Book Inventory: March 3, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments by Q. David Bowers. This is indeed the “bible” of automatic mechanical musical instruments – history and description of instruments of all types including music boxes, band organs, orchestrions, reproducing pianos, monkey organs, paper roll organettes, etc, etc. Wonderfully and extensively comprehensive. About 1000 pages, hardback, oversized 8 ½”X 11”. Later edition, as new condition $125 (4), Very Good condition $80 (2). 1978 edition, orange cover, nice condition, $75. Or buy the most recent edition, brand new from the publisher, green cover, $100 postpaid in the Continental U.S. (45)

Barrel Organ. Ord-Hume. Difficult to find. Covers the history of the barrel organ and some repair information. $100. (3)

The American Carousel Organ – An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Ron Bopp. This is a wonderful book on the American band organ – Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, Artizan, Others. Lots of original research, much more comprehensive than the coverage in Bower’s Encyclopedia. 283 pages, hardback, oversized 8 ½” X 11”. And it includes a CD of the Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ, one of the most popular band organs ever made! Highly illustrated, interesting writing. We have purchased the remaining stock from the author. Originally priced at $59.95. While they last, only $45 postpaid anywhere in the continental U.S. Quantity discounts.
 

Curious History of Music Boxes. Mosoriak. An early mechanical music publication from around the 1940’s I think. Brown cover, $55, (3). Green cover, $60, (2). Blue cover, excellent condition, 2nd edition, rarely found $75.

Mechanical Musical Instruments. Buchner. Oversized book with many rare instruments, Eastern European. Long out of print. Black cover w/Dust Jacket $110 (2). Black cover without dust jacket $90.

Musical Boxes. Hoke. $40. (4)

Nickelodeon Theaters & Their Music, Q. David Bowers, as new $65 (3)

Player Piano. The History Of The Mechanical Piano And How To Repair It. Ord-Hume. $75. (3)

Clockwork Music. Ord-Hume. An illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments. Fine. $35. (18)

Musical Box Society Technical Bulletin. 1965-1978 in bound volumes. $150 set. (1)

Rebuilding The Player Piano. Givens. $35. (2)

Disc Musical Box Handbook. Webb. Excellent guide to restoring disc music boxes. Fine condition, marked first published 1971. $75. (2)

Cylinder Musical Box Handbook. Webb. Excellent guide to restoring cylinder music boxes. 2nd Edition. Marked first published in 1968. (1) $70

From Music Boxes To Street Organs. Deward. Hardback, $40, (4).

Piano Playing Mechanisms. White. $25 (1)

Player Piano Treasury, Roehl. A pioneering work on American mechanical musical instruments. $80. (3)

Collecting Musical Boxes and How To Repair Them. An excellent book on repairing music boxes, both cylinder and discs. Ord-Hume. $60. (5)

Put Another Nickel In. Q. David Bowers. $75. (2)

Antique Automatons. A La Vielle Russie. 1950 Exhibition. Rare catalog from this outstanding exhibition. $150. (1)

Pictorial History of the Carousel. Fried. $50 (1)

Music Boxes. Tallis. $20. (0)

Alec Templeton’s Music Boxes. VG $35. (3) ; Good condition no DJ, $25 (1).

The Story of the Music Box, Brown, with record. $50. (2)

World Of Cars, Automobile Quarterly. 1st Edition, 1971. $70. (1)

Apollo Reproducing Rolls, supplement, December, 1926. 39 pages. $40. (1)

Apollo reproducing rolls, supplement, June, 1924. 123 pages. $45. (1)

How To Get The Most Out of your Victrola. $25. (2)

Beauty of Clocks, Pearson. $40. (1)

International Dictionary of Clocks. Alan Smith. $80. (1)

From Tinfoil To Stereo. Pioneering work on American phonographs. 1st Edition, 1959, with dust jacket. $110.

Investing In Clocks And Watches, Cumhail. $45. (1)

Historical Pianos, N.E. Michel. $85. (1)

Piano Action Repairs, Kennedy. $35. (2)

Organs For America. Armstrong. $30. (2)

Silver Anniversary Collection, MBSI, 1974. Compendium of technical articles published by the Musical Box Society. VG $75. (2). G $50 (1).

Clocks. Simon Fleet. $35. (1)

Salute To The Incredible Talking Machine. January 1977 issue of High Fidelity Magazine. $5.00. (19)

The Musical Clock, Ord Hume. $110. (0)

History Of The Musical Box, Chapuis. MBSI Translation. $60. (2)

Music Boxes, Gilbert Bahl. $45. (1)

The Musical Box, A Guide For Collectors. Ord-Hume. Updated and expanded version of “Collecting Musical Boxes and How To Restore Them”. Fine condition $75. As New $90. (2)

Organs Of The Mid-America Chapter, 1995. Compendium of organs displayed at band organ rallies over the years. $25. (0)

Musical Boxes, John Clark. Third Edition 1968. A pioneering work on music box history. Very good. DJ torn. $70. (2)

Musical Boxes & Other Musical Marvels, MBSI. A compendium of articles previously published by the Musical Box Society. $20. (1)

Music Boxes, Gilbert Bahl. Book includes information on new music boxes. No dust jacket. 80 pages. Oversized. $40. (3)

The American Reed Organ And The Harmonium. Gellerman. Autographed with dust jacket. $65. (1) Second copy, DJ, no autograph, $55. (1)

Organ, Including Also The Reed Organ, The Orchestrelle And Player Piano. Oliver C. Faust. 1949. 246 pages. $80. (1) [HOLD]

The Edison Disc Phonographs and the Diamond Discs. George Frow. DJ. $75. (1)

A Treatise on the Construction, Repairing and Tuning of the Organ., Oliver C. Faust, 1949, 4” X 5 ¾” hardcover. Library discard. $20.00 (0)

The Fairground Organ, Cockayne. VG. $70. (1)

Treasures of Mechanical Music, Reblitz. Very scarce, covers scales for mechanical pianos and organs. VG, spine weak/cuts. $250.

The Making of the Victorian Organ. Nicholas Thistlewaite. New, shrink wrapped, paperback. $55 (1)

Welte Catalog Reprint, excellent, $35 (1)

Orgel-Und Spieluhrenbau, Karl Bermann, new. $60 (1).

The History Of The Organ In The United States. Orpha Ochse. Paperback. Fine. $35.

Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments. 63 page catalog reprint. Glossy photos. Frank Adams, 400 copies printed, 1973. Fine condition. $45

Dusting off a Little History. Spring Type Phonographs. Scarce spiral bound photo book with 65 pages, 8 ½” X 11”, 1981 First Edition, First Printing. Fine condition. $75.

The Edison Cylinder Phonograph's, Frow & Sefl, hardbound, 270 pages, signed by Sefl, very fine condition, Marked First Edition 1978 printed in Great Britain copy #587. $85.

Cecilian Non-Destructive Player Action , Bush & Lane Piano Co. Directions etc for the player action. Original illustrated booklet, 8 ½” X 11”, very good, 28 pages. $25

Galerie D’Horlogerie Ancienne; Vente Aux Encheres VI. Illustrated catalog of a 1978 exhibition and auction. 140 lots, French and English, color illustrations. $30.

The Murtogh Guinness Collection. 1982 catalog, 31 pages. $15.

Wurlitzer Centennial Cook Book 1856 – 1956. “A book of recipes covering three generations of the Farney and Wurlitzer families and the wives of present business associates.” 172 pages. VF condition. Mostly recipes. $45.

Victor Data Book, Robert Baumbach. New, softcover. 333 pages, oversized. Compilation of factory specifications, serial numbers, production numbers, on Victor phonographs. $30.

Slot Machines A Pictorial Review, David Christensen. Hardcover. Revised 1976 version. Very good condition. $45.

Music Boxes Their Lore and Lure, Helen Hoke & John Hoke. Complete with 10” record in sleeve. 93 Pages. VG. 1957. $55.

Environments of Musical Sculpture You Can Build. Edited by John Grayson. Hardcover. Not related to mechanical music. $25.

Juke Box Saturday night, J. Krivine, 160 pages. Hardback with DJ. VG condition. $70 (1)

A Tune For A Token, Q. David Bowers. Hard to find booklet listing and illustrating tokens for music machines. 79 pages. $35.

Roll Back The Years, History of Canadian Recorded Sound and its Legacy. Moogk. Hardcover. 442 pages. With record inserted in back. DJ. VG condition. $45.

The Electrical Mastery of Music. Brochure on the Violano-Virtuoso, Viol-Cello, and Viol-Xylophone. Vestal Press reprint. Oversized. 34 pages. VG condition. $35.

Oiling Instructions and List of Parts for The Regina and The Reginaphone. 4-page pamphlet. Recent Xerox. $10.

Player Pianos and Music Boxes (Keys To A Musical Past); Harvey Roehl. 48 pages.

Softcover. History of mechanical music. $30.

Service Manual for the Violano-Virtuoso. 29 pages. Bornand reprint. $40.

Instructions for Adjusting The Jennings “Today” Selective Front Vender. 19 page booklet, reprinted. $20.

How To Repair Musical Boxes. Jacot & Son. Booklet, 32 pages, Bornand reprint. $20.

Deagan Electric Musical Instruments Catalogue “F”. Probably a reprint, not marked. $40.

Origin and Development of the Music Box, Jaccard. 14 page booklet printed by the Musical Box Society. $10.

Service Book for the Violano-Virtuoso, 30 page booklet reprinted by the Vestal Press. $30.

The Story of Nipper and the His Master’s Voice Picture, painted by Francis Barraud, softcover booklet. $35.

The Mechanics of Mechanical Music, The Arrangement of Music for Automatic Instruments. Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume. With fold out sections. VG+. Very difficult to find. $150.

In Quest of Clocks. Kenneth Ullyett, HB. 267 pages. VG+. $20.

The Wellsprings of Music. Curt Sachs. Paperback. $10.

The Phonograph, Sustained By Its Reputation. Small booklet, 49 pages, Vestal Press reprint. $10.

The Victor. The Victor, The Victor-Victrola, The Victor Aux-e-to-phone. Small booklet. Vestal Press reprint. $15.

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