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1938WRCLIT76284Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1938. Cloth. Mild tanning at edges and endsheet gutters but very good in good rather shelfworn dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book a fictionalization of the meteoric troubled career of Bix Beiderbecke. Michael Curitz directed the 1950 film adaptation based on a screenplay by Carl Foreman and Edmund North and Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall Doris Day Hoagy Carmichael and Juano Hernandez starred. A Houghton Mifflin Fellowship novel. HANNA 179. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
12780Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Typed letter signed from the popular American actress and singer to Mr. Edward Sothern Hipp. Â Bailey thanks Hipp for his positive review of her book The Raw Pearl in the Newark News. Â Dated September 30 1968 and signed "Pearl." Â Letter creases with very slight tears and discoloration to the edges; otherwise in fine condition. Â 8.5 x 11 inches. unknown books
1941016504Dec 20 1940; February 21. 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps very good. . Dec 20, 1940; February 21 paperback books
1955WRCLIT83426Los Angeles: Warner Bros 1955. Twelve full color 8 x 10" glossy color stills with cut-lines. Slightly curled with some minoir darkening to the borders. but very good. A set 1-12 of the color stills used in promoting the film based on Richard L. Breen's screenplay. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as Pete Kelly a Kansas City trumpter and band leader along with Janet Leigh Edmond O'Brien Peggy Lee a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald et al. The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. Warner Bros unknown books
198944770New York: Oxford University Press 1989. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24cm; black paper and blue-gray cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in silver and metallic pink on spine; dustjacket; xviii9197pp. Textblock sagging faint foxing to upper edge of textblock with sunning to lower edge of front board; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped with modest shelfwear and a hint of sunning to spine; Very Good. Second volume in Schuller's monumental The History of Jazz documenting the swing era. Oxford University Press unknown books
195323564New Orleans: New Orleans Jazz Club 1953-1959. First Edition. Wraps. Very good . 8vo. Wraps most saddle-stapled. Condition very good overall. Many folded for mailing; others toned; several with handwritten notes or prices. Most issues 16-30 pages. An overall clean and presentable set. Includes: Vol. 4 Nos. 1 January 1953 and 6 June 1953; Vol. 7 Nos. 5/6 May-June 1956 and 7-8 July-August 1956; and Vol. 9 Nos. 5/6 May-June 1959. <br/><br/>Jazz fan magazine issue via mailorder by the New Orleans Jazz Club. Consists of critical articles on jazz culture and accounts of jazz news both local and national. Subjects include Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Jelly Roll Morton and many other contemporaries. New Orleans Jazz Club paperback books
1961WRCLIT83650New York: Dial Press 1961. Narrow quarto. Loose sheets punched at top bolt bound into printed boards. Uncorrected original trimmed galley proofs of the first edition. A few soft creases in upper board otherwise fine. Very scarce format. Dial Press hardcover books
195823918Plainview L.I. N.Y.: The Jazz Foundation of America 1958. 16 pages; with information regarding this second concert of the Foundation ".in line with our policy to perpetuate the activity and interest in jazz." the Jazz Foundation of America Band under the direction of Jon LaPorta the Foundation Octet under Rusty Dedrick; Dennis Sandole the guitar soloist; officers of the Foundation were Hal Wildman Al Langstaff Nadine Wildman Lucille Mucci Tony DeLorenzo; with lists of the big band personnel boosters for the event the Program; with advertisements for the supportive businesses that helped promote the event; and a one-page notice for the First Annual Festival of Contemporary Music Hofstra College Hempstead L.I. Saturday May 24th 1958 with the program lineup ticket information; approx. 7" x 9 3/4" size; stapled printed glossy paper wraps; light edge tips wear to covers; in very good condition interesting jazz & Long Island NY musical entertainment ephemeral history. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Jazz Foundation of America Paperback books
1961WRCLIT84374New York: Simon and Schuster 1961. Quarto. Cloth and paper over boards stamped in silver-gilt. Numerous b&w illustrations. First edition. Spine sunned in a few patches yet a good sound copy with detached pieces of the somewhat tattered dust jacket laid in. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
199453559NY: Jazz at Lincoln Center 1994. 8vo pp. 15. Paper wraps. Illustrated with photographs. Schedule of events and short articles about Armstrong. A nice copy. A program for an event at Lincoln Center December 14-19 1994. Jazz at Lincoln Center unknown books
196514105Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Tall octavo. 293 pp. Illustrated by the author. A history of New Orleans sinners and the birth of jazz. Small prior owner name to front endpaper else a near fine hardbound copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Sherbourne Press hardcover books
199920067Great Barrington: The Figures 1999. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Stapled pamphlet with cover by Diego Velaquez. An 18 pp poetry chapbook by the great jazz drummer. A near fine example in thin stapled wrappers. This copy INSCRIBED by the author "for Gary / this copy of the initial/ copy/ "sorrier than a blown lip"/ love/ Billy Higgins/ 15 Mar 99" Photograph of the author on the final page of this pamphlet with the following text below "SPACE JAM played directly into the computer on Jan 29 and 30 1999 then xeroxed at Kwik Print Great Barrington in an edition of two on Feb 20. Copy one for the 60th birthday of Clark Coolidge & copy two for the personal library of Billy Higgins." One copy located at Stanford University. Please note: there has been some suggestion that this book was actually written by Geof Young. Additional info is welcome. The Figures paperback books
53424Signed: "To James with warm good wishes Peggy Lee".Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer songwriter composer and actress in a career spanning six decades Framed behind glass. Paet of the lower image marred by adhesion to the glass. American jazz and popular music singer songwriter composer and actress whose career spanned over six decades. She was the recipient of three Grammy Awards an Academy Award nomination as well as being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. unknown books
19641513341964. unbound. Signatures by Percy Humphrey Jim Robinson Albert Burbank James "Sing" Miller Louis Barbario and Narvin Kimball who appended his instrument banjo to his signature decorate the verso of the album sleeve corners slightly bumped small stain on verso does not obscure signatures. 12 1/2" x 12 1/2". No place no date. Circa 1964. Fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1960CAT206New York et al. 1960. Five 8 x 10 and two 5 x 7 inch gelatin silver prints with Bradley's estate marks to versos. Excellent. Jack Bradley was a Cape Cod native who after graduating from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy fell in love with Jazz after seeing Louis Armstrong perform at the Boston Armory in 1956. In 1958 he moved to New York from Cape Cod and began dating Jeann Failows a member of Louis Armstrong's inner circle. Through Failows Bradley gained access to Armstrong eventually becoming very close friends with the trumpeter and his inner circle. Bradley already had amassed a large collection of jazz material much related to Armstrong and he augmented his own collection by photographing Armstrong and his Jazz circle for the next decade. The bulk of Bradley's collection now resides at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens. <br /> <br /> This collection is of seven photographs of jazz musicians from Bradley's estate showing a wonderful window into the tail end of the Classic Jazz era. <br /> <br /> Photographs as follows:<br /> <br /> Willie Cook. 5 x 7 inches. A portrait of Cook seated. Excellent condition. <br /> <br /> Count Basie and Duke Ellington. 5 x 7 inches. The two jazz greats are seated at their respective pianos during rehearsal. Excellent condition.<br /> <br /> Duke Ellington's Empty Bandstand. 8 x 10 inches. The horns chairs and sheet music are laid out. Very good condition with some toning to margins and a faint scratch at outer edge of image. <br /> <br /> Duke Ellington Conducting his Band. 8 x 10 inches. Excellent condition. <br /> <br /> Ella Fitzgerald at the Apollo Theatre New York c. 1959. 8 x 10 inches. Excellent Condition.<br /> <br /> Count Basie Seated at a Table Smoking a Cigar. 8 x 10 inches. Excellent condition. <br /> <br /> Pee Wee russell Painting at his New York Apartment c. 1966. Good condition marginal tear affecting ½ inch of image. <br /> <br /> Overall a nice group and an example of a photographer whose work is not often available on the market. unknown books
1955WRCLIT70714Los Angeles: Warner Bros 1955. Eight full color 11 x 14" pictorial lobby cards. Some minor smudging rumpling and tack holes in margins marking crayon notations on verso else a good set. A complete set of the studio lobby cards promoting the film based on Richard L. Breen's screenplay. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as Pete Kelly and Janet Leigh Edmond O'Brien Peggy Lee a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald et al. The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. Warner Bros unknown books
198120416NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 019502835X . First edition. Trace foxing to edges else fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
18304Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A trio of pointillist drawings by the late Vancouver-based saxophonist Ross Taggart who was also a talented artist depicting three of his Jazz heroes. All in black ink on heavyweight drawing paper. Drawing of Ellington signed "Ross Taggart" in lower-right corner approximately 10.75 x 7.75 inches 27.5 x 20 cm. Drawing of Webster unsigned approximately 11.5 x 8 inches 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Drawing of Young signed and labelled in pencil on verso approximately 8.5 x 11inches 21.5 x 28 cm. All very fine.<br>Ross Taggart was a saxophonist and pianist well-known within the Vancouver Jazz community. He passed away from cancer in 2013 at the age of 45. unknown books
197915409JLos Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Edition. Paperbound 11†x 15â€. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film of the acclaimed film dance musical All That Jazz directed by the great Broadway and film choreographer Bob Fosse and based upon his life starring Roy Scheider Jessica Lange Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen. Fine in printed wrappers. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
13000Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original press photograph showing the great soul singer posing for photographers after arriving in London for his 1975 British tour. Some spotting and wrinkling; overall in very good condition. 25.3 x 20.3 cm. unknown books
199520230Germany: Nieswand Verlag 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Unpaginated volume of large black and white photographs taken from the world of jazz. Text in English by Milt Hinton and Ole Brask. A near fine copy in cloth backed photo-illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Nieswand Verlag hardcover books
198347448Carmel CA: Productions Unlimited 1983. Quarto. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; 40pp; illus. Fine unworn copy. Official program for the 1983 festial. Marquee performers that year included Mel Torme Irma Thomas Wynton Marsalis Sarah Vaughan others. Productions Unlimited unknown books
197847450N.p.: Program '78 / MJF 1978. Quarto. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; 40pp; illus. Fine unworn copy. Official program for the 1978 Festival. Featured performers included Ruth Brown Dexter Gordon Etta James Dizzy Gillespie Maynard Ferguson others. Program '78 / MJF unknown books
195016320Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California Berkeley 1950. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Spring 1950 issue of Cal Berkeley's literary magazine. Edited by Dale Joe. This issue featuring numerous writings on jazz by Brubeck Kid Ory Turk Murphy and others plus Patchen Miller and more. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. Decidedly uncommon issue. <br/><br/> Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley paperback books
1976WRCLIT19138Boston: Houghton 1976. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Label removed from lower edge two old staple marks in front wrapper very good. Houghton unknown books
