This is a rare find indeed! This is a First Edition – First Printing of a music book titled “A Treasury Of Stephen Foster.” Deems Taylor wrote the Forward in the book and the historical notes are by John Tasker Howard. The beautiful illustrations are by William Sharp. Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Commins did the arrangements for piano. The copyright is 1946.
This is a very interesting book - a true account of the lift of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in gold, ivory and slaves on the coast of Guinea. This is his own story as told in the Year 1854 to Brantz Mayer. It has been edited by Malcolm Cowley.
Albert & Charles Boni published the book that has a 1928 copyright. This is a First Edition – August 1928 Third Printing. The nice illustrations and cover design are b ...click for details
This book is a very unusual find. It is an auction catalog of items belonging to Karl Freund Arts, Inc. and other owners that were to be auctioned on February 19, 1938. The title of the auction book is "Art For The Garden." American Art Association – Anderson Galleries, Inc. of New York published the book and I am guessing were also handling the auction of these items.