.". Illustrated by illus cover, inset photo. 1st edn thus. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES. Words by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Music by Ray Henderson
NY Harms (1926)., 1926. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp In part: "Oh! They say some people long ago Were searching for a diff'rent tune, One that they could croon As only they can.". 1960s Editionst. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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BLUE PACIFIC MOONLIGHT: Vocal Waltz
NY: Santly Bros., 1930. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Good. Words and music by Jack Payne & Wallace Herbert. 6pp, in part: "Flow'r of love we met and parted 'Mid the shadows softly falling .." Portrait of Guy Lombardo inset on cover; old file numbers. 12" x 9". (more information)
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A BUNDLE OF OLD LOVE LETTERS: "Lord Byron of Broadway," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
NY: Robbins Music, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Lyrics by Arthur Freed. Music by Nacio Herb Brown. 6pp, in part: "Here in my hand I'm holding stories of days of old Keepsakes of memory.." 12" x 9". (more information)
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BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT ... A musical slice of country club life, "Follow Thru
NY: DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, 1928. First Edition. Decorative cover. Very Good. Words and music by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. 6pp, in part: "Listen, Big boy! Now that I've got you made, Goodness, but I'm afraid .." 12" x 9". (more information)
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BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1926. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Good. Lyric by Mort Dixon. Music by Ray Henderson. 6pp, in part: "Blackbird Blackbird singing the blues all day Right outside of my door .." 12" x 9". (more information)
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SONG HIT GUILD, FOLIO NO. 2: WRITE A SONG WITH A HIT SONG WRITER
NY: Song Hit Guild, 1939. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 34pp; text illus from photographs. This book tells the novice how to "write and collaborate with some of the greatest song writers in the world!" Included are Hoagy Carmichael, James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke, and Jack Lawrence. Each of them has provided lyrics to a song for which you can write the music, or music for which you can write the lyrics. The extensive promotional text includes biographies of the songwriters, a feature article by Hoagy Carmichael, testimonials from happy tyros, etc. Printed on the back page are 10 unused coupons on which you would enter your name and the name of your "collaborator" before sending along with $1 and your submission of lyrics or music. 12" x 9". (more information)
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CARRY ME BACK TO THE LONE PRAIRIE
NY: Mills Music, 1934. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Good. Milos. Words and music by Carson J. Robison. 4pp, in part: "I'm a rovin' cowboy, far away from home, Far from the prairie where I used to roam .." Some wear at corners. Featured by James Melton in "Stars over Broadway." 12.25 x 9". (more information)
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CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY by James A. Bland. Ukelele Chords, Guitar Chords, and Special Hawaiian Guitar Chorus
Chicago Calumet Music 1935., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Covers and contents in very good condition. 12.25" x 9.25" 6pp Arranged by Nick Manoloff. The photo portrait inset on cover is of Edna O'Dell, "The Hoosier Songbird". Illustrated by cover photo of Edna O'Dell. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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CHEERFUL LITTLE EARFUL. Billy Rose presents . "Sweet and Low
NY: Remick Music, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good. Light wear to lower corner and along spine. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Billy Rose. Music by Harry Warren. 6pp, in part: "I'm growing tired of lovey dove theme songs That fifty million pianos pound And in an age where these Radios scream songs I only want one phrase around ." 12" x 9". (more information)
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THE COCKEYED MAYOR OF KAUNAKAKAI. Words and music by R. Alex. Anderson
Honolulu, T.H. R. Alex. Anderson 1935., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Covers dusted, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" 4pp In part: "He wore a malo and a coconut hat, One was for this and the other for that, All the people shouted as he went by, He was the cockeyed mayor of Kaunakakai.". Illustrated by Hawaiian scene on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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COLLEGIATE. Words and music by Moe Jaffe and Nat Bonx
NY: Shapiro, Bernstein, 1925. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Valentino's famous on the movie screens Mister Heinz is known because of pork and beans.." 12" x 9". (more information)
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COLLEGIATE BLUES, by Moe Jaffe and Nat Bonx
NY: Shapiro, Bernstein, 1925. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. By the writers of "Collegiate." 6pp, words and music, in part: "Ev'ry-where I go Movie ball or show I hear Collegiate, C'llegiate, Dog-gone song.." 12.25" x 9". (more information)
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THE COWBOY AT CHURCH. Arranged by Mort. H. Glickman. Featured by Johnny Marvin over NBC
Chicago Calumet Music 1935., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9.25" 6pp Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. In part: "Some time ago two weeks or more, if I remember well, I found myself in town and thought I'd knock around a spell.". Illustrated by illus cover, inset portrait. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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COWBOY'S HEAVEN. Words and Music by Gene Autry and Frankie Marvin. Featured by the Ranch Boys (Over NBC)
Chicago Calumet Music 1934., 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9.25" 6pp Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. In part: "Tonight I'm a tired weary cowboy I've been in the saddle all day Searching the hills and the valleys For cattle that strayed away." The Ranch Boys were Shorty Carson, Jack Ross, and Curley Bradley. Illustrated by illus cover, group portrait. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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CRY BABY BLUES. Words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis, Writers of "My Mammy." Music by Geo W. Meyer
NY Irving Berlin 1921., 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Decorative covers and contents in very good condition. 12.25" x 9.25" (6)pp Contains lyric, melody line, and piano accompaniment. In part: "You're the baby I've been callin' my own Oh! me, Oh! my, you're about the meanest baby I've known.". Illustrated by cover illus by R.S. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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DANCING FINGERS: New American Piano Solo by Earl ["Fatha"] Hines
Chicago: Modern Standard Music, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Theme by Walton Perkins. 8pp music for piano. Original sheet music for a composition by Earl Fatha Hines (1905-1983) is seldom seen. 12" x 9". (more information)
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DANSE RITUELLE DU FEU (Ritual Fire Dance)
London: J & W Chester, 1921. Decorative cover. Very Good. Written by Manuel de Falla. 8pp, piano music. Few minor marks. 12" x 9". (more information)
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DEAR EYES THAT HAUNT ME ... "The Circus Princess," Internationally Famous Musical Comedy
NY: Harms, 1927. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Words by Harry B. Smith. Music by Emmerich Kalman. 8pp, in part: "Champagne reflected in the glass, I see a vision, Of old times vanished, of pleasure vanished .." 12" x 9". (more information)
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DEAR, ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS. Words by Irving Caesar. Music by Con Conrad
NY Harms 1927., 1927. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Covers and contents in very good condition. 11.75" x 9" 8pp Music and lyrics. Comprises two verses and a refrain. In part: "Day is ending, Night descending, Heaven's a moonlit shore; Love compels us, Nature tells us, We should not ask for more.". Illustrated by blue & white illus cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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DEEP PURPLE (Sombre Demijour): Vocal Edition. Lyric by Mitchell Parish. Music by Peter De Rose
NY Robbins Music 1939., 1939. Soft cover. Faint dampmark on corner, else in good condition. 12.25" x 9" 6pp Music and lyrics. Comprises two verses and a chorus. The cover has an inset portrait of orchestra leader, Hal Kemp. In part: "The sun is sinking low behind the hill, I loved you long ago, I love you still . When the Deep Purple falls over sleepy garden walls, and the stars begin to flicker in the sky." Translated from the French by Yvette Baruch. Illustrated by cover illus in purple & blue. copyright 1934st edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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