Gram Parsons: A Music Biography
Sierra Records & Books, June 1985. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Music History
Into the Mystic: The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960s Rock and Roll
Park Street Press, September 2017. Trade Paperback. Remainder Copy - like new. Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s - Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String.....
Janis: Her Life and Music
Simon & Schuster, October 2020. Trade Paperback. A new copy. This extraordinarily intimate and "gripping" (Vanity Fair) biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl.....
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Two Dollar Radio, November 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. * 2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY (Elizabeth Acevedo) * A "Best Book of 2017" --Rolling Stone (2018), NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot.....
Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
Da Capo Press, October 2010. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to one.....
Opera Prive de Paris: Premiere Saison 1929
Édité par Publicité commerciale & théatrale, [1929]. Trade Paperback. 40 pp. Program distributed for performances of 'Snegourotchka' with music by Rimsky-Korsakoff. The cover illustration is signed 'J. Bilibine, 1928'; the illustrations of stage designs and costumes are signed 'A. Korovine.' Some color illustrations are tipped-in. Advertisements appear on front cover.....
The Beatles: The Biography
Little, Brown and Company, November 2005. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Challenging popular myths attributed to the Beatles, an extensively researched band portrait traces their individual experiences of rising from young, angry rock-and-roll musicians to fame."
Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion
Harper San Francisco, 1990. Trade Paperback. 263 pages. B/W and color illustrations. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Let Me Get Back to the Pacific Coast: The western hit of the century (sheet music)
Northern Musical Supply Co., 1909. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Sheet music, 6 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Dear California (sheet music)
Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son. The Boston Music Co. (selling agent), 1929. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Sheet music, 6 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Beautiful Columbia: Glory of the West (sheet music)
Mildred H. Kolar, 1923. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Sheet music, 5 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Signature in ink on upper front cover of prior owner. Mild soiling of covers.
California Lullaby, from the 'Family Farm' play of 1922 (sheet music)
Sherman, Clay & Co., 1944. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
As I Sit and Dream (Days at Oregon) (sheet music)
Robin H. Nelson, 1945. Trade Paperback. Sheet music, single sheet folded to create 4 pages. In illustrated folder. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
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Rod McKuen [Concert program]
Stanyan, 1975. Trade Paperback. 34 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. First edition (first printing). Light edge wear else a fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
autograph postcard signed
1929. Ephemera. Autograph postcard signed. Dated 4/30/29. In German. About 40 words. Heinrich Gruenfeld was a Bohemian-Austrian cellist.
Fourteenth Annual Grammy Awards
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. About 80 pages. Almost 8-1/2 by 11 inches. The Record / Volume XI / March 14th, 1972. This was the last Academy Awards ceremony aired live on ABC. Carol King won the top prize in the categories of.....
Piano Music
Dover Publications, January 2001. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Original compilation of the composer's most popular, most mature piano works, including Witches Dance, Op. 5, No. 1; Four Fleeting Pieces, Op. 15; Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16; Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20; Romance.....
Piano Masterpieces of Maurice Ravel (Dover Classical Piano Music)
Dover Publications, August 1986. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Ravel is one of the rare French composers who have left so strong an imprint on their art that music after them can never be the same. -- Alexis Roland-Manuel. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) ranks as one of the most.....
Ernst Bacon: A Contemporary Tribute. Ernst Bacon: An End-of-Century Perspective. Autograph letter signed from Ellen Bacon (3 items)
1969 and 1997. Trade Paperback. 1. 3-typed xeroxed sheets, undated (but ca. 1969), 'Ernst Bacon: A Contemporary Tribute,' by Horgan. 2. 3-typed xeroxed sheets, undated, 'Ernst Bacon: An End-of-Century Perspective,' by Matthew Owens, a Berkeley cellist and composer. 3. Autograph letter signed, letterhead, Ellen Bacon / 8 Drovers Lane /.....
'Sing Out' (typed letter)
People's Artists Inc., 1955. Ephemera. Mimeographed typed letter, dated November 8, 1955, addressed 'Dear Subscriber,' from Pete Seeger. Letter calls attention to the fifth anniversary of the magazine 'Sing Out,' asking for support. About 325 words. 'Sing Out,' the folk song magazine, was published from 1950 to 2000. Pete Seeger.....
And the Dead Shall Walk the Earth: A comic opera in three acts (script)
Joseph Summer, n.d., ca. 1980s. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Comic opera in three acts, 'based on sundry stories from the 'Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio.' - from title page. Act I: 22 pp; Act II: 18 pp; Act III: 20 pp. This opera is the first of four completed works based.....
The Tao of Wu
Riverhead Books, 2010. Trade Paperback. 208 pages. A new copy. From the founder of the Wu-Tang Clan--celebrating their 25th anniversary this year--an inspirational book for the hip hop fan. The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he's learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to.....
Scar Tissue
Hachette Books, October 2005. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In this "vivid and inspiring" New York Times bestseller (Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene's fast lane--from the darkness into the light. In 1983, four self-described.....
Stravinsky in Pictures and Documents
Simon & Schuster, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 688 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Examines the life of composer Igor Stravinsky. Illustrations in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. Light bumps to corners. A large, heavy book.
autograph signed postcard
1924. Ephemera. Picture postcard, 3.4 x 5.4 inches, with B/W image of large house. Autograph note on rear, in German, dated 5 June, '24. About 50 words. Hugo Kaun (1863-1932) was a German composer.