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New York: Jay Street Publishers, 2002. Fascinating and important study of how Jewish musicians, a minority in America, have so dominated American popular music. Think of Kern, Gershwin, Bernstein, and others. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. White cloth binding with black lettering. Clean text; 355 pages. The author has SIGNED and INSCRIBED the Title Page. In addition, an errata correction has been made by the author on the RFEP. In an archival plastic protector. Rather scarce. Size: 64mo - up to 3" tall. Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Los Angeles: Robert E. Peterson/Trend Books, 1958. Leonard Feather (1914-1994), himself a jazz pianist, became athe most well-known and respected journalist and critic of the jazz scene. This is a Good only copy of the First Edition. An uncommon to scarce title. Large format paperbound illustrated with many great photographs. There is no publication date, but the list of "Downbeat" winners stops at 1958. Clean text, very bright and clear, but the cover is fragile, with chips and cello tape repairs.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Printing [stated]. Not a common title. Bright blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 314 pages. Illustrated with photographs by Kahn. Hints of rub/sun to edges; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket has been clipped; some light wrinkles at the head and foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Ltd, 1932. Gilbert first collected his early verses in 1868 (and more completely in 1898), but the collections did not contain all, and many more have come to light. Here is a collection of thirty-three light verses, a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First [Trade] Edition [stated "First Published September, 1932" and "Of this First Edition a limited number of copies are issued with hand-coloured illustrations"]. Green textured cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 127 pages of a stiff card stock. Index of first lines and list of titles. Hints of rub only to the bottom margins; some tiny, faint marks to the front cover. Spotting to the page ends and occasionally throughout. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector.. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Townley Searle. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. The ragtime pianist Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) was an important figure in American musical history. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition (stated).. Black cloth binding with titling on the spine and front cover in pink and mauve. Clean text; 318 pages. Two Appendices omprise pages 265-318. Endpapers are a map of New Orleans/Storyville. A sold copy, but some spots of white residue on the front cover (label removal?). In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. Illus. by David Stone Martin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1946. One of the great books of Jazz history. In 2013 Tablet Magazine included it as one of their "101 Great Jewish Books," It is the autobiography of clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow (1899-1972), who was as famous for his drug life as he was for the historic jazz sessions with Sidney Bechet - to the extent that his name became slang for marijuana.This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition [stated "First Printing"]. Blue cloth binding with white lettering. 388 pages, indexed, and with several appendices, including a Hipster glossary. Mildly bumped and lightly soiled; light rub to the margins; spine faded a bit. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. . First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. The autobiography of one of the most important innovators of Twentieth-Century American Classical Music (also known as "Jazz"). John Birks Gillespie's virtuoso career spanned the end of Swing, through BeBop, Cool Jazz, and on to Ethnic/World Music. Diz (1917-1993) was an incredible influence, and his compositions ("Night in Tunisia," "Salt Peanuts," et.al.) remain standards today. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Orange paper-covered boards with a blue cloth spine titled in gilt. Clean text; xix, 552 pages. Indexed. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs. This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Diz on the front paste-down, dated in 1983. Lightly bumped, with a bit of rub and minor fade to the spine. The dustjacket is complete but clipped (with a torn price-tag on the rear panel. Spine is darkened and there is considerable chipping at the margins. In an archival plastic protector.. First… Read More