Browsing the inventory of R & A Petrilla, BooksellersSheet Music, 20s and 30s |
|
Browse books in Sheet Music, 20s and 30s | Return to R & A Petrilla, Booksellers
|
| |||||
| 1) |
SHE WAS JUST A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART: A Serio-comic Mock Ballad
NY: Leo. Feist, 1925. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Words and music by Joe Burke. Six pages, words and music, in part: "It was on a Tuesday ev'ning At the home of Madge Malone, There was quite a celebration, For her father wasn't home.." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 2) |
SHE'S A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
NY: Irving Berlin, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Leff. Words by Charles O'Flynn & Frank Flynn. Music by Pete Wendling. 6pp, in part: "Sweetie Sweetie Sweetie You shouldn't be jealous 'cause I gave that girlie a kiss .." Old file numbers on cover. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 3) |
SHE'S STILL MY BABY. Words by Willie Raskin & Sam Coslow. Music by Little Jack Little
NY Henry Waterson 1926., 1926. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signature, etc. on cover, else in good condition. 12.25" x 9" (6)pp The cover shows a flapper girl, two men arguing, inset photo of Athlone. Contains lyrics, music, guitar chords and frames. In part: "You've been braggin' that you had my baby out I'll admit that's quite a bit to brag about, If you think that you can steal her go right to it.". Illustrated by cover illus by Barbelle. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 4) |
SHOOTING HIGH. Sung by Alice Faye in ... "King of Burlesque
NY: Robbins Music, 1935. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Lyric by Ted Koehler. Melody by Jimmy McHugh. 4pp, in part: "Ev'ry morning when I raise my blind to greet another day I begin by making up my mind that it's my lucky day .." This movie was produced by Zanuck at 20th Century-Fox. 11" x 8". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 5) |
SHORT'NIN' BREAD: Negro Dance Episode. By Jacques Wolfe. Piano concert version by Wolfe-Savino
NY Harold Flammer 1935., 1935. Soft cover. Few small archival repairs, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp First copyright by Flammer in 1928. Illustrated by stylized "mammy" on cover. Second Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 6) |
SHOULD I ... "Lord Byron of Broadway
NY: Robbins Music, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Lyrics by Arthur Freed. Music by Nacio Herb Brown. 6pp, words and music, in part: "The yellow moon shines up above Music is bringing songs of love .." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 7) |
SILVER MOON
NY: Harms, 1927. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. Music by Sigmund Romberg. The Messrs. Shubert present "My Maryland," a musical romance. Eight pages, words and music, in part: "Dear, dear, dearer than ev'rything dear to me! Near, near, nearer my heart you will always be!.." 12.25" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 8) |
SILVER MOON ... The Messrs Shubert present "My Maryland," a Musical Romance
NY: Harms, 1927. First Edition. Decorative cover. Good. Words by Dorothy Donnelly. Music by Sigmund Romberg. 8pp, lyrics and music, in part: "Dear, dear, dearer than ev'rything dear to me! Near, near, nearer my heart you will always be! .." 12" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 9) |
SINGIN' IN THE SADDLE. Words and Music by Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup and Ira Shuster. Featured by Russ Morgan
NY Powell, Whitcup and Shuster 1938., 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. World Music" stamp on cover, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. In part: "I've been roundin' up the long lost dogies, Out on the lone prairie. Now I'm headin' for my ranch house heaven. Where she waits for me.". Illustrated by western scene on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 10) |
SO THIS IS LOVE ... Irene Bordoni in "Little Miss Bluebeard," a Gay New Song-play by Avery Hopwood
NY: Harms, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Words and music by E. Ray Goetz, 6pp, in part: "We met, we spoke, and I awoke, To some emotion new .." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 11) |
SO THIS IS LOVE ... Irene Bordoni in "Little Miss Bluebeard," a Gay New Song-play by Aver Hopwood
NY: Harms, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Neat signatures on cover. 6pp. Words and music by E. Ray Goetz, in part: "We met, we spoke, and I awoke, To some emotion new .." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 12) |
SO THIS IS VENICE. Played and sung by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra in the New 1923 Ziegfeld Follies
NY: Clarke & Leslie Songs, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Barbelle. Words by Clarke and Leslie. Adapted from Ambrose Thomas' "Carnival of Venice" by Harry Warren. 6pp, in part: "His name was Percy Brown, A chap from London town, Immensely wealthy, But just a bit unhealthy." Archival reinforcement inside backstrip. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 13) |
SOME SWEET DAY: Theme Song of "Children of the Ritz
NY: Remick Music, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. This Vitaphone movie starred Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. 6pp, words and music by Nat Shilkret & Lew Pollack, in part: "Fate has always played a part with lovers It played with my heart you see .." 12" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 14) |
SOMETIME: Song
NY: Jerome H. Remick, 1925. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. A.W. Sanders. Lyric by Gus Kahn. Music by Ted Fiorito. Six pages, words and music, in part: "You're all alone You've never known The touch of a lover's hand.." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 15) |
SONGS OF THE PRAIRIE, Folio No. 3
Portland, OR: American Music, 1937. First Edition. Fair. Lacking the covers. pp: 51, (3) ads. Contains words and music to 18 songs as performed by the Sons of the Pioneers, including: Blue Prairie; Ride, Ranger, Ride; Down Along the Sleepy Rio Grande; Hoofbeats on the Prairie; Hold That Critter Down; and 13 more. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 16) |
ST. JAMES' INFIRMARY. By Joe Primrose [pseudonym of Irving Mills]
NY: Mills Music, 1929. First Edition. Decorative Cover. Very Good. Starmer. This jazz-blues tune is considered a folk song whose roots can be traced back at least as far as 1899. We can find no earlier printed version of the music and lyrics. 6pp, in part: "I went down to St. James Infirmary, Saw my baby there, Stretched on a long white table, So sweet, so cold, so bare.." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 17) |
ST. JAMES' INFIRMARY
NY: Gotham Music Service, 1930. First Thus. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Starmer. Words and music by Joe Primrose. 6pp, in part: "When will I ever stop moanin'? When will I ever smile? My baby went and left me, She'll be gone a long, long while .." The decorative cover includes a portrait of Vincent Lopez. This blues was made famous by Louis Armstrong who recorded it in 1928. 12" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 18) |
STEIN SONG (University of Maine)
NY: Carl Fischer, 1930. Revised Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Music by E.A. Fenstad. Words by Lincoln Colcord. A new arrangement by Rudy Vallee. 6pp, in part: "Fill the steins to dear old Maine, Shout till the rafters ring! Stand and drink a toast once again .." The cover shows a youthful Rudy Vallee, holding a megaphone. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 19) |
STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY. A Modern Piano Solo by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and Edgar Sampson. Lyric by Andy Razaf
NY Robbins Music (1936)., 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stylized covers and contents in very good condition. 12.25" x 9.25" (8)pp Contains lyric, melody line, amd piano accompaniment. In part: "Sa-voy, the home of sweet ro-mance Sa-voy, it wins you at a glance Sa-voy, gives happy feet a chance to dance.". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 20) |
SUMMERTIME" [from] PORGY AND BESS. Music by George Gershwin. Libretto by DuBose Heyward
NY Gershwin Publishing (1935)., 1935. Soft cover. Prior owner's signature at top, otherwise in very good condition. 12" x 9" (6)pp The cover collage by B. Harris incorporates a number of elements from the American folk opera, PORGY AND BESS. Illustrated by full-cover collage illus. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 21) |
SWEETHEART OF MY STUDENT DAYS: Fox Trot Ballad. Lyric by Gus Kahn. Music by Seymour Simons. Featured by Charles Dameron
NY Leo. Feist 1930., 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. File number on cover, else in very good condition. 12.25" x 9" (8)pp The cover shows an affectionate collegiate couple, inset photo of Dameron. Contains lyrics, music, guitar chords and frames. In part: "I soon forgot all I learned in books, supposed to make me wise, But I remember all I read down deep within your eyes .". Illustrated by cover illus & inset photo. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 22) |
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT: Spiritual Song
Philadelphia: Morris Music, 1934. First Thus. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Negro Spiritual: Modernized Version by Harold Potter. 4pp, in part: "Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home .." Inset on the cover is a stereotypical cartoon. Also on the cover are a file number and the stamp of a music store in Dallas, Texas. 12.25" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 23) |
TEA FOR TWO ... H.H. Frazee presents the musical comedy "No, No Nanette
NY: Harms, 1924. First Edition. Decorative cover. Very Good. Book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. Words by Irving Caesar. Music by Vincent Youmans. 6pp, lyrics and music, in part: "I'm discontented with home that are rented so I have invented my own .." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 24) |
TEMPTATION
NY: Robbins Music, 1961. Second Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Lyric by Arthur Freed. Melody by Nacio Herb Brown. 6pp, in part: "You came, I was alone, I should have known You were temptation .." From the 1931 MGM production, "Going Hollywood." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 25) |
THAT RADIO WALTZ: Novelty Ballad
NY: Chas. M. Browne, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. B.N.. Words and music by Chas. M. Browne. Arranged by Len Feming. 4pp, in part: "We used to dance to music played by orchestra and band, Then came the phonograph to entertain on ev'ry hand; But now the radio has captured all throughout the land .." The cover features a radio tower and a large illustration of Lady Liberty in red, white and blue. This song is virtually unknown. 12.25" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 26) |
THAT RED HEAD GAL, by Van & Schenck and Henry Lodge
NY: House of Dardanella/Fisher, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Bloom. (6)pp. Cover photograph of Albert Short & his Tivoli Syncopators, a 14-piece band. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 27) |
THAT'S THE SONG OF SONGS FOR ME
NY: Green & Stept, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. The theme song of the Forhan song shop-radio feature." Words by Henry Neely. Music by Harold Levey. Six pages, words and music, in part: "The joy of a night, And a moon silver bright, Just brings back a sweet song of you, dear.." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 28) |
THERE'S A HOME IN WYOMIN'
NY: Shapiro, Bernstein, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Starmer. By Billy Hill and Peter de Rose. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Pale moon, carry me away To the rolling plains tonight .." 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 29) |
THINKING
Chicago: Harold Rissiter Music, 1926. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Mary F. Kidder. Words and music by Mac Ohman and Lou Morgans. 6pp, in part: "Night and stars bring back to me Dear, Memories of days gone by .." Old file number on cover. 12" x 9". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| 30) |
TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS WITH ME ... "The Gold Diggers of Broadway
NY: M. Witmark, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Lyric by Al Dubin. Music by Joe Burke. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Shades of night are creeping, Willow trees are weeping, Old folks and babies are sleeping .." 12.25" x 9.25". (more information)
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (United States) |
| Go to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 of 219 listings found. |















![ST. JAMES' INFIRMARY. By Joe Primrose [pseudonym of Irving Mills] ST. JAMES' INFIRMARY. By Joe Primrose [pseudonym of Irving Mills]](http://i.biblio.com/b/545m/131647545-0-m.jpg)











