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Auction No. 14Printed Material

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CLASSICAL AUCTION No. 14

FIXED PRICE LIST

HERE IS ANOTHER OFFERING WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE INTEREST TO MANY COLLECTIONS. This list offers an interesting selection of printed material related to record collecting. Many items are essential reference sources necessary to any serious collector. Please submit orders either electronically through the website, or by mail. Either are welcome. Good luck! David Schmutz

AUCTION NO. 14FIXED PRICE LIST- EARLIEST ORDER WILL WIN.

This list features a group of printed material items of interest to classical record collectors everywhere. This will feature catalogues, reference works, biographies and items of interest due to its subject matter.

PRICES LISTED WITH EACH ITEM.

Contact me by e-mail [email protected] or telephone (818) 242-6247 to place your order. Good luck!

CATALOGUES

1. US COLUMBIA (1924). GENERAL CATALOGUE WITH RECORDS ALPHABETIZED BY SELECTION AND ARTIST, WITH CLASSICAL SECTION IN THE FINAL PAGES, 448 pp. FRONT COVER DETACHED WITH SOME CLEAR DETERIORATION OF BOTH COVERS. $5.

2. ITALIAN COLUMBIA (1933). ATTRACTIVE COVER, GENERAL CATALOG WITH OPERATIC AND DANCE SELECTIONS INMCLUDED. 328 pp. IN GENERALLY NICE SHAPE, SOME WEAR AND BRITTLE PAGES- $15.

3. HIS MASTER’S VOICE (1925). RED COVER WITH ALPHABETIZED SELECTIONS AND PINK CLASSICALSECTION, 412 pp. COVER REPAIRED WITH TAPE IN SERVICEABLE SHAPE. $10.

4. LA VOCE DEL PADRONE (1925). GREEN COVER, GENERAL CATALOG WITH NUMEROUS ENTRIES FOR CLASSICAL VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL, WITH‘CATALOGO STORICO #2” SECTION. COVER LOOSE, 348 pp- $15.

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5. HMV (HUNGARY)(1930). CURIOUS HUNGARIAN EDITION FEATURING MANY HMV FOR SALE IN HUNGARY, MANY OF GERMAN ORIGIN. 274 pp. NICE SHAPE- $15.

6. LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE (1933). RED AND SILVER COVER, EXTENSIVE LISTING OF CLASSICAL SELECTIONS, 364 pp. $20.

7. LA VOCE DEL PADRONE (1934-5). WONDERFUL COVER WITH FLEMISH ART PAINTING, EXTENSIVE CLASSICAL LISTING. 448 pp. $20

8. FRENCH PATHE SUPPLIMENTS (2): JUNE AND DECEMBER, 1931. FIRST: FEATURES ANDRE BALBON, SECOND: MURATORE FILM ‘LE CHANTEURINCONNU’. COLORFUL WITH MANY PHOTOS. COVERS DETACHED $10.

9. VICTOR (NOVEMBER, 1913). MAUVE COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, 378 pp. SLIGHT WEAR, TAPE REPAIR ON SPINE $20.

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10. VICTOR (MAY, 1914). REBOUND IN BLUE LEATHER, COVER INTACT INSIDE, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OFCLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, 358 pp. IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. $20.

11. VICTOR (NOVEMBER, 1914). RED COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, 386 pp. SLIGHT WEAR, EXTENSIVE TAPE REPAIR ON COVER AND SPINE $20.

12. VICTOR (MAY, 1916). GREEN COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, PINK CELEBRITY SECTION IN BACK. 438 pp. SLIGHT TAPE REPAIR ON SPINE $20.

13. VICTOR (MAY, 1918). GREEN COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, PINK CELEBRITY SECTION IN BACK. 438 pp. HEAVY TAPE REPAIR ON SPINE, DAMAGED COVERS. $15.

14. VICTOR RED SEAL ARTISTS (1923). BRICK-RED COVER, GOLD LETTERING WITH LISTING OF ARTISTS DURING THE TRANSITION OF DOUBLE-SIDED RECORDS. COVER DETACKED, TAPE REPAIR TO COVER. 106 pp. $10.

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15. VICTOR (1924). GREEN COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS. 238 pp. HEAVY TAPE REPAIR ON SPINE, DAMAGED COVERS. $15.

16. VICTOR (1925). GREEN COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, PINKCELEBRITY SECTION IN BACK. 538 pp. IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE WITH LIGHT WEAR. LAST ACOUSTIC CATALOGE, $20.

17. VICTOR (1927). GRAY COVER, ‘VICTOR RECORDS OF HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL INTEREST’. 96 pp. SOME DETERIORATED PAGES INSIDE DUE TO MOISTURE. $2.

18. VICTOR (1930). BROWN COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, PINKCELEBRITY SECTION IN BACK. 238 pp. BACK COVER DETACHED. $10.

19. VICTOR (1939-40). RED/ WHITE COVER, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS, PINK CELEBRITY SECTION IN BACK. 560 pp. EXCELLENT SHAPE. $10.

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20. RCA VICTOR (SEPTEMBER, 1950). RED/ BLACK COVER, ‘REQUEST CATALOG FOR THE CONNOISSEUR OF FINE MUSIC’ ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS. 200 pp. SLIGHT WEAR. $10.

21. RCA VICTOR (SEPTEMBER, 1950). RED/ BLACK COVER, ‘MUSIC AMERICA LOVES BEST’ ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ITEMS. 200 pp. SLIGHT WEAR. $10.

22. VICTOR SUPPLIMENT (JUNE, 1921). LUCREZIA BORI ON COVER. 14 pp. NICE SHAPE $5.

23. VICTOR SUPPLIMENT (SEPTEMBER, 1921). ‘DREAM OF LOVE’ ON COVER. 16 pp. NICE SHAPE $5.

24. VICTOR SUPPLIMENT (JUNE, 1924). RACHMANINOFF AND STOKOWSKI ON COVER, FEATURES RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO #2 RECORDING. 14 pp. NICE SHAPE $5.

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25. VICTOR GUIDE: GRADED LIST OF VICTOR RECORDSFOR HOME AND SCHOOL (1922). FEATURES EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR VICTOR PRODUCTS. 288 pp. COVER DETACHED. $5.

26. VICTOR LEAFLET: THE VICTROLA IN MUSIC MEMORY CONTESTS (1924). CURIOUS BUT FORGOTTEN COMPETITION, 92 pp. COVER DETACHED, SL. TEAR. $5.

27. ‘HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR VICTROLA’ (1923). OLIVE-COLORED COVER, GUIDE TO SELECT RECORDINGS FOR YOUR VICTROLA MACHINE. INTERESTING PROMOTIONAL. NICE SHAPE, $5.

28. BROWN COVER ‘INDEX OF VICTOR RECORDS’ (NO DATE). UNUSED INVENTORY BOOK FOR RECORDS, INTERSTING ITEM FOR MACHINE COLLECTORS. $5.

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THE RECORD COLLECTOR ($5.00 each)

29. RECORD COLLECTOR (VOL. XIII, #4/5) June/July, 1968 (TITO SCHIPA)

30. RECORD COLLECTOR (VOL. XXV, #7/8/9) October, 1979 (GIOVANNI MARTINELLI-I)

31. RECORD COLLECTOR (VOL. XXIX, #1-3) June, 1984 (JOHN COUNT McCORMACK)

PLEASE ALSO GO TO OUR RECORD COLLECTOR BACK ISSUE LISTING AT OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL RECORD COLLECTOR COPIES AVAILABLE.

GUIDE TO CLASSICAL RECORD COLLECTING

32. BAUER, ROBERTO. HISTORICAL RECORDS, MILANO: GONTRANO MARTUCCI, 1937, 294 pp. ORIGINAL EDITION OF RENOWNED GUIDE (LATER TO BE REVISED WITH MORE ENTRIES WHICH WOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS SIZE). IN SERVICABLE SHAPE, COVER DETACHED. FIRST TIME I’VE SEEN THIS EDITION. $50.

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VARIOUS EDITIONS OF MOSES, JULIAN MORTON “COLLECTORS’ GUIDE TO AMERICAN RECORDINGS 1895-1925.

33. EDITION (1949) WITH GRAY COVER, PAPERBACK, BACK COVER MISSING. $10.

34. EDITION (1949) WITH GREEN DUST COVER, GRAY COVER IN NICE SHAPE. $20.

35. EDITION (1977) WITH PHOTO OF MURATORE AND CAVALIERI ON COVER, IN GOOD SHAPE, $10.

36. FINAL EDITION (1993). VARIOUS RECORD LABELS ON COVER. IN GOOD SHAPE, $10.

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BOOKS ON COLUMBIA AND VICTOR (ALL SOFT-COVER).

37. SHERMAN AND NAUCK. COLUMBIA RECORD: NOTE THE NOTES. DALLAS, TX: MONARCH RECORDENTERPRISES, 1998. 64 pp. VERY HELPFUL GUIDE TO THE STORY OF COLUMBIA DISC RECORDINGS. $10.

38. SHERMAN, MICHAEL. THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO VICTOR RECORDS. DALLAS, TX: MONARCH RECORD ENTERPRISES, 1992. 176 pp. GOOD CONDITION. $20.

39. SHERMAN, MICHAEL. THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO VICTOR RECORDS (REVISED). TUSTIN, CA: MONARCH RECORD ENTERPRISES, 2010. 288 pp. GOOD CONDITION. EXPANDED EDITION OF ABOVE CITED WORK. $30.

40. BAUMBACH, ROBERT. VICTOR DATA BOOK. LOS ANGELES: MULHOLLAND PRESS, 2003. 3336 pp. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR, IN GOOD SHAPE. $20

41. WEBER, JAMES N. THE TALKING MACHINE: THE ADVERTISING HISTORY OF THE BERLINER GRAMOPHONE & VICTOR TALKING MACHINE. MIDLAND, ONTARIO CANADA: ADIO INC, 1997. 150 pp. INTERESTING TREATMENT OF EARLY PHONOGRAPH ADVERTISING. IN GOOD SHAPE. $20.

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42. BAUMBACH, ROBERT W. LOOK FOR THE DOG- AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO VICTOR TALKING MACHINES (1901-1929). WOODLAND HILLS, CA: STATIONERY X-PRESS, 1981. 326 pp. EXCELELNT SHAPE- AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR. $20.

43. RUST, BRIAN. THE AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK. NEW YORK: DA CAPO PRESS, 1984. 336 pp. DEALS WITH COLUMBIA AND VICTOR, IN ADDITION TO A HOST OF OTHER RECORD LABELS. IN GOOD SHAPE, $20.

DISCOGRAPHIES BY LABEL

44. MAHONY, DAN. COLUMBIA RECORDS 13/14000-D SERIES (NUMERICAL LISTING). HIGHLAND PARK, NEW JERSEY: WALTER C. ALLEN, 1973. 80 pp. GOOD CONDITION. GUIDE TO THE ‘RACE RECORD’ SERIES FROM THE 1920s. $20.

45. GRONOW, PEKKA. AMERICAN COLUMBIA SCANDINAVIAN ‘E’ AND ‘F’ SERIES. HELSINKI: FINNISH INSTITUTE OF RECORDED SOUND, 1973. 114 pp. $20.

46. HOUGH, ERIC. THE STORY OF EDISON BELL (THOUGH 1924). EDITED REPRODUCTION OF INTERNAL COMPANY STORY, 32 pp. WITH PHOTOS.NICE CONDITION. $5

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47. ROSENBERG, HERBERT. THE SCANDANAVIAN HIS MASTER’S VOICE ‘V’ SERIES. 1920-1932. COPENHAGEN: NATIONALDISKOTEKET, 1973. EXCELLENT REFERENCE WORK FOR SPECIALIZED ISSUES. GOOD CONDITION. $5.

48. GRONOW, PEKKA. STUDIES IN SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN DISCOGRAPHY. HELSINKI: FINNISH INSTITUTE OF RECORDED SOUND, 1977. 112 pp. $10.

THE RECORD OF SINGING (AND ASSOCIATED) BOOKS

49. SCOTT, MICHAEL. THE RECORD OF SINGING TO 1914. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 1977. 244 pp. HARD COVER COPY WITH DUST COVER. WONDERFUL REFERENCE SOURCE WITH EXCELLENT PHOTOS. IN GOOD SHAPE. $20.

50. SCOTT, MICHAEL. THE RECORD OF SINGING TO 1914. BOSTON: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1993. 244 pp. LATER PAPERBACK COPY. WONDERFUL REFERENCE SOURCE WITH EXCELLENT PHOTOS. IN GOOD SHAPE. $10.

51. SCOTT, MICHAEL. THE RECORD OF SINGING- VOLUME 2. NEW YORK: HOLMES & MEIER, 1979. 262 pp. HARD COVER COPY WITH DUST COVER. WONDERFUL REFERENCE SOURCE WITH EXCELLENT PHOTOS. IN GOOD SHAPE. $20.

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52. STEANE, J.B.. THE GRAND TRADITION- SEVENTY YEARS OF SINGING ON RECORD. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 1974. 628 pp. HARD COVER COPY. WONDERFUL REFERENCE SOURCE WITH EXCELLENT PHOTOS. IN GOOD SHAPE. $20.

53. STEANE, J.B. VOICES, SINGERS AND CRITICS. PORTLAND, OREGON: AMADEUS PRESS, 1992. 294 pp. HARD COVER COPY. DISCUSSION CATAGORIZED BY SINGER VOICE. IN GOOD SHAPE. $10.

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Catalog #54-57

Catalog #58-61

Catalog #54

VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA- HERE IS A COMPLETE RUN OF THE VICTOR BOOKS OF THE OPERA FROM 1912 TO 1970. FASCINATING ENRIES ABOUND:

54. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1912) ROYAL PURPLE BINDING, GOLD LETTERING ($5)

55. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1913) GREEN BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

56. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1915) RED BINDING,GOLD LETTERING. SOME DAMAGE TO SPINE. ($5)

57. VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA (1917) (S.H. ROUS)GREEN BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

58. VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA (1919) (S.H. ROUS)PURPLE BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

59. VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA (1921) (S.H. ROUS)CARMINE BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

60. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1929) (S.H. ROUS) BLUE COVER, BLACK BINDING, FADED GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

61. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1936) (S.H. ROUS) RED BINDING, FADED GOLD LETTERING. NINTH ECITION ($5)

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Catalog #61-65

Catalog #54

62. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1936) (rev. CHARLES O’CONNELL) BLUE BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. TENTH EDITION ($5)

63. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1949) (BIANCOLLI, BAGAR) CREAM COLORED BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

64. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1953) (BIANCOLLI, BAGAR) CREAM COLORED BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. ($5)

65. VICTOR BOOK OF THE OPERA (1968) (HENRY SIMON) RED BINDING, GOLD LETTERING. GLOSSY DUST COVER ($10)

66. THE ENTIRE SET (54-65) $50

“For the series has, for well over a half a century supplied the principal operatic education for hundreds of thousands of Americans”- Preface to 1968 Victor Book of the Opera.

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BOOKS ON OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATER

67. EWAN, DAVID. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE OPERA. NEW YORK: HILLAND WANG, 1955. EXCELLENT REFERENCE WORK OF ALL THING OPERATIC. IN GOOD CONDTION. $5.

68. EWAN, DAVID. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE OPERA. NEW YORK: HILLAND WANG, 1971. EXCELLENT REFERENCE WORK OF ALL THINGS OPERATIC, EXPANDED FROM THE ABOVE TITLE. IN GOOD CONDTION. $10.

69. EATON, QUAINTANCE. OPERA CARAVAN: ADVENTURES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ON TOUR 1883-1956. NUMEROUS PICTURES AND FULL CAST LISTINGS FOR THESE PERFORMANCES. PAPERBACK, IN GOOD SHAPE, $5.

70. EWAN, DAVID. COMPLETE BOOK OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER. NEW YORK: HILLAND WANG, 1958. REFERENCE WORK LISTS BYCOMPOSER. IN GOOD CONDTION. $5.

71. SAPOZNIK, HENRY. KLEZMER! JEWISH MUSIC FROM THE OLD WORLD TO OUR WORLD. NEW YORK: SCHIRMER BOOKS, 1999. 340 pp. WITH ORIGIANL DUST COVER. $3.

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BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIA

72. HEMPEL, FRIEDA (ANNOTATED BY WILLIAM R. MORAN). MY GOLDEN AGE OF SINGING. PORTLAND,OREGON: AMADEUS PRESS, 1998. 450 pp. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THIS IMPORTANT 20th CENTURY SINGER. WITH ORIGINAL DUST COVER. MB $5

73. CHRISTIANSEN, RUPERT. PRIMA DONNA- A HISTORY. NEW YORK: VIKING PRESS, 1985. 368 pp.BOOK RECOUNTS THE HISTORY OF THE LEADING LADIES OF OPERA. WITH ORIGINAL DUST COVER, $5

74. ARTHUR LOESSER. MEN, WOMEN AND PIANOS. NEW YORK: SIMON AND SCHUSTER, (paperback) 1954. 654 pp. PIANO AND ITS HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF A WORTHY PRACTITIONER. MB $3

FOLIO EDITIONS

75. CAMNER, JAMES. THE GREAT OPERA STARS IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS. NEW YORK: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, (paperback) 1978. 200 pp. MANY REMARKABLE PHOTOS. MB $5

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76. CAMNER, JAMES. THE GREAT INSTRUMENTALISTS IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS. NEW YORK: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, (paperback) 1980. 148 pp. MANY REMARKABLE PHOTOS. MB $5

77. McKENZIE, STUART C. COLLECTING THIRD REICH RECORDINGS. SHROPSHIRE, UK: CHURCH STRETTON, 2001. 120 pp. PAPERBACK. THE SUBJECT MATERIAL SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. $20.

78. ROBINSON, FRANCIS. CARUSO- HIS LIFE IN PICTURES. NEW YORK: STUDIO PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1957. 160 pp. LIBRARY COPY, SCUFFED COVER. MB $3

79. TUGGLE, ROBERT. THE GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA. NEW YORK: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, 1983. 246 pp. WITH ORIGINAL DUST COVER, THIS FEATURES MANY FINE HERMAN MISHKIN PORTRAITS. MB $5

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