Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. xi, 344 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. A continuation from the point in time where the first volume finished to the end of 1975. More
Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. 243 pp. Bibliography; Index. With special contributions by John H. Cowley, John R.T. DAvies, Mike Montgomery, Roger Richard, and Horace Spear. Numerous illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. The biography and discography of Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (1890 ? 1941)..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1975 - 1988. 8vo. Various paginations. Red cloth with silver lettering. Uniformly fine condition. The titles, authors and publication dates include: Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence, Andre Hodeir (1975) Music on My Mind, Willie the Lion Smith (1975) Jack Teagarden, Jay D. Smith & Len Guttridge (1976) The..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979. First Edition. 4to. viii, [2], 327, [1] pp. Mustard cloth with black lettering. A fine copy, as new. A summary of all known recordings made in English by all kinds of speakers (with the exception of actors delivering lines), including dates and places of recordings..... More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1936). First edition in English, "especially revised by the author" 8vo. xvi, 363 pp. Index. Translated by Lyle & Eleanor Dowling. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's brown & yellow dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremitie with 1/4" loss..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: PAT Publications, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. 312 pp. Bibliography; Index. Black cloth with gilt lettering. A small stain to lower page edges; light bumping to corners; else a near fine copy. A transcription of the lyrics from the first twenty Yazoo LPs. Yazoo Records was an American record..... More
Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 500 pp. Index; Bibliography. Black & white photo-illustrated plates. Black cloth with silver lettering in fine condition. The biography and discography of James Price Johnson (1894 ? 1955), an American pianist and composer..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition. Small 4to. xiv, 242 pp. Publisher's review slip laid in. Tan cloth with red lettering. Sunning and small stains to spine; a near fine copy. Huddie William Ledbetter (1888 - 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and..... More
Milford, NH: big Nickel Publications, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. iv, 234 pp. Bibliography; Index. Some 140 illustrations, including 116 rare photographs (many never before published) of key personnel such as Johnny Ace, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, B.B. King, the Five Blind Boys, Dixie Hummingbirds, O.V...... More
Paris: Editions Jazz Disques, 1951 - 1952. First French Edition. Volume 1: A-B (1951); volume 2: C-E (1952); volume 3: El-He (1952). 8vo. Various paginations. Preface in French and English translation. Tan & black printed stiff wrappers. Darkening to covers; Volume 1 rear corner clipped; front cover of Volume 1..... More
[UK]: Leonaur Ltd., 2007. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Various paginations. Blue cloth in color printed dustjacket (Volume 1 lacking dustjacket). Small ink star inside front cover of Volume 1; creasing to inside dustjacket flap of Volume 2; else a uniformly fine set of the surprisingly hard to find hardcover edition..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959. First Edition. Large 8vo. xx, 509 pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations; maps including 5 folding maps in rear pocket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped, minor wear to extremities). Here, recorded for the first time, is a detailed account of the role..... More
Metuchen, N.J. & London: Scarecrow Press & Institute of Jazz Studies Rutgers University, 1989. First Edition. Large 4to. xiv, 703; (1), 705-1263 pp. Index; Discography. Blue cloth with silver lettering. A fine set. The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band was one of the greatest jazz orchestras ever assembled, led..... More
Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, (1982). Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo. xiv, 992; 993-1996, [2] pp. Index. Black cloth with gilt lettering; Minor yellow highlighting else a fine set. More
Storyville Publications, 1982. Third Edition, Fully Revised. 8vo. 898 pp. Index. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; without dustjacket as issued. A fine copy. One of the standard blues reference books since its first publication in 1964. It also ranks as one of the most complete reference works of any kind..... More
Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, 1976. First Edition. xiii, 625 pp. Illustrations. Index, Bibliography, Addenda. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; without dustjacket as issued. A fine copy. An extensive biography & discrography of Clarence Williams (1898 - 1965), an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher. More
Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. xvii, 437, [1] pp. Index; Bibliography; Addenda and Errata. Illustrations. Revised by Laurie Wright. Special contributions by Frank Driggs, Ernest Grossmann, Harold S. Kaye, Steven Lasker, Keith Nichols, Howard Rye, and Max E. Vreede. Black cloth with gilt illustrations & lettering; issued..... More
(Reykjavik, Iceland): Published by Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell, 2014. First Edition. Large 4to. 306 pp. Profusely illustred in color and black & white photo-reproductions. Light grey paper covered boards with a "C" diecut on front board, revealing the illustrated endpaper. Small bump to upper front edge else a fine..... More
New York: Farrar, Rinehart and Cudahy, 1962. First Edition. 8vo. 241 pp. Black cloth spine over blue marbeled paper covered boards in publisher's cream and color dustjacket; blue topstain on upper page edges strong. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (faint dampstain spine end). In this title, Jack Kerouac recounts..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Includes a personal inscription from Robinson Jeffers to Lester Donahue; a handwritten postcard to Mr. Donahue from Una & Robin; two original black & white photographs of Jeffers dated 1934, one showing Robinson & his two sons riding horses; an undated &..... More
Glendale, CA / Santa Barbara: Arthur H. Clark Company / Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1929. First Edition. 8vo. xvii, 452pp. Illustrated with 78 plates; 1 large folding map. Index. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. An exceptionally fine copy. A Synopsis of the Results of Four Years of Intensive..... More
Milan: Rizzoli, 1990. First Italian Edition. Thick octavo; 992pp. A Fine copy in publisher's black cloth in illustrated dust jacket with just a touch of edgewear and a fold to the rear panel. A Very nice copy of a scarce book. Text in Italian; with extensive footnotes; Bibliography, Index. Oversized..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1982. First Edition. INSCRIBED on ffep 'For Lew/In friendship/with admiration/Pauline/June 28, 1985'. Octavo; (x), 248pp. Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth in Very Good dust jacket. (Studies in the History of Christian Thought Volume XXX). Contents: List of Illustrations; Preface; I. Cusanus' Vision of Man: Historical and..... More
Pisa: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2007. First Edition. Octavo; 143pp. Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gold. Text in Italian. Filologia e Critica Volume 96. More
Southampton: University of Southampton Press, 1992. First Edition. Octavo; xxxix, 243pp; vii, 244-520pp. Near Fine copies. Southampton Records Series Volumes 34 and 35. More