Louis Armstrong
New York: Charles Scribener's Sons, 1971. Soft cover. 8vo. Scribner Library, No. 503. Paperback, 148pp. Illustrated. Light wear to edges and some curling on front cover, o/w near fine. Biography of Louis Armstrong. More
New York: Charles Scribener's Sons, 1971. Soft cover. 8vo. Scribner Library, No. 503. Paperback, 148pp. Illustrated. Light wear to edges and some curling on front cover, o/w near fine. Biography of Louis Armstrong. More
Pasadena, California: The Castle Press, 1965. Soft cover. Original wrappers, title and device to upper cover, 28pp. Illustrated throughought. Wrappers curled but otherwise very good. A brief story of the life of musician and teacher Richard Lert and reminiscences. More
Paris: L. Delormel & L. Garnier, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (tall). 1st Series. Original publishers red cloth, unpaginated, [ca. 80pp] with 25 songs. Light foxing, very light splitting to rear inner hinge; otherwise near fine. Each song is humorously illustrated with their own watercolor title pages. More
New York: Omnibus Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. Soft cover. 160 pp. Includes photographs, prints, paintings and sketches by David Bowie, Iman, Andy Warhol, Paul McCartney, Lord Snowden, Mick Rock, Terry O'Neill, Andy Kent, Masayoshi Sukita, Ray Stevenson, Ken Pitt, Brian Ward, Harry Goodwin, and Steve Pafford. Some..... More
Toronto: Gordon V. Thompson Limited. Soft cover. 8vo. N.d., [ca. 1941?]. Soft cover, staple bound. 48 pp. Covers rubbed and stained, spine has some tears and is now delicate. 0. More
London: The Strad Office, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. burgundy cloth. 199, xii pp. ads. Spine faded, rubbing to extremities, partial ring damp stain to front board, damp stain to foot of rear board, some cockling to rear. Some marginal staining, damp stain..... More
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). 351 p.p. Signed by author on title page in blue marker. Some light rubbing, sucuffs to jacket covers. Spine ends bruised with general wear to corners. Some sporadic spots to boards, but otherwise near fine. More
Milwaukee: Backbeat Books, 2011. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 400 pp. B&W photos in text. Top corner of rear cover creased, else fine. More
London: Omnibus Press, 2017. Soft cover. 8vo. Updated edition. Soft cover. ix, 353 p.p. Parallel Lives is the definitive biography of Blondie, the iconic New York band led by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. It is based on revealing interviews with Harry and Stein, and the third founding..... More
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1890. Hardcover. 18mo. Scarce. Original cream cloth, gilt floral decoration to front board and spine. A.E.G. Unpaged. Illustrated. Some soiling to cloth, rubbing to extremities. Some staining from adhesive to turn-ins. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. More
Swinden, Wiltshire: Instructive Product Development, 2013. Soft cover. 4to. Glossy stiff card wraps. In matching folding slipcase. Includes six 8x10 prints still in shrink wrap inside slipcase. 64 p.p. Numerous photos in colour and B&W. Scuff to front cover of book. Light creasing to spine of slipcase. Else in fine..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter indigo and black paper boards. xxi, 250 pp. B&W photos in text. Fine. What was the essence of John Coltrane's achievement that makes him so revered 40 years after his death? What was it about his place within..... More
Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Seventh printing. Full tan cloth. viii, 179 pp. B&W photos in text. Dust jacket is age toned, with five short tears to top edges and small chips to top corners of flaps. Fine in VG jacket. More
New York: Avon Books, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. First Avon trade printing. Soft cover. 142 pp. B&W photos in-text throughout. Bumping and creasing to corners, creasing to a few corners of pages to interior. More
London: Quartet, 1974. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 256 pp. Covers are age toned, offset panels to front cover. Light staining to edges of text block. More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full black paper boards. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated. Dust jacket lightly bumped to edges. Fine overall. During an almost year-long global odyssey, renowned photographer Terry Richardson brilliantly captured the intimate, random, behind-the-scenes moments of Lady Gaga in all aspects of her..... More
Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press Inc., 1948. No Binding. 6.75" x 10.5" Waring Choral Series. For mixed voices. Bifold sheet music with one leaf laid in, no binding, 5 pp. Some age toning, damp staining to rear, creasing to lower corners. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 233 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping to upper rear corner. Staining to upper corner of ffep. More
Milan: Ricordi, 2002. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series. Vocal score based on the critical edition. Soft cover. LXXI, 428 pp. Curling to front cover, else fine. More
[Mayfair, London?]: [s.n.], 1984. Soft cover. 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers, Canadian Tour sticker on upper front cover, 16pp. Illustrated. Wrappers creased and worn but o/w very good. Photographs from Saga's Canadian Tour with comments on band members Jim and Ian Chricton, Steve Negus, Michael Sadler, Jim Gilmour, More
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. Hardcover. 8vo (4.25" x 6.5"). Second edition. Orig. blue blind stamped cloth, Yapp edges. A.E.R. xvi, 280 pp. Floriated initials and headpieces. A few initials have been extra-illustrated (coloured with gold, red, green and blue). Spine faded, cloth soiled. Rubbing to extremities. More
Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth. xii, 324 pp. [16] pp. B&W photo plates. Damp staining to head. Light bumping to extremities of dust jacket. Crooner, comedian, actor, icon. The first Dean Martin biography after his death in 1995, Martini Man peeks behind the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 559 pp. Spine sunned, spots of wear to covers, some creasing to rear cover. Pencil gift inscription to ffep. This is the first paperback edition of one of the most influential collections of..... More
London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 7.5" x 8" Book and cassette pack, in custom card box. Soft cover. 153 pp. Damp staining to head of front endpapers, pages stuck together. A few stains to box. Else fine. From his childhood in the Western District of..... More