New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1936), First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. (xx), 363 pp. M. Witmark & Sons, "The Complete, authoritative work on swing...its great performers, its great recordings, its great achievements." Translated by Lyle and Eleanor Dowling from "Le Jazz Hot". Several small chips..... More
New York: McBride, (1941), First Edition. octavo, orange cloth in dust jacket. 144 pp. McBride, Note: This is the 1941 First Edition (so stated on the copyright page). The 1948 edition is a reprint. Amusingly, Whiteman is referred to as the "dean" of modern American music. In the text he..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1938, First Edition. octavo jazz musician , tan cloth stamped in brown, in dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, "...the story of a jazz musician who is a genius in the art of 'swing,' of his meteoric rise to fame, and of the burning conflict between body and spirit." Shelf..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924, First Edition. quarto, batik patterned paper boards with tan cloth spine, in dust jacket. (xii), 398 pp. Harper & Brothers, A cornerstone work in criticism of the arts, and, most importantly, an endorsement of what was considered "low brow" arts: movies, musical comedy, vaudeville..... More
New York: Norton, (1939), First Edition. octavo, bright blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (234)pp. Norton, Illustrated with photographs. A near fine, clean copy, top and bottom of spine bumped. Jacket price clipped and with wear to extremities especially at spine. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1930, First Edition. octavo, original orange cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine, in original printed dust jacket. (x), (278)pp. Duke University Press, A nearly as new copy of this scarce history of Black American minstrels. Jacket is clean, bright and not price..... More
![Boston Symphony Orchestra. [Poster]. Lance HIDY](/pictures/thumb/18318.jpg?v=1592659984)
Poster created for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston, Mass., 1983. 6-color, silkscreened by Rob Day. 34" x 13.5". Limited to 275 copies numbered and signed by Lance Hidy. Note: A small number of posters printed printed in 1986 or earlier may have minor imperfections around the trimmed edges, caused during..... More
Suffolk, Eng: Boydell & Brewer, 1989, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 205pp. Boydell & Brewer, Pepys's music collection ranges from psalm-books to operas, includes treatises on the subject of musical theory and items of historical interest. The map collection concentrates on material related to navigation and the `Calligraphical..... More