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Cambridge, MA: New Directions, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Translated by George Whicher. 8vo. 303pp. 1/4 black cloth over cream paper covered boards [slight sun to the upper extremity] illustrated in black, spine elegantly gilt-lettered & decorated. This Limited Bi-lingual Edition [3000 copies] was printed by University Press, Cambridge, Mass., with the poems in Latin… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo., pp. 59. Original decorated grey cloth with debossing and grey stamping on front and spine. A very good copy in a bright dust jacket with some aging on the edges. Boldly Inscribed on the Title page: "Love Pearly Bailey" Photographs and illustrations are… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Salvatore Baccaloni, 1900-1969. An Operatic bass and actor whose career started in Italy and moved to the U.S.A. particularly in Philadelphia where he sang for a number of different Opera companies. Baccaloni writes in full; "THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN STEINWAY." with signature. Signed tribute to Steinway & Sons.… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Howard Barlow, 1892-1972. American conductor who eventually settled in New York to found the American National Orchestra early in his career. He then went on to become a staff conductor for CBS records as well as conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and NBC radio and television orchestras. Barlow writes in part; … Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. American pianist, 1861-1959. Writes in part; " ... It gives me great pleasure to express my keen appreciation for what the firm of Steinway & Sons have achieved during the last hundred years, manufacturing the world's best piano. My sincere and hearty congratulations go to Mr. Theodore E. Steinway, President, on… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed tribute to Steinway & Sons. New York: 1953. In 1953 Steinway celebrated its Centennial and Steinway artists from around the globe wrote congratulatory tributes which were sent to Theodore E. Steinway (1883-1957), piano technician, philatelist and son of Henry E. Steinway, piano technician and the founder of Steinway & Sons. Harry… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed tribute to Steinway & Sons. New York: 1953. In 1953 Steinway celebrated its Centennial and Steinway artists from around the globe wrote congratulatory tributes which were sent to Theodore E. Steinway (1883-1957), piano technician, philatelist and son of Henry E. Steinway, piano technician and the founder of Steinway & Sons. Here… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed tribute to Steinway & Sons. New York: 1953. In 1953 Steinway celebrated its Centennial and Steinway artists from around the globe wrote congratulatory tributes which were sent to Theodore E. Steinway (1883-1957), piano technician, philatelist and son of Henry E. Steinway, piano technician and the founder of Steinway & Sons. Signed… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1965. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. A poet, a novelist, a musician and so much more! LEONARD COHEN THE TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN. Cohen, Leonard. THE SPICE BOX OF EARTH. First American Edition. Octavo. 88pp This is Cohen's highly acclaimed second book of poetry. This is the FIRST US Edition. It was originally… Read more about this item

New York, 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Fritz Reiner. Frederick Martin [Fritz] Reiner (1888 - 1963). Prominent conductor of opera & symphonic music in the twentieth century. Signed tribute to Steinway & Sons. New York: 1953. In 1953 Steinway celebrated its Centennial & Steinway artists from around the globe wrote congratulatory tributes which were sent to Theodore… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition. 272 pp. Ellen Sander, a rock music journalist for publications such as Vogue and Saturday Review, chronicles the 1960's American music scene via her interviews, essays and reviews, also including stunning black and white photographs. Original cloth covered boards in near fine condition with unclipped dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1966. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First American Edition, precedes Canadian Edition. Cohen, Leonard. BEAUTIFUL LOSERS. 8vo 243pp. in the original Black cloth with gilt and white stamped on the spine, with the unclipped fresh dust jacket with the visual of trees in a lime green and black photo of a forest. This edition is solid and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. A poet, a novelist, a musician and so much more! LEONARD COHEN THE TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN. Uncorrected Proof of Leonard Cohen's THE SPICE BOX OF EARTH British Edition1973 for Jonathan Cape. This is Cohen's highly acclaimed second book of poetry. The Wrapper states that the publication… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. 8vo. Black boards with orange paper spine label very fine & sharp in a fine dust jacket with two tiny chip. An outstanding copy of the first musical to ever win a Pullitzer Prize.

London: Printed for & Sold by I. Walsh, in Catherine Street in Strand, c1740, 1740. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small folio [10" x 13" ] with 58 pages of Corelli (1673-1713) & 25 of Felice Giardini (1716-1796), (paginated separately). Bound in the original marbled paper boards, with leather spine, this volume of music is still in very… Read more about this item

1969: Concert Hall Publications, Inc. 1st Edition. Mike Somerson. Mike Somerson. 1st Edition. WOODSTOCK. 3 DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC. Original Woodstock Program. Woodstock, n.d. [1969]. Printed wrappers. Quarto [4to.], unpaginated 52 pages printed on different weights of paperstock, some glossy, some matte, onion skin flyleafs with elaborate graphic design & photography throughout. A very elaborate & handsome production.… Read more about this item

Paris: Rene Julliard, 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Maurice Chevalier on the half-title in French, 'Pour .et ., de leur ami', and Signed, 'Maurice, Montreal, 1951'. A bright, fresh copy in the publisher's original illustrated wrappers with some light overall use and foxing to the page edges. … Read more about this item

London: Turett Books, (1967), 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition, Limited to 100 Numbered and Signed Copies by Lawrence Durrell and composer, Wallace Southam. Number 1 in the series, Contemporary Poetry set to Music. Fine in original printed wrappers with illustrated dustwrapper design by Pip Benveniste. 4to. Unpaginated. 8… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition, Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 238 pp. With 24 pages of black and white illustrations and twenty essays. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered gilt at the spine with a sharp and bright clipped Dust jacket featuring a cartoon by Vanessa Bell, painted in 1927, of Lydia and… Read more about this item

Vienna: Universal Edition, 1909. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Dame Ethel Smyth. The Wreckers (opera) program pp.42, 5 3/8" x 8 1.2" The Wreckers was first performed in English at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1909. This libretto has a label glued inside the program for The Royal Opera, Covent Gardens dated September 24th,… Read more about this item