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Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion, A Collection of Hymns and Music
by Stowe, Phineas
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- Used - Good
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- Twelfth Edition
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- 1866
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- Hardcover
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$55.00
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Boston: Phineas Stowe, 1866. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Stated Twelfth Edition exemplar of a popular compendium of sea shanties and nautical lyrical ritual, assembled and published by Phinease Stowe, Pastor at First Baptist Bethel Church, including burials at sea, with lyrics and printed music throughout. First published in 1849. Previous owner's penned… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
La Musa Madrigalesca; or a Collection of Madrigals, Ballets, Roundelays, etc., chiefly of the Elizabethan Age; with Remarks and Annotations
by Oliphant, Thomas
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1837
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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$45.00
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Pall Mall, London, England: Calkin and Budd, Booksellers to her majesty and the Royal Family, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of an apparent First Edition, there being no additional editions stated, printed in 1837 and for the Printers to the Royal Family; nothing fancy, but complete and… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Modern Street Ballads
by Ashton, John
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1888
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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$230.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, being an at least Fair condition exemplar, being Number 94 of only 100 copies printed in the Large Paper edition, thus a First Edition Thus. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format, gray paper… Read more about this item Item Price
$230.00
Under a Fool's Cap
by Henry, Daniel, Jr
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1884
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$70.00
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author, inscribed warmly to "Farny," "who was at one time to have also found shelter [under a fool's cap], this capital decoration is affectionately offered by the present author, D.H.Jr." Sturdy, still handsome, brown cloth over beveled… Read more about this item Item Price
$70.00
Ballads and Songs
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1896
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- Hardcover
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$25.00
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London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Variant binding, being an extremely handsome rebind of a First Edition of Thackeray's songs and ballads. New decorated endpapers front and rear, quite fine. Light brown linen cloth over boards, fine brown leather generously over tips, spine, with five raised bands and… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots
by Slobin, Mark, ed
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$16.00
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Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, bound in black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. A fine collection of essays about American klezmer music, its roots, its evolution, and its spirited revitalization. The contributors… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.00
The Life and Work of Sir Arthur Sullivan: composer for Victorian England
by Allen, Reginald
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$21.00
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New York / Boston: The Pierpont Morgan Library / David R. Godine Publisher, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in light brown linen cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, a… Read more about this item Item Price
$21.00
A New History of Jazz
by Shipton, Alyn
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$20.00
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London: Continuum , 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. A range of sharp and distinct black-and-white photographs augment this fine social history of music and jazz, a fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format, with black lettering to spine. First published by… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Historical Studies on Folk and Traditional Music
by Stockmann, Doris and Jens Henrik Koudal, eds.
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$29.00
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Njalsgade, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated, printed wraps, quite colorful. Doris Stockmann, Jens Henrik Koudal, Bjorn Aksdal, Margareta Jersild, Jens Henrik Koudal, Ralf Gehler, Zaiga… Read more about this item Item Price
$29.00
The Gnawa and Mohamed Tabal
by Mana, Abdelkader, in collaboration with Georges Lapassade, Frederic Damgaard, Abdellah Akharraz and Abdelkabir Namir
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$115.00
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Casablanca, Morocco: LAK International, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Mohamed Tabal. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available currently on-line. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear to the bright red cloth covers, blind-stamped title to cover and spine, bright and shiny dust… Read more about this item Item Price
$115.00
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
by Robert Gordon
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$18.00
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Boston: Little, Brown, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in two-tone, brown paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and 'Inventor of Jazz'
by Lomax, Alan
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1956
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$15.00
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New York: An Evergreen Book, by Grove Press, 1956. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Good. Mister Jelly Roll is the magnum opus of the noted ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax regarding the origins of blues music, also a profound contribution to African American Studies and ethnomusicology, focused on Ferdinand Joseph LaMenthe, a.k.a. Jelly Roll Morton. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy,… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Musikalisches Theater in Hamburg: Versuch uber die Dramaturgie der Oper
by Freund, Hans and Wilhelm Reinking
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
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- Hardcover
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$25.00
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Hamburg, Germany: Hans Christians, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. German language social history of musical theater in Hamburg, Germany, bound in quarto hardcover format, decorative floral-patterned wallpaper over boards, sharp, barely abraded paper labels to front cover and spine. Plentiful mounted illustrations, some in full color, including at frontis, depicting a… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Jamaican Song and Story: annancy stories, digging sings, dancing tunes and ring tunes
by Jekyll, Walter, ed
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Dover Publications, 1966. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. A fine, important work of ethnomusicology, from the personal library of Dr. Art Lehmann, author of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, with some creased glossy pictorial wraps, six pages of penned notes up front, thereafter being… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Beeswing: losing my way and finding my voice 1967-1975
by Thompson, Richard, with Scott Timberg
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- As New
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- As New
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- Third Printing
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- 2021
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$32.00
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021. Third Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Certified Guitar-God signs this fine autobiography at title page. Unlike Charles Barkley, in his autobiography, Richard Thompson will not likely claim that he was misquoted. A superior copy inside and out, being a… Read more about this item Item Price
$32.00
The Romance of the Mendelssohns
by Petitpierre, Jacques
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$14.00
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London: Denis Dobson, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine and compelling biography of a marriage, penned by a family intimate, Jacques Petitpierre, between the composer Felix Mendelsohnn Bartholdy and his bride Cecile Jeanrenaud Bartholdy. Bound in a linen weave tan cloth, with browned paper tips, gilt lettering to spine, gilt embossed… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.00
Music And The Aesthetics Of Modernity: Essays
by Berger, Karol and Anthony Newcomb, eds
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Hardcover
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$27.00
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Department of Music, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Fine-looking festschrift to Reinhold Brinkmann, bound in black cloth, with gilt lettering… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.00
Frontier Fiddler: The Life of a Northern Arizona Pioneer, Kenner C. Kartchner
by Shumway, Larry V., ed
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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$20.00
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Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1990. First Edition. As New/As New. Farming, poking cows, trading horses, working for the Forest Service; in the later trade particular his fiddle ability allowed him to break down barriers. The book includes 17 original tunes, lyrics and music. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Briefe aus den Jahren 1833 bis 1847 von Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der sämmtlichen musikalischen Compositionen von Felx Mendelsohn Bartholdy zusammengestellt von Dr. Julius Rietz. Zweiter Band
by Mendelsohn Bartholdy, Paul; Julius Rietz, Carl Mendelsohn Bartholdy, ed
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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$16.00
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Leipzig, Germany: Hermann Mendelsohn, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. German language text. Bound handsomely in marbled paper over boards, green cloth-backed, sunned to brown at spine, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.00
Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers
by Moisenko, Rena
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$18.00
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London: Meridian Book Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This volume, penned by a long-interested follower of Soviet music and musicians, expands upon a 1942 pamphlet of the same name. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining.… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00