Musica

Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time

Rose, Phyllis · 1989 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: Doubleday, 1989. 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ dust jacket wrappers lightly rubbed otherwise very good+ dust jacket.

The Joy of Music

Bernstein, Leonard · 1959 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.50 (€4.08 | £3.41 | ¥719)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959. 5th printing, wrappers (covers) lightly soiled otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete good+ paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Seven of Bernstein's Omnibus television programs in book form.

Duran Duran: New Updated Edition 1984

Duran Duran · 1984 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥799)

Manchester: Babylon Books, 1984. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Well illustrated.

Rock: the Story of Rock From Elvis Presley to the Rolling Stones

Jahn, Mike · 1973 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.50 (€4.99 | £4.16 | ¥878)

NY: Quadrangle/New York Times, 1973. 1st printing of 1st edition., occasional underlining otherwise a sound reading paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Helen Rice: the Great Lady of Chamber Music

Mcintosh, Rustin · 1983 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Burlington: George Little Press, 1983. Fine hard cover book/ light dust soiling on rear dust jacket panel otherwise very good+ dust jacket.

The Young Liszt

[Lizst, Franz] Zaluski, Iwo & Pamela Zaluski · 1997 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,837)

London: Peter Owen, 1997. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Felix Mendelssohn: a Life in Letters

[Mendelssoh, Felix] Edited By Rudolf Elvers Translated By Craig Tomlinson · 1986 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY: Fromm, 1986. 1st printing of 1st US edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Songs From the Hills: an Intimate Look at Country Music

Von Matthiessen, Maria · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY: MacMillan, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., 134 pages; well illustrated.

Zouk: World Music in the West Indies

Guilbault, Jocelyne et al · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket, as issued., 280 pages with 1 map, 1 line drawing, 4 tables & 1 CD. In oriignal shrinkwrap.

Bruce Springsteen

[Springsteen, Bruce]Gambaccini, Peter · 1979 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.50 (€6.80 | £5.68 | ¥1,198)

NY: Quick Fox, 1979. End papers foxed otherwise clean, unmarked very good paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 127 pages with Discography.

Bruce Springsteen: the Boss

[Springsteen, Bruce] Halbersberg, Elianne · 1984 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.50 (€6.80 | £5.68 | ¥1,198)

Cresskill: Sharon Starbook, 1984. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 95 pages with Discography and Extras.

Verdi's Theater

De Van, Gilles · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket, as issued., De Van traces Verdi's evolution from melodrama to music drama and makes the case for opera as a coherent theatrical experience. In the original shrinkwrap.

Popular American Composers: From Revolutionary Times to the Present

Ewen, David Compiler · 1966 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥799)

NY: Wilson, 1966. 2nd printing., Ex-library. Library markings otherwise a clean, unmarked hard cover copy/ no dust jacket.

Music Reference and Research Materials: an Annotated Bibliography

Duckles, Vincent · 1974 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥799)

NY: Free Press, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition., Ex-library. Library markings otherwise a clean, unmarked hard cover copy/ no dust jacket.

Willie & Dwike: an American Profile

Zinsser, William · 1983 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

NY: Harper & Row, 1983. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in near fine dust jacket., A profile of jazz musicians Willie Ruff & Dwike Mitchell.

The Perfect Wagnerite: a Commentary on the Niblung's Ring

Shaw, George Bernard · 1967 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.50 (€5.90 | £4.92 | ¥1,038)

NY: Dover Publications, 1967. unabridged reprint of the 1923 (fourth) edition, A clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Settling the Score: Essays on Music

Rorem, Ned · 1987 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

NY: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, 1987. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem

Rorem, Ned · 1967 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

London: Barrie & Rockliffe, 1967. 1st printing of 1st UK edition., Light stain on front end paper & several pages otherwise very good hard cover book/ waterstained dust jacket with abraision on front dust jacket panel otherwise good+ price clipped dust jacket., A survey beginn...

Willie: an Autobiography

Nelson, Willie With Bud Shrake · 1988 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

All in Good Time

McPartland, Marian · 1987 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine price clipped dust jacket., Leonard Feather described her as English, white and a woman yet a great jazz pianist.