![Item #1201 [MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CATALOGUE]. Le Musee du Conservatoire National de Musique....](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1201.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1553284330)
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. ix, [3], 145 pp. Bound in contemporary French half calf over comb-marbled boards, comb-marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges (minor wear along extremities; lower left corner of front cover a little scraped). ¶ Presentation copy from the author to M. Anatole Gruger ("hommage cordial..... More
![Item #3812 [AFRICAN-AMERICANA / EBONICS / SONG SHEET]. Bob-Tailed Nag (a.k.a. Camptown Races)....](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3812.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666640720)
Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy, 1853-1857. 8vo. leaflet (9.5" x 5.25"). Type surrounded by typographical border (paper toned). One of the best known American minstrel songs, "Camptown Races" (a.k.a. "Bob-Tailed Nag") has for us been memorialized by the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn, who sang portions of it many of his Looney Tunes..... More
![Item #4075 [VISUALLY IMPAIRED WOMEN]. [PAINTED JAPANESE SCROLL]. Goze nobori ("Ascent of the...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4075.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696975912)
Japan: 1820-1830s (late Edo period). One large hanging scroll, signed and sealed "Jippensha Ikku" (unfurled: 1620 x 330 mm; 63" x 13"). Original thin Japanese paper backed and mounted on thicker paper in the maru-hyoso style. Browning and darkening, creases (one is significant, for which SEE IMAGES), light stains, original..... More
![Item #2997 [GOSPEL MUSIC]. [DALLAS RADIO 1939]. Souvenir Album for the 2nd Annual All-Night...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2997.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1582352469)
Dallas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co., 1939. 198 x 135 mm. [1], 2-48 = 48 pp. Bound in stapled paper wrappers, soiled on front and back covers. Pages slightly yellowed, some foxing and staining throughout, pp. 23-26 loose. An advertisement for a new Stamps-Baxter publication, "Favorite Radio Songs No. 2"..... More
![Item #4468 [WOMEN / LGBTQ / MUSIC]. "Dear Friend" - Communication from Olivia Records, the...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4468.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757548938)
Los Angeles: 1976. Single sheet (8.5" x 11"(printed on both sides, Olivia Records logo on p. 1. Two horizontal folds, some expected creasing (not objectionable). In excellent condition, suitable for exhibition and study. VALUABLE PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL CONCERNING A VISIONARY WOMEN-OWNED-AND-OPERATED RECORD LABEL FOUNDED IN 1973. OLIVIA RECORDS WAS THE..... More
![Item #3978 [THE BEATLES]. "Happiness is a Warm Gun" -- COMPLETE YEAR (12 ISSUES) OF THE 1968...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3978.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681219772)
Washington DC: National Rifle Association of America, 1968 (entire year, Jan. - Dec.). Complete run of 12 issues (binder size: 315 x 230 mm), each profusely illustrated with photographs and preserved in original color-printed wrappers, stapled as issued, housed in original NRA-issued binder with working metal catches (SEE IMAGES): maroon..... More
