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

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

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

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

New York: J. H. Sears, 1926, Second Printing. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (vi), 298 pp. J. H. Sears, Whiteman's autobiography illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket with chip at bottom of spine and a small one at bottom of front flap fold. Jacket not price clipped... 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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 pioneers: King Rastus Brown, Bill Robinson, Frank Condos, Harland..... More