Candle in the Wind.
New York: Hyperion, 1993. First edition. Hard cover. 8vo. Unpaginated. B&w; photos. Stamp to ffep, jacket very lightly worn at edges and corners. The lyrics of Elton John's song, photos of Marilyn Monroe.
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The Singing School Banner.
New York: S.T. Gordon & Son, 1875. 1/20 Cloth Over Boards. Oblong 8vo. 192 pp. Hingesplit to both hinges. Last 2 pages detached but present. Rubbing and bumping to spine ends. Rubbing to covers, corners, and edges, boards exposed at edges. Spine cloth faded. Several small tears to spine ends.....
The Gramophone Book.
London and New York: Hinrichsen Edition, 1954. Paperback. 169 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Edgeworn. Sunning to spine, joints and lightly to edges. Handwritten title and author on spine. Sm. stamp to front cover lower edge. Scuffed, soil to rear cover. Foxing to last few pages and faintly to textblock. Few brief.....
Paper Kingdom:; A Collection of Baltimore Music Posters!
Baltimore: Lulu.com, 2012. Paperback. 190 pp., 4to. Paperback. Slight scuffing & edgewear to covers. Slight edgewear, soiling & wrinkling to spine. Some soiling to textblock edges. Very light soiling scattered to mostly clean & crisp textblock.
The Muses Gardin for Delights Or the fift Book of Ayres.
Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1901. Hard Cover. 12mo. 39 pp. Spine ends and corners are bumped w/ light wear. Spine has 1'' tear in middle along front cover edge. Spine title is mostly rubbed away. Rear cover has light staining. Front paste down has sticker of previous owner. First front end.....
The Cincinnati Music Reader, Part Five.
Chicago and New York: The John Church Co., 1893. Hardcover. 176 pp. 12mo. Quarter cloth. Boards edgworn w/ some exposure, scuffed, with some soil. Cloth sunned, bumping to ends w/ some fraying. Rear hinge heavily split. Browning to ep's, p.o.'s ink signature to ffep and several times to rpd. Soil.....
London Philharmonic: Music Makers since 1932.
Hampshire, England: K. Mason, 1972. Hard Cover. 4to. 103 pp. Introduction by Richard Baker, includes many b&w; photographs. DJ edgeworn with multiple small closed tears, esp. at spine ends and corners.
The Rolling Stones In Europe.
Don Mills, Ontario: Musson, 1983. Paperback. 128 pp., 4to. Paperback. Filled w/ b&w; & full-color photos of the Rolling Stones doing what they do best (besides ingesting inhuman amounts of drugs) in concert. Light scuffing & wear to covers & spine; light sunning to spine & price sticker to front.....
Splendid Encounters.
New York and Bloomington: iUniverse, 2009. Paperback. 143 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Scuffed, lightly edgeworn, little tear to paper on spine head. Front fore edge curled. Slight soiling to fore edge of textblock. Light soiling to inside of front cover. "Memoirs of Collaborations, Interactions, and Conversations with Many of the Most.....
You Call It Madness:; The Sensuous Song of the Croon
New York: Villard, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 499 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. "In this impressionistic tour de force - a musical history combining the drama of a bestselling novel & a soundtrack from the golden age of Broadway & Hollywood - master musician & critic Lenny Kaye.....
Go Go Guitar:; A Folio of Teen-age Favorites
New York: Edward B. Marks Mjusic Corporation, 1965. Paperback. 27 pp. 4to. Stapled booklet. No date, c. 1965. Wear and soiling. Rubbing/peeling to spine. Yellowing to page edges. Has tobacco odor.
Mozart in Retrospect:; Studies in criticism and bibliography
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976. Cloth. 278 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Light wear to edges. A few small stains to front cover. Interior clean and tight.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1974. Cloth. 4 volume set, 2644 total pp. 8vo. Cloth in djs. Shelfworn and lt. soiled/scuffed, lt sunning to spine ends. Musty odor. Foxing/lt soil to textblocks and eps, interiors otherwise clean. Djs edgeworn and chipped w/ short tears, spines sunned and scuffed, sm.....
The New Singer's Delight :; A Collection of Songs, Glees, Choruses and Hymn Tunes
Lafayette, IN: The Echo Music Co., 1895. Quarter Cloth. 159 pp, 12mo (obl). Mmoderate rubbing and scuffing, with wear to edges, spine loosening, chips to spine cloth. Po signature in ink to ffep; dampstain & some rippling to pd's; spotty soiling scattered to pgs. Textblock bound by staples, remains tight.....
Gorilla Beat, No. 13/82.
West Germany: Gorilla Beat, 1982. Softcover. Unpaginated, approx. 70 pgs. Stapled booklet, 8vo. Covers and edges lightly rubbed, slight bumping to spine ends, faint-age-discoloration to margins. Tiny chip to fore-edge of approx. 5 pgs. Interior otherwise clean and bright. B&w; illustrations throughout. Features the Kinks, the Slickee Boys, Dave Edmunds.....
My 33 Years Inside the House of Cash:; A Special Tribute to My Closest Friends: Johnny, June, and Mother Maybelle
Nashville: Premium Press America, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 237 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Very light flexing & shelfwear to boards. Very light shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Pgs clean & crisp. Light scuffing & shelfwear to dj.
Nietzsche and Wagner:; A Lesson in Subjugation
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 186 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. "...an absorbing account of the bizarre & fluctuating relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, the composer Richard Wagner & his wife Cosima." Illustrated w/ b&w; photos. Boards & spine fine. Binding.....
Charlie Parker 1951-1954: Volume Three & Charlie Parker 1940-1955: Volume Four (2 volumes).
Holland: Micrography, 1975. Paperback. 8vo. 30, 62 pp. 2 volumes. Spine ends on each volumes are lightly bumped. Otherwise books are in crisp and clean condition. "this small magazin, published irregularly but in the nd 5-7 times a year, contains in each issues the information of about 80 new releases.....
Billie Holiday Remembered.
New York: New York Jazz Museum, 1973. Paperback Pamphlet. Skinny Square 8vo. 20 pp. Spine ends and cover edges are lightly bumped and rubbed, sunning along spine and cover edges. Performers, writers and artist's thought on the legendary Billie Holiday 14 years after her death. "The myth of blues is.....
I Want the Twilight and You.
Philadelphia: The Morris Music Publishing Co., 1920. Paperback. 5 pp. 4to. Paperback. Sheet music. Wear, creasing and soiling to covers and sheet, several tears and chips to edges. Brown paper tape used by previous owner to reinforce spine and repair several tears to cover and page edges.
It's Too Late to Stop Now; A Rock and Roll Journal.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. First edition. Boards. 8vo. 227 pp. Boards rubbed slightly, covers shelf worn, spine and corners bumped. Faint soil to top edge, small tape residue to ffep, interior tight and clean. Collection of music criticism.
The Compleat Moralist and Bagatelle Poems.
Montreal: 1972. Boards in Slipcase. Square 4to. 67 pp. of poems, + 29 pp. of sheet music. Extremely light wear to book spine ends, text block slightly wrinkled. Interior clean and tight. Text block rough cut. Light scuffed soiling to slipcase, light wear to corners and edges. Pockets to fpd.....
Doctor Arne.
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1938. Cloth. 119 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. Mild scuffing, some flexing & shelfwear to boards. Some sunning, edgewear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Slight foxing to textblock edges. Slight paste action to pds; light wrinkling to rpd & faint foxing to.....
The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (6 vol).
London: Guiness Publishing, 1995. Cloth. 6 vol; 4991 pp total. 4tos. Cloth. Ex-library with usual markings. Lightly edgeworn, lt bumping to sp. ends and corners. Ink initials to bottom edge of all textblocks. Ribbon markers bound in. Lightly rubbed.
Blues Records: January, 1943 to December, 1966.
London: Hanover Books, Ltd., 1968. Cloth. 8vo. 381 pp. Light foxing to edges. Dj has light rubbing, light wear to edges, light foxing to spine. Encyclopedic discography.