MESSA DI HAYDN GIUSEPPE IN C. Firenze: G. Lorenzi et Figlio, [ca. 1840]. Full score. Engraved. [PN] 3210-3214. 85 pp. Collector stamp on title page showing crown over 3-part shield, light toning, foxing, otherwise very good. Contemporary marbled boards over quarter vellum. Read More...
Signed photograph of the supreme violinist, shown in a classic pose with his violin. Signed and dated 1949 in bold blue ink across a light area of the image. 8 x 10 inches. General crazing to the surface, overall fine.
Engraved oval-shaped center section of a larger broadside (trimmed), a calligraphic portrait memorial of Lincoln composed with the text of his Emancipation Proclamation drawn to form his likeness.13 x 9-1/2 inches, in an antique mahogany frame under early thin glass, 12 ¾” by 16". Davenport, Iowa: W. H. Pratt and A Hageboeck, 1865. Two shrinkage cracks to the mahogany matting around the broadside, a few small spots of foxing, paper backing to frame with notations from a recent owner and with tears, overall very good. Read More...
A rare signed photograph of the greatest of all female sharpshooters, perhaps the greatest regardless of gender, a legend in her own time, who toured for many years with William Cody's Wild West Show. Her many feats astound merely in their retelling, such as splitting the thin edge of a playing card at 90 feet, then hitting it five or six more times before it hit the ground. Read More...
Two TLS and one ALS to the poet and Nazi apologist, including one (April 15, 1932) from the American steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, declining to ask any questions of Mr. [Leon] Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary, founder and leader of the Red Army. Another (October 26, 1938), from the controversial Roman Catholic priest Charles Couglin, stating that he was "very anxious to hear the news you have gleaned from abroad." Coughlin, one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience -up to thirty million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts during the 1930s - was forced off the air in 1939 after he used his radio program to issue antisemitic commentary and to support some of the policies of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Together with an ALS on Fordham University (NY) letterhead, in an unknown hand. Read More...
First Day Cover commemorating the Inauguration of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Auditorium, cacheted October 2, 1957. Signed by three of the most important Jewish musicians of the 20th century: Isaac Stern, Arthur Rubinstein and Leonard Bernstein, all of whom performed regularly at the Auditorium in Israel.
Signed slip of paper, dated 1944, together with a promotional photo of the musician sitting at a Baldwin piano. Signature sheet approximately 4.5 x 2.5 in. (11.3 x 5.8 cm), with some light creases but overall in fine condition. Photograph with some crazing in the gloss, very light surface creases on the left hand side, else fine. 8 x 10 inches (21.5 x 25.8 cm) Read More...
AMQS from the Polish pianist and composer, a student of Johannes Brahms and Clara Shumann. "Ave Maria," 4 bars in B flat major signed and inscribed to the composer Miss Caroline Moseley, adding her own title of "Court Pianist to...the German Emperor King of Prussia." Another AMQS on the verso from the soprano Johanna Levier (Wiegenlied from Brahms, 1875). 18 x 10.5 cm. Fine. Read More...
ALS signed “Red Beans & Ricely, Louis Armstrong,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, May 29, 1949. Letter to Mr. John B. Elwood. In full: “‘Man,—I’ve just finished reading your script concerning the Crosby Cavalcade—I’m ‘tellin’ yooo’ ‘you really ‘came on.’ You sure ought to see that my boy—‘Pappa Bing’ Crosby get one of these scripts, ‘That would really ‘gas him no end. And I wanna thank ‘ya too.” Overall writing somewhat faded but legible, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Autograph letters from Armstrong are very rare.
Vintage 9 x 12 inch inch photograph of the great Satchmo, trumpet in hand, boldly signed "Louis Armstrong." Inside a complete program "Louis Armstrong and His All Stars", ca. 1960. 12 pp plus illustrated covers. The program also includes the signatures of Danny Barcelona and Russel Moore.
Vintage Harcourt photograph of the legendary entertainer, boldly signed in blue ink. 10 x 15 cm.Very fine.
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
An early Beatles handbill from a 1961 concert at the Liverpool Jazz Society, one of five that The Beatles played there during the month of March 1961. This concert took place on Wednesday, March 15, where The Beatles took the stage at 2 p.m. and alternated sets with Gerry and the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Wild Ones for the next five hours. At this time, The Beatles were also performing at The Cavern Club and other clubs in and around Liverpool as well as traveling to perform in Hamburg, Germany. 7.25 x 5.25 inches.
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A vintage 8 x 10 inch original promotional portrait of Calloway, signed and inscribed in blue ink "To Al / Lots of Luck, Hi-di-Ho Cab Calloway." Corners creased, small loss from upper left margin, otherwise in fine condition.
Unusual original 1970 press photograph of the noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet "The Mamas & the Papas, " shown here on a snowmobile at Lake Tahoe. Cass tragically died in 1974 of a heart attack in London after two weeks of sold-out performances at the Palladium. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
Bold autograph signature "Ella Fitzgerald" on an early halftone photograph measuring 8.5 x 11 inches, obtained after the "Jazz Jamboree" in the Palmengarten, Frankfurt on September 12, 1949. Sold together with the original program and a ticket from the performance, the ticket mounted to the lower border edge of the photogaph. Fine.
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Rare unsigned October 31, 1969 invoice addressed from Steve Paul's 'The Scene' club to the singer, songwriter, and guitarist widely considered to be one of the most influential electric guitarists in rock music history. 1 page, on The Scene letterhead, addressed to Mr. Jimi Hendrix c/o Jeffries and Chandler, the invoice for $44.25 states unequivocally "The Scene needs the money badly. Your beverage tab is Past Due." Handling creases along lower edge, in fine condition and from the estate of Steve Paul.
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Uncommon vintage 8 x 10 glossy photograph of Holiday, boldly signed in blue fountain pen ink "For Beabea / Grow beautiful and stay that way always / Billie Holiday." Associated Booking Corp. logo printed in lower right margin. A few creases around the edges and corners, overall fine.
Revered as one of the greatest and most individual vocalists in the history of blues and jazz, Holiday died from cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44. Signed photographs of her are very scarce.
Rare signed photograph from the influential American jazz pianist, composer and arranger who had a highly unique improvisational style and who made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't." Considered one of the most important, and eccentric, figures in modern jazz, he spent most of his life in New York City, playing in nightclubs; in the 1940s, he was one of the first players of bebop. His style is astringent, marked by discordant harmonies, alternating rhythms, and melodic interpretations. There is a subtle mixture of cynicism, humor, and warmth in his interpretations. Read More...
Rare signed LP, the 26th album of the influential American jazz pianist, composer and arranger who had a highly unique improvisational style and who made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't." Considered one of the most important, and eccentric, figures in modern jazz, he spent most of his life in New York City, playing in nightclubs; in the 1940s, he was one of the first players of bebop. His style is astringent, marked by discordant harmonies, alternating rhythms, and melodic interpretations. There is a subtle mixture of cynicism, humor, and warmth in his interpretations. Read More...