Bloomington: IDD Books, (1994). First edition. Paperback. Original pictorial wrappers (10.75 x 8 inches), xii, 103 pp. Explores both the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the exotic Egyptian dancers introduced there. One of whom, "Little Egypt" became something of a legend . More
London: Hugh Evelyn for the International Council of Museums, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, orange cloth with gilt spine; 59 pp, illustrated with line drawings. Intended to aid museums in identifying, cataloguing, and conserving ethnic musical instruments in their collections. More
Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, (1970). Second edition. Hardcover. Original orange cloth, small octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), viii, 199 pp. Profusely illustrated. Originally published in 1932, this second edition adds about 75 additional pages containing a tribute to organ master Reginald Foot by Ben M. Hall as well as the..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1919. Second printing. Hardcover. xix, 136, 1 pp., 4-page catalog at rear; octavo, original green decorative boards, dustjacket. Performance secrets of the great star of the Belle Epoque, Yvette Guilbert. More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Original orange cloth with gilt title, octavo, xxv, 572 pp., 48 illustrations from photographs. More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1968. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. xii, 156 pp. + unpaginated plates at rear with 121 reproductions from photographs; octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles. Originally published in Dutch in 1927, this English-language edition adds considerable new material. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. Early reprint. Hardcover. Original orange cloth, small octavo, 171 pp., b/w illustrations, pictorial dustjacket. An introduction to the orchestra for children borrowing Lewis Carroll's "Alice" as the main character in the fantasy adventure. More
San Francisco: Press of Latham & Swallow, 1925-1928. First edition. Paperback. 10 programs for quarterly chorale performances of the Loring Club, original card wrappers, 6.5 x 5 inches, 16 pp. The Loring Club was a male chorale society founded in 1876 for the study and performance of music adapted for..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964-1968. First edition. Hardcover. 5 volumes, original red cloth, folios, various paginations, illustrated with facsimiles from the originals. All volumes fine in light to moderately worn jackets. First 5 volumes of this important series of modern reprints of renaissance music. Edward E. Lowinsky general editor..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. (xi), 306 pp.; octavo, original blue cloth, dustjacket. Publisher's bookmark laid in. Danel Gregory Mason (1873-1953) was an American composer and music critic. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. xi, 142 pp. + [5] pages publisher advertisements at rear; octavo, original dark blue cloth with gilt title. "Dalcroze Eurythmics" was developed in the late 19th century by Swiss music educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze as a method of early music training..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition thus. (xviii), 317 pp., 28 plates from photographs, several illustrations in the text; octavo, original maroon cloth, jacket. Originally published in French in 1965. More
Chicago: Franklin Publishing Co., (1938). Seventh printing. Hardcover. Small octavo, original black cloth, 256 pp., 59 illustrations. Originally published in 1930. More
Calcutta: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. octavo, yellow cloth; xv, 264 pp. More
Oxford: (Oxford University Press) at the Clarendon Press, (1967). Third printing. Hardcover. Octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt spine; (xii), 364 pp., frontispiece and 14 plates from photographs, 2 folding tables (music sheets), musical notation in text throughout. Originally published in 1914, at the time of this reprint the text..... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. xxiv, [1], 379 pp.; quarto, original black cloth. A comprehensive study of the instrument and its music. More