NY: Scribner's, 1980. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: xxi, 399, index; 24pp illus from photographs. Includes discography and bibliography. Issued simultaneously in cloth. Dance tells the story of Basie's big band in the words of the musicians who played in it. 9" x 6". ... more information

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Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1988. First Thus. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: lxix, 360, index; 32 plates (5 in color), colored map. Recalls the experiences of a frontier "showboat" family, the Bryants, who entertained folks on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in the early 1900s. Son Billy, the author, was a friend of George M. Cohan's. 6.75"x 4.5 ... more information

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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Fine/Fine. pp: ix, 422 This comprehensive account is based on interviews with several hundred people, including Holly's widow. Frontispiece and 32pp illustrations from photos. 9.5" x 6.25". ... more information

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NY: Flash Books, 1977. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 78pp; frequent illus from photographs. Has discography. This biography of the folk songwriter/singer, then 38, looks at her "career, accomplishments, politics, music, and life.". 10" x 7". ... more information

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NY St. Martin's Press (1995)., 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Gift inscription on endpaper, else in fine condition. 9.5" x 6.25" pictorial dj pp: ix, 422 This comprehensive account is based on interviews with several hundred people, including Holly's widow. The endpaper gift-inscription is rendered less objectionable by its reference to the recipient as "one of Orange's Big Boppers.". Illustrated by frontis and 32pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding i... more information

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Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005. First Edition. Original boards. Fine/Fine. Illus from photographs. pp: xiii, 354, index; 16pp illus from photographs. This biography celebrates the centennial of Dorsey's birth, looking at his career as trombonist and bandleader, his eccentric lifestyle, etc. 9.5" x 6.5". ... more information

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Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1995. First US Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 558pp, indices; 16pp illustrations. 9.25" x 6.25 Charpentier, the French composer of about 550 pieces, notably oratorio and vocal music, died in 1704 and was rediscovered after World War II, nearly three centuries past his heyday. This biography traces his life, analyzes his work, and includes a complete catalog of his compositions along with an extensive bibliography. ... more information

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NY Harmony Books (1984)., 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket near fine condition. 9.25" x 6.25" pictorial dj pp: xvi, 269. Illustrated by 32pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is cloth/boards. ... more information

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Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. pp: xx, 348, index; remainder mark on lower edge. Davis takes a lively look at a wide range of jazz musicians from Billie Holiday to Ornette Coleman to Sun Ra. 9.25" x 6 ... more information

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NY: Galahad Books, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. Approx 280pp, unpaginated; illus throughout. This scrapbook of photographs from Condon's jazz career has a two-page foreword by John Steinbeck. 10.25" x 10". ... more information

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NY: Gramercy Books, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xx, 140; illus throughout, some color. Comprises contemporary photos, articles, reviews, sheet music, posters, etc. "such as George himself might have kept." Includes pieces by Alexander Woollcott, Paul Whiteman, Dubose Heyward, and others, several by Gershwin himself. 10.25" x 8.25". ... more information

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Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. 96pp; text illus from photographs. Profiles 20 blues musicians, including: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie, Big Joe Williams, Son House, Buddy Guy, and 15 more. The original cd, in an unopened plastic pouch inside the back cover, contains 10 tracks, including: Every Day I Have the Blues; That's All Right; The Thrill Is Gone; Goin' Back to Memphis; and six more. 7.25" x 7.25". ... more information

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NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 310pp. 8" x 5.5 This is a presentation copy, signed by Max Winkler in 1956. An immigrant from the Carpathians, Winkler arrived penniless in New York at age 18. He lived on the Lower East Side, got a job in the basement of Fischer's music store, and eventually founded Belwyn, Inc., which became one of the world's largest music-publishing firms. Along the way, Winkler met many major composers, worked in Hollywood, etc... more information

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NY: St. Martin's, 1984. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. Thumb-size chip from rear panel of dust jacket, else very good. pp: xii, 402, index.; text illus from photographs. 9.5" x 6.25". ... more information

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NY Henry Holt (1997)., 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket near fine condition. 9.5" x 6.25" pictorial dj pp: xv, 654 Bibliography and index. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and McCartney's archives. Illustrated by 24pp illus from photographs. 1st US Edition. Binding is orig boards. ... more information

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NY Oxford University Press 1992., 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.75" pictorial dj 204pp Includes a bibliography and a discography of Mahalia Jackson's recordings on four labels and her CBS radio program. Illustrated by frontis and 16pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is orig boards. ... more information

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NY: Summit Books, 1991. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 498pp, index; 16pp illus from photographs. Also issued in cloth. 9" x 6". ... more information

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NY: W.W. Norton, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xxi, 281 Has index; text illus from photographs. 8.5" x 5.75". ... more information

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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: xi, 212. A long, photo-illustrated biography precedes the words and music to 14 of Janis Joplin's most popular songs. 10.75" x 8.25 Includes the laid-in, flexible red lp record, which is often missing from other copies of this book. The record is detached from the binding and has a small ding in it.... more information

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NY: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus by the author. 72pp; illus throughout in color. Garcia calls this book "auto-apocrypha, full of my anecdotes" about his childhood in San Francisco in the 1940s. 9.25" x 8.5". ... more information

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