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
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
(Brande, Denmark): Debut Records, 1959, First Editions. small octavo , printed wrappers, stapled. (18) leaves printed recto only ; 21 leaves printed recto only. Debut Records, Heavily annotated by Rolph Fairchild best known as a writer of jazz album liner notes and the author of the art Hodges discography. Both..... More
London: Duckworth, (1929), First Edition. octavo, purple cloth in dust jacket. 312pp. Duckworth, "...a satire on this age of jazz bands and love." A very fine, clean copy, top edge dusty. Jacket has slight edge wear with bump to head of spine which is sunned. More
Paris: Editions R.-A. Corrêa, (1934), First Edition. octavo, pictorial paper wrappers. 432 pp. Editions R.-A. Corrêa, Frontispiece drawing by Roger Chastel. Illustrated with photographs. Text in French. The first of a dozen books written by Panassie on Hot Jazz. Wrappers with chipping along edges, front and back. Tape reinforcement to..... More
Text in French. "...Under the conditions guaranteed to me by the terms of your letter of the 9th, I accept very willingly the very flattering offer that you make to me of the honorary presidency of the artistic musical society of Angers." Signed "Ch. Gounod". Gounod wrote symphonies, songs but..... 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
No place: Dave Cooper, 1989, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers, stapled. 124 pp. Dave Cooper, An expanded discography with biographical notes. Fine. More
Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1892, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 186, (ii) pp. Laird & Lee Publishers, Words and music complete. Very small chip at top of back wrapper. More
New York: Éditions de la Maison Français, 1946, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers in printed dust jacket. (271) pp. Éditions de la Maison Français, Text in French. Chip to front flap of jacket with has minor chipping along edge. Near fine. More
New York: Doubleday Page, 1927, First Edition. quarto, black cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in dust jacket. (xvi), (184)pp. Doubleday Page, With numerous woodcuts by Paul Honore, including 3 full page and in color. Book is truly very fine and clean. Dust jacket is unusually nice..... More
London: Pilot Press Ltd, 1946, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 382 pp. Pilot Press Ltd, Spike Hughes was a British musician, composer and arranger who spanned the worlds of classical music and jazz. He has been called Britain's earliest jazz composer. This text covers not only jazz..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in printed dust jacket. (xiv), (306)pp. Dodd, Mead, Frontispiece. Illustrations by Alajalov. A fine, clean copy. Bright, clean jacket with slight shelf scuffs at edges. Jacket not price clipped. More
Paris: La Table Ronde, (1961), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (260), (ii) pp. La Table Ronde, Text in French. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed on half-title. Near fine. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1934, First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 321 pp. The Viking Press, "A musical record of America through half a century, told in the lively memoirs of an old-timer who knew them all - the people who wrote our songs, the singers..... 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
London: Peter Davies, (1957), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xxvi, 230, 224 pp. discography of 1956 Jazz recordings. Peter Davies, Illustrated. With articles by Louis Armstrong, Benny Green, Berta Wood, and seven others. Complimentary slip laid in signed by Sinclair Traill. Chips along edges of jacket... More
Bruxelles: "Editions du Hot Club" (1946), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (64)pp. "Editions du Hot Club", Illustrated with photographs.Presentation Copy, inscribed and signed by de Trazegnies on the half title" "To Al Otto. Sincerely Jean de Trazegnies 29.6.46." (in green ink). A fine, clean copy. A most attractive..... More
(New York): G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1974), First American Edition. large quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. (368) pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Extensively illustrated with photographs. Includes a very detailed index. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood, (1980), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. x, (134)pp. Greenwood, A very fine, clean copy. This book is one of approximately 1,500 jazz, blues, big band and swing books we will be uploading. Stay tuned. More
New York: Rinehart, (1957), Book of the Month Club. octavo, maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), (370)pp. Rinehart, Twenty-one biographical and critical studies of jazz musicians. Illustrated with photographs. Tiny bit of fading to cloth at foot of spine, very small name label on front lower endpaper, a fine..... More
Seattle: Parkside Publications, 2002, First American Edition. large quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 383 pp. Parkside Publications, The fascinating story of one of the "senior statesmen" of jazz, the late Buddy DeFranco, who was generally regarded as the greatest jazz clarinetist of all time. Extensively illustrated. Very minor bump..... More
McFarland & Company, 2000, First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth. viii, 190 pp. McFarland & Company, A very fine, clean copy. More
New York: Macmillan, 1968, First Edition. large octavo, blue and red cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 464 pp. Macmillan, A wide-ranging history beginning with dance in Africa and the West Indies, Minstrel dances, carnivals, ballroom origins, followed by focus on the pioneets: King Rastus Brown, Bill Robinson, Frank Condos, Harland..... More
