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Warsaw, Poland: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1951. Facsimile. Paperback. Good. Oblong 4to (11"x13.5"). 41pp. Preface text in English, French, Russian and Polish, followed by facsimile manuscript scores. Heavily chipped paper over spine, binding/sewing weak. Edgewear, lightly creased corners. Covers and interior toned.

New York: Roaring Fork Press, 1970. First edition. Looseleaf paper. Very Good. Square (9.5"x9.5"). 12 of 14 sections, loose (box designates 15 sections, the 15th of which was not included). Light toning, very light edgewear, flexi-discs apparently fine and unused (by visual inspection only). Missing S1: the assemble-yourself-box designed by Robert Smith (meant to hold all sections) and S8: The Lennon Diary 1969/Diary of the Future. Present sections include: S2: British Knickers/Ossie Clark (sewing pattern), S3: order form, S4: The Gay Atomic Coloring Book/Eduardo Paolozzi (drawings), S5: Twenty Four Page book/Amaya, Instone, Finch, Robinson, Lucie-Smith and Ballard (essays and fiction), S6 and S7: Souvenir no. 1 and Souvenir no. 2/Peter Blake (pop art), S9: folder that encloses 2 flexi-discs/33rpm (text from Ono, Lennon, Tavener and Logue), S10: flexi-disc/Ono and Lennon, S11: flexi-disc/Tavener and Logue, S12: Europa & Her Bull/John Furnival (fold-out poster), S13: Wave/rock, Ian Hamilton Finlay… Read More

PictureBox Inc, 2006. No additional printing indicated. Softcover. Fine. 4to. Unpaginated. All pictures/collages, no text. Created by the band Black Dice. Color photographs/collages throughout.

Tokyo, Japan: Improvised Music from Japan, 2003. First edition. Softcover. VG. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. Exterior of wraps lightly scuffed. General wear to extremities. Text in both English and Japanese. B/W pictures throughout. DOES NOT INCLUDE CD. Excellent articles and interviews with contemporary radical Japanese musicians. Featuring such artists as Ami Yoshida, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshide, Aki Onda, and many others.

Newton, NJ: Rock Chapel Press, 1988. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 341pp. Illustrated paper covers (Robert Crumb). Light shelfwear: light scuffs, laminate starting to wrinkle at fore-edge, corners rubbed. Lightly soiled textblock edges. Erased pencil marks to ffep. B&W frontis, B&W plates.

Milan, Italy: Gio. Riccordi, 1831. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong (13.25"x9.75"). Rebound in dark green and blue. Shelfwear. Corners scuffed. Original front cover shows more wear than rest of book, with small tears and a bit of a crumpled look. This cover is only page to show signs of repair patching. Foxing throughout. Instances of double page numbers from original, first edition printing plates. Song book for pianist and singer. Rebound for the private library of music educator and vocalist, Frank Edwinn. Text in Italian.

Rowan Press, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. 99pp. Simple blue wraps lightly scuffed. Edge of text block foxed. One page formerly dog-earred. An interesting and scarce book. The title is pretty self-explanatory, the Kelly examines song lyrics in six differently themed chapters.

Los Angeles, CA: Price Stern Sloan, 1989. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Good +. Small 8vo. 176pp. Covers lightly scuffed with creasing to edges. Inscribed by Cherie on inside of front cover. Reads, "To Lori with love, Cherie Currie." Currie's tale of fast teenage living playing while playing with the Runaways.

London, UK: William Reeves Bookseller Ltd, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (9"x6"). Navy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine. Color frontis. B&W illustrations. Spotting to upper joint & fore-edge. Light creasing from head to tail of the upper cover cloth. Tail corners bumped. First/last pages & textblock edges foxed. Missing dust jacket.

Encinitas, CA: Entwhistle Books, 2000. Second edition. Softcover. VG-. 8vo. 206pp. Illustrated wraps. Front cover gently creased along fore edge and is warping away from the text block, especially at the corners. Crease along lower joint. Written by founder and editor of Crawdaddy! Magazine.

Kent, England: Felix Aeppli/Record Information Services, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to (9"x11.5"). 607pp. Red paper-covered boards with silver-stamped decoration to upper cover. No dust jacket as issued. Textblock edges slightly toned.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1963. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good -. 8vo. 897pp. Green cloth covered boards. Endpapers and edges lightly foxed and soiled. Price-clipped Dj. foxed along edges with chipping to edges of spine. Contains notation of musical examples throughout.

New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1989. No add'tl ptg. indicated. Hardcover. VG/No dustjacket. 8vo. 408 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on upper board and spine. Foxing to head of text block. A few light spots of scuffing to lower board, else fine. "Includes traditional music from Britain and Ireland, mostly from the late 19th century to the present (1989). Also includes reprints of numerous earlier works, works from North America related to British or Irish music (if the British or Irish materials are referred to), and items from fields such as musical archaeology, the prehistory of music, and mythology. Has some unpublished dissertations and theses, and instrumental tutors." Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 807. Music research and information guides; vol. 11.

Power City Press / Smog Veil Records, 2010. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 159pp. Pictorial covers lightly scuffed. Joints creased with a spot of soiling to upper cover. Inscribed by author with accompanying doodle.