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Stanford University; Nathan VAN PATTEN (1887-1956).. A Memorial Library of Music at Stanford University.. Stanford University, 1950., Stanford:, 1950.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. xii, [2], 310 pp. Pictorial title (Memorial Church), facsimiles. Crimson gilt-stamped cloth. Near fine. First edition. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Dr. Nathan Van Patten was Director of Libraries at Stanford University in California from 1927-1947, when he became Professor of Bibliography at the same institution. He served as Professor of Bibliography, Emeritus from 1952 until 1955. See: Swank, Ray C., et al. Memorial Resolution: Nathan Van Patten (1887-1956). Stanford University Web. 14 September 2011.

Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Switzerland

Sterling, J. E. Wallace. A Memorial Library of Music at Stanford University. Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1950.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The book is from the MGM Studio Music Library. Due to the size of this book it cannot be shipped outside the United States. The inside front cover has the previous owner's name and date in pen. The first few pages have some browning wear due to old newspaper clippings.

Seller: Oddball Books, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.

Van Patten, Nathan. CATALOGUE OF THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MUSIC STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, 1950.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Red buckram gilt, DW, 4to., xii, (1), 310 pages, illustrated. Printed by Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press. A fine, clean copy in a very slightly dust-soiled, near fine DW with minimal wear, in archival mylar.

Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.

Van Patten, Nathan. CATALOGUE OF THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MUSIC, STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1950.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Description: small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, (ii), 310 pages. Printed by Anderson & Ritchie at The Ward Ritchie Press. Spine of jacket lightly age darkened with some shelfwear, else near fine. The first volume issued from the collection of the Memorial Library of Music at Stanford, created through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Keating to honor the alumni who gave their lives in World War II. The catalogue is a collection of more than 1200 entries of manuscripts and printed scores inscribed by composers and musicians, including Debussy, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Berlioz, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Igor Stravinsky, and many others. Arranged alphabetically by composer. Illustrated throughout with manuscript facsimiles and photographs. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

Patten, Nathan van (Editor). A MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MUSIC AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.. Stanford: Stanford University., 1950.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stanford: Stanford University. 1950. 310pp. Hard bound. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. A near fine copy. A catalogue of the collection of musical manuscripts and of engraved scores inscribed by great composers made possible by the interest and generosity of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Keating. Conceived as a memorial to Stanford' s alumni who gave their lives in Worl War II.

Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.

Sterling, J.E. Wallace (foreword). A Memorial Library of Music at Stanford University. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1950.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 310 pages, 4to. Out of Print. Printed in Los Angeles, CA by Anderson & Ritchie : The Ward Ritchie Press. Foreword by J.E. Wallace Sterling. Illustrated with b&w prints of original sheet music. Red cloth boards with gilt title along spine and front cover. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, heavy tanning and some moderate smudge marks on covers, light foxing, a few small repaired tears along edges, one small missing piece at upper left corner of back cover. DJ in mylar. Light tanning along page edges. Otherwise, tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Fair condition.

Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

. Addresses at a Meeting of the Zamorano Club May 6, 1950. Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, Calfornia, 1950.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited Edition one of 300, single volume, 42 pages, documents the Zamorano Club meeting at the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California on May 6, 1 1950, Book is Very Good Plus or better, light publishers bleed through on paste downs, light wear at head and heel of spine. small blind stamp of Frank J. Weber on bottom of ffep, no other bookplate or writing. Nice frontis photo of entry to library, Text is Fine, No Jacket as published. Bargain priced shipped immediately.

Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.

(Ward Ritchie Press); Robert O. Schad. ADDRESSES AT A MEETING OF THE ZAMORANO CLUB May 6, 1950. Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, CA, 1950.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Creme stiff wrappers printed in red and black, slender 8vo., 42 pages. Printed by Ward Ritchie on Hamilton Andorra paper. No limitation stated, but appears to conform to the edition given to the members of the Zanorano Club that was limited to 75 copies. Very slight toning to the spine, else a clean, near fine copy in archival mylar.

Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.

[SCHAD, Robert O.].. Addresses at a Meeting of the Zamorano Club, May 6, 1950.. [Los Angeles, Anderson & Ritchie, 1950]., 1950.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. Frontispiece of The Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library. Introduction by J. Francis A. McIntyre. Address by Robert O. Schad. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt. Very good. 42 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. One of 300 copies, designed by Ward Ritchie. Laid in loose is an exhibition label indicates this to be the printer's copy. The collection has been dispersed.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.