Antiphonal leaf, 19th Century Spanish.
Begins: "Morte dira...."Framed. More
MUSIC
Jazz 'n Pops. A complete catalog of Jazz and Popular Longplay Records. Volume 1 Number 5. Gershwin Anniversary Issue
New York: Longplayer Publications, 1957. Wrappers, edge worn. Essay by Edward Jablonski. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Rodgers and Hammerstein Fact Book
New York: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1955. First edition. Blue cloth, 678 pp. Fine. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
The Life and Work of Sir Arthur Sullivan
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1975). First edition. Cloth, fine, in slightly faded dust jacket. Inscribed by Allen to Ira Gershwin. More
George Gershwin
New York: Longmans, Green, 1938. First trade edition. Original red cloth, fine in dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. "With articles by Paul Whiteman, Olin Downes, Walter Damrosch, George Gershwin, Merle Armitage, Otto H. Kahn, Arnold Schoenberg, William Daly, Harold Arlen, Oscar Hammerstein II, Isamu Noguchi, David... More
George Gershwin: Man and Legend
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958). First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket lacking a chip at top of the spine. Inscribed by Armitage to Ira Gershwin, and with an autograph note presenting it. More
Schoenberg
New York: G. Schirmer, 1937. First edition. One of fifty special copies signed by Schoenberg. Publisher's black leather, front outer hinge cracking, but cords are sound, hairline cracks to surface of the lower spine, gilt dulled; binding otherwise very good, internally fine. With original black paper unprinted dust jacket, chipped... More
The Sound of Surprise
New York: Dutton, (1959). First edition. Gathered and sewn, unbound sheets, in dust jacket. Slight offsetting on the front endpaper, otherwise fine. First edition, an advance copy of the author's first book. More
Signed photograph: montage of three portrait photographs clipped from concert programs.
The whole measures 9 3/4 by 7 3/4 inches. Two of the portraits are inscribed: "To G.H.R. Gardener in remembrance of A. Brailowsky. London" and dated November 1938 and April 1943. Tipped to a leaf of sturdier paper (with a truly frightening portrait of Beethoven on the verso). Noted French... More
Pagan Love Lyrics
[Los Angeles]: [K. Mason & Collins Co.], 1921. First edition. Original maroon wrappers, glassine cover; very good copy. The scarce first edition with 32 pages and no publisher's imprint. An enlarged edition was published in 1925. Inscribed by Bryan, lyricist and author of "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be... More
The guests go in to supper
Oakland, Calif. Burning Books, 1986. First edition. Wrappers, fine. 383 p. 26 cm. Signed by John Cage on the title page. Edited and designed by Melody Sumner, Kathleen Burch, and Michael Sumner. Interviews with John Cage, Robert Ashley, Interviews are followed by texts (poems, essays, songs) by the interviewees (contains no music). More
Cowboy Lyrics
Boston: Small Maynard, (1915). "Roundup Edition" Revised and enlarged. Original maroon cloth, very good. Laid-in autobiographical printed slip. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
La Musique Moderne. Préface de Claude Rostand.
Brussels: Elsevier, 1958. Second edition, revised and corrected. Boards, light browning but a very good copy in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Virgil Thomson. With the separately printed section of examples. More
Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941. First edition. Cloth, 305 pp. Small stain on rear cover, very good. More
American Composers on American Music. A Symposium
Stanford University Press, 1933. First edition. Black cloth, gilt dull, light wear. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Early Jazz Greats
Newton, N.J. Yazoo Rcords, 1982. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box, the fronts with portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Fine, More
Heroes of the Blues
Newton, N.J. Yazoo Rcords, 1980. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box. The fronts of the cards have portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Slight wear to box; the cards are all fine. More
Listen Here!
New York: Obolensky, (1963). First edition. Red cloth, fine copy in slightly faded dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Passport to Paris
Boston: Little, Brown, (1955). First edition. Blue cloth, near-fine copy with ownership signature on pastedown, in lightly worn and faded, price-clipped dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Words with Music
New York: Macmillan, (1972). First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Lee and Ira Gershwin. Engel, a Broadway composer also conducted (in1951) the longest recording of "Porgy and Bess" until the complete recordings of the 1970s. More
A Journey to Greatness. The Life and Music of George Gershwin
New York: Holt, (1956). First edition. Special presentation binding for Ira and Leonore Gershwin, with their names stamped on the front cover, inscribed to them by Ewen. Red leather, gilt, t.e.g. edges rubbed, very good. More
A Journey to Greatness. The Life and Music of George Gershwin
New York: Holt, (1956). First edition. Cloth, very good in chipped dust jacket. Inscribed to Ira and Leonore Gershwin, who are singled out for a special acknowledgement. More
Panorama of American Popular Music
New York: Prentice-Hall, (1957). First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Signed by Ewen to Ira and Lee Gershwin, who are the book's dedicatees, on the dedication page. More
Richard Rodgers
New York: Holt, (1960). First edition. Cloth, fine in faded dust jacket. Inscribed by Ewen to Ira and Lee Gershwin. More
The Story of George Gershwin
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, [1943]. Wrappers, small edge tear; very good. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More