Music from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

Paris: Paul Mellottée, (n.d.). 215 pp. Revorim style binding (binder's term for the formed rubber (Topys) used on the sides, hollow back, vellum spine, sewn on exposed tapes, black paper endsheets, original covers preserved).

1. Robert Frank. Photograph of Tom Waits by Robert Frank, signed by Tom Waits. Ca. 1987. Single weight, 8 x 10-1/2 inches. From the publicity shoot for Waits's album "Rain Dogs". Fine condition. 2. Original sculpture, papier-maché, wood, paint. Approximately 8-1/2 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches. Ca. 1991. 3. Original sculpture. Cement . Approximately 10… Ler mais sobre este item

Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1984. First edition. Wrappers, very good.

Redding, Conn: C.E. Ives, 1922. First edition. Original printed boards with cloth back and paper spine label, 6-1/2 in. x 12 in. 1 score (258 [i.e. 112]) pages ; 31 cm. Light soiling to back cover, corners and spine label show slight wear, else fine. Ives selected these (actually 52 songs) from his collection 114 Songs, published earlier in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. Two volumes, buff cloth wrappers, very good. Ownership signature "G.A. Gresham, Caius". Woolmer 194.

London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First edition. Light grey- green cloth, edges foxed, otherwise very good. Woolmer 111.

10.5 x 14.5 cm. Small tape residue on back.

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,

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.

Woodstock, N.Y.: P.C.C. Books, 1984. First edition. Wrappers, mimeographed, 11 x 8-1/2 inches. [1], 6 pp., drawing on cover of Bardic pulse lyre by Miriam Sanders. Account of Sanders's experiments with building electronic instruments. Scarce.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948. Mimeographed sheets, 159 pages. Brad-fastened in covers stamped with the working title and the date, January 15, 1948; blue revised pages dated 1/19/1948. Copy number "16": stamped on cover and first page, distribution receipt removed. Covers show some use. The original screenplay for Sturges's first film for Fox. This classic dark comedy starred Rex… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1987. First edition. Wrappers, corner bent, else fine. Inscribed by Rorem.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1931. First edition. Cloth, fine copy in lightly used slipcase . One of 260 numbered and signed copies.

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.

New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. Inscribed "Sincerely, Richard Rodgers" on the front endpaper. Fore edge a bit foxed, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket.

Begins: "Morte dira...."Framed.

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.

Split one half-inch at the fold of the conjugate leaves, otherwise fine. German composer Hiller (1811-1885) studied under Hummel. A substantial letter in Hiller's difficult hand. Despite his conservative musical bent and outspoken antipathy to Wagner, he enjoyed the friendship of Chopin, Liszt, and Berlioz. It was as a conductor and a writer on music, however, that he won… Ler mais sobre este item

Hole-punched and a little chipped along the left margin, otherwsie fine. Scottish-born German composer D'Albert (1864-1932), referred to by Liszt as "the young Tausig," is remembered today for his piano concerti and pieces for solo piano. Typed letter signed.

Braunschweig, 1875. A five-line letter to an unidentified correspondent, with a note on the verso in a second hand providing the dates of Abt's stay in Braunschweig. Light offsetting from a self-adhesive album page, otherwsie very good. German composer Abt (1819-1885) enjoyed considerable success in his day as a choral conductor but is best remembered for elegant songs such… Ler mais sobre este item