MUSIC & DANCE
MUSIC & DANCE
Lovely Condition — An Owned Copy 
Lowry, Robert; W.
Howard Doane; & Ira Sankey. Welcome tidings: a new collection of
sacred songs for the Sunday school. New York: Biglow & Main; Cincinnati: J.
Church Co., (copyright 1877). Oblong 12mo. 160 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Provenance: With the handsome Victorian-era book label and comments of Frank Parson, who has
rated each hymn “fair, very good, etc.”
• Publisher's quarter cloth with illustrated and printed paper sides. Ownership label of Frank Parson on front cover and his signature on front pastedown. (3193)
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Grew Up in Lancaster —Mennonite Church (Lancaster Conference). Ein unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend Geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum Allgemeinen Gebrauch des Wahren Gottesdienstes. Auf Begehren der Brüderschaft der Menonisten Gemeinen aus vielen Liederbüchern gesammelt. Lancaster [PA]: Johann Albrecht, 1804. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). [3] ff., 79, [1], 415, [1 (blank), 17, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the interior images for enlargements. This German blackletter hymnal includes unaccompanied melodies in its first portion. The psalter, hymnal, and index are separately paged, the hymnal having a special title-page reading “Ein Neues unpartheyisches Gesangbuch . . .”
• Shaw & Shoemaker 6767; Arndt, First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.,1395. Not in Sabin. Contemporary polished speckled calf with original brass and leather clasps; binding scuffed, spine with traces of shelving label and call number, one clasp lacking tongue portion. Front pastedown institutionally rubber-stamped; front fly-leaf with early inked inscription. Pages age-toned, with moderate waterstaining and spotting. All institutional signs noted, a nice book. (15181)
With Printed Music —
Edmund Dulac's Last
Project
Milton, John, & Henry Lawes. The masque of Comus. Cambridge: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. 4to. [1 (blank)] p., [1 (blank)] f., [3 (2 blank)], frontis., [6 (2 blanks)], 3–59 pp., [1 (blank)] p., 12 pp. of printed music, [2 (1 blank)] pp., [1 (blank)] f., [1 (blank)] p.; 5 plts.
The illustrations are full-page watercolors, six in all, by Edmund Dulac. The LEC Bibliography says they were "printed in process offset," but this is in error: The mailing notice asserts they were "reproduced in six printings by the Sun Engraving Company," and a member of the family that owned that enterprise observes to us that it did not in fact have offset presses—while it was noted for its color letterpress productions, including the original (1940) Szyk Haggadah.
The design is by John Dreyfus, who chose a monotype Bembo font printed by the University of Cambridge Press; the engraving of the music was done by G.T. Friend. The binding is quarter gold-stamped vellum with marbled paper sides; top edges are gilt. Since Hubert Foss and Edmund Dulac both died during the production of this book, a one-page photo-print from The Times of London's obituary section summarizing the achievements of these two men has been included with this offering. The monthly letter and mailing notice are also present.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 250. Two tiny stains on the fore-edge, a penstroke marking p. 54, and two other pen-point spots. With the original slipcase.
The Death of FAUSTMoelling, Charles E. Faust's death. A tragedy in five acts. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1865. 12mo. [4], 5–136 pp.
• Quarter library cloth over marbled paper sides, covers pressure-stamped with the name of a now-defunct library, paper shelving label in top right corner of front cover. Small tear to spine cloth, light wear at top and bottom. Front wrapper also bound in. Rubber stamps and library pocket present. Waterstained in top margins. (7396)
“A Second Edition of My Mutilated Poems”Neal, John. The battle of Niagara: Second edition — enlarged: With other poems. Baltimore: N.G. Maxwell (pr. by B. Edes), 1819. 18mo (15.6 cm, 6.2"). Add. engr. t.-p., 272 pp. 
“Goldau:
Or the Maniac Harper,” along with a few shorter works. Neal, who went on to become a prominent voice in 19th-century American literature, describes in the preface here his distress over the first edition, which he calls “crowded and disfigured with innumerable errors — chiefly typographical, however; though in some cases, whole lines were left out . . .” Alas, this edition also required an errata leaf.
• BAL 14856; Shaw & Shoemaker 48824; Wegelin 1066. On Neal, see: Dictionary of American Biography, XIII, 398–99. Period-style quarter tan cloth over light blue paper–covered boards, spine with printed paper label. Dedication page and a few others (not including title) stamped by a now-defunct institution. Waterstaining to upper margins and some inner page parts, with final leaves darkened and a few spotted with foxing. Some upper edges chipped; final leaf with inner margin repaired.
NOW— There's a Movie! Newton, John. Letters originally published under the signatures of Omicron and Vigil ... To which is prefixed, an authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the Life of Newton. Communicated in a series of letters to the Rev. Mr. Haweis, rector of Alwinckle, Northamptonshire. Philadelphia: Pr. by William Young, 1795. 12mo. [2] ff., 372 pp. (lacks half-title).
Click the interior images for enlargements. Provenance: Moore family markings, one being the large signature to fly-leaf of “Eliza B. Moor” [sic].
• Evans 29213; ESTC W34085. Contemporary black sheep; undecorated and worn, with a bit of leather lost at corners and a thumbnail-size chip at head of spine; joints rubbed and spine with surface cracks. Most of front fly-leaf torn away, large signature as above remaining; another ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Lacks the half-title. Gathering L printed on off-size paper, resulting in print shaving edge on p.122; paper flaw (not damage!) on p. 175 skewing the text on final three lines and costing a portion of several letters only; small hole in outer margin of p. 163, without touching text. Library name pressure-stamped on the title-page and rubber-stamped at bottom edges, bookplates on front pastedown, call number in pencil on title-page verso, and five-digit number rubber-stamped at base of p. [3]. Offsetting from leather of cover to first and last leaves; pages lightly foxed throughout. A good, satisfactory copy. (21185)
BENEDICTINES Come
to the New World
A
FINE Engraved Title-Page & 18 Splendid Plates[Plautius, Caspar]. Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiae occidentalis.... [Linz], 1621. Folio (32.6 cm, 12.875"). )(4 (-)(4, blank) A–M4 N4 (-N4, blank); Engr. t.-p., [2] ff., 101, [1] pp.; 18 plts. 
This
book bears an ornate, emblematic engraved title-page, with portraits of St.
Brendan and Boyl and more, and no fewer than 18 leaf-filling plates by Wolfgang
Kilian. These plates, which mixfancy and realism in entirely engaging ways, include
a portrait of Columbus, a scene of St. Brendan celebrating mass on the back of a whale, botanical images of the marvelous Peruvian potato, and numerous views of 
the missionaries’interaction with the natives, some friendly, and some not—the unfriendliest being notably violent and gory. Also, on p. 35–36 is given an example of purported
native
American music, with both words and notation. This copy is one (probably the first) of two states of this sole edition (with only three leaves in the preliminaries), without the additional foldout plate found in some copies.
• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 621/100; Sabin 63367; Palau 224762. Binding as above and shown at left (distortion noted), chipped on corners and at head and foot of spine. Small wormholes visible on inside of covers, running into margins of pages and plates, and a few closed tears, neither affecting print or plates. Engraved title remounted. Small stains, light spots of waterstaining, and light soiling.
A
very covetable illustrated Americanum of the early 17th century, in an enjoyable copy.
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any image above, for an enlargement.
The Choir
Master ofPopayán, 1621Ramírez Carrillo, Alonso. Manuscript document, unsigned. On paper, in Spanish. Peñafiel, Spain, 1621. Folio (31 cm; 12.25"). 15 ff.
• Detailed here is the last will and testament of the choir master of Popayán, Colombia. Ramírez was an absentee office holder, for he lived in Peñafiel, Spain, indulged in this failure to take up his duties in the New World by the bishop of Popayán—who happened to be his uncle. The choir master’s wealth was considerable and while not itemized as in an estate inventory, it is more than hinted at via the bequests here of real estate (with provenance), of silver and gold chalices and crosses, and of cash in the form of coin. The bequests also give an interesting picture of the size of his family and the ranking of nieces, nephews, etc.
Certified, contemporary copy of the original.
• Sewn. In good condition. Very legible notarial hand.
The Choir Master OwnedVineyardsRamírez Carrillo, Alonso. Document (“escritura pública de donación”). In Spanish, on paper. Peñafiel, Spain, 24 April 1615. Folio. [10] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. A contemporaneous certified copy of the original document.
• Written in a clear notarial hand. Very good condition.
Hymns Made EasyRivas, Manuel José de la. Grammatical construccion de los hymnos ecclesiasticos, dividida en siete libros, por el orden del Breviario Romano; explicacion, y medida de sus versos .... Mexico: Reimpressa en la imprenta de D. Francisco Xavier Sanchez, 1741. Small 8vo (15.3 cm, 6"). [8] ff., 168 pp.
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A small number of devotional acrostics are also included. This is the second edition (first edition Mexico, 1738).
The title is enclosed in borders of type ornaments, which are also elsewhere used to rule or decorate pages. A simple but moving woodcut of Our Lady of Sorrows is so framed on the recto of f. [2]. Sidenotes are included, separated from text by a single rule, and a few woodcut tailpieces are also to be found.
Rare: Searches of NUC, OCLC, and RLIN locate only six copies in the U.S.
• Medina, Mexico, 3578; Palau 266616. Contemporary limp vellum. A rodent has gnawed the foremargins of the first 12 leaves, costing part of the border of the title-age, one letter on the same, and very small portions of two other letters there. Parts of the type-ornament border on the second leaf are also lost. No text is missing; last page (index) bears
ink stains. Classic meditative content.
For the
Catholic Mohawk 1865Roman Catholic Church. Liturgy and Ritual. Mohawk. Tsiatak Nihono8entsiake onk8e on8e Akoiatonsera... le Livre des Sept Nations ou Paroissien Iroquois, auquel on a ajouté, pour l'usage de la mission du Lac des Deux-Montagnes, quelques cantiques en langue Algonquine. Tiohtiake [Montréal]: John Lovell, 1865. 12mo (18.5 cm, 7.25"). [6], [6 (blank leaves with decorative borders)] ff., 460 pp.
Click the image to the left Provenance: Inscribed in 1891 to W.D. Lighthall, prominent citizen of and author of Hochelagans and Mohawks: A Link in Iroquois History, by George S. Wilson.
• TPL 9325; Banks, 109; Pilling, Iroquian, 50; Calderisi, 16. Contemporary roan, rebacked; abrasions along edges. Half-title with short tear at binding and with pencilled inscription as above. Tear at foremargin of one blank leaf; pp. 274–75 with small area of adhesion.
Pre-Fire Chicago Imprint — A Song Book Root, George F. The coronet: A collection of music for singing schools, musical conventions and choirs; consisting of a course for elementary instruction and training, a large number of part songs, solos, duets, quarters, glees and choruses, and a smaller number of tunes, anthems and chants. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1865. 8vo. 303, [1] pp.
“Vocal Training in Classes” fills the first 48 pages.
• Publisher's quarter cloth and printed paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped title; covers effectively detached, sides darkened and worn, cloth split along joints and chipped at spine head. Ex-library: spine with shelving label, front pastedown with private collector's bookplate and institutional rubber-stamp. (23677)
“A Voyage to Abyssinia” — Good Lively & Readable AccountSalt, Henry. A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years
1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa .... Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly (pr. by Lydia R. Bailey), 1816. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 24, 454 pp.; fold. map.,
illus. 
music,
along with the factual details of his diplomatic achievements — or lack
thereof, in terms of concrete agreements — followed by an appendix comparing
vocabulary words from various languages spoken along “the Coast of Africa,
from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt, with a few others spoken in the Interior
of that Continent” (p. 395).
This is an untrimmed copy in original boards, with 24
pages of advertising for Carey publications bound in at
the front of the volume. The preliminary map, engraved by John Bower, has
hand-colored border lines; this American edition does not call for the plates
found in the English first, but does include in-text depictions of several
“Ethiopic inscriptions.”
• Shaw & Shoemaker 33864; NSTC 2S3118. Publisher’s quarter tan paper over light blue paper–covered sides; front cover detached and back joint cracked, binding spotted, paper cracked and split along spine, spine label now absent and replaced with hand-inked title, spine with later paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1829. Half-title with portion of outer margin torn away (not touching text) and laid in. Map lightly foxed, with two short tears along folds. Pages age-toned, with occasional spots of foxing.
Sentimental Scots Songs Seven sentimental songs. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1840?]. 12mo.
8 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Upper corners nicked; pages slightly age-toned but otherwise clean. (16761)
Jenny Vow'd
away to Run / WithJockey to the Fair . . . Six love songs.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• NSTC 2S31173. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages clean. (16755)
“The Grammarian Must Either Associate with,Musician”Steele, Joshua. Prosodia rationalis: Or, an essay towards establishing the melody and measure of speech, to be expressed and perpetuated by peculiar s ymbols. The second edition ... London: Pr. by J. Nichols for T. Payne & Son, B. White, and H. Payne, 1779. 4to (29.2 cm, 11.5"). vi, [2], vii–xvii, [1], 243, [1
(blank)] pp.
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Not a pretty copy, but a usable and fascinating book.
A Lot of
“STORYS” for the Money! Storys of
the bewitched fiddler, perilous situation, and John Hetherington's dream.
Glasgow [Scotland]: Printed for the Booksellers, [18--]. 12mo. 24 pp.
a
strange violin which turns out to be made of a dead man's
bone embossed in silver. Engraved on it is the name of a much-feared local magician.
With some trepidation he returns the violin to its owner and in return is given
a bottomless purse of money. His four nephews, envying his new-found wealth,
murder him for his money. The second story [6 pages] is a vividly dramatic account
of the narrow escape of sailors whose ship is set on fire by lightning. John
Hetherington, a tailor who cannot resist clipping small pieces out of each piece
of cloth his customers bring him, falls asleep after a meal of Welsh rabbit
[toasted cheese]. He dreams he has died and is met by the Devil, who unrolls
a long patchwork scroll of all the pieces he has stolen. This cures him of the
practice of "cabbaging". The final page of the chapbook contains an anecdote
about soldiers from an American regiment making fun of a hunchback who gets
back at them with a dig about Bunker Hill where the regiment suffered heavy
losses. "[No.] 28." printed at the foot of the title.
• Not located in RLIN. Very good. Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). (17584)
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