Pair of address books owned and used by the great jazz saxophonist, each fully written in his own hand. The smaller volume, bound in a supple brown leather, is filled with contact details for a multitude of Mulligan's fellow musicians, including: Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Dizzy and Lorraine Gillespie; trumpeter and composer Mercer Ellington (son of Duke Ellington), Quincy Jones, historian and music critic Nat Hentoff, Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Dinah Shore, Susan Strasberg, Village Vanguard, Zook Sims, Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry and the Village Vanguard, and others. Binding worn, edges a little rough but overall in fine condition. 3.5 x 5 inches (8.9 x 12.7 cm.). Read More...
Pair of books published in Soviet Russia regarding the art of cinema. The first, Кино на западе и у нас ("Cinema in the West and Our Country"), was written by Anatoly Lunacharsky, a Marxist revolutionary and the first People's Commissar of Education. 8vo. Softcover in protective mylar. 80 pp. Teakinopechat, Moscow, 1928. Plates throughout from films including Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush. Unnumbered edition of 4,000. Cover by Soviet artist Boris Titov (1897–1951). Light wear to edges of cover, overall in fine condition. Together with a booklet related to the 1935 Soviet film Три товарища ("Three Comrades"), directed by Semyon Timoshenko. 16mo. Softcover. 8 pp. No publication information. Half-inch tear to lower spine, else in fine condition. Read More...
"Lied für Confirmanten" ("Song for Confirmants"), a German-language lyric text sheet published ca. 18th century by I. R. Weber featuring the lyrics to the hymn "Sei getreu bis in der Tod." The name "Sarah Matilda Schneider" is written in pencil to the upper margin. Heavy foxing and folding creases, overall in good condition. 8 x 8.5 inches (20.3 x 21.6 cm.). Read More...
Large format original portrait photograph of the German pianist, who has boldly signed and inscribed to the lower mount in ink: "My most warm regards to my esteemed friend Frau Hofrat Hanfstaengl / Wilhelm Backhaus" and dated May 1, 1936. In fine condition, mount with verso borders reinforced, signed by the photographer lower right in pencil "Veresky"(?). Portrait 6.8 x 9.25 inches (17.3 x 23.5 cm.); mounted to an overall size of 10.25 x 13.3 inches (26 x 33.8 cm.). Read More...