Philadelphia: Philadelphia May Music Festival, 1883. Paperback. [1], 10-16 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Sewn light green wrappers printed in black. Wrapper and caption title. Engraved portrait of Charles M. Schmitz on front wrapper. Paginated consecutively with vol. 1, no. 1. Back wrapper contains an illustrated full-page advertisement for Steinway &... More

Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1891. Hardcover. 192 p.: music; 20 cm. Brown faux-leather spine with light brown paper over boards. Publisher's advertisements for "New Music Books" on back board. Includes index of titles and first lines. Contains 200 hymns, all but 5 in 4-part harmony. Former owner's inscription on front... More

Philadelphia: Roxborough Symphony Orchestra, 1943. Paperback. [4] p.; 23 cm. "Under Auspices of the Parents' Association and Lyceum of the 21st Ward." The Roxborough Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Stanley H. Cauffman (1881-1947), a cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, who conducted the Roxborough Symphony Orchestra from 1932 to... More

Amarillo, Tx. Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1965. 20 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Front cover included in pagination. Rudolf Firkusny signed p. 11, under his portrait and a brief paragraph about him. The Amarillo Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Hohstadt. The program consisted of Wagner's Die Meistersinger Overture, the Rachmaninoff, Kodaly's... More

Amarillo, Tx. Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1964. 20 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Skitch Henderson signed across the front of the program. The concert, performed Dec. 12, 1964, was a Christmas pops concert. The second half of the program featured Skitch Henderson as both conductor and pianist on Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite... More

Philadelphia; Chicago: John J. Hood, 1897. Hardcover. 222, [2] p.: music; 20 cm. Black cloth spine; grey paper over boards printed in black. Includes index of first lines and titles. Publisher's advetisement for sacred music books on final two pages. "S.W. Thomas, Agt., M.E. Book Room, 1018 Arch St., Phila."... More

1896. 8 p.; 33 cm. A largely illegible inscription on the outside of the wrapper. Four lined sheets, hand-numbered, attached to a light grey wrapper and headed "season 1896-97." The unidentified proprietor of the dancing school listed the students by class: Ladies Evening Class (56 students); Gentleman's Evening Class (56... More

Camden, N.J. Victor Talking Machine Co., 1924. Hardcover. Seventh Edition, rewritten and revised. 447, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs of opera singers and theaters. In... More

Germantown, Pa. Christoph Saur, 1777. Hardcover. Title continued: "Ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset. Auch mit nöthigen Registern und einer Verzeichniss versehen, unter welche Titul die im Anhang befindlichen Lieder gehörig: Auch zur Beförderung des so Kirchen- als Privat-Gottesdienstes, mit erbaulichen Morgen- Abend- Buss- Beicht- und Communion-Gebätlein vermehret. Fünfte und ermehrte..... More

New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 88 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Beatrice Lillie in Doctor Rhythm. Contents include: Broadway and God by Clifton Fadiman -- From Organ Loft to Kleigs by Marcia Devenport [Leopold Stokoswki, part 1] -- Vitamins by Burgess Meredith --... More

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. Hardcover. 274 p.; 26 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; bevelled board edges. Top page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Program from a lecture at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on Jan. 12, 1920, tipped on to front free endpaper. The lecture was... More

New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Edited by Anthony Baines for the Galpin Society. 344 p.: 32 pages of photographs, in-text drawing and music; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Price-clipped dust jacket. Green endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1969. Book is in... More

New York: G. Schirmer, 1973. Paperback. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré to music by Jacques Offenbach; based on stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann; English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin. v, 27, 27 p.; 27 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: Metropolitan Opera. At head of... More