Music from Books of Aurora

New York: Atheneum, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Atheneum, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. Ashley Bryan, one of America's most renowned storyteller-anthologizers, presents an inspiring introduction to the African-American spirituals that he has also illustrated with twelve gloriou full-color paintings. From over 1,000 songs collected since the Civil War, Ashley… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann, Inc., 1936. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good -. New York: Coward, McCann, Inc., 1936. Ex-Library. Very Good -. Withdrawn from a school library, with library markings. Fourteen songs with piano arrangement. Sturdy library binding.

Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889. Very Good. Approximately 10" x 8", Illustrated with 8 chromolithographs, each accompanied by a line of music and a poem. Gift inscription on ffep. Wear on corners and spine ends. The paper covering the spine has 1… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: Burrows Brothers Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Cleveland, OH: Burrows Brothers Company, 1899. Very Good. 298 pages, covering 25 songs. Contains 26 portraits and 30 illustrations (frontis included). Binding is firm, pages are clear and unmarked. There is a small newspaper clipping containing a poem that is taped inside the… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1990. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Doubleday, 1990. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/fine. Mozart, the brilliant child prodigy whose achievements astonished Europe. The richly detailed illustrations and simple, straight-forward prose vividly re-create the places, people, and events in his special world. 

New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Very Good/very good-. 23 songs, each with musical notation, lyrics and illustration. Many illustrations are color lithographs. The book is firmly bound. there is some discoloration of the blank endpapers near the gutter at the front and back… Read more about this item

New York: Heritage Press, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase-Very Good++. New York: Heritage Press, 1967. Fine/Slipcase-Very Good++. 215 apges, unmarked and crisp, glossary, Index of first lines and index of titles. Words and historical perspective to 69 ballads. Green stripe paper over boards with a green cloth spine bearing gold lettering. Decorative stain… Read more about this item

New York: Universe Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. New York: Universe Publishing, 1997. Fine. Decade by decade, this book presents rock's history from 1950's rhythm and blues to 1990's grunge and beyond. An endless array of surprises--including timelines, trivia quizzes, imaginative pop-ups, pullouts, gatefolds, accessory booklets, rotating pictorial wheels, and die-cut miniatures--vie for the reader's attention… Read more about this item

Chicago: Roosevelt University, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Chicago: Roosevelt University, 1960. Very Good. 208 pages, musical notation and words plus the history of the song. Index of titles and first lines, reading list, record list. Gift inscription on the ffep and 'Buccaneers' sticker inside front cover. Bound in tan cloth with… Read more about this item