1884. Sheet music, color lithographic front and back cover illustrations, complete with cover and music, single sheet 14 x 20 1/2 inches folding in half to 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Staining along lower edge of front cover (not affecting text or image) with some short edge tears and creasing.....
Chicago. S. Brainard's Sons Co., Copyright 1904. Ca. 1896. Complete sheet music with color pictorial cover, 14 x 10 3/4 inches. Light wear with a few soft creases and short edge tears, faint music store stamp to lower right front cover; very good. Cover image of Ambolena Snow wearing a......
San Francisco. Zeno Mauvais Music Company. 1898. Blackface Minstrel Sheet Music, 14 x 11 inches, 6 pp. with image of "Mr. Carroll Johnson, King of the Singing Comedians" in blackface on front cover. Text touts "The Latest ‘Coon Conquest’" from composer Lee Johnson, whose other memorable compositions include "Dewey’s Victory.....
New York. Robbins Music Corporation. 1931. Sheet music, 12 x 9 inches, 6 pp. including covers. Text on cover states: "Introduced by Bing Crosby" adjacent to a shifty-eyed sepia photo of the crooner. Light crease at bottom of free edge, otherwise good condition.
New York. Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Copyright 1942. Complete sheet music with color pictorial cover, 5pp, 12 x 9 inches. Light wear with a few soft creases, music store stamp to lower left cover. Cover illustration features a coastal town with an inset image of Donald Duck and "Introducing.....
Edwina (illus).
Boston. Boston Music Co., 1947. Sheet music, color illustrated covers, 4 interior pages, 12 x 9 inches. Previous owner's signature and music store address to front cover; overall very good clean condition. Helen Thomas was an American composer active between the 1930s and 1960s. The music to this.....
New York. Harms Incorporated. 1929. Sheet music, 12 x 9 inches, 6 pp. including covers. Text on cover states: "Eddie Dowling in the Newest All Talking and Musical Picture 'The Rainbow Man.'" Ad on back cover for "Indian Love Call" with the immortal lyric: "When I'm call-ing you--oo--oo--oo--oo--oo... Will you.....
Harding, James Duffield; Philip Reinagle, et al. (illus).
London. S. Chappell et al. 1830. Folio volume of vocal and instrumental music 14 x 10 inches; 93 pp plus 10 facsimile music sheets. Four (of five) monochromatic lithographed plates, printed on India paper. Covers detached and battered; spine perished; text block.....
Seattle. The Melody Shop. 1918. Complete sheet music, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial cover. Overall light creasing, previous owner's name neatly written on front cover, stamp to lower front cover, short tear to lower edge, still a bright clean copy. A larger format edition than the popular.....
Packer, F. (Del. et Lith.).
London. Robert Cocks & Co., 1862. Gift Book cum Music Album; gilt decorative embossed red cloth-covered boards; 14 x 10 1/2 inches; 81 pp. Title Page and Dedication Page (unused) lithographed in color, together with eight color lithographic title pages to musical compositions, as called.....
Hudiakoff, A. (cover illus).
New York. Leo Feist, Inc., 1924. Sheet Music; 12 x 9 ¼ inches, 6 pp including covers, from Balieff’s Chauve-Souris, the musical review that began its conquest of Europe and America in Russia, circa 1910, where it had begin as an adjunct of the famous Moscow.....
(Dowling, Colista).
Portland, OR. George A. Druin. No date. [ 1910]. Sheet music color cover (only), sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, now archivally mounted on linen (minimising creases and tears to the image); strong color - presents handsomely. An exotic floral peacock float carries a Greek goddess-like figure.....
London. Alfred Oliver & Co., No date. Ca. 1920s? Music sheet, two-color cover, 12 x 9 3/4 inches, paginated as 7 pages. Light spotting to cover, overall very good condition. Cover image of a British "Bobby" and some of the situations that he finds himself in.
Brandard, John (illus).
London. Chappell & Co., 1857. Gift book, 14 x 10 inches, 136 pp. featuring music by Charles D'Albert and chromolithographic plates by John Brandard. Covers detached; heavy wear to extremities. Leather spine peeling and abraded. Decorative embossed cover with gilt lettering and decorative embellishments (overall light soiling.....
Laramie, Wyoming. Star Publishing Co., 1913. Sheet music, approx. 14 x 10 3/4 inches, 6 pp., color lithographic front cover, unfolding the sorry tale of a homeless drifter. An uncommon item published by the Star Publishing Co. of Laramie, Wyoming, and dated 1913. Other compositions by Cady listed on the.....
London. B. Williams. No date. Ca. 1850. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; two sheets (4 pp) including covers. Never bound. Good clean condition. From the Cyclopedia of Music published by B. Williams; No. 11 in the Select Songs Ladies Series. Attractive lithographic cover depicting an assemblage with, in the.....
London. C. Jefferys. No date. Ca. 1845. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; four sheets (8 pp) including covers. Never bound. Time-toning/very light soiling. Front and rear covers separated along spine; corners bumped. Circular blind stamp identifying publisher C. Jerrerys in upper left corner. Overall, good condition. The delightful lithographed.....
Ashley, Alfred (illus).
London. The Musical Bouquet. No date. Ca. 1850. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; two sheets (4 pp) including covers. Never bound. Top free edge corner bumped; very light toning; overall good plus condition. Half-page engraved illustration by Alfred Ashley, a frequent contributor to The Musical Bouquet's.....
London. The Musical Bouquet. No date. Ca. 1850. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; two sheets (4 pp) including covers. Never bound. One inch tear to free edge of front cover; discoloration along free edge of front cover; very short tears along top edge of front cover; owner's name in.....
London. The Musical Bouquet. No date. Ca. 1853. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; two sheets (4 pp) including covers. Never bound. Good clean condition, with very faint 4.5 inch fold line from free edge to bottom edge of cover. The half-page illustration on the first page of the sheet.....
London. The Musical Bouquet. No date. Ca. 1854. Sheet music 14.25 x 10.25 inches; two sheets (4 pp) including covers. Never bound. General discoloration and time-toning to cover; owner's name in ink at top. Short tear at bottom edge of front cover. Text on the cover states: "The Popular French.....
Philadelphia. Oliver Ditson Company, Theodore Presser Distributers. No date. Ca. 1906. Volume of sheet music for 50 different songs; 12 ¼ x 9 ½ inches; xxix plus 157 numbered pages. Songs are classified as follows: Songs Mentioned by Shakspere in his Plays; Songs Possibly Sung in Original Performance; Compositions Since.....
London. B. Williams. No date. Circa mid- 1800s. Color illustrated lithographic cover (ONLY) 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, from sheet music by L. Williams. Unevenly cut left edge. Light foxing and soiling; pinprick to image area, not noticeable from front; overall good condition. B. Williams was a music publisher.....
New York. Weill-Brecht-Harms Company. Copyright 1927 (renewed 1955). Sheet music, 12 x 9 inches, 4 pp including covers. The famous song from Brecht's "Threepenny Opera," with English words by Marc Blitzstein. Good clean condition; very light time-toning.
New York. M. Witmark & Sons. 1906. Richard Carle's showtune "A Lemon in the Garden of Love" from his popular review "Spring Chicken" which played in NYC for over 100 performances (1906-1907). The sheet music measures approximately 14 x 9 ¼ inches; free edge shows numerous small tears; small area.....
