An extraordinary item from the singer, songwriter, and guitarist widely hailed by music fans and critics alike, considered to be one of the most influential electric guitarists in rock music history. He achieved worldwide fame in 1967 playing at the Monterey Pop Festival, then headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. Read More...
Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. 1951. First edition. Text von Grete Weil, Szenarium von Walter Jockisch...Klavierauszug von Kurt Stiebitz. Edition Schott 4305. 133 pp. [PN] 38015. Simple thick gray paper wrappers, overall fine.
Original and unusually early photograph portrait of the great Hungarian violinist, dedicatee of the Brahms Concerto and many other works. 6 x 10 cm. Without photographer's imprint on verso, a few scattered marks within the plate, overall very good.
Lithographic Portrait of the seated Joachim playing the violin, signed in ink by Joachim below image and dated January 17th, 1906. The original image by K. Wittgenstein, drawn apparently from life 8 September, 1898 (dated within the plate) and published in Vienna by V.A. Heck. 11 x 13.25 inches (280 x 336 mm) mounted to board. Uniformly toned, occasional light spotting, small area of pencil retouching at elbow, overall very attractive.
Chromo-lithograph caricature of the violinist published in the English weekly magazine Vanity Fair on July 5, 1905. The portrait is by Sir Leslie Ward, known as "Spy," the most famous of the outstanding caricaturists who published in the magazine. In excellent condition, 15 x 10.5 inches.
Concert program from St. James’s Hall... Monday Popular Concerts Twenty-Eighth Season. Programme and Analytical Remarks for Monday Evening, March 15, 1886... London, Chappell & Co., [1886]. [45]pp., numbered 1456-1500 + [3 pages of preliminaries and 6ff. of advertisements.] Original wrappers. A nice copy. Read More...
An interesting typed letter, boldly signed by the eminent Russian conductor, composer and double-bass virtuoso. Best remembered for his long tenure as Music Director for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1924-1949), he founded the Tanglewood Festical and was mentor to many American musicians, including Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland. Read More...
A very fine original Garo doubleweight photograph, boldly signed by the eminent Russian conductor, composer and double-bass virtuoso. Dated January 30, 1933. 18 x 23.5 cm and in very fine condition.
1 p. Salzburg, Mozarteum, July 17, 1927. Addressed "Dear Madame," about requirements for a potential student, stating that "I charge 10 Doll. a lesson, can not [sic] give half lesson as it would never do to excersize well...It is very difficult to judge about voices so far away, and also a voice does not do the artist...It would be necessary for the art, that Mr. Adams should practice a very good German before he begins to study, it will give him a ground, a foundation for his career. Without this I could not take him, the opera and concert carreer [sic] is founded on German composer and poetry." Signed in full, "Lilli Lehman." In fine condition, one crease reinforced with tape on the verso. Letters from Lehmann in English of such content are uncommon. Read More...
Original Erwin Raupp photograph of the great soprano, signed and inscribed to the American operatic bass, Putnam Griswold (1875 - 1914): "Gefühl ist alles! ["Feeling is everything"] / Goethe / Mr. Putnam Griswold To remember / Lilli Lehmann / 1911." 7 x 9 inches, toned but otherwise in fine condition. Read More...
Scarce autograph signature from the British author regarded as first British detective story writer. Bold autograph, dated 1882 on a page measuring 10.5 x 7 cm. Tape remnants on upper corners, else fine.
London: Richard Bentley. 1838. First edition. Three octavo volumes (4 7/8 x 8 inches; 200 x 124 mm). Original mauve-brown fine diaper cloth with blind stamped arabesque design to boards and gilt titles on the spines. Volumes I and III in twelves and II in eights. [iv], [1]-331, [1, blank], [4, publisher's ads]; [iv], [1]-307, [1. blank]; [iv], [1]-315, [1, blank] pp. With half-titles to volumes I & II, no half-title called for in Volume III. With almost all internal flaws according to Smith present. Without the illustration list in volume I (not found in many copies). With twenty-four inserted engraved plates by George Cruikshank, including frontispieces. All three embossed brown cloth bindings somewhat faded around edges, spines or joints worn or chipped, Vol. 1 rear board clumsily reattached, scattered foxing. Otherwise good, with pages not loose. Ownership stamps to inner boards and two volumes with mounted visiting card/book plate inscribed "Mr. Lawrence, The Greenway." Eckel pp.59-63: "The 3-Volume edition has become very scarce"; Podeschi A27. Read More...
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A fine original cabinet photograph of the celebrated Victorian novelist. Without photographer attribution. 4 x 6 inches. Corners broken, and with mounting traces on verso, else fine.
Autograph signaure of the distinguished British poet who was one of the most highly regarded and influential literary figures of the Victorian era. Ink signature, “A. Tennyson,” on an off-white card stamped "Farringford" and mounted. Sold together with an original mounted oval Woodburytype photograph. Read More...