Music Biography
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Music Biography Books & Ephemera
The Beatles The BBC archives 1962 - 1970
by Kevin Howlett
First Printing 2013 336 pagesvery good condition clean boards pictures of actual book
internal photos and memorabilia
internal photos and memorabilia
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NZ$249.28
Herbert's Golden Harpe or His Heavenly Hymne
by Henry Herbert
A transcription of Huntington Library Manuscript Hm 85
edited by Chauncey Wood
very clean condition no internal markings
edited by Chauncey Wood
very clean condition no internal markings
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NZ$81.02
Hashirim Asher Lish'lomo Volume One
by Salamon Rossi
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1967. First. Hardcover. Good. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. 1967. Volume One. Gray boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Slight wear on corners and some staining on cover. FE contains writing. A few pecil marks in text. Otherwise, tight, clean copy. Thirty-three Psalms, Songs and Hymns for Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight Voices. February box 2024
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NZ$85.11
Elements of Music
by Franklin Peterson
Augener, London, no date noted. 14th hardcover printing. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear and corner bumps, spine nicks at ends, slight rubbing on front cover, musical notations on interior pages, inside front cover has a short note from previous owner, no dust jacket.Book presents the elements of music in a way that is pedagogically clear and comprehensible in an antiquarian way.
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NZ$7.42
The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1
by John Baldwin (ed)
Very good copy. See photos. Signed by the editor, the late John Baldwin. 300 pages. Collector's item. Rare, only 250 copies printed.
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NZ$161.71
Rolling Stone Magazine, Issue 90, September 2,1971 - Bob Dylan / George Harrison Cover story
Good. See photos. About the 1971 Bangla Desh Concert.
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NZ$22.98
John Lennon - My Brother
by JUlia Baird with Geoffrey Guiliano
First paperback printing minor rubbing on edges tight spine no interior markings
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NZ$49.86
Spiel in Moll
by Joachim Von Delbrück
Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1937. Not stated. Paperback. Good -. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1937. Paperback, perfect bound. 198 p. Unpaginated. Covers are foxed and lightly soiled. Color is slightly faded. There is scratching on page edges and the binding is tight but slouched. Front cover falls open easily. Inside pages are unmarked but yellowed and there is a strong “old book” smell. Written in German and printed in a decorative, old-fashioned typeface. Condition GOOD-. April box 2
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NZ$51.07
Transforming Folk: Innovation and Tradition in English Folk-rock Music
by ROBERT G H BURNS
Manchester University Press - Transforming folk Book is like NewEnglish folk - rock, a former progressive rock music style, has emerged since the post - punk era as a world music style that appeals to a broad spectrum of music fans who do not regard issues such as maintenance of authenticity and tradition as key factors in the preservation process. Rock music remains a stimulus for further change in folk music and has enabled English folk - rock to become regarded as popular music by a new audience with...
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NZ$74.53
Trust Me With Your Heart Again
by Norton Stillman
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1971. First printing. Hardcover quarto. VG / G. Red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt stamped lettering and design. Dust jacket has several closed tears. Binding tight, pages square and unmarked with some smudging likely from the printing process. 251pp, 50+ popular songs from the early 20th century. April Box 4
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NZ$17.02
Music
by William Lyon Phelps
E.P. Dutton, 1930. First. Hardcover. Good +. SIGNED copy, stated FIRST EDITION. Cloth binding with ornate, marbled, paper pastedown on cover. Spine is faded and there is fraying on the corners and head/tail. Signed "Your friend" dated 1933. Interior is clean and unmarked. May 2023 box 3
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NZ$42.56
Music (Teach Yourself)
by King Palmer
English Universities Press, London, 1963. 2nd printing. Condition: Very good book in fair dust jacket, book has light bumps at corners, light fading and gift inscription on title page, dust jacket has tearing and creasing, price clipped.From the Teach Yourself series of books.
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NZ$3.68
Bob Dylan - Drei Interviews 1977/78
by Renaldo Charpentier
Good. See photos. Some markings. 2cm tear on lower part of spine.
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NZ$14.47
Without Music
by Dwight Fisk
New York: Thge Chatham Press, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Scott Wison. Very good, clean copy. Tight and square. Stain on back cover. Illustrations throughout. May2023 box 3
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NZ$34.04
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Talkin' Bob Dylan ... [1978]
by Gavin Diddle
Very Good. Nice, clean copy. See photos. 40-page booklet with three interviews from 1978: Matt Damsker, Karen Hughes and Marc Rowland.
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NZ$41.70
Mati & the Music: 52 Record Covers 1955 - 2005 Limited Edition of 500
by Mati Klarwein
Book and Records are as new; only opened to check the contents. Rare recordings by Miles Davis too!
Mati And The Music: 52 Record Covers 1955/2005 contains 52 record covers painted by Mati Klarwein. The book comes packaged with a 2xLP recording of a previously unreleased Miles Davis concert from the Copenhagen show on the 1969 European tour of Bitches Brew.
The show took place on 4 November 1969 and featured a line up of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette.
Mati And... Read more about this item
Mati And The Music: 52 Record Covers 1955/2005 contains 52 record covers painted by Mati Klarwein. The book comes packaged with a 2xLP recording of a previously unreleased Miles Davis concert from the Copenhagen show on the 1969 European tour of Bitches Brew.
The show took place on 4 November 1969 and featured a line up of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette.
Mati And... Read more about this item
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NZ$958.28
Miles Davis
by Ian Carr
Harper, London. 6th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.Ian Carr's book is the perfect counterpoint and corrective to Miles Davis's own brilliant but vitriolic autobiography, providing a balanced portrait of one of the undisputed cultural icons of the 20th century. Carr has talked with the people who knew the man and his music best; and for this edition, updated since Davis's death, he has conducted new interviews with a number of...
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NZ$12.40
Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival
by Colin Harper
Profiles the life and work of Bert Jansch, guitarists' guitarist and songwriters' songwriter. He has been admired by stars as diverse as Bob Dylan, Johnny Marr and Jarvis Cocker, and this book looks at his life from his early days in Scotland to his 1995 album "When the Circus Comes to Town".
As a long-time admirer, I came away with a deeper appreciation of just how remarkable his style was and how influential he would prove to be. Colin Harper has taken the opportunity of using much of the first half of... Read more about this item
As a long-time admirer, I came away with a deeper appreciation of just how remarkable his style was and how influential he would prove to be. Colin Harper has taken the opportunity of using much of the first half of... Read more about this item
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NZ$42.59
Saved! the Gospel Speeches of Bob Dylan (Hanuman Book No. 36)
by Bob Dylan
Good. See photos. Collector's item. Rare.
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NZ$212.78
Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making
by Gabriel Solis
University of California Press, 2008. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz's greatest and most enigmatic figures. As a composer, pianist, and bandleader, Monk both extended the piano tradition known as Harlem stride and was at the center of modern jazz's creation during the 1940s, setting the stage for the experimentalism of the 1960s and '70s. This pathbreaking study combines cultural theory, biography, and...
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NZ$37.33
Bob Dylan. Der Fremde.
by du. 2001/05. Die Zeitschrift der Kultur
Good. See photos. The May issue 2001 of DU, the "magazine of culture" about Bob Dylan. Lots of photos in color. In German.
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NZ$41.70
Kate Bush: an Illustrated Biography
by KERTON, Paul
London: Proteus Publishing, October 1980. First Edition. Thin card wraps. Very good. 4to (27.5cm x 21cm). Pictorial card wraps. pp. 114 with many colour and b&w illustrations. True first, with no mention of later reprints. Some crease marks to rear cover, a previous owner has added neatly in pen to the list of albums on p. 110, the LP 'Never for Ever', and its release date. Otherwise a bright, sound copy, binding firm.
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NZ$132.24
A Thematic Index to the Works of Salamon Rossi
by Joel Newman and Fritz Rikko
Hackensack, NJ: Joseph Boonin, Inc ., 1972. Hardcover. Fine. Joseph Boonin, Inc. Hackensack, NJ, 1972. Hardcover in Fine condition with no dust jacket. Extremely rare index of collected works of Salamon (“Salamone”) Rossi, early 17th century Italian Jewish composer. Includes facsimile reproductions of original title page, dedication, contents, sample music page, as well as contents and incipits (canto part) and locations of all extant copies and later editions of Rossi’s works. April Box 4
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NZ$85.11
Bob Dylan Sonderausgabe - Zeitschrift Popular 1
Very good. See photos. A special edition of music magazine Popular 1. In German. 1978 Special Dylan Issue with poster. 40 pages.
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NZ$16.17
