Two Dollar Radio, November 2017. Trade Paperback. *2018 12 best books to give this holiday season --TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018 --Rolling StoneA Best Book of 2017 --NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The.....
Mills College, 1979. Poster. Poster, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, printed in green, black and orange on white. Poster design by Fast Forward. Scheduled performances by David Mahler; Alvin Curran; Rhys Chatham; Laurie Anderson, Peter Gordon and David van Tieghem; Joel Chadabe and Roger Meyers; and Joseph Celli. CTM was founded.....
Hal Leonard, 2006. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Light edge wear. (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). We proudly present the most comprehensive Sinatra songbook ever! Weighing in at more than 400 pages, this deluxe volume features 100 classics performed by Ol' Blue Eyes, plus an informative biography and.....
DK ADULT, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. DESCRIPTION From poverty to power, Hoboken to Hollywood, this story is the embodiment of the American Dream. For over 50 years Frank Sinatra was at the epicenter of American life - his.....
Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 475 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
4AB, n.d. ca. 1969. Trade Paperback. 9 loose color posters, 12 x 16 inches. Posters illustrate lyrics from the 'Doolittle' album. The Pixies were an altenative rock group formed in 1986. This album was their second studio album and was released in 1969. First edition (first printing). Posters are near.....
Schirmer Books, January 1988. Hardcover.
Simon & Schuster, October 2020. Trade Paperback. 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 who gained an.....
Harper & Brothers, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 205 pages. An amateur history of bands and band instruments. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover (a few pages with pencil markings, a bit musty) in a largely intact but torn and tape-repaired dust jacket.
Wesley Webster and others. Ephemera. 44 pieces of sheet music: 30 published by Wesley Webster, San Francisco; 10 published by Arthur H. Stockwell, Inc., London; and 4 published by other companies. Pendleton (1887?- ?), born of a pioneer family, was a California poet and composer who lived and taught in.....
Backbeat Books, May 1998. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). CD sleeve unopened. For every Beatles or Stones, there are hundreds of visionary rock groups who remain unsung heroes. From cult figures such as Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett (the most famous musician included here) to virtually undiscovered.....
Metropolis Graphics, January 1981. Unknown.
Methuen, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. Color and B/W illustrations. 12.25 x 10.25 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Simon & Schuster, 1968. Hardcover. 475 pages. Over 400 B/W illustrations. 'This new, larger, and completely updated version features an outline history of opera and detailed act-by-act summaries and histories of 120 operas.' - from the flyleaf. Thirteenth edition. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. Many full-page color illustrations. Inscribed by the author 'P. K. Merry Christmas 1990 Vincent.' P. K. is Paul Krasner of Jefferson Airplane. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket indented at top and bottom edges.....
Collier Books, 1977. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 137 pages. Numerous large color illustrations. 12 x 9.25 inches. First edition thus. A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 57 pages. Illustrated with B/W photographs and illustrations. Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, Number 9. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Front cover damaged with surface defects.
Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity, 1966. Ephemera. 115 pages plus index. Alpha Xi Delta is a women's fraternity founded in 1893 at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois. Revised edition. Near fine copy in blue cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover. No dust jacket as issued.
Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980. Hardcover. 20 Volume Set. First edition thus. A fine hardcover set. No dust jackets as issued.
Oxford University Press, May 2006. Trade Paperback. Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt. Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive.....
Backbeat, April 2004. Trade Paperback. In this extensively researched ode to scandal, Peter Blecha recounts the travails of musicians who have dared to air "unacceptable" topics. Filled with several centuries' worth of raunchy sex ditties, morbid murder ballads, satanic songs, paeans to intoxication and radical political anthems, this book lays.....
Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 404 pages. B/W photographs. First paperback edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Some browning to pages.
E. C. Schirmer Music Company, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 165 pages. Essay 'Some Notes on 16th Century sacred polyphony.' Music with lyrics by 13 named and 1 unnamed composer. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Donald Martino, 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 27 pages. On verso of title page are the lyrics for the 7 choral pieces. On page 1, following the title page, 'Musical Settings by Donald Martino of Seven Pious Pieces from His Noble Numbers or His Pious Pieces by Robert Herrick.' This.....
Government Printing Office, 1914. Hardcover. 115 pages with 25 black-and-white illustrated plates. Revised and enlarged edition. A very good copy in red cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. Edge and corner wear with spine ends rolled and worn. No dust jacket as issued.