Music from Aardvark Rare Books

Denver, Colorado: Big Mountain Press, 1956. Edition II. Staplebound Pamphlet. Good Plus. Stapled pamphlet, 8.5 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 20. Pictorial cover of author/artist to cover. Light rubbing to edges and light staining to rear cover; rust to staples. Pages are bright and clean. A comprehensive self-study of yodeling, by the Bavarian-born master. The book offers inspiration,… Read more about this item

Hollywood, CA: Warner Bros. Records Inc, 1979. First Editions. Hardcover. Near FIne. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.5 in. Eight magazines bound together in black cloth boards with a pronounced whote "WAX" to front board. White title ("Waxpaper, Volume Four/1979") to spine. Light rubbing to exterior boards: thus, boards are in "Very Good" condition The eight bound magazines themselves… Read more about this item

Praha: Cin, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Plus. Written in Czech. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 238. Illustrated with woodcuts, drawings, and photographs. Black textured cloth boards; red cloth oval to center of front board with initials "P.B." and a smoking gecko to the front. Black title on red cloth to spine. Very light shelfwear… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Virginia Lee Burton. Quarto, 11.3 in. x 9.2 in., pp. 123. Silver chain-mail design over black cloth boards and spine with red-framed silver title to front. Red title to spine. Front corners nudged. Illustrated endpapers. Tidy university library de-ascension stamp to front free endpaper. Rubbing… Read more about this item

Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Quarto. Off white and mustard yellow boards 9 1/2 inches x 7 3/4 inches. Top edge a little shelf-dusty,and some darkening (sunning?) to top edge of boards, but all in all, very tight and clean. 543 pp., including index. "...The book is organized like an… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.4 in., pp. 152. Illustrated throughout with color cartoon characters. Black paper boards over pink spine. Gilt Pogo figure to front, and gilt title with purple song notes decorating spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Illustrated… Read more about this item

Portland, OR: Reptilicus Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 316. Illustrated with 100 vintage concert posters and over 400 photographs, many never before published. Laminated cardstock wraps with white Portland city scene and outlined gray title to black front cover; black title to white spine. Light edgewear to covers;… Read more about this item

New York: Oak Publications, 1973. Softcover. Good. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 8.4 in., pp. 430. Rubbing to extremities. Spine creases, thumbing. Unmarked interior. A lot of song-filled evenings amongst friends, left in this well-used book! Over 1000 folk songs with guitar chords. "Irwin Silber prospered as a writer, left-wing organizer, and book editor, but his greatest… Read more about this item

New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" x 6." pp. 159. Publisher's cloth beige boards with red and black image. Clean, but moderately sunned boards. Binding sound. Minor wear to extremities and top and bottom of spine. Ex-Libris stamp removed from front paste down. Interior pages clean and unmarked with… Read more about this item

London, England: John Lane, 1912. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Vernon Hill. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 9 in., pp. xii, 103. Illustrated with twenty-five tissue-guarded engravings. Publisher's "Review Copy with John Lanes Compliments" embossed to top right corner of title page. Edition limited to 500 copies. Contemporary light gray cloth boards with gilt title and elaborate candleabra and… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good in like Dustjacket. Quarto. 11 1/4 in. x 9 in. Handsome dark blue cloth-over-boards, with inset rectangular title label to front board, lettered in green. Light rubbing to extremities, and bumped corners. Essentially a mid-1930's spreadsheet of handy, easily retrievable reference points on composers and their works and… Read more about this item

London: Cherry Red Books, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Color illustrated wraps. Octavo. Fine copy. 269 pages, index. Twelve pages of photos. "The complete telling of the Apple story, culled from exclusive interviews with the recording artists, staff, and business associates who helped make Apple a fascinating chapter in the history of both The Beatles and pop music… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Color illustraterd wraps, octavo. Very light wear to wraps, interior clean, binding tight. 1,542 entries with full descriptions. Numerous illustrations. 431 pages.

Germany, 1701. Loose Sheets. Good. Ten Individual original pages of an early 18th century printing of an Antiphonarium which became the standard version for Catholic families in Germany (accompanied by a photo-copy of the cover page of the original complete volume with handwritten note about original owner). These pages appear to be from a copy owned or used… Read more about this item