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NY: Chronicle Books, 1997. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. This "book" comprises a portfolio and 8 prints housed in an aluminum box, measuring 15" x 12" x 3", with a piano-hinged top, buckle clasp, and colored image on the top. Inside the box is a portfolio of stiff brown paper, which opens to reveal two pages of background text inside the covers and eight loose, brightly colored prints on stiff paper. The prints are from " event posters commissioned for now-legendary ja... more information

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Chicago: Mercury Records, 1972. 1 LPs (SRM-1-650) - 4 tracks. The iconic 1980s jazz-pop flugelhorn player entertains with four jazz tracks, recorded during a charity concert to raise funds for Flood Relief in August 1972. Inner sleeve is included. Sleeve is rubbed and very slightly edgeworn and has small hole drilled through it, probably indicating a remaindered item. Record is immaculate.. First Edition. Gatefold Sleeve. Fine/Very Good. 12". Stereo. ... more information

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San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 2000. Great Musicians. Influential groups. 1600 recordings reviewed & rated. Illustrated in b&w. Paperbound with no dust jacket in fine condition. Clean inside and out. Tight binding. Very slight edge wear at the bottom edge of the front cover.. Paperbound. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 1/4'' - 9'' Tall. ... more information

Offered by Moody Books Inc (Tennessee, United States) +/-

California: A&M Records, 1975. 1 LPs (SP-4557) - 6 tracks. The iconic 1980s jazz-pop flugelhorn player entertains with six jazz tracks. Inner sleeve is included. Sleeve is rubbed and very slightly edgeworn. Record is immaculate.. First Edition. Single Sleeve. Fine/Very Good. 12". Stereo. ... more information

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Grenoble: Glenat, 2002 SIGNED and dated 'Paris 2003' on the title page by the author Sandrine Balleydier and photographer Fred Bessac, with a warm dedication in French to the great jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy, whose book this was. A small photograph, presumably by Fred Bessac whose wonderful photographs appear throughout the book, is tipped in next to the inscription. In pictorial cloth boards, fine, tight, unmarked. Dust jacket is fine, unclipped, slightly rubbed. A love letter to India and specif... more information

Offered by JazzFirst Books (Ontario, Canada) +/-

USA: Roulette. 1 LP (R 25072) - 11 hits played by Basie and sung by Bennett. Sleeve (colour photo of Basie and Bennett) with liner notes by Barry Ulanov, has some edgewear (with candle drippings to top edge), and bumped corners. Record in VG+ condition, no inner sleeve.. Single Sleeve. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12". HiFi. ... more information

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New York, NY: Stein & Day Publishers. 1972. First Edition. ISBN: 0812814061. Good, few pgs with inked notes in VG DJ; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; DJ. ... more information

Offered by Optical Insights (California, United States) +/-

Time Life Books Music, 1983. 2 LPs (STBB01) and 2pp loose photo-illustrated bio and discography by Jeff Scott. This is the actual LP edition and contains 20 Miller-classics, all his best-loved standards, recorded between 1939 and 1942. Packaged in a colour-illustrated cardboard box, Box has very slight edgewear, and some rubbing. Records are in near mint condition and in static-free sleeves.. Boxed Set. Very Good/Very Good. 12.5 x 12.5". HiFi. ... more information

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USA: Guest Star. 1 LP (GS1402) - 5 Tracks by Basie, and two each by Herman and Hampton. Sleeve (b&w photo of Basie) has slight edgewear, and bumped corners. Record in VG+ condition, no inner sleeve.. Single Sleeve. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12". Stereo. ... more information

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MacMillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. 4th Printing. forword by Frank Sinatra. Profiles of 72 top-ranking bands. xvi, 537pp, 250+ photographs. small discolouration on ffep. A heavy book . ... more information

Offered by East Riding Books (East Yorkshire, United Kingdom) +/-

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company. 1967. ISBN: B0006BRL2I. VG in Good+ DJ, moderate edge wear to DJ; 2nd Ptg; Pink cloth; 8vo; DJ. ... more information

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New York, NY: The MacMillan Company. 1967. First Edition. ISBN: B0006BRL2I. VG in VG DJ, minor edge wear only; INSCRIBED TO BENNY [CARTER] by Leonard [Feather] on ffep; Stated First; Pink cloth; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author. ... more information

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NY: Schirmer Books. Very Good. 1981. Fourth Edition. Softcover. 0028724305 . Foreword by Frank Sinatra. Selective discography, index, many photographs. Price noted on front free endpaper, covers lightly curled and scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. A swingin' look at the golden age of the Big Bands, written in a lively and opinionated style. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 614 pages . ... more information

Offered by Old Saratoga Books (New York, United States) +/-

Blue Note, 1979. 1 LP (LT-991) - Sox tracks by Byrd and sidemen Pepper Adams, Herbie Hancock, Doug Watkins, Eddy Robinson. Although recorded in 1961, this was its first issue. Sleeve (colour graphic) has very slight edgewear, and bumped corners. Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna. Record in near mint condition, in original paper inner sleeve.. Single Sleeve. Fine/Very Good. 12". Stereo. ... more information

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Faber & Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. 1st UK Edition. 346pp, illustrations. . ... more information

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NY Simon & Schuster (1994)., 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. 9.5" x 6" pictorial dj pp: (xii), 352 Index. The jazz legend tells her life story, including many friendships and performance tours with other jazz musicians. Illustrated by 8pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is orig boards. ... more information

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NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 0684837625 . An absorbing biography by jazz diva Cleo Laine. Several pages of photographs. Jacket lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. Index. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 352 pages . ... more information

Offered by Old Saratoga Books (New York, United States) +/-

California: A&M Records, 1975. 1 LPs (SP-4518) - 6 tracks. The iconic 1980s jazz-pop flugelhorn player entertains with six jazz tracks. Inner sleeve is included. Sleeve is rubbed and very slightly edgeworn. Record is immaculate.. First Edition. Single Sleeve. Fine/Very Good. 12". Stereo. ... more information

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Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1989. (first publ 1975 by author). Original Wraps. Near Fine. pp: vii, 287, (5) index; 24pp illus from candid photos of musicians. 8.5" x 5.5 ... more information

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New York: Herndon Press, 1975 A comprehesive biography of Coltrane's life, music and spiritual journey. Very good, in pictorial wraps, spine is creased, light edge wear, bottom fore corner of front wrap is slightly creased, small price label to inside of rear wrap, otherwise, tight, clean, unmarked, a very good copy of an uncommon edition. J509. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by JazzFirst Books (Ontario, Canada) +/-