Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: Sol Bloom, 1902. Musical Supplement to the San Francisco Examiner. Sheet_music. 14 in. x 10 1/4 in, printed in two colors (Red, Yellow with White background. Folio (1 sheet, 4 pages). Cheap manila paper. A small corner chip, and few edge tears, but basically in good condition. Musical..... More
Unknown: Self-Published (Mountain Ocarinas), 2001. Softcover. Spiralbound card-covers (11 in. x 8 1/2 in.). Very light edgewear. More
New York: Belafonte Enterprises, Inc., 1959. Brochure. Promotional brochure (11 3/4 in. x 9 in.). Light pink card covers featuring black and white printing, and a large black and white photographic profile of Harry Belafonte. Harry Belafonte's bold inscription/signature ("Peace/Harry Belafonte) to bottom right of front panel. Shelfwear, corner crimping..... More
Self-published; Printed by CafePress.com, 2004. First Printed Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback, 7.9 in. x 4.9 in., pp. 189. Glossy wraps with the cover's music recording design produced using GIMP 1.2.3. Black title on yellow spine. The first printed edition of the work which was regularly updated and published online. Written..... More
Peking, China: China Record Company, 1966. Record. 7-inch, 33 1/3 rpm. Chinese record. Fabulous graphic on the cardboard sleeve depicting six smiling youth, several with red party scarves about their necks. The cardboard sleeve is creased in several places. The record shows a bit of grit from the five decades..... More
New York: Mallard Press (BDD Promotional Book Company, Inc.), 1990. Robert Freeman (Photographer). Hardcover. Quarto: Very large (14 1/4 in. x 13 1/8 in.) paper-over-boards in black dustjacket with full portrait of "the fab four" to front panel of book and the same photo, in negative to rear of book..... More
London: Cherry Red Books, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps. Octavo. Fine copy. 269 pages, index. Twelve pages of photos. "The complete telling of the Apple story, culled from exclusive interviews with the recording artists, staff, and business associates who helped make Apple a fascinating chapter in the history..... More
Paris, France: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth. Green library binding. This is the rare plate book to accompany the famous French treatise on organ construction (NOT present here). 43 engraved plates, measuring approx. 12” x 17”. (972 detailed diagrams). This copy a green cloth..... More
Wembley, Middlesex, England: SAF Publishing, Ltd., 1998. Softcover. Octavo. Photographic cover. "At last, the inside story of the best rock band of the 20th century. Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkletoad) tells all and opens the door to the secret history of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. More
London, England: Whittaker & Co., 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Green cloth boards with lovely embossed design to front board, in gilt, featuring a central medallion, surrounded by seven, double-ruled circles with symbols inside (harp, cup and flagon of wine; bow and arrows, crossed swords, cross and communion cup, sword..... More
London, England: John Lane, 1912. Vernon Hill. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 9 in., pp. xii, 103. Illustrated with twenty-five tissue-guarded engravings. Publisher's "Review Copy with John Lanes Compliments" embossed to top right corner of title page. Edition limited to 500 copies. Contemporary light gray cloth boards..... More
New York: Hotel Taft, 1945. Bi-fold with single rear flap. Dinner menu for Hotel Taft dated for Monday, March 12, 1945 which features a pictorial of Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra on the front. Signed and inscribed by Victor Lopez on the front. Antiqued cardpaper with dark red ink on..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. Grey boards with red lettering. Red topstain. [xxxiv] pp. 416. Includes index and bibliography. Second collection of folk songs and ballads gathered by the Lomaxes and scored by Ruth Crawford Seeger. Very light rubbing to extremities, and some browning..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Virginia Lee Burton. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.3 in. x 9.2 in., pp. 123. Silver chain-mail design over black cloth boards and spine with red-framed silver title to front. Red title to spine. Front corners nudged. Illustrated endpapers. Tidy university library de-ascension stamp to..... More
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 1/2" x 6." pp. 159. Publisher's cloth beige boards with red and black image. Clean, but moderately sunned boards. Binding sound. Minor wear to extremities and top and bottom of spine. Ex-Libris stamp removed from front paste down..... More
New York: T.C. & E.C. Jack /Frederick A. Stokes, Co., 1907. Hardcover. Quarto 12 in. x 9 1/2 in. Extraordinarily beautiful cover depicting a black cat cellist dressed in Edwardian clothing, a blind mouse playing his squeeze box, a mouse flautist, and several frog fiddlers. Some handwritten inked notes to..... More
Praha: Cin, 1940. Hardcover. Written in Czech. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 238. Illustrated with woodcuts, drawings, and photographs. Black textured cloth boards; red cloth oval to center of front board with initials "P.B." and a smoking gecko to the front. Black title on red cloth to spine..... More
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Color illustraterd wraps, octavo. Very light wear to wraps, interior clean, binding tight. 1,542 entries with full descriptions. Numerous illustrations. 431 pages. More
Hollywood, CA: Warner Bros. Records Inc., 1979. First Editions. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.5 in. Eight magazines bound together in black cloth boards with a pronounced whote "WAX" to front board. White title ("Waxpaper, Volume Four/1979") to spine. Light rubbing to exterior boards: thus, boards are in "Very Good"..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Quarto. 11 1/4 in. x 9 in. Handsome dark blue cloth-over-boards, with inset rectangular title label to front board, lettered in green. Light rubbing to extremities, and bumped corners. Essentially a mid-1930's spreadsheet of handy, easily retrievable reference points on composers and..... More
Portland, OR: Krinke Music Publications, Inc., 1935. Paperback. Folio (12"' x 9"). Colorful cover with elf-like musicians. An early piano-lesson system with cut and paste images. Signed and inscribed "Best Wishes from The Composer. Esther Cox Todd to ____________. More
Boulder, CO: Cliff Canyon Publishing COmpany, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback, 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 154. Paper wraps with yellow title on dark grsay spine. Light shelfwear to edges; light thumbing to bottom front cover. Clean, bright interior. "The Illustrated Reference to the Beatle US LPs! -..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Trade Edition: Illustrator's Personal Copy with his handwritten ownership text. Quarto. (12 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in.) Tan cloth with black binding. Sillhouette graphic of a mounted man quaffing a flagon of spirits, a pipe-smoking gent..... More