Original glossy 10 x 8 inch photograph of the great pianist at the keyboard. A 1951 printing of this famous image by Karsh, signed by the photographer lower left within the print.
Mainz: Schott's Söhne. 1958. 8vo. Blue cloth, in dj. 309, [ii] pp. With a tipped-in photograph of the composer and including letters from Thomas Mann, Alban Berg, Casals, Mahler, Kokoschka, Webern, Kandinsky etc. From the library of the great Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau, signed by him and dated "Pine Hill 1976" on the first free endpage. Jacket somewhat toned, else fine.
Wien: Tobias Haslinger. [January, 1828]. First edition. 49pp, oblong folio in modern boards. Engraved throughout, plate numbers 5101-5112A. Superb print of one of the great masterworks, the first volume of the greatest and most profound song-cycle ever written. DS 576; Hoboken 13, Nr 347; Hirsch, iv 567a.
Songs of Ireland. Andersons, Edinburgh. First edition. 8vo. No date, ca. 1900. HB, Large 16mo, green silk padded, gold embossed covers. 120 pp, musical, lyrics, illustrations. Rubbing/sunning to covers and spine, fraying to spine ends and corners. Read More...
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Approximately 11 x 14 inch menu from the St. Louis Chase Park Plaza Hotel, boldly signed on the front cover in blue ink by Sinatra. The menu dated Oct 6, 1952 and with notes in pencil in an unknown hand on the cover recording the songs performed that evening, including 'Old Black Magic,' 'Night & Day,' 'All of Me' and many others. To our mind, these are a wonderful feature but as they are in light pencil could certainly be erased. Menu has some edge wear, small tear at right, internal tape stains (not visible from outside) and normal slots for insertion of daily specials, wine list, etc.
Original Frank Sinatra "The Swinginest Show on Earth" Souvenir Pennant Flag, ca. 1950. Blue felt material with red trim and white lettering. 25" long and 9" high. Very good condition.
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8 x 10 inch photograph signed boldly in red ink by the great Tony Award winning star, creator of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and shown here in costume for that role. Martin inscribes to David "Love 'Honeybun' and Mary Martin," in reference to when Nellie performs a comedy burlesque dressed as a sailor singing the praises of "his" sweetheart ("Honey Bun").
New York: Macmillan. 1947. 1st edition, 3rd printing. 8vo. Cloth. 326 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpage "July 15, 1948 / To Miss Potter, With real admiration for a fine worker and a finer writer. / James A. Michener." Dustjacket with $3.00 price lower right inner front flap, jacket in good minus condition, with chips and wrinkles at edges and along spine, typical browning to the cheap paper found in virtually every copy, half-title a little chipped at lower corner and glued along left edge to the rear of the front endpaper. These faults notwithstanding, a good signed copy of Michener's first book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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Single sheet flyer (7 x 9 inch), one half of the "divided program" (the other half was for the Court Burgtheater). A performance of Die Fledermaus, the overture conducted by the composer, 22 May, 1899. Read More...
Bold autograph signature on a small card measuring 8.5 x 6.5 cm, together with a vintage sepia postcard photograph by Manuel Freres. Card with a few light stains and toning, else fine.
Boldly penned AMQS from the Italian song composer and singing teacher to both the Queen of Italy (Margherita of Savoy) and to the English royal family, including Her Majesty the Queen! Tosti has written out and signed three measures from his celebrated song "Goodbye," a favorite of Melba and Ponselle. 12 x 16 cm. Fine.
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Venetian Blackamoor doll, ca. 1760 - 1795. Wood body, handmade velvet and silk clothing decorated with gold brocade, dark brown beeswax head with inset Venetian glass eyes, and real tightly-curled human hair inset into the wax head. Mounted on a 19th century silver-painted wooden base. Height (with hat) - 11.25" (28.5 cm) / Base - 2" x 4.5" (5 cm x 10.5 cm) Read More...
New York: Mills Music. 1929. First edition of this iconic jazz standard. 5 pp. A few nicks to edges, minor creases and smudges, generally a very good copy. Read More...
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A vividly colored 19th century chromolithograph scene of a gathering of diverse animals, including lions, giraffe, tiger, bear, elephant, zebra, turtle, fox, snake, mice, deer, rabbit and monkey. Unsigned and with no printer's information. The verso features a monochrome image of several Barnum circus tents and this may have been excised from a Barnum Circus program. Nicely matted to 36 x 40.5 cm.
New York: E. T. Paull Music Co.. 1916. Illustrated cover; 3-7 pp. Very good. "Respectfully inscribed to Womanhood of the Universe."
Paull's compositions were of limited interest musically and were intended for the piano sheet music trade. The music was marketed with uniquely colourful front cover illustrations to catch the eye of buyers and has become highly collectable in the modern era.
100. [Zoo Cellist]. Unusual Photograph of Cellist with his pet fox
Vintage 7 x 9 inch press photograph, with the news clipping on verso: "Andy Joachim planned to follow his father's example as concert cellist for the New York Philharmonic. But then he switched to animal husbandry and now is mammal supervisor at Forth Worth's forest Park Zoo. Evenings, he plays for his pet Fox, "Prescott". 7-10-1967."