Songs for Our Times from the Joan Baez Songbook by Elie Siegmeister (Arranger) - 1967

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gloucester: Gloucester: printed by D.Walker, for Cadell and Davies, London, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xv,278, [1]pp. In original mottled half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered leather spine label to second compartment, binders ticket and early engraved ownership label to front pastedown, a very clean copy of this first edition.

Storyville Publications, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth hardcover with gilt and black to spine and front; no jacket; 551 pages; b&w illustrations. Very good plus condition: ownership inscription inside front, otherwise like-new. Laid in is a printed letter by the author thanking Bill (previous owner of the book) for his contributions of photos to the book, and a billing for the book; she signed the letter "Laurie." Biography of Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. New plastic protective jacket..

Robert O. Ballou, 1934. Book. Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tan-gray cloth hardcover with blue panel on spine with gilt lettering; no jacket; top edge of text block painted blue; 296 pages; b&w frontispiece photos. Good minus condition: spine quite toned; title on spine almost illegible; moderate general soiling to binding; straight; hinges strong; light soiling to a couple pages previous to title page..

Manassas, Virginia, USA: Hillbrook Press, 1999. Book. Very Good-. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize trade paperback in very good condition: highlighting to first five numbered pages and previous owner's name on title page, otherwise fine. Signed and numbered (113) on copyright page by Wheeler; also signed on title page by Paul Bacon: "Paul Bacon (December 25, 1923 - June 8, 2015) was an American book and album cover designer and jazz musician." [Wikipedia].

Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN T.H. 6706], 1834. Oblong folio. Unbound as issued. 1f. (title), 1-8 pp. Engraved. Decorative title with dedicatee's coat of arms. With Fischer overpaste. Minor dampstaining. First Edition. Weinmann, p. 15. Schonherr & Reinöhl, pp. 99-101. Composed following Strauss's visit to Hungary in 1833.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York - Boston: Carl Fischer, 1935. Sheet music. Fair. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Over 1 lb. of various music scores, i.e. Big Band arrangements, some printed and others handwritten and SIGNED by Big Band Leader JAN SAVITT. In varying condition. Some items signed in fountain pen, others in pencil. Many musical notations in Savitt's hand added to the scores. I have no way of knowing if any of these are complete scores, so it's probably best to consider all of the titles as fragments. Titles are: "Park Avenue Fantasy", "Negro Spirituals: Go Down Moses - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Valse" (Brahms), and "Paganini"..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 97pp; No DJ, blue boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, wear to spine ends & corners of boards, deckle edges, slight surface tears to front endpaper, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Verse and music.

J. Maisonneuve et Ch. Leclerc. Paris. 1889. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.9 x 6.4 inches). vii, 300pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full dark green morocco. Spine with gilt ruled lines, floral design and lettering. Front board with ruled panels and floral designs, all in gilt Single gilt ruled border to the rear board and board edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of noted author of books on folklore and topography, Sir George Laurence Gomme (1853 - 1916) on the front pastedown. Some offsetting to the endpapers from the leather turn-ins. A little rubbing to the extremities and the spine faded to an attractive brown but overall still a lovely copy of this scarce work in a fine quality binding. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.