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BOOKS & OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL DISCOGRAPHICAL & REFERENCE BOOKS; BIOGRAPHIES; PROGRAMS Books are all in good, used condition (no damage unless described). “As new” should be just that. “Excellent” would be similar to 2, light dust jacket or cover marks but no problems. “Good” would be similar to 3 (use wear). Any damage or marking is mentioned. DJ = includes Paper Dust Jacket DISCOGRAPHICAL BOOKS 5000. HISTORICAL RECORDS, 1899-1908/09 (Roberto Bauer). Sidgwick & Jackson, 1947. 494 pp. Excellent. $20.00. 5001. HISTORICAL RECORDS, 1899-1908/09 (Roberto Bauer). Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972 reprint. 494 pp. DJ. As new. $25.00. 5002. HISTORICAL RECORDS, 1899-1908/09 (Roberto Bauer). Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972 reprint. 494 pp. DJ. Slightest DJ discoloration. Former owner name stamped in inner covers. Book itself is otherwise as new. $20.00. 5012. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 1. THE GRAMO- PHONE CO. LIMITED (HMV). Single side plus B, C, D & E series. (Bennett). 238 pp. plus index. DJ. As new. 12.00. 5008. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 2. THE INTER- NATIONAL RED LABEL CATALOGUE. [10” DA and VA/VB and AGSA/AGSB]. (Bennett). 233 pp. DJ. As new. 15.00. 5009. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 3. DISCHI FONOTI- PIA (Bennett). 77 pp. DJ. As new. $12.00. 5010. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 4. THE INTERNATIONAL RED LABEL (HMV) CATA- LOGUE – 12” DB RECORDS [DB 100 – DB 21667] (Bennett-Hughes). Oakwood. 400 pp. DJ. Couple slightest cover stains, otherwise as new. $12.00. 5011. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 5. HMV BLACK LABEL CATALOGUE. “D” and “E” (Michael Smith). Oakwood. 149 pp. DJ. As new. $10.00. 5013. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 7. THE 1898-1925 GERMAN CATALOGUES (GRAMO- PHONE CO. and DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON). (Bennett-Wimmer). Oakwood, 404 pp. DJ. As new. $12.00. 5014. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 7. Same as previous listing (item #5013) but slightest spotting on outside top and right. Otherwise as new. $10.00. 5015. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 8. THE (BRITISH) COLUMBIA CATALOGUE. (Smith- Cosens). Oakwood, 240 pp. DJ. 10” and 12” acoustic and electric issues. Another very useful volume in this valuable series. As new. $12.00. 5016. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 8. Same as preceding book (item #7023). DJ. Former owner’s name written inside front cover. Otherwise as new. $10.00. 5017. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 9. THE HMV FRENCH CATALOGUE (Bennett). Oak- wood, 304 pp. Acoustic single and double classical issues. DJ. As new. $12.00. 5018. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 10. THE HMV PLUM LABEL CATALOGUE (Smith- Andrews). Acous. and electric “C” series. 274 pp. As new. $12.00. 5019. VOICES OF THE PAST, Vol. 11. THE HMV RUSSIAN CATALOGUE (Bennett). Oakwood, 212 pp. The rarest in the series. All the Russian acoustic issues issued by the Russian Gramophone Co. Rear dust jacket wrinkled, otherwise as new $30.00. 5023. GRAMOPHONE SHOP ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RECORDED MUSIC. Gram. Shop, 1936. 574 pp. Blue covers. Listings of domestic and foreign issues by composer including many deleted discs. Useful research volume. Very minor rear cover spotting. Contents as new. $12.00. 5024. GRAMOPHONE SHOP ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RECORDED MUSIC. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1942. 558 pp. Red covers. Minor spotting top and right edges. Covers clean and contents as new (pencil mks.on blank opening pages, easily eraseable). $12.00. 264 BOOKS ON OPERA COMPANIES 5053. A VOICE IN TIME – THE GRAMOPHONE OF FRED GAISBERG, 1873-1951. (Jerrold Northrop Moore). Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976. DJ. 248 pp. Wonderful book on the Gramophone Company’s great impresario and recording expert. As new. $15.00. 5003. THE BOSTON OPERA COMPANY (Quaintance Eaton). Appleton-Century, 1965. 338 pp. Illustrated. Invaluable cast listing section (1909-1914). Illustrated. Slight DJ wear, former owner’s signature on inside cover. Content otherwise as new. $12.00. 5004. THE BOSTON OPERA COMPANY (Quaintance Eaton). Appleton-Century, 1965. Same as previous listing (item #5003). Some DJ wear. Book itself as new. $12.00. 5005. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN’S MANHATTAN OPERA COMPANY (John F. Cone). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1964. 400 pp. Illustrated. DJ. Cast listings 1906-1910.Slightest DJ wear. Book itself as new. $12.00. 5006. OPERA IN CHICAGO – A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, 1850-1965 (Ronald Davis). Appleton-Century, 1966. 393 pp. Cast listings, 1910-1965. DJ. Slightest DJ wear. Book as new. $12.00. 5007. 50 YEARS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (Arthur J. Bloomfield). San Francis- co Book Co., 1973. 450 pp. DJ. Illustrated. Includes cast listings, 1923-1973. As new. $12.00. 5054. DIE BAYERISCHEN STAATSTHEATER WAGNER UND MOZART FESTPIELE, MUENCHEN, 1926. Paper cover souvenir book. 204 pp. plus advertising section. Many artist photos and related pictures. Nice copy, lightest spotting. Excellent. $25.00. 5055. OFFIZIELLER BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELFÜHRER, 1937. 296 pp. plus about 100 advertising pages. Portraits and bio sketches (in German, English and French) of most artists. Many pictures, including foldout (with Nazi flags) of all Bayreuth people seated in front of the opera house. Rare! Excellent condition. $35.00. 5056. ERLIEBTE OPERNKUNST – BILDER UND GESTALTEN DER BERLINER STAATSOPER (Elisabeth Reissig). Oesterheld Col. Verlag, Berlin, 1928. 132 pp. Artist portraits and Berlin State Opera information, 1927-28. Excellent. $25.00. 5057. 185 JAHRE (BERLIN) STAATSOPER. Utlantic-Verlag, Berlin, April, 1928. Rare book, large 8” x 11” format. 182 pp. and 60 pp. advertising. Artist portraits (all singing there that season), many historic pictures.. Excellent condition (no problems). $40.00. 5058. 200 JAHRE (BERLIN) STAATSOPER IM BILD (Julius Kapp). Max Hesses Verlag, Berlin, 1942. 248 pp. Very rare book. Large 8” x 11” format. Many pictures (including color). A number of historic photos. I notice that the caption names of Jewish singers (Jadlowker as an example) are missing. Excellent condition. $50.00. 5158. THE TEATRO SOLIS - 150 YEARS OF OPERA, CONCERT AND BALLET IN MONTEVIDEO (Susana Salgado). 493 pp. Soft cover. Illustrated. Detailed performance chronology. Valuable reference book. As new. $20.00. BOOKS ON VARIOUS SINGERS 5064. GREAT SINGERS ON THE ART OF SINGING (James Francis Cooke). Presser, Philadelphia, 1921. 304 pp. Fascinating articles on various aspects of singing by a number of stars of the day, including Alda, Amato, Bispham, Butt, Campanari, Caruso, Claussen, total of 27. Minor small tear inside cover binding, otherwise excellent or better. $12.00. 5065. GREAT SINGERS ON GREAT SINGING (Jerome Hines). Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1982. 356 pp. Somewhat similar to previous book, but mainly artists active some fifty years later, 42 in total (including a few experts on singing and voices who were not singers). Includes Albanese, Corelli, Crespin, Domingo, Horne, Milanov, Moffo, Munsel, Olivero, Pavarotti, Ponselle, Sereni, etc. All interviewed by Hines. Inscribed and signed by the author. One chapter (by Milnes) has some yellow highlighting, otherwise as new. $12.00. 5020. SINGERS OF TODAY (Donald Brook). Rockcliff, London, 1949. 226 pp. Forty British (mostly, a few exceptions) singers featured: Brunskill, Baillie, Brannigan, Hender- son, Shacklock, Stiles-Allen, etc. Biographies and portraits. Valuable reference material as well as enjoyable reading. DJ has some wear and a few tears. Book itself is excellent. $12.00. 265 BOOKS ON VARIOUS SINGERS 5021. A CONCISE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SINGERS (Kutsch & Riemens, translated by Harry Earl Jones). Chilton, 1969. DJ. 487 pp. The only edition in English. Despite the publication year, this is still an invaluable book for basic information on hundreds of singers who recorded. As new. $20.00. 5025. SINGERS TO REMEMBER (Harold Simpson). Oakwood Press, undated (probably around 1970). 223 pp. Biographical articles on about 80 singers, commentary and suggestions regarding their records. As new. $15.00. 5043. THE GROVE BOOK OF OPERA SINGERS (ed. Laura Macy). 2nd ed. Oxford, NYC. 2008. 626 pp. An encyclopedia of operatic biographies. Most appear to be taken from the four volume Grove Dictionary of Opera. Some illustrations. Useful. As new. $20.00. 5044. THE AMERICAN SINGER – A HUNDRED YEARS OF SUCCESS IN OPERA (Oscar Thompson). Dial, NYC, 1937. 426 pp. Illustrated. Articles incorporating most American singers active to 1937. Useful for reference and enjoyable reading. Nice copy, virtually as new. $20.00. 5045. OPERA AND ITS STARS (Mabel Wagnalls). Funk & Wagnalls, NY, 1924. 410 pp. Chapters on various operas and singers (mostly sopranos). A former owner’s name penned inside cover, otherwise excellent (or better). $15.00. 5046. THE LAST PRIMA DONNAS (Lanfranco Rasponi). Knopf, NY, 1982. 633 pp. Illustrated. Interviews with various senior divas (mostly from the ‘30s-‘60s). Fascinating reading! Light DJ wear. Excellent (or better). $15.00. 5047. THE GREAT SINGERS – FROM THE DAWN OF OPERA TO OUR OWN TIME (Henry Pleasants). DJ. 382 pp. Slight mold.. Excellent. $8.00. 5048. PRIMA DONNA – A HISTORY [WILLFUL, MAGNIFICENT, TRAGIC, CHARISMATIC – THE WOMEN WHO FOR 300 YEARS HAVE MADE OPERA WHAT IT IS (Rupert Christiansen). Viking, NYC, 1985. 367 pp. DJ. Excellent (or better). $15.00. 5076. PIERRE KEY’S MUSIC YEAR BOOK, 1925-26. Key, NYC, 1925. 379 pp. Over 150 pps. of full page biographical sketches with photos of vocal and instrumental artists and musical companies. Various listings, including U.S. musical concert organizations by state and artist books for the next season, management, etc. Very useful reference and information source. Excellent (or better) condition. $15.00. BIOGRAPHICAL and AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS ON MUSICIANS 5071. THE EXTRAORDINARY OPERATIC ADVENTURES OF BLANCHE ARRAL. Autobio- graphy, trans. by Ira Glackens. Amadeus, Port- land, OR. 2002. DJ. 352 pp. Discography. As new. $15.00. 5137. THOMAS BEECHAM – AN INDEPENDENT BIOGRA- PHY (Charles Reid). Dutton, NY, 1962. 256 pp. DJ. Illustrated. Excellent condition. $10.00. 5074. OKLAHOMA TENOR – MUSICAL MEMORIES OF GIUSEPPE BENTONELLI (Joseph Benton). Auto- biography. Univ. Oklahoma Press, 1973. Paper- back (only way it was issued). As new.