The Wild Muse

Reading Lyrics

Gottlieb, Robert; Kimball, Robert · 2000

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Pantheon First edition, third printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Pantheon, 2000. Small 4to., xxvi+706pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. "A comprehensive anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English song lyrics of the twe...

The Big Bands (Revised Enlarged Edition)

GEORGE T. SIMON; FOREWORD BY FRANK SINATRA · 1974

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY: Collier, 1974. Revised Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. First printing of the Revised Edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Collier, 1974. 8vo. wrappers, xvi+584pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Very good plus, clean, tight copy.. Very Good Plus .

The Big Bands

SIMON, GEORGE T. - FOREWORD BY FRANK SINATRA · 1967

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY: Macmillan, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, fourth printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1967. Large, thick 8vo, xvi+537pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Magenta cloth with gilt stamped titles and jazz instrument motifs. Very good, c...

Bobby Darin: A Life

STARR, MICHAEL · 2004

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004. 8vo, viii+240pp, illustrated iwth b/w photos. Bobby Darin fit more into his 37 years alive than most p...

Thirty Years W/ Bg Bands (Music in American Life)

ROLLINI, ARTHUR · 1987

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. 8vo, 134pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Arthur Rollini describes his career as a tenor saxophonist in the b...

John Hammond on Record: An Autobiography

HAMMOND, JOHN · 1977

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

NY: Ridge Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Ridge Press, 1977. 8vo, 416pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Fine .

The Kingdom of Swing

GOODMAN BENNY AND IRVING KOLODIN {SIGNED} · 1961

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

NY: Frederick Ungar, 1961. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Signed Second edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Frederick Ungar, 1961. 8vo, 263pp, illustrated frontis and b/w photos. Brown leatherette with gilt spine titles, brown linen endpapers. Signed by Goodman on free endpaper. ...

The Reluctant Art: The Growth of Jazz

GREEN, BENNY · 1963

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Horizon Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First U.S. edition, first printing. Har docver in dust jacket. Published NY: Horizon Press, 1963. 8vo, 191pp. Black cloth with gilt spine titles. Light foxing along top edge, rear endpaper/pastedown and perimeter of dust jacket...

Giants of Jazz

TERKEL, STUDS · 1957

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Author's first book. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1957. 8vo, 216pp, illustrated with iconic sketches of musicians by Robert Galster. Orange cloth with black spine...

The Jazz Makers

SHAPIRO, NAT AND HENTOFF, NAT (EDS) · 1957

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

NY: Rinehart, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rinehart, 1957. 8vo, xiii+368pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Purple cloth with white titles. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Very Good .

The New York Diary of Ned Rorem

ROREM, NED · 1967

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

NY: Brazillier, 1967. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Brazillier, 1967, first printing. 8vo, 218pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Black cloth with silver and red titles, top edge tinted black. Near fine in very good dust jacket with mild fray ...

The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965

STEPHENSON, SAM · 2009

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

NY: Knopf, 2009. 1st. Hard. 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 2009, first printing. 4to, 9 3/4" x 11 1/4", xv+268pp, illustrated with 227 photographs in color and black and white. Black laminated boards with orange and white titles. "From 1957...

A Short History of Music in America

HOWARD, JOHN TASKER AND GEORGE KENT BELLOWS · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover. Published NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. 8vo. wrappers, xxvii+496pp, illustrated with b/w plates. "Not For Resale" stamp on bottom edge. Very good, clean, bright.. Very Good .

The Who's Tommy: The Musical

TOWNSHEND, PETE · 1993

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY: Pantheon, 1993. 1st. Hard. 4to. First edition. Hard cover issued without dust jacket. Published NY: Pantheon, 1993, first printing. 4to. laminated pictorial boards, 9 3/8" x 12 1/8", 176pp, illustrated throughout with over 150 color and b/w photos, full libretto with sideb...

Sound Off!": Soldier Songs from Yankee Doodle to Parley Voo

DOLPH, EDWARD ARTHUR · 1929

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. 1st. Hard. 4to. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. 4to, 8" x 10 1/2", xv+621pp, bibliography, index of first lines. Illustrated by Lawrence Schick. Music Arranged by Philip Eg...

The Oxford History of Western Music: College Edition (Instructor's Edition)

TARUSKIN, RICHARD; GIBBS, CHRISTOPHER H. · 2013

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 2013. 1st. Hard. 4to. Instructor's Edition. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 2013, first printing. 4to, 8 1/2" x 10 1/4", xxxi+1212pp, extensively illustrated with color reproductions and musical examples. Fine, like n...

Music in History

MCKINNEY, HOWARD D.; ANDERSON, W. R. · 1949

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: American Book Co, 1949. Hard. 8vo.. Hard cover. Published NY: American Book Co, 1949. 8vo, xxi+904 pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Wrinkling to top corner of last 100 pages, pencil underlining in one chapter, corner of front flyleaf removed. Good.. Good .

Jazz Is

HENTOFF, NAT · 1976

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

NY: Random House, 1976. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House, 1976. 8vo, 288pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Blue cloth with silver titles and blind embossed blue paper covered boards. Light foxing on top and front edge of p...

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

GIDDINS, GARY · 1986

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

NY: Beech Tree Books, 1986. 1st. Hard. Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Beech Tree Books, 1986. Folio, 9" x 12 1/8", 128pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Gray cloth with silver spine titles and gray paper coved boards. Near fine in very good d...

Weih Nachts Lieder Aus Aller Welt (Signed)

WASNER, FRANZ (SINGSTIMME UND KLAVIER) · 1968

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Wien: Wilhelm Frick, 1968. Hard. 8vo. Trapp, Agathe. Signed by Maria von Trapp. Hard cover. Text in german. Published Wien: Wilhelm Frick, 1968. Oblong 8vo. cloth and laminated boards, xiii+132pp, plus 9pp, recto printed foldout of song lyrics in English, illustrations by Agat...