Very good. Leslie "Tiny" Martin (1921-1989) was a nationally renowned double bass player who played with the Seattle Symphony Orchesta, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and dance bands led by Ted Weems, Gene Krupa, Skinnay Ennis, and others. A Washington native and son of a voice teacher, Martin was first hired..... Item #22994
Very good. Single sheet folded to 4 pages, 9.5" x 6.25", with half-tone photographic illustration on cover. Undated, but 1930s. Old folding creases, minor dust soiling; very good. A scarce promotional circular providing a biography and testimonials for "Chief Ho-To-Pi, our own Indian Caruso, Northern Cheyenne Indian tenor." The text..... Item #22590
Milwaukee: Geo. Brunder, [1883]. Softcover. Good. 13 cm (ca. 5"), pp 110 , [2] (index); original sewn wrappers, with decorative initials and wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Final leaf (index of songs) and back cover are damaged, with some loss, chipping to corners of front cover; otherwise very good. An uncommon..... Item #21644
London: Faber and Faber, 2017. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Later printing. Fine copy in fine jacket, signed by Bragg on the title page. The first book to provide an in-depth examination of the history and evolution of skiffle, "a uniquely British take on American folk and blues."..... Item #20574
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Philadelphia, PA: American Folklore Society, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 188 pp, with bibliography, index. Light shelf wear, spots of nibbling to boards; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Bibliographical Series Volume II. This volume is meant "to offer the ballad scholar, and particularly the student of ballad variation..... Item #1905
Chicago: William Lewis & Sons, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. #755 of 1500 copies. 335 pp, illustrated, with subscriber list at rear. Spine slanted, rubbing to extremities, previous owner's name and address in ink on half title page. Binding sound, text clean. Modern publisher's description: "Along with the instruments of..... Item #22989
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good+ dust jacket. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 18 pp, indexed, with pictorial endpapers, 3 color plates, and several smaller illustrations in the text. Black cloth binding with illustration of a man playing the accordion..... Item #12279
Paris: Enoch & Co.; E. Flammarion, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 9.5" x 12.5", oblong, 44 pp, in original illustrated paper-covered boards, with seven full-page lithographed plates and title vingette by Rivière, and with additional art nouveau ornaments and decorative endpapers by George Auriol. Boards edgeworn, with loss at..... Item #23302
Softcover. Very Good. 100 pp + song index, with song lyrics (not sheet music), b/w illustrations from photographs, in original illustrated wrappers. Light handling wear to wrappers, sticker on rear cover; else clean and sound. No publication information. "This book is not meant in any way to flaunt me or..... Item #2333
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xx, 424 pp, in blue pebbled cloth with paper spine label. Corners lightly bumped, light soiling to boards; contents clean, partially unopened. From the Introduction: "These songs are a species of composition entirely by themselves. They have no affinity with our..... Item #2929
Softcover. Near fine. No publication information given. [38] pp, 8.5 x 11 inches, comb binding. Clean, with minimal handling wear. Reproduces sheet music for twelve (presumably out-of-copyright) pieces with themes relating to Santa Cruz County, California. See accompanying images for a list of titles. Item #21773
New York: Dover, 1975. Softcover. Very good. Two-volume set. Oversized paperbacks. Both volumes clean and tight, with no internal markings. Volume I has moderate handling wear; Volume II has a crease in the front cover near the spine, but is otherwise as-new. Due to size, shipping cost will be more..... Item #14174
Boston: Henry Prentiss, 1836. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Sheet music, 3 pp, disbound from a larger volume, with a very nice cover lithograph illustration of a military exercise and encampment on Boston Common, with the Old Elm at left. Corners chipped, but still an attractive example. Schmidt composed several..... Item #22046
