no place: Self-published by the author, no date. 46p., 5.5x8.5 inches, poetry, prose, illustrations, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More

Cat.No: 209364

San Francisco: Hearst Corporation, 1897. 4p. sheet music, 10.5x14 inches, even toning, otherwise very good, illustrated with a color drawing of a well-dressed African American couple. “I sends da lady flowers, an’ I’se gwine to claim her hand / shouted the new Darktown bully in a sassy tone / An’..... More

Cat.No: 47416

Chicago: Martin's Studio of Music, 1953. 4p. sheet music, 7x10 inches, slightly worn wraps with previous owner's signature and rummberstamp of a Philadelphia music store on front wrap. More

Cat.No: 130939

New York: Howley, Haviland & Dresser, 1902. 8p. sheet music with Dewey illustration of a black man and his weeping woman on the front wrap, 10.75x13.5 inches, lightly worn red & black on white wraps with notation, "This is the march and two-step arrangement of the greatest coon song of..... More

Cat.No: 150792

Chicago: The Roberta Martin Studio of Music, 1949. 4p. sheet music, wraps, 7x10 inches, wraps lightly worn, bookstore stamp on front and rear wraps, pen notation on front wrap else good condition. More

Cat.No: 130944

New York: T. B. Harms Company, 1934. Sheet_music. 6p., 9x12 inches, lightly-used sheet music in black and green pictorial wraps with photo of Cugat with violin on cover. Some writing on front. More

Cat.No: 101820

New York: Leo. Feist, 1920. Sheet_music. [6p] including covers, 9x12 inches, sheet music with a photo of the "pantomime dame" Errol in drag on the front cover. More

Cat.No: 114097

New York: Spencer Music Corp. 1950. Sheet_music. Single folio leaf printed and folded to make a standard sheet-music item, cover photo-portrait of the Weavers ensemble with an inset of Gordon Jenkins. Find an inconspicuous rubberstamp of Salt Lake City distributor, a small corner-crease, a dot of ink (printer's error) and..... More

Cat.No: 229253

San Rafael: C M Publications, 1974. Magazine. [45p] 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with plenty of well-reproduced b&w photos and maps on nice matte paperstock, magazine/booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Lower corner-tip has a small but pervasive bump, cover has collected dust-soil. More

Cat.No: 185583

Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1910. 8p., 10 x 13 inches, wraps with drawing of African American nanny. Sheet music by European American lyricist and composer. More

Cat.No: 18043

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1912. Sheet_music. [8p] 10.5x14 inches, sheet music, worn wraps (numerous closed tears) taped with old brown tape on spine, cover decoration shows a small inset photo of the Russells in women's dress. The brothers specialized in a comedy routine parodying Irish serving girls. They..... More

Cat.No: 51069

Boston: White, Smith & Perry, 1870. Pamphlet. 5p., decorative titling &c; 14x10.75 inch folio leaves hand-stitched along the left margin, cover illustration in b&w litho (image is 9.5x8 inches) very edgeworn, foxed and dust-soiled. Graveyard scene, gnarled tree, monolithic cross, headstone, angels spiriting the child from its grave, with inset..... More

Cat.No: 72663

New York: G. Schirmer, 1920. 6p., 9x12 inch sheet music, evidently the first issue, very good in wraps with a "Sherman, Clay" (San Francisco music outlet) stamp. This dialect song is the most famous work by the white South Carolina composer, whose songs were sung by Paul Robeson and Burl..... More

Cat.No: 108129