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Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal / The Flowers of Evil

Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal / The Flowers of Evil by ( Henri Cartier-Bresson ). Baudelaire, Charles

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Seller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Title
Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal / The Flowers of Evil
Author
( Henri Cartier-Bresson ). Baudelaire, Charles
Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description
New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1997. Bound in full crimson cloth with imprinted paper label laid-on to Front Cover. Matching Suede-lined Solander box with imprinted black titles to spine. Large Square Folio. 16.25" x 15 inches. This Edition Limited to only 300 numbered copies of which this is #142. Boldly signed byHenri Cartier-Bresson to Colophon. LEC Letter laid-in. Illustrated with four spectacular full-page photogravure prints, printed on hand- made paper by Cartier-Bresson and selected by him especially for this Edition. Cartier-Bresson's only published nude studies to date. Spine of Box mildly and evenly sunned with a tiny, short scratch. Small patch of mild sunning to top front cover of Box. A Very Fine, Pristine, apparently unread copy of this most rare and exquisite production in a Near Fine+ Box.
Black Jazz and Popular Music Sarah Vaughan Career from Club Performance to National Broadcast Media 1950s-1970s

Black Jazz and Popular Music Sarah Vaughan Career from Club Performance to National Broadcast Media 1950s-1970s by Sarah Vaughan

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Seller: Max Rambod Inc.
Title
Black Jazz and Popular Music Sarah Vaughan Career from Club Performance to National Broadcast Media 1950s-1970s
Author
Sarah Vaughan
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1955. Press and candid photograph archive of Sarah Vaughan, 1950s-1970s, documents the development of a major Black jazz vocalist across performance spaces ranging from small clubs to nationally broadcast stages. The images capture Vaughan at multiple points in her career, from early live appearances to established prominence, providing visual evidence of Black women's participation and recognition within mid twentieth century American music. Her career unfolded alongside and following figures such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, whose breakthroughs expanded opportunities for Black performers in commercial and institutional venues. Five vintage black and white silver gelatin photographs, including three press photographs measuring approximately 8 x 10 inches with captions on verso and two smaller candid photographs measuring about 3 x 4 inches. The candid images show Vaughan performing in a jazz club during the 1950s, accompanied by a pianist, capturing an intimate performance setting. A 1961 studio portrait issued by her agency includes a verso news clipping announcing an appearance with Ray Charles and Larry Storch at the Palace Theatre. Later photographs from the 1970s depict Vaughan in established career contexts, including an appearance alongside Pearl Bailey and Ella Fitzgerald for a CBS television special marking Bailey's forty year career. Produced during decades of expanding mass media and gradual integration of American entertainment industries, the archive situates Vaughan's career within broader developments in jazz, broadcast performance, and Black cultural visibility. The progression from small venue performance to national television reflects changes in audience reach and professional opportunity, while preserving the continuity of live performance traditions central to jazz. Minor edge wear; captions remain legible; overall very good condition.
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students in Centre College, Danville, KY., for the Year 1861

The Thirty-Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students in Centre College, Danville, KY., for the Year 1861

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Title
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students in Centre College, Danville, KY., for the Year 1861
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Frankfort, Kentucky: A.G. Hodges & Co, 1861. Softcover. Good. First edition. 20pp. Wrappers bound with string. Lacking the wrapper, stamp on title, some chipping along the extremities, thus good only. Scarce. *OCLC* locates one copy.
Autograph letter signed in full to an unidentified male correspondent

Autograph letter signed in full to an unidentified male correspondent by SCOTT, Charles Kennedy 1876-1965

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
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Autograph letter signed in full to an unidentified male correspondent
Author
SCOTT, Charles Kennedy 1876-1965
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
2 pp. Folio (ca. 253 x 203 mm). Dated [London] December 10, [19]27. On stationery with "Oriana Madrigal Society Leighton House, Holland Park Road, London, W. 14." printed at head. Scott regrets that he and his choir, the Oriana Madrigal Society, cannot help his recipient, presumably with a concert of British music. He has already committed the choir to a lecture by English conductor and scholar William G. Whittakers (1876-1944) on the work of composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934). At the letter's end he expresses his steadfast devotion to British composers and their music. "... I am going way on the 19th till Jan 11th & on the 15th I have promised to illustrate a lecture by W.G. Whittaker on von Holst's work & I am afraid this will mean just as much as I can ask of the choir between our next concert & the date you mention. For I will not help you without rehearsal (I dislike offhand work so much!)... I do not want you to think I am willingly unacommodating. Indeed everything should be done to give a bias to English music, both old & new; and all of us should help in whatever way we can towards this." Below his signature Scott has written the name "H. Saxe-Wyndham." Either he has intended this letter for Henry Saxe-Wyndham, the noted music historian and biographer, or, perhaps more likely, has signed the letter on his behalf. Slightly worn and soiled; creased, with one small short tear, at folds. Charles Kennedy Scott, an English organist and choral conductor, played an important role in the performance of choral music in England, especially of early and modern English music. In 1904, he founded the Oriana Madrigal Society, which did much to raise English Elizabethan music from its position of comparative neglect. Wikipedia.
LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR.|THE

LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR.|THE

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LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR.|THE
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1840. original stiff blue paper wrappers, sewn at spine. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.0 x 4.7 cm). original stiff blue paper wrappers, sewn at spine. 8 pages. (Bradbury, S. Babcock 28; Rinderknecht and Bruntjen 40-4008). Wrappers with decorated border. Engraved illustrations throughout. An account of the nativity of Christ. Wrappers lightly soiled. Foxing throughout. Text block loose in covers.
ANYTHING GOES

ANYTHING GOES by Bell, Madison Smartt

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Title
ANYTHING GOES
Author
Bell, Madison Smartt
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780375421259
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Pantheon, 2002. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Bell on the half-title page. "For __ Thanks for your letter - play on! Madison Smartt Bell. P.S. Since you are a musician check out Forty Words for Fear at Amazon. Many of the songs in the book are from there." Weak spine top edge bump with corresponding minor wrinkle on dustjacket; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed By Author with Note. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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VANISHING AMERICANA by WILSON, Everett B.

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Title
VANISHING AMERICANA
Author
WILSON, Everett B.
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
WILSON, Everett B. VANISHING AMERICANA. (New York: Barnes, 1966.) 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. 187 pages. Fourth printin Illustrated with over three hundred photographs of Americana and American scenes. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly chipped at extremities of spine, else very good.
Requiem for a Black American Capitalist

Requiem for a Black American Capitalist by WMS-FORDE, Bily

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Title
Requiem for a Black American Capitalist
Author
WMS-FORDE, Bily
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Troisème Canadian/Willifo Associates Inc, 1975. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 285pp, [3]. Top edge lightly foxed, else Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with with scattered foxing to extremities. Novel of a black man's attempt to rise above his circumstances and environment, "who sets out to become rich and almost loses his soul." Set in New York between the offices of Park Avenue and the underbelly of Harlem.
Summer Is...
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Summer Is... by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte.

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Title
Summer Is...
Author
ZOLOTOW, Charlotte.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780690043044
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Crowell,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 069004304X . Illustrated by Ruth Lercher Bornstein. First edition thus (library binding - NOT ex-library). Near fine in a near fine (both corners of front flap are clipped) dust jacket. .
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Auld Licht Idylls. by Barrie, J. M.

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Auld Licht Idylls.
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Barrie, J. M.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1892. The Bijou Series, No. 76, September, 1892. Duodecimo, printed wrappers, 187 pp., ads. Fair; some chipping to front and rear covers, front cover is detaching along front joint.

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