1884. Honolulu: J.H. Soper / The Hawaiian News Co, [1884-1888?]. Folio, 18 sets of sheet music, 16 are 3pp, one is 5pp, and one is 7pp. Full dark red velvet over flexible boards, upper cover lettered in gold and blind. § "During 1884 and 1886 Honolulu bandmaster Henry Berger had..... More
1912. New York: Boosey & Co., 1912. 4to, 8pp., self-wrappers. Small tear with no loss, slightly soiled. § First printing of this scarce piece of sheet music. Fitch, Blake set to Music, 149. More
1931. [London]: Oxford University Press, 1931. 4to, (1) 1-3pp., printed wrappers. Small split to gutter with no loss. § Third version of this scarce piece of sheet music, first issued with Infant Joy in 1923, re-issued in 1924, and then separately (as here) in 1931. Fitch, Blake set to Music..... More
1931. Fort Worth, TX: Forth Worth Public School Music Department, 1931 4to, publisher's light blue wrappers, four interior pages with poems, some scattered foxing, and staining to front cover. § Rare ephemeral production. “Alice in Wonderland: A Choral Ballad” is a pamphlet that accompanied the production of the same..... More
1890. Richmond: c.1890. Oblong 8vo. 3 chromolithographic albums in 1, with a total of 18 bright, colorful pages of cigarette cards but without four full-page prints mentioned in other sets. § A wonderful collection of colorful cigarette cards produced for the Duke Co. The images are too good to be..... More
London: F. Pitman, [n.d.] Folio, [8]pp. of printed music. Original plain brown wrappers with manuscript label and printed note on upper cover. Enclosed in a modern green quarter morocco slipcase. § Sheet music embellished with pen-and-ink drawings by Cruikshank on pp. 1, 3, 4, and 8. He seems to have..... More
1980. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1980. 8vo, xii , 114 pp.Very good in original blue cloth and Illustrated dust-jacket. § Bentley, BBS, p 469. In another study, Fairchild made a connection between George Lucas, Blake, and the films THX and American Graffiti. Bentley seems skeptical. More
1861. Paris: Choudens, [1861]. 4to. [iv], 248 pp., lithographed piano-vocal score. Contemporary rebacked quarter black morocco, black cloth boards paneled in blind, backstrip lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Corners bumped and frayed, some discoloration to boards, otherwise very good. The title-page has an ink inscription signed by the..... More
1805. Chichester: J.Seagrave for Richard Phillips, 1805. Small 8vo, (6), 212, (1, index)pp, with 5 plates designed and engraved by Blake. Mild offsetting/spotting from plates as usual,but overall a clean and very pleasing copy in calf with neatly repaired gilt spine. § First Edition, with plates 1-3 in first state..... More
1350. Tuscany: c. 1350. Folio, 430 x 308mm. Single leaf. With four-line staves of music with five (recto) and six (verso) lines of text beneath. With a very fine initial ‘A’ in Tuscan colors. The top edge has been repaired (perhaps at the time) with a strip of vellum, for..... More
1350. Central Italy (Perugia?), c.1350 or earlier 2 cuttings, 247 x 192 mm and 241 x 212 mm, elaborate leafy designs in many colors, outlined in white and heightened with gold, each with part of three lines of text and four lines of music on four-line red staves, versos with..... More
1947. [London: Pengin Books, 1947]. Slim 8vo, 26 pages. With color and b/w lithographs on every page. Original color wrappers, slightly chipped along one edge. A very good copy of a fragile and elusive item. § Puffin Picture Books #80. More
1802. London: Strahan for the author, 1802. Large 4to, [3], (iv-xx), [1], 2-112 pp, (pages 61-112 printed music). With a hand-colored engraved frontispiece, drawn by Ibbetson and J. Smith and engraved by Rowlandson, and an uncolored tailpiece. Original leather-backed boards, printed label, all somewhat worn but sound. § Vol. two..... More
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1905. Leipzig: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1905 / 1907. 4to, 2 volumes in one. 35pp; 35pp. Printed music with Lear’s illustrations and verses. Full red cloth over beveled boards, gilt and black stamped, with patterned endpapers. A fine copy. § First editions. Schmidt 105 and 124. Edward Lear (1812-1888) “was employed..... More
1783. London: J. Johnson, 1783. 3 vols, small 8vo, (2), xiv, lxxii, (2), 264; (2), 342; (4), 301, (engraved music for songs), 32, (index and corrections). Of the 17 engravings 9 are confirmed as designed by Stothard and engraved by Blake and 2 further ones may also have been executed..... More
1833. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1833. 8vo, [4, ads], xxx, [31]-432, [2, ads]pp. Original speckled calf, black label, some spotting and foxing throughout. Ownership stamp of Richard B. Gooch at front. Generally a very good copy as issued. § Second edition of this seminal study "which at the time was..... More
London, New York etc.: various publishers, n.d. 6 items, disbound, each with lithographic title page/cover sheet, in color. Occasional foxing and browning. Several items are cropped, apparently at the time of binding, affecting title page but not music. § A diverse collection of 19th century songs, including marches, polkas..... More
1865. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865. Square 8vo, original brown cloth, backstrip lettered & ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. xxxiv, 240 pp. Frontispiece & title-page vignette engraved on wood by C. H. Jeens after sketches by Joseph James Jacques Tissot; eight additional wood-engraved plates. Rubbed along..... More
1885. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., (and NY, Ditson; Phila., Ditson; and Chicago, Lyon and Healy), 1885. Slim roy. 8vo, x, 102 pp. Printed music in the text throughout. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover, a very good copy neatly restored. Interesting association (see below). §..... More
