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The Golden Age of Jazz (Signed)
by GOTTLEIB, William F.
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- Published
- 1979
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- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671247300
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$45.00
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NY: Fireside, 1979. Bound in stiff, glossy illustrated wraps. Some yellowing to extremes. This copy is inscribed and signed to a fellow alumnus of Lehigh University. Tight, clean copy -- hundreds of black and white photos of the Giants of Jazz. 158 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾"… Read more
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Dizzy: John Birks Gillespie in His 75th Year
by TANNER, Lee
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- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781566403962
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$12.00
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California: Pomegranate, 1993. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine; is in fine condition as is the dustwrapper. 86 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 11" X 8 1/2".
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Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (MisicHound)
by HOLTJE, Steve,. Editor
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- Published
- 1998
- Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781578590315
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$22.00
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Michigan: Visible Ink Press, 1998. Bound in decorated glossy wraps that house and includes a jazz CD in rear of volume. Pages show slight splaying and occasional wear to extremes. 1390 pgs. Great Reference work. . First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 9 1/2".
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Den Gyllene Cirkeln : Jazzen på 1960-talet
by Abrahamsson, Åke
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- Published
- 2002
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9789151839899
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$295.00
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Stockholm: Prisma, 2002. Bound in black boards, stamped in gold with matching illustrated dust jacket. This is a 216 pp. book of Jazz History in Stockholm in the 1960's. CD included in pocket at rear. Rare -- no copies on the internet or on OCLC. In terrific condition. Text mostly in Swedish, some English.… Read more
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Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists
by Gourse, Leslie
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- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780195086966
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$12.00
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U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1995. Bound in 3/4 blue boards with sage cloth spine with green lettering to spine. Dustwrapper shows minor wear to extremes. 273 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Sidney Bechet
by Zammarchi, Fabrice
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- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9782850183058
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$47.50
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Paris: Filipacchi, 1989. Bound in white patterned boards, stamped in black with matching dust jacket. A great book on the Jazz musician with extensive discography. 147 pp. Loads of B&W pictures. Text in French. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Jazz Man - the Amazing Story of Ronnie Scott and His Club
by FORDHAM, John
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- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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$75.00
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London: Kyle Cathie, 1995. Bound in black glossy illustrated boards. This is the first Kyle Cathie printing (the original first edition was published nine years earlier). A scarce 198 pp. book on the life of the jazz musician. . First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Claxography: The Art of Jazz Photography
by Claxton, William;Gavin, James
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- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9783926048677
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$65.00
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Kiel, Germany: Nieswand, 1995. Bound in gray boards, stamped in blue and gold. A handsome copy of this 132 pp. book of photographs of jazz musicians. Black and white photos throughout. Printed in Germany. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Combo, USA: Eight Lives in Jazz
by BLESH, Rudi
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- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780801952500
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$16.00
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Radnor, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Chilton Book Co, 1971. Closed tear to top of front panel of dust jacket. Overall, a tight, clean copy in respectable dust jacket. 240 pp. Vignettes of 8 Jazz Musicians, including Armstrong, Bechet, Teagarden, Lester Young, et al.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.
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New York Notes: A Journal of Jazz, 1972-1975
by BALLIETT, Whitney
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- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780395242964
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$15.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Small store sticker on front flap of DW; 250pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.
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Victims of the Latest Dance Craze
by EADY, Cornelius
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- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780941240024
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$14.00
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Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985. "Lamont Poetry Selection for 1985" with card laid-in; black & white illustrations; 52pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by MICKLEM, Susan.
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Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920's
by DOUGLAS, Ann
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- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Third Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374116200
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$16.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. Black and white plates; 606pp.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel in Blues and Swing
by CROUCH, Stanley
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- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780375409325
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$17.00
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Author's first novel; 546pp. The book had good review when published. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Rubout at the Onyx
by JEFFERS, H. Paul
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- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780899190464
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$14.00
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New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. Jazz mystery; 178pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.
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New Hot Discography: The Standard Directory of Recorded Jazz
by DELAUNAY, Charles
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- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
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$22.00
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New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1948. Edited by Walter E. Schaap & George Avakian; bound in black buckram, with faded lettering, sans DW; ex D.J. Harry Dumackus's copy w/notes, underlining, and some marginalia; 608pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Duke Ellington
by ULANOV, Barry
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- Published
- 1946
- Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Second Printing
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$16.00
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New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., 1946. Bound in black cloth, sans DW; black & white plates; previous owners name and date on ffep. and some pencil marginalia; 322pp.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
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Shining Trumpets: A History of Jazz
by BLESH, Rudi
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- Published
- 1946
- Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
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$17.00
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New York: Knopf, 1946. Bound in yellow, decorated cloth, sans DW; black & white plates; musical examples, as referred to in the text; previous owners name and date penned on ffep., and some marginalia; 361+ pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
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The Story of Jazz
by HARRIS, Rex
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- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- Reprint
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$17.50
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. "The Listener's Music Library"; foreword by Thomas K. Scherman; afterword and discography by Sheldon Meyer; 280pp. A tight, clean copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
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They All Came To See Me.*... *Willie Restum of Allentown, Pa., That is!
by RESTUM, Willie
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- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- VG++
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- First Edition
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$25.00
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Allentown, PA: ???, 1986. "As told to Paul Willistein"; Celebrity pictures from the '40s, '50s, and '60s; Black & white photos; sticker residue on back cover132pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Jazz Scene
by FOX, Charles
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- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780600021193
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$18.00
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LONDON: Hamlyn, 1972. Illustrated with color and black & white photos by Valerie Wilmer; 127pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++ Price-Clipped. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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