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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....