Category: Performing Arts

40 Years of Show Tunes : The Big Broadway Hits from 1917-1957

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ASCAP : 1958

Seller ID: 24278

Condition: Very Good

164 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, yellow covers, [ii] + 149 + [xiii] pages. No music here. For each year, 1917 to 1957, this book lists hit Broadway showtunes available on records, with title of song, title of show, composer, publisher of sheet music, name of recording artist, name of record company (label) and record number. Not exhaustive, as stated, but for 1917 there are 26 songs; for 1956-1957 there are 105 songs, many showing multiple artists on different labels. Also includes list of ASCAP branch offices and representatives. ; Published by American Society of Composers, Author...
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Filmmusic Notebook, Volume 1, Number 2 : Winter 1974-1975

By: Adamson, Eve; Illustrated by Glen Morley

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Film Music Collection : 1974

Seller ID: 21908

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, glossy white covers, 48 pages, 1 full-spread b/w cartoon by Glen Morley, 1 musical example from The Miracle, by Elmer Bernstein; 22 musical examples from Psycho, by Bernard Herrmann. ; Topics include: Elmer Bernstein, by Michael Scheff, with chronology of his works. Interview with William Friedkin, by Bernstein, with sidenotes. Conversation with George Roy Hill, by Bernstein. Bernard Herrmann's Music for Psycho, part 2, by Fred Steiner, with endnotes and bibliography. ; Light edgewear, a touch of sunning, pale spot on front. Interior clean, binding tight....
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Baldwin Acrosonic : Care of Your Piano

By: Baldwin

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Baldwin Piano Company : 1960

Seller ID: 23794

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

12 pages; 32mo (4") 10 cm; Long oblong softcover, dark olive green covers, 12 pages, 6 small b/w illustrations. Contents: Tips on preserving beauty of your piano, concerns about humidity, how to clean the keys, adjusting the action, tuning and more. ; Quite scarce. Also included with this item: 2) Record of Final Inspection, small card with string loop, as issued. 3) Original Warranty and Registration Card, 4 pages, oblong. 4) original envelope containing all the above. ; All items pristine, no marks (apart from inspector's initials in pencil) and no other defects (except one very small hole i...
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Titanic, a New Musical : Souvenir Program, 1998

By: Barnett, Alan, with Maury Yeston and Peter Stone; Illustrated by Joan Marcus

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Theatre Stuff : 1998

Seller ID: 21101

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

32 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Large oblong softcover, 13 x 11 inches, 32 pages including covers, 11 b/w photos, 23 spectacular color glossy photos. Laid in: large 4-page glossy leaflet listing current (Feb 1999) cast and crew, with brief bios. ; Includes complete passenger list indicating those who died. ; Program from major Broadway musical. No lyrics, no tunes. Photos include some historical portraits, cast members from 1997 and 1998, and scenes from the show. ; Slightly wrinkled but intact.
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Voice, The, How to Use it : With Exercises for Tone and Articulation

By: Barrows, Sarah T., and Anne E. Pierce

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Expression Company : 1947

Seller ID: 24514

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

181 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, black cloth with silver lettering, 181 pages, index, appendix, bibliography, piano keyboard diagram and formula to build a major scale on any note, 32 short musical exercises with notes, several short works of classic poetry to practice on, dozens of other vocal articulation exercises. ; Copyright 1933. This is Revised Edition, 1938, 4th printing, 1947. ; Aimed at anyone who uses or wishes to improve their voice, including singers, actors, lecturers, salespeople, etc. ; Hardly any wear. Owner name inked out on front endpaper. Small checkmarks or margin not...
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Mel Bay's Guitar Chord Chart

By: Bay, William

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications : 1973

Seller ID: 23366

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

4 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall full-color psychedelic leaflet, 4 pages, guitar chords shown in chord diagrams for all 12 major keys and their relative minor keys. Five chords for each major and three chords for each minor key. Plus psychedelic fingerboard (fretboard) illustration showing each note on each string and same note on musical staff. ; MB 93322. ; Light edgewear. Lower front edge has one very small chip from thumbing. No other defects. (Image shows item fully open, rear cover on left, front cover on right)
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Doctor Who : The Early Years

By: Bentham, Jeremy

Price: $25.00

Publisher: W. H. Allen : 1987

Seller ID: 6300

ISBN-13: 9780863791703

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

220 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Tall softcover, 220 pages, 14 beautiful rare color photos and designs, over 160 b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, etc, with captions. ; Copyright 1986. This is 3rd printing, 1987. ; 'A detailed account of origins and making of world's longest running science fiction series', which was launched by BBC November 1963. Includes: Original Dalek blueprints and creature design. Interviews. Rare photos including stills from destroyed episodes. Detailed plot synopses, production credits and cast lists from Unearthly Child through Daleks Master Plan. ; Light edgewear, mainly ...
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Circus Model Builders : Third National Gathering, Santa Monica, California, 1960

By: Bergen, Elmer G.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Circus Model Builders & Owners Association : 1960

Seller ID: 24010

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

18 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Oblong softcover booklet, 11 x 8.5 inches, sidestapled, illustrated on front with performing animals, 18 unnumbered pages including covers, with 2-page Schedule of Events, 2-page Bull Session Notes, one-page List of Officials, and eight b/w drawings. Printing appears on eight pages (all bymimeograph except front cover); other pages blank, as issued. ; Founded in 1936, the purpose of CMB was to bring together all who build or own miniature models of circus equipment. This convention was held July 14-17, 1960, in California. The Al G. Barnes Ring (named for legendary ...
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Fritz the Cat : Original Soundtrack Recording, Vinyl LP Record

By: Bogas, Ed, and Ray Shanklin, with Ralph Bakshi and Thomas Albright

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fantasy Records : 1972

Seller ID: 22930

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

LP; Standart 12-inch vinyl LP long-playing record, with outer sleeve that opens up to reveal credits and commentary by Thomas Albright. ; Fantasy 9405. Musical score by Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin, plus songs by many different artists including Bo Diddley, Charles Earland, Alice Stuart and more. ; Record is in Fine condition, no scratches or other defects. Inner sleeve present. Outer sleeve intact but worn, corners slightly warped. Quite scarce.
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Topps Presents the Man from U. N. C. L. E. : Volume 1, Number 2, 1965, Featuring the Shark Island Affair

By: Brown, Len

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Topps C. G. Inc : 1965

Seller ID: 24139

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

68 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 68 pages including covers, 4 large full-color photos on covers, tons of b/w photos including many full-page portrait photos of Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, complete new Man from UNCLE novelette illustrated with b/w line illustrations. ; Edited by Len Brown and Robert Shorin. Tons of behind the scenes and lots of personal info on the show's two stars. ; Worn but intact. Spine has small chips but is holding together. A few small spots but no marks, no tears, nothing missing. Scarce.
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Joe Maddy of Interlochen

By: Browning, Norma Lee

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Henry Regnery Company : 1963

Seller ID: 23220

ISBN-13: 9781014985712

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

297 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, [xxii] + 297 pages, 14 historical b/w photos on glossy plates. ; 1st edition, published in 1963. Foreword by Van Cliburn. ; Biography of Joseph E. Maddy, violinist, conductor, pioneer music educator, who in 1928 founded the world famous Interlochen summer music camp in northern Michigan, now a permanent center with year-round activities. ; Moderate exterior wear. Interior clean, binding tight. (Amazonbuyers please note: Our book is an earlier edition and has a different cover than the one shown by amazon. We are sorry that we have to use their product pa...
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Joe Maddy of Interlochen : Profile of a Legend

By: Browning, Norma Lee; Illustrated by Russell Ogg

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Contemporary Books : 1992

Seller ID: 23221

ISBN-13: 9781014203045

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

217 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, blue boards, [xxii] + 217 pages, 32 historical b/w photos on glossy plates. ; Copyright 1963. This is 2nd edition, 1992. Photos by Russell Ogg and others. Foreword by W. Clement Stone. Prologue by Van Cliburn. ; Biography of Dr. Joseph E. Maddy, violinist, conductor, pioneer music educator, founder and director of the world famous Interlochen summer music camp in northern Michigan, now a permanent center with year-round activities. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows minor wear only. (Amazonbuyers please note: Our book is an earlier edition and has a dif...
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Erotica for the Millions : Love in the Movies

By: Brusendorff, Ove, and Poul Henningsen

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Book Mart : 1960

Seller ID: 22489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

147 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, red buckram cloth, gold spine title, 147 glossy pages, 173 high-quality b/w photos with captions. ; History of sex (and porn) in the movies, from 1890s to 1950s, plus supplement with the latest movies of 1960. Many nudes. ; Light edgewear only. A few small spots on rear otherwise no marks, no major defects. Quite scarce. From estate of a scholar. ; Erotica Series
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Saturday Night Fever : Original Souvenir Movie Program with Vinyl Soundtrack Record Included

By: Bryan, Dana, and Paulo Salvador

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Night Fever Publishing Corporation : 1977

Seller ID: 21729

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

20 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Tall full-color softcover booklet, 20 glossy pages including covers, complete list cast and crew, bios of main actors and producers, 5 color photos, 23 b/w photos. Includes 33 1/3-rpm flexible vinyl record with 10 soundtrack selections, bound in, as issued. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or major defects. Record is pristine. Quite scarce.
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Here Comes the Showboat ! : (Signed)

By: Bryant, Betty

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky : 1994

Seller ID: 23953

ISBN-13: 9780813118628

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

216 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, endpaper map of Ohio River Valley (Missouri to Pennsylvania) 202 pages, index, 59 b/w photos, drawings, etc, with captions. Title page dated 1994 and SIGNED by author. ; Map by JMH. Chronology of the boats 1831 to 1994 by Donald McDaniel. Foreword by Kenneth L. Gladish. Preface by Rita Kohn and William Lynwood Montell. ; Personal memoirs of the performing life on a showboat (floating theater) that plied the Ohio River and its tributaries 1910s-1940s, with special emphasis on the performers and shows. Topics include: Lady Violet. The Four...
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Cue Sheet, The, Journal of the Film Music Society : Volume 15, Number 1, January 1999

By: Burlingame, Jon

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Film Music Society : 1999

Seller ID: 21909

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, white glossy covers, 32 pages, 4 b/w photos including cover. ; Contents: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, part 1, by James Wesby. Music and movies, by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, translated by Blair Sullivan. ; No marks, no defects.
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Secrets of Ventriloquism : By Calostro

By: Calostro

Price: $9.00

Publisher: D. Robbins & Company : 1964

Seller ID: 23835

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

24 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Pale blue softcover, red printing, 24 pages including 5-pg publisher catalog in rear, 3 b/w diagrams. ; Copyright 1949. This is a later printing, approximately 1964. Topics include: Sound deception. The Dummy. Good breathing. Distant fum. Voice throwing. Imitating animals and other voices. Controlling facial movements. Dummy's voice. Dialog and conversation. Drinking water and other tricks. More. ; Covers show little wear but front cover is foxed, rear cover has sunning along edges and several scribbles. ; E-Z Magic Series
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Cinefantastique Magazine Volume 10 : Numbers 1-4, 1981

By: Clarke, Frederick S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cinefantastique : 1981

Seller ID: 20376

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

4to (11") 28 cm; Glossy magazine format, about 50 pages per issue, lots of great articles, tons of b/w photos, large sections in color. ; Some nudes. Fantastic magazine focusing on fantasy, science fiction, horror movies and their special effects. ; Cover art for each issue: 1) John Carpenter. 2) The Birds. 3) Clash of the Titans. 4) David Cronenberg. ; No defects except one issue has small closed tear near heel, carefully repaired with invisible tape.
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Cinefantastique Magazine Volume 11 : Numbers 1-4, 1982

By: Clarke, Frederick S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cinefantastique : 1982

Seller ID: 20377

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

4to (11") 28 cm; Glossy magazine format, about 50 pages per issue, lots of great articles, tons of b/w photos, with many sections in color. ; Some nudes. Fantastic magazine focusing on fantasy, science fiction, horror movies and their special effects. ; Cover art for each issue: 1) Dick Smith. 2) Altered States. 3) Conan the Barbarian. 4) Ray Harryhausen. ; No defects. All well cared for.
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Cinefantastique Magazine Volume 12 : Numbers 1-4, 1982

By: Clarke, Frederick S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cinefantastique : 1982

Seller ID: 20371

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

4to (11") 28 cm; Glossy magazine format, about 60 pages per issue, lots of great articles, tons of b/w photos, color photo section in center. ; Some nudes. ; Fantastic magazine focusing on fantasy, science fiction, horror movies and their special effects. ; Cover art for each issue: 1) Ghost Story. 2-3) double issue Conan the Barbarian. 4) Cat People. ; No defects. Carefully stored from day one.
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Category: Performing Arts