Tuskegee: 1949. Silver gelatin photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches, with two typed letters, signed, one from Dawson and one from Rolla Foley. Identifying marks to verso of photograph, generally fine condition. A portrait of William L. Dawson, taken by P.H. Polk, during Dawson’s tenure at the Tuskegee Institute, where.....
Massachusetts: 1969. Silver gelatin photographs, some mounted, various sizes, most around 6x8 inches. Some wear and creases to mounts, photographs range from good to fine with fine contrast, some photos with noticeable flaws. Very good overall. An evocative collection of photographs of several important musicians taken in Boston in 1969.....
Southern California: 1920s. Limp leatherette album, oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches, with seventy photographs, most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding, photographs with excellent contrast, very good to near fine overall. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones, a fun-loving banjo player.....
New York: 1940s-1950s. Three photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches, menu measuring 10 x 3 3/4. Cab Calloway and his band began performing at the Cotton Club in 1931, enjoying an initial three year stint with many sporadic returns in the subsequent decades. Calloway’s manager, Irving Mills, played a large.....
![Item #List1522 The Camp We Left Behind Us. [Songsheet]. Civil War Songsheets, 72nd Pennsylvania...](/pictures/thumb/List1522.jpg?v=1651254585)
Camden: H. Curts, 1862. 1 ½ x 4 ⅝ inches. Some light normal wear and crashing, very good. An unrecorded broadside Civil War songsheet relating to the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, with many mentions of Baxter and Hesser. The song is written to the tune of “The Girl I Left Behind.....
N.P. 1930s. Silver gelatin photograph measuring 4 ½ x 3 inches. Some creases and fading, quite good overall. An early photograph of Ruby Agnes Owens, who recorded as Texas Ruby. The photographer has etched “Here is Looking at Texas Ruby” into the negative. Owens career started in the 1930s in.....
Lithograph poster in colors. Signed in the plate, l.l. Sheet: 38” x 24 ⅞. Creases to lower right quadrant, wear to top and bottom margins, pinholes to corners, very good condition overall. The Supremes were at the height of their popularity when they performed at Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall in.....
Chicago: 1915. Gelatin silver photographs, three measure 8 x 10 inches, one measures 6 x 8 inches. Two bearing stamps of the Orpheum Studio, Chicago, one with stamp from C.J. Pairing and Company. All with editorial marks to verso. Some marks, pin holes and wear, about very good condition overall.....
New York, et al. 1940s-1960s. Five 8 x 10 and two 5 x 7 inch gelatin silver prints, with Bradley’s estate marks to versos. Jack Bradley was a Cape Cod native who, after graduating from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, fell in love with Jazz after seeing Louis Armstrong perform at.....
San Francisco? 1961. Press photograph measuring 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, with some retouching. With San Francisco Examiner marks to verso and an affixed newsprint version of the image, likely from the Examiner, captioned “John Coltrane and Friend / The town should get a little hot.” Some wrinkling, excellent.....
![Item #List710 Twelve Compositions by Maceo Jefferson [with] Photograph of the Plantation...](/pictures/thumb/List710.png?v=1613056125)
V.p. 1920s-1960s. Photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches, compositions measuring 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Well preserved, nearly fine with some normal toning. Maceo Jefferson was a jazz banjoist and guitarist from South Carolina who began his career in the 1920s playing with Roscoe Lee, Lucille Hegamin and Ethel.....
Massachusetts: 1950s. The Music Inn was founded on the estate of the Countess de Heredia in 1950 by a young couple from New York City who wished to bring the culture of New York to Berkshire County, where it was met with a very lukewarm response from the local residents.....
New York: Fisher and Brothers, 1851. 16mo, wraps, unpaginated. A few small holes to front wrap, fraying to spine, slight tanning, very good plus overall with a tight binding and bright contents. An uncommon songster with woodcut illustrations published in 1851, marking the likely first appearance of “Old Folks at.....
Mostly New England: Various Photographers, 1880s-1890s. Cabinet cards measuring 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches. Various settings, showing the band members posed with their instruments including banjos, violins, trumpets, drum, and tubas. Varying wear, but generally very good with some normal age-related fading. Originally from Lawrenceville, New York, the Shepard.....
New York: 1958. Silver Gelatin Photograph measuring 8 ½ x 11 ½ inches, with Schatt’s marks verso with his notation “Vintage ‘58” in ink. A fine example, fine contrast. A striking image of Eartha Kitt and her band performing at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, taken by the prolific photographer.....
Chiselhurst: 1968-1977. 8vo, stapled sheets, various paginations. Near fine to fine with very light normal tanning to some pages. Comprising issues 37, 43, 45, 47, 52-53, 55-58, 59-65, 68-79, 81-99, 101-112. An extensive collection of issues of the Shout fanzine, previously known as ‘Soul Music,’ covering American Soul and R&B.....
American? 1850s. Quarter plate ambrotype measuring 4 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches, uncased, with foil matt. Excellent contrast, some marks and wear, very good overall. An uncommon ambrotype of a pair of musicians, one holding a harp and the other with a violin.
Newport: 1880s. Single page with writing on both sides, signed by Howe. Fine condition. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby, the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings” at the Waldorf-Astoria.....
Chicago and New York: Ralph E. Fox, 1916. First Edition. 8vo, wraps, 360 pp. Some wear, mark to front wrap, bright contents, very good overall. Ralph E. Fox published this directory of the American music trade, which gives a detailed overview of the American instrument trade in the early 20th.....
Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1863. First Edition. Manuel Fenellosa and his brother-in-law Manuel Emilio came to the United States from Spain in 1836 aboard the SS United States. They settled in Salem, Massachussetts, first forming a band and then a music school. They were friends of the publisher John.....
California and New York: 1960s. Silver gelatin prints on glossy stock, most 8 x 10 inches. A fine collection of press photos from an amazing period in American music, with many classic soul singers included, many of whom were represented by the William Morris Agency. Subjects include: Clyde McPhatter, Ketty.....
Various Places. Most 1940s-1950s, various formats. A wide-ranging collection of Toscanini material, found amongst his scores in the estate of his grandson Walfredo. The highlight is a late draft of his speech “To The People of America,” an important document in Italian-American history that was printed in Life Magazine during.....
![Item #List1011 Where Trails Have Led Me. [Inscribed Copy]. Tsianina, Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone](/pictures/thumb/List1011.jpg?v=1622490072)
Burbank: Self-Published, 1970. Second Edition. 8vo, wraps, 162 pp. Inscribed on the title page: To / A wonderful life / and / A world of Friends / Tsianina.” Some toning to wraps, near fine condition overall. A very nice copy of the second edition of the autobiography of Tsianina Redfeather.....