[Rarebooks] FS- never too many reference books!

[Pia Oliver]

Attractive - available - affordable:

The Ascap Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors, and 
Publishers. New York: Thomas Crowell, (1952). Octavo, cloth. Spine 
sunned, covers a bit dust soiled and lightly rubbed at corners and 
spine edges, name in ink on front free endpaper, else fine. Second 
edition. Thousands of biographical sketches with details of their 
musical works put out by the American Society of Composers, Authors, 
and Publishers.	$20.00

BEKKER, L.J. Blacks Dictionary of Music & Musicians. Covering the 
Entire Period of Musical History from the Earliest Times to 1924. 
London: A.& C. Black, 1924. Illustrated. Thick octavo, cloth. Spine 
faded, with edges lightly rubbed, and one small tear, rear endpaper 
cracked over joint . Second edition, revised and enlarged. Updated 
version of Stokes Cyclopaedia of Music and Musicians. Musical facts 
for the novice and professional, including an interesting entry on 
jazz. $20.00

[BOOKSELLER CATALOGUES]. Six catalogues of Mystery and Detective 
Fiction. United States: various, circa, 1983-1995. A few 
illustrations. Octavo, wrappers. Fine. Three catalogues from Mordida 
Books (1991-1995); List R  from Maurice F. Neville (n.d.), Catalogue 
102 The Poison Pen from Quill & Brush (c. 1994), and Selections from 
the American Mystery Collection of Dr. Robert O. Robinson issued 
jointly by the Mysterious Bookshop and Pepper & Stern (1989).	$25.00

[BOOKSELLERS CATALOGUE]. The Distinguished Library of 
Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction formed by Florence and Edward Kaye 
covering the Period 1591-1974. New York: House of El Dieff, n.d. 
Illustrated. Quarto, pictorial glossy wrappers. Fine. The collection 
was offered only as a complete collection and contained about 1,965 
items, some of those were from the personal library of Ellery Queen. 
The cost? $125,000. Our price 1/5,000th.	$25.00

[CHANDLER, Raymond].BRUCCOLI, Matthew J.  Raymond Chandler. A 
Checklist. N.p: Kent State University Press, (1968). Octavo, brown 
cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine gilt slightly faded, else fine. 
First edition. A list of all editions of his books, the first 
periodical appearance of his works, and first book appearances of his 
short pieces.	$25.00

[GLASGOW, Ellen].KELLY, William W.  Ellen Glasgow. A Bibliography. 
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1964). Octavo, cloth. 
Fine. First edition. With an introduction discussing Glasgows 
transfusing contribution to the literature of the South. Enhanced 
with analytical and critical commentary and divided as to writings, 
book reviews , biography, ciriticism and manuscripts held by 
Virginias great Alderman Library.	$20.00

[MCCULLERS, Carson].SHAPIRO, Adrian M., BRYER, Jackson R. and FIELD, 
Kathleen.  Carson McCullers. A Descriptive Listing and Annotated 
Bibliography of Criticism. New York: Garland Publishing, 1980. 
Octavo, cloth. Fine. First edition.	$20.00

[PHILPOTTS, Eden].ROSS, J. Richard.  Eden Philpotts. A Catalogue. 
North Cornwall, England: n.d. Quarto, three ring binder with brass 
clips. Fine. This is an original typescript for a catalogue of the 
prolific English author.	 $20.00

[POE, Edgar Allan]. The Poe Catalogue: A Descriptive Catalogue of the 
Stephen Loewentheil Collection of Edgar Allan Poe Material. 
Baltimore: The 19th Century Shop, 1992. Illustrated. Quarto, black 
wrappers with black embossed raven on front wrapper, lettered in 
gilt. Fine. Limited edition. A catalogue containing more than 700 
items, fully described and indexed. Price list laid in. With selected 
bibliography.	 $30.00

[POE, Edgar Allan].ADELMAN, Seymour.  Poe: Philadelphian. A keepsake 
from the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1972. A few illustrations. 
Octavo, wrappers. Fine. Together with two bookseller catalogues: 
Robert Lucas, 1986 and Heritage Bookshop, 1995.	$20.00

[REFERENCE] READ, Phyllis J. and WITLIEB,  Bernard L. The Book of 
Womens Firsts. Breakthrough Achievements of Almost 1,000 American 
Women. New York: Random House, (1992). Illustrated. Thick octavo, 
pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition.	$20.00

[REFERENCE] SICHERMAN, Barbara and HURD, Carol Green, Editors. 
Notable American Women. The Modern Period. A Biographical Dictionary. 
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980. Thick octavo, cloth, dust 
jacket (a little rubbed and chipped at edges). Fine. First edition. 
Supplemental companion volume to Notable American Women.	$20.00

[TRUE CRIME]. .NAIFEH, Steven and SMITH, Gregory White.  The Mormon 
Murders. A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, and Death. New York: 
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, (1988). Illustrated. Octavo, orange boards, 
black cloth spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket (price 
clipped). Top and side edges slightly foxed, else fine. First 
edition. With an index.	$20.00

[WISE, Thomas J.]. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection formed by 
Sir Maurice Pariser, of Manchester, of the notorious Nineteenth 
Century Pamphlets and other important Wiseiana manuscript and printed 
together with properties of John Carter, Esq., C. B. E., Graham 
Pollard, Esq., and Mrs. R. W. Chapman. London: Sotheby, 1967. 
Illustrated. Octavo, green wrappers decorated and lettered in black. 
Very small stain at upper spine, front edge very slightly foxed, else 
fine. This auction catalogue includes an almost complete run of the 
notorious forgeries, an assemblage of Wises private printings, 
bibliographies and catalogues, and a substantial section of printed 
books, autograph letters and other material documenting the exposure 
of the forgeries.	$35.00

[WISE, Thomas J.]. Wise After the Event. A Catalogue of Books, 
Pamphlets, Manuscripts and Letters relating to Thomas James Wise 
displayed in an Exhibition in Manchester Central Library September 
1964. N.p: Manchester Libraries Committee, 1964. Illustrated. Octavo, 
blue and white decorated wrappers lettered in black. Wrappers 
slightly browned at edges, front edge very slightly foxed, else fine. 
A notable exhibition displaying the entire series of the Wise 
forgeries so far identified together with many items of association 
interest.	$40.00

[WISE, Thomas J.]. Wise After the Event. A Catalogue of Books, 
Pamphlets, Manuscripts and Letters relating to Thomas James Wise 
displayed in an Exhibition in Manchester Central Library September 
1964. N.p: Manchester Libraries Committee, 1964. Illustrated. Octavo, 
blue and white decorated wrappers lettered in black. Fine. A notable 
exhibition displaying the entire series of the Wise forgeries so far 
identified together with many items of association interest. 
$50.00

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Pia
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