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By: Anderson, George ('Cyclos')
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London, Horace Cox: 1868
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 021117
Condition: Good
vii + 71pp, 5 full page diagrams, 3 full page drawings, illustrations in text. Blind-stamped covers, gilt titling to front, some fraying/rubbing to edges, general ageing to contents, a few marks and creases, front hinge slightly weak but quite secure, pencilled owner's name to title page, binding tight. Overall a Good copy of a scarce title. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, CW Beaumont: 1925
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 022201
Condition: Near Very Good
174pp, indexes, drawings. Ornate cover design, based on an Elizabethan Wood Carving, half-bound in cream cloth over patterned boards, spine and title label dulled, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, general ageing to contents, overall a near VG copy. View more info
Price: £40.00
Publisher: New York, D Appleton and Company: 1925
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022781
Condition: Very Good
xiv + 470pp, 4 colour plates, 78 illustrations. Gilt on green boards, light edge rubs, general ageing to contents, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped with loss, hole to front flyleaf where price removed, small area of staining to spine head, to be supplied in a removable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Bantock, Myrrha
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, JM Dent & Sons Ltd: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021683
ISBN: 0460039717
Condition: Very Good
xi + 203pp, index, list of principal works, 16pp illustrations, music examples and line drawings in text, top edge of pages coloured green. Black boards, light ageing only, a VG copy in a near VG (small corner loss, price-clipped) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Broonzy, William (as Told to) Bruynoghe, Yannick / Dance, Stanley (Foreword)
Price: £500.00
Publisher: London, Cassell & Co: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 018359
Condition: Very Good
xii + 139pp, index, discography, 8pp photographs plus frontispiece, 4 drawings by Paul Oliver. Gilt on brown boards, light foxing mainly to endpapers, occasional minor marks, overall a VG tight copy in a Good (edge chipped/tears with small losses, general browning/minor marks to rear panel, not price-clipped, to be supplied in a removeable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. Signed 'Big Bill Broonzy' on 1/2 title page. Very scarce. View more info
By: Bythell, Duncan
Price: £10.00
Publisher: North Yorkshire, Muker Silver Band: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016950
Condition: Very Good
60pp, illustrations, 4pp in colour. Small softback, a VG clean tight copy. View more info
By: Campbell, Alex
Price: £24.00
Publisher: Essex, Folk Scene Publications Ltd: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 019156
Condition: Very Good
55pp, illustrations, scores and words to a number of songs. Softback, illustrated card covers, light general wear, ageing to page edges, overall a VG copy. Personalised gift dedication from the author to title page. View more info
By: Caress, Jay
Price: £10.00
Publisher: New York, Stein and Day: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022745
ISBN: 0812825837
Condition: Very Good
xiii + 253pp, index, discography, 14pp illustrations. Quarter-bound in red cloth over grey boards, slight bumping to upper corners, general light ageing, a VG copy in a Good (spine faded, edge chipped with losses) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Carnegy, Patrick
Price: £18.00
Publisher: USA, Yale University Press: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022333
ISBN: 0300106955
Condition: Very Good
xviii + 461pp, index, bibliography, notes, illustrations. Black boards, light wear only, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Coller, Derek
Price: £25.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Jazzology Press: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 018511
ISBN: 0963889044
Condition: Good
296pp, cd in pocket at rear, indexes, discography, 12 appendices, illustrations. Softback, creasing to upper front corner of rear cover and adjacent pages, minor marking to edges, otherwise light reading wear only. A Good tight copy. Signed by author to 1/2 title: 'With Best Wishes, Derek Coller'. View more info
By: Edwards, Virginia Davis / Edwards, William B (Editor)
Price: £40.00
Publisher: USA, Conspiracy Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 030055
ISBN: 0962837202
Condition: Near Very Good
iv + 567pp, index, endnotes, bibliography, illustrated. Black cloth boards, gilt titling and design, bumping to lower front corners, slight foxing to contents, overall a near VG copy, no dustwrapper, presumably as issued. Heavy book, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost. View more info
By: Elgar, Edward / with an Introduction and Brief Notes By WR Mitchell
Price: £10.00
Publisher: North Yorkshire, W.R. Mitchell: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021880
ISBN: 1871064120
Condition: Very Good
24pp. Card covers, slight corner creasing, very slight sunning to spine, a VG copy. View more info
By: Escott, Colin (With George Merritt and William MacEwen)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Little Brown & Co: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 019351
ISBN: 0316249866
Condition: Very Good
xii + 307pp, index, discography, sources, map, 16pp plates. Quarter-bound in black over tan boards, light wear only, a VG clean tight copy in (colour fading to spine) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Fell, John L / Vinding, Terkild
Price: £30.00
Publisher: USA, Scarecrow Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022728
ISBN: 0810835630
Condition: Very Good
xvi + 237pp, index, bibliography, 5 appendices. Black boards, VG copy in dustwrapper. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £22.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018508
Condition: Very Good
38pp + 8pp index, printed one side only. Spiral bound publication, card covers, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries, occasional note) otherwise a VG tight copy. Scarce. Discography. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £22.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1997
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 018509
Condition: Very Good
24pp + 7pp index, printed one side only. Spiral bound publication, card covers, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries, occasional note) otherwise a VG tight copy. Scarce. Discography. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £45.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1997
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 018550
Condition: Very Good
3 volume set. Volume 1: 1997 first revised edition. 68pp + 7pp index. Volume 2: 2001 second revised edition. 70pp + 11pp index. Volume 3: 2001 second revised edition. 59pp + 13pp index. All volumes printed single side only, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries) primarily to volume 1 otherwise light wear only, a VG set. Heavy books, extra shipping may be required to non-UK address. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £20.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018551
Condition: Very Good
28pp + 7pp index. Green card covers, stapled publication with black tape spine, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries) otherwise light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £25.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1999
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 018552
Condition: Very Good
40pp + 8pp index. Pink card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), minor mark to front cover, otherwise light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £20.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018564
Condition: Very Good
56pp + 8pp index. Blue card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £20.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018565
Condition: Very Good
16pp + 2pp index, 14pp + 3pp index. Blue card covers, spiral-bound publication, some pencilled annotation (mainly ticks alongside entries), light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £25.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1996
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 019294
Condition: Very Good
47pp listings plus 13pp index (single-sided printing). Spiral bound publication, pencilled annotation throughout (mainly ticks but also additional entries and amendments to book). View more info
By: Garrod, Charles
Price: £20.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1990
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 019302
Condition: Very Good
24pp + 4pp index at rear (single-sided printing). Card covers, occasional annotation (ticks, additional tracks to discography), overall a VG copy. View more info
By: Garrod, Charles / Johnston, Peter
Price: £25.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Joyce Record Club: 1996
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 019309
Condition: Very Good
76pp + 11pp index (single-sided printing). Spiral bound publication, pencilled annotation throughout (mainly ticks alongside entries). View more info
By: Gedminas, Antanas / Gudynas, Pranas / Kuzminskis, Jonas / Stauskas, Petras
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Vilnius, Vaga: 1983
Seller ID: 020417
Condition: Very Good
31pp + 429 illustrations, many in colour, some folding. 4pp biography in Lithuanian / Russian / English / French / German. Yellow cloth boards, bumping to edges in 2 places, gift inscription to 1/2 title, overall a VG copy in (slight edge browning) dustwrapper. A study of the Lithuanian painter and composer MK Ciurlionis, 1875 - 1911. Edition not stated. View more info
By: Gold, Harry / Preface By John Dankworth, Edited By Roger Cotterrell
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Northway Publications: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018558
ISBN: 0953704009
Condition: Very Good
xvi + 207pp, index16pp illustrations. Softback, slight bumping to upper front corner, slight colour fading to spine, overall a VG clean tight copy. View more info
By: Haas, Michael
Price: £20.00
Publisher: USA, Yale University Press: 2013
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 019099
ISBN: 0300154305
Condition: Very Good
xii + 358pp, index, bibliography, notes, not illustrated. Black boards, an excellent clean tight copy in dustwrapper. Signed by the author on title page. View more info
By: Harvey, Chas. (Editor) / Foreword By Charles Delaunay
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Spearman Publishers Ltd in Conjunction with the American Jazz Society: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018401
Condition: Good
iv + 112pp, 8pp photographs by Bill Gottleib. Red paper spine over brown boards. Slight surface rubbing to spine, otherwise light wear only. General light ageing to contents, slight creasing to front endpaper, overall a Good+ copy in a Fair-to-Good (spine internally repaired, a few edge tears, small loss overall, to be supplied in a removeable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. A collection of 14 fictional stories with a jazz connection. Undated, but is 1948 1st edition (ref British Library). View more info
By: Heath, Charles
Price: £150.00
Publisher: London, David Bogue:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021662
Condition: Good
xiv + 160pp, 10 tissue-guarded plates, drawings in text. Brown boards, gilt titling and decoration, spine dulled, slight fraying to spine head/tail, some edge rubs/bumps, general foxing to contents, owner's name to front endpaper and 1/2 title page. Some plates showing signs of looseness, but all are still well attached, one plate is reinforced with (aged) white tape, so not a recent repair. Overall a Good copy. Undated, the plates are dated 1844, the British Library dates the book as 1845. View more info
By: Laubich, Arnold / Spencer, Ray
Price: £20.00
Publisher: USA, The Scarecrow Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022783
ISBN: 0810815826
Condition: Near Very Good
xxviii + 330pp, 4 appendices, chronological discography. Gilt on maroon cloth boards, light ageing, some light pencilled annotation to discography, and notes to rear endpaper, a near VG copy, no dustwrapper. View more info
By: Matthews, Colin
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Faber Music Ltd: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021262
ISBN: 0571519210
Condition: Very Good
51pp. Large softback, light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: McDevitt, Chas (Forewords By Mark Knopfler, George Harrison and Joe Brown)
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Robson Books Ltd: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018400
ISBN: 1861051409
Condition: Very Good
xxiii + 294pp, index, bibliography, illustrations. Blue boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. A first-hand account of the Skiffle phenomenon from its formative days in jazz clubs and coffee bars to international acclaim in places such as the Royal Festival Hall. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Hertfordshire, Elgar Editions: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020397
ISBN: 0953708276
Condition: Very Good
viii + 440pp, index, sources, references, 2 appendices, illustrations. Gilt on green boards, an excellent copy in dustwrapper. View more info
Price: £24.00
Publisher: Hertfordshire, Elgar Editions: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020883
ISBN: 0953708276
Condition: Very Good
viii + 440pp, index, sources, references, 2 appendices, illustrations. Gilt on green boards, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper. View more info
By: Mezzrow, Milton 'Mezz' / Wolfe, Bernard
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Musicians Press: 1946
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 018393
Condition: Good
388pp, index, glossary. Grey boards, slight edge rubbing, a few minor marks, owner's name and bookseller's stamp to front endpaper, general ageing to contents, overall a Good copy in a Good (edge chipped with small losses mainly to spine head/tail and corners, browning to edges, to be supplied in a removeable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. Autobiography, in a rich, racy American idiom, of the well-known jazz musician. View more info
By: Ogasapian, John
Price: £10.00
Publisher: U.S.A., The Organ Historical Society: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: R14812
ISBN: 0913499129
Condition: Good
x + 244pp, index, bibliography, illustrations. Mauve boards, light wear only, pencilled note indicating that this book was received from the author to front endpaper Page 220 is blank in book, the printed version in loosely inserted, otherwise a VG tight copy. No dustwrapper, possibly as issued. Biography of Edward Hodges, covering his early life in Bristol to his marriage, Trinity and the Church Choral Society to his illness and final years. Scarce. View more info
By: Parsons, Mary
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Worcester, Osborne Books Ltd: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021155
ISBN: 1872962955
Condition: Near Very Good
vii + 136pp, index, bibliography, appendix, illustrations. Softback, slight creasing to front cover and title page (from a paper clip) otherwise light wear only. View more info
By: Phibbs, Joseph
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Faber Music Ltd: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021263
ISBN: 0571520383
Condition: Very Good
81pp. Large format softback, light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Rayson, Ethel
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, William Reeves: 1916
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022149
Condition: Very Good
viii + 64pp, index, 4 plates. Brown cloth boards, gilt titling, Foyles label to front pastedown, light foxing, a VG copy. View more info
By: Reich, Howard / Gaines, William
Price: £16.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Da Capo Press Inc: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021782
ISBN: 0306812096
Condition: Very Good
xiv + 288pp, index, 3 appendices, notes, 16pp illustrations. Quarter-bound in yellow over brown boards, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper. View more info
Price: £120.00
Publisher: London, Simon & Schuster Ltd: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 019374
ISBN: 0743231848
Condition: Very Good
337pp, not illustrated. Grey boards, uneven ageing to contents, 2 sections of the text have browned more than the rest, overall a VG copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription to title page reads:- 'To Tessa, Sting :)'. Scarce signed copy by the lead singer of The Police. First impression of the first edition, complete number line present. View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Birmingham, Birmingham City Council: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020242
Condition: Very Good
56pp, notes and references, 4 appendices, black and white photographs. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Vail, Ken
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Vail Publishing: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018437
ISBN: 0952228718
Condition: Very Good
368pp, illustrated with photographs, posters etc.. A month by month chronology of Duke Ellington's life from his opening at Harlem's famous Cotton Club in December 1927 to his orchestra's extended European tour in 1950. Large softback, corner crease to final page otherwise a VG, possibly unread, copy. Scarce. View more info
By: Wolfe, Charles K / Rosenberg, Neil V
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Germany, Bear Family Records: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 019553
ISBN: 3924787123
Condition: Very Good
65pp, illustrated, Contents include a Biographical Sketch; An Overview of the Decca Sessions, 1950-1958; Song Notes; Discographies (Chronological and Numerical). Also included is a loose double-sided Discography Update (slightly edge creased). Small softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Scarce. View more info
By: Woodhouse, Harry
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Cornwall, Cornish Hillside Publications: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018095
ISBN: 1900147076
Condition: Very Good
viii + 115pp, index, 4 appendices, bibliography, illustrated, Light wear only, a VG clean tight copy. View more info
