MUSIC from Houle Rare Books & Autographs

First edition. Octavo. Two pages publisher's advertisements at end. Original gilt, black and blindstamped purple cloth with vignette of a violin on the upper front cover; black endpapers. No dust jacket. Good (spine faded). 254 pages. Contemporary ink inscription on the half title page, inscribed "Offert a M. Eugene Le Comte par M. Hart a Londres, June 1877." Printed by Billing and… Read more about this item

Armed Services edition. No. 676. 3 ¾" x 5 ¼". Eight page introduction by Arnold Gingrich. Original pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good. 351 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Text browned due to paper quality.

First Armed Services edition, No. 1000. 3 ¾" x 5 ½". Four page introduction by Arnold Gingrich. Printed colored pictorial wrappers. Fine. 352 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

("Hank Thompson" & "Billy Grey") in blue ink on Texoma Music Corp, 3121 N.W. 67th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 2, 1953. 8 1/2" x 14". Light edge wear and two file holes in the upper margin, else fine. Thompson and Billy Grey sell the rights to their song entitled "Dial L-O-V-E For Me,' for $1.00 and receiving a royalty… Read more about this item

First-Day Cover for the 19 cent Haym Salomon stamp (Scott # 1561) no pictorial cachet (halftone cachet laid down), postmarked Chicago, IL, March 15, 1975. Signed by Lou Rawls. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good (remnant of sticker on lower margin). Provenance from the estate of Adrian Fagan.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

("Virgin Thomson") in blue fountain pen ink on his Virgil Thomson, 222 West 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. letterhead, April 24, 1971. 8 1/2" x 11", 1 page (recto only). Fine. To author Tony Thomas* Thomson comments on a photograph with Ormandy taken at Reeves's Studio and an earlier photograph of himself taken in 1936. In part: "The photo you… Read more about this item

on First-Day Cover for the 13 cent Centennial of Sound Recording stamp (Scott # 1705) with pictorial cachet by Art Craft, postmarked Washington, DC, Mar 23, 1977. Boldly signed by Razzy Bailey. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. Provenance from the estate of Adrian Fagan.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

Los Angeles, 1930.. 10 7/8" x 8 1/2"; 1 large sheet, front and back; very good (one fold in the middle; minor signs of handling); 1930. 1). La Argentina - Spanish Dancers With Miguel Berdion, pianist, Thursday night, January 9, 1930 & Saturday night, January 11, 1930. 2). Wagner's "The Ring" with Juliette Lippe and Johanna Gadski and The German… Read more about this item

First-Day Cover for the 15 cent American Dance stamps (Scott # 1749, #1750, #1751, #1752) with pictorial cachet by Artmaster, postmarked New York, NY, April 26, 1978. Boldly signed by Peter Duchin. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

on First-Day Cover for the 20 cent Metropolitan Opera stamp (Scott # 2054), no cachet, postmarked New York, NY, Sep 14, 1983, Boldly signed and inscribed by Rosalind Elias. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami Press [1950].. First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and b/w halftone photographs; facsimile endpapers. 5 page foreword by Olin Downes. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. 223 pages + 7 page index. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

("Renata Tebaldi") in blue ink on 1/2 length portrait wearing a white fur. Photograph is on single weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good (small scrape on her nose; minor signs of handling; traces of mounting on the back). Signed and inscribed: "To Ulric de Vaere Renata Tebaldi Cordially.". Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

("Marilyn") boldly penned in black on 1/2 length full face portrait of Marilyn Horne in costume. Photograph is by Louis Melancon for the Metropolitan Opera Co with logo in the lower right corner and is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good (minor signs of handling). 1975. Boldly signed and inscribed: "For Ulric, With love & ever warmest… Read more about this item

Boldly signed and dated by Pons below drawing, 1942. 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" image on 10" x 7" heavy stock. Unique and unpublished. Boldly signed: "Lily Pons 1942" Provenance: Estate of Maurice Bloch. Drawing is not signed, but we had other similar ones by him that were.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

Saturday June 2, 1928.. Concert Symphonique under direction of M.M. Bonnety. 4 pages 4" x 6 1/4". Very good (minor signs of handling).. No Binding. Very Good.

("Billy Joe Royal") in black ink on stiff card. 5" x 3". very good. Signed and inscribed: "All the best! Billy Joe Royal". Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

("Myra Mortimer") boldly penned in green fountain pen ink on 1/2 length circular vignette of Myra Mortimer wearing a large cape with white trim. Photograph is on heavy weight stock. 8" x 10"; very good (minor signs of handling), 1926. Boldly signed and inscribed to Joseph Huntley: "To Mr. Joseph Huntley - Sincerely Myra Mortimer 26 March 1926" Provenance: from… Read more about this item

on First-Day Cover for the 13 cent American Bicentennial stamps (Scott # 1691-1694) pictorial cachet by WP, postmarked Philadelphia, PA, July 4, 1976. Signed by Morton Gould. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

on First-Day Cover for the 13 cent Talking Picture stamp (Scott # 1727), with pictorial cachet by Aristocrat Cachets, postmarked Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1977. Signed and inscribed by Alan Young. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.

on First-Day Cover for the 20 cent Metropolitan Opera stamp (Scott # 2054), no cachet, postmarked New York, NY, Sep 14, 1983, Boldly signed and inscribed by Jan Peerce. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.