MUSIC from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Belgium: Musee departemental de Rochechouart, 1996. Hardcover book. Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a show held at Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain Chateau de Rochechouart, France, in 1996. Published front to back in two parts: Oeuvres Wagneriennes and Oeuvres Freudiennes. Translated by Thierry Dubois. William Rodney Graham [1949 - 2022] was a Canadian visual artist and musician. … Ler mais sobre este item

London: Ember Records, 1963. First printing. A 45 single record complete with its pictorial wrapper title on the front portrait of Keeler on the verso. Christine backed with S-E-X, issued in 1963 by Ember Records in the UK (the song was also issued in a rather fetching picture sleeve in Europe on Stateside Records). Based on the then-inescapable… Ler mais sobre este item

Christchurch: Taschen, 2011. Hardcover book. Fine. Alexander Steinweiss [1917 - 2011 was an American graphic design artist known for inventing album cover art. He developed album covers from 1938-1973 for clients like Columbia, RCA, Remington, Decca, London and Everest. Oblong folio, 11 1/2 x 13 5/8", 416pp, blue spine and gray illustrated boards with gilt 'Steinweiss' on… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Imprimerie Chaix, 1896. First edition. Print. Very good condition. Steinlen (1859-1923) the famed Swiss born printmaker who settled and worked in Montmartre, Paris, is noted for his impressive posters of cafes and night life. He was a socialist whose images display his lifelong support and focus on the working class. Art nouveau style poster for this… Ler mais sobre este item

Wisconsin: Chas. K. Harris, 1897. Ephemera. Otherwise very good condition. Sheet music with a red, black and white illustrated cover image of a woman and two men in fancy dress. The woman with red and white dress and hat decorated with feathers. Lyrics use stereotypical references and politically incorrect language. 10 1/4 x 14", 8pp, cover detached, spine… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: F.B. Havilland Pub. Co., 1918. Wraps. Good + overall. W.W.I sheet music. "The theme and title of this song was suggested by an article in the New York American by K.C.B. and the song is respectfully dedicated to him by special permission. Color cover image by EE Walton shows a wounded soldier thinking about his mother… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Howley, Haviland & Co., 1897. Ephemera. Otherwise very good condition. Sheet music with a striking color cover image of an African American woman with parasol, red and white dress with puff sleeves and hat decorated with feathers. Lyrics describe her as the "Queen of color'd high society" and uses stereotypical references and politically incorrect language. 10… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Program Publishing Company, 1950. Very good condition. Signed by Romberg. Sigmund Romberg [1887-1951] was a Hungarian-born American composer, most known for his musicals and operettas. This is a 16 page Program for a concert with soloist singers: Gene Marvey, Kirsten Kenyon, Gail Manners and Christina Carroll, under the baton of Sigmund Romberg, signed in blue… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: Hays & Zell, 1854. First printing. Pamphlet. Good + overall. Signature on the inside cover of Edmund Hart. Explains the rudiments of music, scales, inversions, dictionary of Italian music terms, and many sheet music songs for the flute. Oblong 8vo, 79pp, (1) index, 17pp of text, 62 pages of score and 1pp of index. Stiff paper wrappers,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: J.F. Atwill, 1842. First printing. Very good condition. The Celebrated Croton Ode written at the request of the Corporation of the City of New York by George P. Morris, Esq. and sung in front of the Park Fountain by Mrs. Strong, Miss J. Pearson, Mr. J. Pearson and the Members of the New York Sacred Music… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1908. Very good overall. A racist postcard, sent to a member of the Lilliputian Opera Company touring in Yokohama, Japan in 1908, sent by "Grandma" to Miss Davis, wanting to see the singing parts and wish her and Charlie (Charles Pollard?) a good New Year. "Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company troupes (were) run by… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Scarecrow Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed presentation copy. "The culmination of three decades of research on Adams' recorded work." The author worked with Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams [1930-1986] on his memoirs during the last two years of his life. Signed and dated by the author, September 2012. Pepper Adams was an American jazz baritone… Ler mais sobre este item

1890. Very good condition. A cabinet card for the Shepard Family Band. The family toured and performed throughout the Northeast in the 1880s and 1890s, with each family member performing with brass instruments as well as string and vocal compositions. Originally they hailed from New York, and eventually settled in Vermont. The family consisted of: Mr. J.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Various, 1850. Hardcover. Very good condition. Squires' scores for three different operas, including Fra Diavolo, performed in Melbourne in 1861, signed many times, and Linda Di Chamounix, performed at the Theater Royal in Melbourne on Nov. 7th, 1861, extensively annotated by Squires for his performance as the lead. Squires was an American tenor born in Bennington,… Ler mais sobre este item

Robert Olin "Cutter" Brandenburg III, 2006. First edition. Soft cover. Fine. Limited edition 190/1500. Signed presentation copy, lavishly inscribed by Cutter Brandenburg to his friends Al and Penelope Smith. Included, loose in the book is the rare audio CD "Cutter's Texas Music Hall & Wild West Cantina" along with two V.I.P. Lifetime Member badges made out to the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Joseph Williams, 1840. Good + overall. Sheet music for the song "Adelaide" with music by Beethoven and lyrics, "rendered into English from the German of Matthisson by J.W. Mould." 14 1/2 x 10 1/2", 10pp, cream paper, black text. Front cover with an index of 50 songs, back cover with inventory by artist. Toned uniformly, damp… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1918. Nouvelle edition. Original Printed Paper Wraps. Good + overall. Blue paper wraps with black text on front., with a portrait of the author and two monograms by Picasso. 12mo, 74pp, heavy paper, slt. fox spotting, title on blue cover. Text in French. Collection des Tracts - No. 1. OCLC: 2487762.

1950. Three painted mock up designs for album covers by Curt John Witt. Two of Witt's designs were used, for Tschaikovsky's Nutcraker Suite (sic) and for "Songs of the West". The Nutcracker was record number P[ontiac] 10-13 "2094" and the text is altered from that shown here, (Austrian Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Woss conductor). The "Songs of the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Waterson Berlin and Snyder, 1916. Ephemera. Very good condition. As sung by Al Jolson. The cover illustration is of a black man with a goat, with a bottle of liquor attached to its collar. Piano Score & Lyrics. Folio, 6pp, cover illustration by Barbelle, orange and black. Slt edgewear, otherwise vg. LOC Classification 53/3595.

Wien / Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach und Wiedling, 1920. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. Songs with both music and text, attractively printed in colors in the manor of a Medieval antiphonal. Endpapers in an insect design. Slim 12mo, 96pp, publishers binding with gilt title on front board and green oxidized gilt spine. Corners chipped.