Trade Price List of Music Books Published by Henry Tolman & Co

Boston: Press of E. L. Balch, 1867. 8vo.  190 x 130 mm., [7 ½ x 5 ¼ inches].  7 pp. Stitched as issued.  Some staining to the wrappers, signs of folding, stitching loose but holding, otherwise a good copy. Rare music publisher's catalogue, listing retail, teachers, and wholesale prices.  The instruction books cover the fields of piano-forte both instructional and theoretical, piano music, vocal methods and exercises, organ instruction, guitar, accordion, violin, and flute instructions, music for schools, sacred music and brass band music. "Henry Tolman (January 15, 1821, Boston, MA-November 20, 1888, Cohasset, MA) had operated his own firm dealing in musical instruments and umbrellas since 1846 and had began publishing in 1849. In the early 1850s he merged with George D. Russell to form Russell & Tolman. One of the most significant music publishers in the United States during the 19th century, Russell & Tolman published a great deal of popular music as well as works of noted American composers such as George F. Root. They also sold pianos. After the dissolution of Russell & Tolman in 1862, Tolman took over the catalogue and continued until 1870 as Henry Tolman & Co. He sold his sheet music plates to Root & Cady in 1868. From 1862 to 1868 he was the sole publisher of the Boston Musical Times and in 1865 was elected vice-president of the Board of Music Trade. Russell was joined by his brother Joseph M. Russell in 1863 to form G.D. Russell & Co., a similar publishing and dealing business, which also undertook printing work." See Petrucci Music Library Website @ https://imslp.org/ for more historical information on Tolman & Co.