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Music is a passion for many people across the world, and there are plenty of rare books about music in the Biblio Rare Book Room. From hard to find books with entire compositions to large biographies of famous musicians, there is something for everyone in the rare books about music section of the Biblio Rare Book Room.

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No. 10: Supreme Virtue [Autograph manuscript]
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No. 10: Supreme Virtue [Autograph manuscript]: Double SATB choir

by ADAMO, Mark b. 1962

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Oblong quarto (278 x 208 mm). Unbound, folded. 29 pp. + 2 pp. of additional manuscript apparently not included in the final version. Notated in pencil on 16-stave paper. Signed and dated New York, Jan-April 1997. Supreme Virtue was commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers with the support of the Jerome Foundation and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University. The Dale Warland Singers premiered the work in Minneapolis in June 2000. The text consists of an English translation by Stephen Mitchell of verses from the "Tao te Ching." It was first recorded by the Seattle-based chamber choir Esoterics on the Terpsichore label in the winter of 2008. "For a few years I was the tenor section leader of a choir in Washington, and in singing with and composing for them I'd become more and more interested in the quasi-instrumental vocal gesture. Stephen Mitchell's pellucid translation of this verse of the Tao te ching - a series of moral challenges all beginning with the words "Can you?" - spurred me to… Read More
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Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging (1943) (Signed)
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Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging (1943) (Signed)

by Glenn Miller

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Used - Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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New York: Mutual Music Society, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard cover, red cloth boards with beautiful bright gilt lettering on front and on spine, Fine. Very little rubbing on edges and mild bumping on top and bottom of spine. Binding tight with a little give. Pages ever so slightly yellowed but clean. 116 pages. AUTHOR HAS SIGNED on free front page "SINCERELY GLENN MILLER" in black fountain pen. Not stated but assumed first edition, first printing. ALSO INCLUDED are much sought after 2 MUSICAL SCORES loosely inserted: "I'M THRILLED" first page has edge chipping due to page being larger than others and minor yellowing, and "SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN" stamped "Bradbury Wood Ltd. 142, Charing Cross Road, WC2" (London, England). Both scores are in Very Good condition. B&W photographs and many musical arrangements. Included are 2 small catalogues from Bron's Orchestral Service, London. No dust jacket as issued. Book issued one year before… Read More
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Paul Whiteman 50th Anniversary Album G.A. 33-901 (LPs) (SIGNED)
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Paul Whiteman 50th Anniversary Album G.A. 33-901 (LPs) (SIGNED)

by Paul Whiteman

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Harrison, NJ: Grand Award, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Boxed set of vinyl record albums, SIGNED and INSCRIBED in black ink on the cover by PAUL WHITEMAN near his potato head caricature "To the gang at Music Systems, Pops, Paul Whiteman" Bandleader Paul Whiteman was known as The King of Jazz and is credited with discovering dozens of future top jazz and pop artists including Bing Crosby, Jack Teagarden, Hoagy Carmichael, Ferde Grofe, and many many others. In Very Good Condition. Rare one of a kind item..
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Doo-Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock 'N Roll
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Doo-Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock 'N Roll

by Gribin, Anthony J.;Schiff, Matthew M.

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Used - Fine
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1st
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Paperback
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Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Pubns Inc, 1992. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1992, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. 616pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by WCBS FM101 radio host Don K. Reed, with his inscribed 5x7 promo photo laid in, plus laid in June 24, 2000 DooWop concert reunion program, East rutherford, NJ, with 10 signatures of the artists: The Penguins, The Angels, Who's Johnny, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, John Kuse & the Excellents and producer Richard Nader. All fine. Signed. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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Thurber's Dogs. Suite for Orchestra after Drawings by James Thurber. Movement VI: Hunting Hounds....

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Folio (ca. 356 x 278 mm.). Unbound. 9 leaves notated in pencil on one side of each leaf of 18-stave AZTEC C-18 music manuscript paper. A working manuscript, with erasures, alterations and cancellations. Together with: A copy of the published full score of the movement, i.e., pp. 107-138, and a 1-1/2 page printed commentary by the composer discussing the background of the work and briefly describing the music: "I should say, however, that as I was working on the last movement, I found myself thinking as much about the fox as about the hunting hounds. This, coupled with the fact that I recently acquired a recording of background music from the old movie serials that I used to go to as a kid, probably accounts for the quite ungentlemanly, almost lurid quality of the chase music." "Thurber's Dogs was commissioned for the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus and the Thurber House to commemorate the 100th birthday anniversary of author James Thurber. It was completed on August 13, 1994. The first… Read More
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Music by Philip Glass
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Music by Philip Glass

by GLASS, Philip. Edited by Robert T. Jones

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Used - Fine
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First edition / First printing.
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Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington
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New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket.
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[Works of Franz Joseph Haydn]
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[Works of Franz Joseph Haydn]

by HAYDN, Franz Joseph

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COLUMBIA, Missouri
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1830 Franz Josef Haydn String Quartets Viola Score Classical MUSIC Folio Sonatas

An impressive, folio printing of the music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Haydn is, without question, one of the most important and recognized figures in the history of classical music. Haydn's only mistake was composing and performing at the same time as Mozart. However, Haydn's music is still highly playable and enjoyed around the world.

This tome is the viola part to Haydn's string quartets and sonatas. These books were published around 1830 in Paris.
Item number: #6862
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HAYDN, Franz Joseph

[Works of Franz Joseph Haydn]
A Paris, Societe pour la Publication de Musique, [1830].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~14.25in X 10.75in (36.5cm x 27.5cm)
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Price Guide for the Beatles American Records
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Price Guide for the Beatles American Records

by Cox, Perry; Daniels, Frank

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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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498 Productions, 2007. Hardcover with slip-case. Used- Near Fine condition. Slip-case in fine condition. Signed by Perry Cox, Frank Daniels and Bruce Spizer. Collectors edition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very little shelf wear. Top and bottom of spine are lightly bumped. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA

The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA

by Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.

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First English Edition
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Hardcover
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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A Century of Music in Poughkeepsie (NY) 1802-1911
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A Century of Music in Poughkeepsie (NY) 1802-1911

by Andrus, Helen Josephine

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Used - Very Good
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1st
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Hardcover
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Granville, New York
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Poughkeepsie: Frank B Howard, 1912. First edition. Limited, numbered edition. Number 95. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Poughkeepsie: Frank B Howard, 1912. 8vo., xi+275pp., illustrated with plates. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and design, top edge gilting. Some wear at the spine ends and tips, light foxing to endpapers, rough edge to one page. Very good, bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Genesis Chapter & Verse
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Genesis Chapter & Verse

by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford

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Used - Very Good+
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First
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Hardcover
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Littlehampton, West Sussex
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Music - Hardback First edition Signed on bespoke bookplate by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford & Steve Hackett. (I have never seen a copy with Hackett's signature.) D/j has some shelf wear and small tears but otherwise ok. The book itself is in excellent condition.
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Ten Little Indians (Greenway Edition)
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Ten Little Indians (Greenway Edition)

by Christie, Agatha

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Used - Very Good
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2nd Impression Thus
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Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."
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Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian...

Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1892-93: Part 2

by J. W. Powell

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Washington Government Printing Office, 1896. Part 2 ONLY (of original two volume set). Good+. Text block is age-toned but clean and complete with all plates. Olive cloth publisher's binding shows shelf and handling wear with abrasion to the embossing as well as edge, corner, and spine wear. All corners bumped and worn. Covers are dented and scratched. Overall, a clean, solid copy with wear to the cover. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Art of Face Painting in Chinese Music-Drama
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The Art of Face Painting in Chinese Music-Drama

by Zhang Geng , Editor-in-Chief

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Used - Near Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Jiangxi Art Publishing Company, 1993. Hardcover First Edition. 170pp, large quarto in case. Compiled by the Music-drama Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts. Near Fine book in Good slipcase. Gray boards show minor shelf and handling wear; there is a crease on the page before the Contents. Else clean and bright. This is, overall, a stunning volume, colorful and clean, gray boards and colorful pastedown are clean, tight binding. Slipcase shows significant shelf and handling wear with scuffing, fading, three tears in the binding at the spine of the slipcase, and edge and corner wear. It has done its job protecting the volume inside. [Seattle, WA, U.S.A.] Photos are of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.
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My Effin' Life (Geddy Lee Signed 1st Printing)
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My Effin' Life (Geddy Lee Signed 1st Printing)

by Geddy Lee

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Used - Near Fine
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1st Ed
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Hardcover
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Roselle Park, New Jersey
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Harper, 2023-11-13. 1st Ed. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY GEDDY LEE! Brand new and unread condition with a mylar cover added for your dust jacket. This is the publisher's signed edition with Geddy's autograph on a special page added by the publisher so authenticity is irrefutable. Expedited shipping is welcome; bk 6,signed by author.
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