Howard John Tasker Historical Notes (14 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Random House Hardcover with jacket. Multiple closed and open tears along edges, no more than two inches in length. One hole in jacket spine. Sticker on front cover. Pencil on back cover and front fly leaf. Tight binding.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1946 used hardcover copy. Dust jacket worn with tears, sunning/foxing to pages/ dust jacket. fast shipping with tracking number.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Pesto green hardboard with maroon cloth wrapped spine has foil stamp on spine alone, which is soiled and slightly faded. The boards have minor wear to the edges and light bumping to the tips. The pages are clean, unmarked and firmly bound. This book is in fine condition. This is a stated first printing of the first edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Oversized. First Edition [presumed]. DJ: light edge wear, scuffed/rubbed, tiny chips/tears at edges and spine ends. Quarter maroon/greyish-green boards with gold gilt spine text. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Foreword by Deems Taylor. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. SHEETMUSIC/MUSIC. William Sharp (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/VG w/light edge & cornwe tip rubs, fading to spine & light soiling. Trace foxing to leading edge. DJ/None. Anthology of 50 of Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864) songs known for capturing southern plantation spirit --- such as 'Oh, Susannah' (1848), 'Camptown Races' (1850), and 'Old Folks at Home' (1851). Strong copy. William Sharp (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing. 222pp; 30 cm x 23 cm. Includes Gaylord book jacket cover. HC book with rubs to tips and edges. Brief gift inscription written on front blank endpaper and dated Xmas 1946. Contents clean and textually unmarked. No library markings. Includes 50 songs for singing and playing, including My Old Kentucky Home, Camptown Races, Oh Susanna, Old Black Joe, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Old Folks at Home, Massa's in de Cold Ground, and others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Blank book plate inside front cover. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the First Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. First Printing. New York, NY: Random House. Good/Good. 1946. First Printing. Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 222 p.p., Top and bottom edges of front dust jacket panel torn; head and tail of dust jacket spine and corners of dust jacket panels torn; shelf lean; front dust jacket panel stained; top and bottom edges of back dust jacket panel torn; dust jacket spine sunned; edges of cover rubbed; pages clean and unmarked. . One-toned (red) illustrations; Frontispiece; Music Charts (illustrator).…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Red textured spine, grey boards, gilt text on spine Top edge dyed green. 21.25 inches tall; [5] 224 pages. Frontispiece in four colors, and forty-nine full-page drawings in two colors. Forward by Deems Taylor; Arranged for piano by Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Commins. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket has edge handling wear with a few closed tears on the rear edges. The spine is age-toned. Fifty of Foster's best songs for singing and playing, tried and true favorites, melodies lovingly remembered by every American which belong forever to our national folklore. '. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fifty of Foster's best known songs with sheet music, arranged by Lee and Commins and each with full page illustrations by Sharp. Book condition: Very good. Dust jacket condition: Good, intact but heavily worn and chipped on all edges. William Sharp (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Quarter bound red cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine, frontispiece color drawing of subject and his instruments. . Hinge starting, corners slightly worn, fep creased at upper right corner, small markings on page edges, else clean and square. Dust jacket head and heel of spine, torn, some wear to edges and corners, wrapped in protective mylar. . Music, black and white and colored illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 222 pp. Illustrated by William Sharp (illustrator). …