Adams, John.
Autograph letter signed to Washington Post critic Tim Page.
1981. Autograph letter signed by minimalist composer John Adams, written to Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and biographer Tim Page. Page is best known for his biographies of Glenn Gould and Dawn Powell, as well as being an early champion of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. The letter is dated October 28, 1981 and with Adams' San Francisco address, and reads: "Dear Tim Page / Thanks for the enthusiasm in your High Fidelity article. I thought it was a good bit of work...and something long overdue. / I thought you might be interested in my latest piece of mega-minimalism, "Harmonium." The chorus is not well miked in this recording, but you can still get the flavor of it. Dennis Russell Davies is doing it in Stuttgart and Cologne this February and perhaps we'll have a better recording (although I don't expect better orchestral playing than in this S.F. performance, led with real feeling by Edode Woort). Hope you enjoy it. A broadcast could be arranged if you are interested (as long as it's not syndicated). / Yours / John Adams." One leaf, recto only, Near Fine. An early letter from a composer who would in the two decades that followed become a major figure in contemporary music, with mention of one of his most important works. [Book #116915]. (read more)

Anderson, Laurie.
The Interview from the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave (Long-Playing Record).
Warner Brothers, 1986. Original 33-1/3 RPM set of Long Playing Records (2 discs), issued in conjunction with the 1986 Laurie Anderson performance film, "Home of the Brave." The LP set has four sides, including an extensive interview with Ms. Anderson, intercut with music from the film. The outer sleeve, in addition to simple graphics, contains the text prompts for an announcer to use during the airing of the two discs. An extremely uncommon piece, issued only to radio stations at the time of the film's release. Both discs in Fine condition, with original inner sleeves, and a Near Fine outer sleeve. [Book #102062]. (read more)

Armitage, Merle; John Charles Thomas (contributor).
George Gershwin: Man and Legend (First Edition).
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Very Good+ to Near Fine dust jacket. Slight soil to the bottom edges of the boards, else as new, in a jacket with minor toning and rubbing to the extremities of the spine and upper corners, else Fine. Includes black and white illustrations. [Book #81402]. (read more)

Augsbourg, Gea (drawings); Paul Budry & Romain Goldron (commentary); Ernest Ansermet (text).
Ernest Ansermet (First Edition).
Neuchatel / Paris: Editions Delachaux et Niestle, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in flexible boards in a Near Fine black and white pictorial dust jacket, and a Fine acetate jacket with gilt titles. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings. Text in French. 79 pages. [Book #81253]. (read more)

Bach, Johann Sebastian.
Wine and Taxes: A Letter from Johann Sebastian Bach from the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Softcover).
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. First printing of this edition, Near Fine in blue stapled wrappers. Slight fade to the edges of the wrappers, else Fine. A letter written by Johann Sebastian Bach to his cousin in 1748. Text in English and German with a facsimile of the original letter. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Card from the Pierpont Morgan Library laid in. [Book #81214]. (read more)

Balliett, Whitney.
Night Creature (First Edition).
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. [Book #115113]. (read more)

Baraka, Amiri.
Later Trane (Signed Limited Edition).
Candia, NH: LeBow, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. First Edition, one of twenty six lettered copies (this being copy G),SIGNED by Baraka and with original artwork by the author. Fine in sewn wrappers with a copy of Coltrane's Love Supreme CD all housed in a paper portfolio with a matching paper wraparound band. Homage to the late John Coletrane. [Book #112609]. (read more)

Baraka, Amiri.
Later Trane (Signed Limited Edition).
Candia, NH: LeBow, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. first Edition, one of two hundred copies (of which 176 copies were for sale) numbered and SIGNED by Baraka.This is copy 14. Fine in sewn wraps. Homage to the late John Coletrane. [Book #112612]. (read more)

The Beatles.
Yellow Submarine: 20 Pop-Out Art Decorations (First Edition).
King Features-Subafilms, 1968. First Edition. Folio. First Edition, first printing. Fine in original stapled color illustrated stiff wrappers (softcover), all pop-outs completely intact. Eight pages of full-color pop-outs on heavy card stock, featuring characters from the film, as well as the submarine in question. [Book #106162]. (read more)

Bechet, Sidney.
Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography (First Edition).
New York: Hill and Wang, 1960. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a lovely Near Fine dust jacket, with just a touch of fading to the jacket spine panel. Autobiography of the great reed man, scarce in this condition. Photo-illustrated throughout, and includes a 20-page discography. [Book #78898]. (read more)

Bell, Leia.
Liars plus special guests at Rescue Rooms - Nottingham, UK - May 8th, 2004 (Signed Limited Print).
Leia Bell, 2004. Six-color silkscreen print for "Liars plus special guests at Rescue Rooms - Nottingham, UK - May 8th, 2004," one of 68 issued (this being No. 34) SIGNED and numbered by artist Leia Bell. Fine condition. 17 x 11 inches. Originally from Tennessee, Leia Bell began making limited edition prints and posters upon graduation from the University of Utah. She is one of the featured poster artists in "The Art of Modern Rock" by Paul Grushkin and Dennis King, and her original art and prints are now sold all over the world. [Grushkin & King, The Art of Modern Rock, pp. 446-451] [Book #110606]. (read more)

Bierley, Paul E.
John Philip Sousa: American Phenomenon (First Edition, Review Copy).
New York: Appleton, Century, Crofts, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. Illustrated with black and white photographs. [Book #84244]. (read more)

[Bizet, Georges] Curtiss, Mina.
Bizet and His World (Signed First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Dr. ---, with the affectionate regard of a grateful patient. Mina Curtiss." [Book #10082]. (read more)

Blom, Eric.
Classics Major and Minor with Some Other Musical Ruminations (Hardcover, Review Copy).
New York: Da Capo, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, Fine in bright blue cloth with gilt titles to the front board and spine with no dust jacket, as issued. Facsimile edition. First published by J.M. Dent, London, 1958. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip affixed to the front pastedown. [Book #83872]. (read more)

Booth, Stanley [The Rolling Stones, Peter Guralnick].
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (First UK Edition).
London: William Heinemann, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing, first printing. Spine ends and corners a bit bumped, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. The only hardcover edition of this title ever made under Booth's intended title. Regarded by both Peter Guralnick and Robert Palmer as the most important book ever written about the Rolling Stones, by a writer who traveled with the band throughout 1969, the year (and decade) that ended with Altamont. Deeply personal and unforgettable, one of the most telling and literate books ever written about rock music and the band that embodied its essence like none before or since. An American cult classic. [Book #115096]. (read more)

Brown, Maurice J. E.
Essays on Schubert (First Edition).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine in navy cloth with gilt titles to the front board and spine, and no dust jacket as issued. Includes black and white illustrations and musical representations. [Book #83864]. (read more)

Burkholder, J. Peter.
Charles Ives: The Ideas Behind the Music (First Edition).
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The first detailed history of Charles Ives's aesthetics, showing how his artistic aims changed over the course of his career, highlighting the major influences on his music and thought, and presenting a new periodization of his life as a composer. [Book #81238]. (read more)

Byrne, David and Robert Wilson.
the Knee Plays from the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down (First Edition).
Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1984. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Exhibition catalog for the seminal multi-media production, "The Knee Plays," a 12-act opera combining elements of Kabuki theater, Noh theater, and New Orleans jazz, conceived by David Byrne and Robert Wilson as a segment in Wilson's vast five-act opera, "CIVIL warS." The greater opera included work by Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, and others. "the Knee Plays" was the American section of the work, set in Minneapolis, with the entire opera visualized as an international effort. Funding never materialized for the entire day-long opera to reach completion, but Byrne's 12-act section premiered in Minneapolis in 1984 at the Walker Art Center, and was issued as a recording as well. Very Good+ or better in black and white saddle-stitched wrappers as issued. Stressing to hinge and wrappers lightly rubbed overall. [Book #116237]. (read more)

Cage, John.
Silence (First Edition, inscribed to Ellsworth Snyder).
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has just a touch of the usual rubbing. Beautifully and cryptically inscribed by Cage to friend Ellsworth Snyder, on the printed front flyleaf, thus (single quotations are Cage's): "'for' Ellsworth Snyder [1] (and our shared devotion to Gertrude) 'in memory of my having ridden past there' in a VW microbus * 'when I was' 50** 'years old.' / John Cage / New Orleans 1963." Footnotes imbedded in the inscription above read as follows: "[1] Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, President of Mills College / * 'on a bicycle' / ** '13'." Additionally signed by David Tudor on the front pastedown, with a page of his holograph performance notes laid in. Also laid in is a two-page carbon typescript of composer Toshi Ichiyanagi's instructions for his composition, Sapporo.Ellsworth Snyder and Cage were longtime friends. Snyder performed the composer's work on many occasions, perhaps most infamously at Cage's much-protested 1965 appearance at the University of Illinois: "At one point [Snyder] crawled under the piano, made a show of carefully marking a precise point on the under-body of the instrument with a tape measure, then hit that spot with a mallet. Even more provocative for that particular audience, he had planted a loose piano string in the instrument, and after striking an unusually percussive chord he slowly pulled the ostensibly broken string out of the piano. By this time the audience was screaming and throwing objects at the stage." (Johanne Rivest, In Advance of the Avant Garde: John Cage at the University of Illinois, 1952-69,1999). Snyder interviewed Cage, wrote the first doctoral thesis on him in 1970, contributed the Cage timeline to Richard Kostelanetz's monograph, John Cage, authored several other works on the composer, and was the dedicatee of Cage's piece, ONE. David Tudor was Cage's premiere interpreter and performer in the 1960's. He gave the premiere of Cage's Music of Changes, Concerto For Piano and Orchestra and the notorious 4'33". Cage said that many of his pieces were written either specifically for Tudor to perform or with him in mind. The two worked closely together on many of Cage's pieces, both works for piano and electronic pieces. Upon Cage's death in 1992, Tudor took over as music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Among many works created for the company, Tudor composed Soundings: Ocean Diary (1994), the electronic component of Ocean, which was conceived by John Cage and Merce Cunningham. At the time of this inscription (1963), Snyder was teaching music at Tulane University. Though not specifically dated, this book was almost certainly inscribed on April 8th, 1963 when Cage performed with Tudor (and others) at Dixon Hall Auditorium in New Orleans. Along with Ichiyanagi's Sapporo, Tudor that night also performed Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music, as well as Christian Wolff's For 5 or 10 Players. The page of Tudor's notes, however, seems to best refer to Cage's Variation II, which the pianist also regularly performed on tour in 1963. A superb association. [Book #101514]. (read more)

Cage, John.
Silence (Signed First Edition).
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket is lightly nicked at the spine ends and corners (with one nick at the upper spine panel), but is still quite bright and clean. INSCRIBED by Cage at the front flyleaf: "For Pramray Whitney / John Cage / together in chaos." [Book #101992]. (read more)

Cage, John; Merce Cunningham, Stephen Kostelanetz, Christian Wolff, others.
A John Cage Reader (Signed First Edition).
New York: CF Peters, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by John Cage underneath his frontispiece photo. A superb collection of essays by and about Cage, including a transcribed interview from 1982. Extremely uncommon to find signed. [Book #87476]. (read more)

Cairns, David.
Responses: Musical Essays and Reviews (First Edition, Review Copy).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. [Book #83866]. (read more)

Cave, Nick.
And the Ass Saw the Angel (Signed First Edition).
New York: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of Cave's first novel. Boldly INSCRIBED by the iconic singer/songwriter, novelist, and screenwriter on the front flyleaf. Laid in is a glossy black-and-white card advertising Cave's tour dates in the United States for the 1992 album, "Henry's Dream," during which this book was signed at San Francisco's Rough Trade records. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket, with a touch of foxing at the top page edges and a small bump to the heel of the book. An extremely uncommon signature, from an artist whose highly individual style is beginning to draw comparisons to that of Neil Young, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. [Book #103013]. (read more)

Cave, Nick.
King Ink II (First Edition).
London: Black Spring Press, 1997. First Edition. First UK Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Author and singer/songwriter Cave's third book, a sequel to "King Ink," which, though published nine years later, impressively retains exactly the same publication format. This volume collects lyrics from the period beginning with Cave's ground-breaking album "Tender Prey" to "The Boatman's Call," as well as unrecorded work, material written for other artists, and material from Wim Wenders' films, "Faraway, So Close" and "Until the End of the World." Cave's dark vision, coupled with his strong connections to primitive folk and blues music, and murder ballads in particular, has yielded an artist whose music rivals the intensity and integrity of Tom Waits and Johnny Cash. Oddly, this volume appears to be even scarcer than its predecessor. [Book #80735]. (read more)

Cave, Nick.
King Ink (Signed First Edition).
London: Black Spring Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (no US equivalent). Boldly INSCRIBED by Nick Cave in 1989 on the front flyleaf: "To / -- / from / Nick Cave / 1989 / L.A.". Laid in is a postcard advertisement for the show at which the book was signed, at Club with No Name in Los Angeles. Author and singer/songwriter Cave's first book, which collects early lyrics from his recordings with The Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds (up to and including the Bad Seeds' record, "Your Funeral, My Trial"), short stories and short plays. Cave's dark vision, coupled with his strong connections to primitive folk and blues music, and murder ballads in particular, has yielded an artist whose music rivals the intensity and integrity of Tom Waits and Johnny Cash. Even more impressively, Cave recently made a strong debut as a screenwriter in the hard-boiled Australian western, "The Proposition." An uncommon signature, particularly from this period. [Book #104882]. (read more)

[Chopin, Fredric (Fryderyk)] Szulc, Tad.
Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer (Signed First Edition).
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Dave Vorhees / Tad Szulc / 1998." Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #114254]. (read more)

Coe, David Allen.
Ex-Convict (Signed First Edition).
Privately published, 1982. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in trade wrappers as issued. SIGNED by David Allen Coe on the front cover, and separately inscribed on the title page. The maverick country singer's autobiography, detailing his time in 11 different correctional institutions--from juvenile detention centers to prison--beginning at age 9, followed by a career as something of a renegade country singer. Coe's biggest single was "Take This Job and Shove It" in the 1970s, but his career as an underground hero among truck drivers, criminals, and outcasts of every variety is a good bit more interesting. Bookstore stamp on the title page, light rubbing at the corners, else a very attractive copy. [Book #116462]. (read more)

Copland, Aaron.
Music and Imagination (Signed First Edition).
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED and DATED in the year of publiction by the author on a laid-in bookmark and inscribed to Rosamund Bernier: "For Peggy Bernier / With love / from / Aaron / 1952." Rosamund Bernier (nee Peggy Rosenbaum), an American ex-patriate painter, art critic, and founder of the influential avant-garde magazine "L'Oeil," was a close friend of Copland's for many years. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Very light offsetting from the bookmark to the front pastedown and flyleaf. Chipping to the jacket extremities and some soiling and staining overall. An interesting association between two important figures in 20th Century art. [Book #106168]. (read more)

Corbijn, Anton.
Famouz: Photographs 1975 - 88 (First Edition).
New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket. [Book #114014]. (read more)

Crumb, R.
Heroes of the Blues - Playing Card Set (First Edition).
New York: Yazoo Records, 1980. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Set of 36 cards illustrated by R. Crumb, housed in a custom card box. Each card illustrated separately in color, and not one major blues figure was forgotten. Cards Fine, box is Near Fine. Though Crumb started out as a illustrator who chronicled his generation, his love for traditional American music seems to strike an even more resonant chord. Mouth-waterin', and very uncommon. [Book #110432]. (read more)

Dance, Stanley.
The World of Earl Hines (First Edition).
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good or better in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light spotting on the upper and lower extremities of the boards, with a touch of shelfwear on the lower edges, else a very clean, bright copy. The jacket is very sharp, with one short closed tear by the upper front hinge fold, and light foxing on the verso at the extremities. Illustrated with over 120 black and white photographs. Includes a discography, bibliography, chronology, and an index. 324 pages. [Book #98812]. (read more)

Daver, Manek (author); Andy Warhol, Herman Leonard, K. Abe, David Stone Martin, Gil Melle, Pierre Merlin, Frank Gauna (designers).
Jazz Album Covers: The Rare and the Beautiful (First Edition, inscribed by Manek Daver).
Japan: Graphic-sha Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by editor Manek Daver on the half-title page. One of the best conceived and executed references ever published on the design work behind classic American jazz albums, focusing on some of the best designers (Andy Warhol, Herman Leonard, David Stone Martin) and labels (Blue Note, Debut, Southland). Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout, combining thorough scholarship with an impressive design. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. [Book #116260]. (read more)

Davis, Arthur Paul.
Isaac Watts (Hardcover).
London: Independent Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, Near Fine in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and tips, else Fine. [Book #84185]. (read more)

De Curzon, Henry.
La Musique: Bibliotheque Francaise: 18eme Siecle, La Vie Artistique (First Edition).
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1914. First Edition. Softcover. First French Edition, Very Good in gray perfect bound wrappers. Lean to the spine with a few short closed tears to the crown of the spine with toning to the pages. Some pages uncut. Text in French. Texts selected by Henry de Curzon with commentary on the theme of 18th century music. 341 pages. [Book #81419]. (read more)

Delaunay, Charles; Walter E. Schaap and George Avakian (editors).
New Hot Discography: The Standard Directory of Recorded Jazz - Titles, Personnel, Dates, and Numbers of 20,000 Records Covering 30 Years of Jazz (First Edition).
New York: Criterion, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ to Near Fine in a Good+ dust jacket with a large chip to the crown of the spine and rear panel with moderate toning and rubbing to the spine panel, hinge flaps, and extremities. Pages are clean and unmarked, and the binding is tight. [Book #83626]. (read more)

Demarquez, Suzanne; Salvator Attanasio (translator).
Manuel de Falla (First Edition, Review Copy).
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dust jacket. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. [Book #83836]. (read more)

Donington, Robert.
The Interpretation of Early Music (First Edition).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. [Book #118552]. (read more)

[Dorsey, Tommy and Jimmy] Sanford, Herb.
Tommy and Jimmy: The Dorsey Years (First Edition) .
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. First Edition, first printig. Near fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Introduction by Bing Crosby. Photo illustrated. [Book #86135]. (read more)

Dylan, Bob.
Bob Dylan's Harmonica from High School, circa 1959.
None. Hohner Echo Harmonica, circa 1959. Very Good condition. In a custom clamshell case. A harmonica that was owned jointly by Dylan and his friend Dale Boutang, played by both during their high school days in Hibbing, Minnesota. Manufactured by M. Hohner, this particular harmonica was chosen because the name of the model was the same as Dylan's girlfriend in high school, Echo Helstrom. The harmonica has been in the possession of Boutang since their school days together, and Boutang has written a letter attesting to the provenance. "I was a classmate and close, personal friend of Bob Zimmerman, who later changed his name to Bob Dylan. Bob and I shared many of our harmonicas and guitars. This is one such harmonica, which I ended up keeping from our high school days. I have had [it] in my possession ever since." Perhaps the greatest testament to ownership of this item is Dale Boutang's crudely scrawled name, along the black edge of the harmonica, between the metal plates. Also included are all insurance documents relating to this item while it was on a worldwide tour with the Experience Music Project, a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. [Book #99602]. (read more)

Dylan, Bob.
Folkways 1963 Compilation, featuring Bob Dylan performing as “Blind Boy Grunt,” signed by Dylan.
Folkways, 1963. Folkways, 1963. Long-playing record. Near Fine condition. A selection of folk music recordings by various artists, released via the famous folk music magazine. Dylan had recorded songs for this compilation just prior to being signed to Columbia Records, and for legal reasons had to appear on the record as “Blind Boy Grunt,” no doubt concocted from Dylan's growing fondness for wearing sunglasses. Dylan has boldly inscribed the front panel of the record sleeve, "Blind Boy Grunt, Ha Ha!" and drawn a pair of sunglasses. Signed for Peter McKenzie, this is the only known example of Dylan signing with this early (and briefly used) pseudonym. Jacket split along top and bottom edge, front cover clean and bright. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare. Provenance: Peter McKenzie (signed and notarized letter of provenance from McKenzie, specific to this item, is included). [Book #99598]. (read more)

Dylan, Bob.
Original black-and-white photo of Bob Dylan talking to Suze Rotolo, annotated and inscribed by Dylan to Rotolo, circa 1961; and an inscribed Valentine card sent from Bob Dylan to Suze Rotolo in 1963 .
None. Glossy photo print, 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. A head shot of the young couple looking intently at one another. Inscribed by Dylan on the verso in pencil, beginning with the word HELLO with the word "love" written between each of its letters, followed beneath by a rebus reading "I love you." Finally at the bottom, he adds, "I love you t.v. sets full—me." Suze Rotolo is instantly recognizable here, as is the young Dylan, who is already sprouting the beginnings of his famously high head of hair. Items of this vintage, especially those so closely tied to Dylan's private life, are excessively rare.Provenance: Suze Rotolo's personal archive. Sold at auction by Suze Rotolo. Second item: Oblong single-fold gift card, 8.5 x 3.75 inches, folded as issued. A Valentine's Day card with a printed message, "I have a stiff proposition for you," accompanied by a cartoon drawing of a pervert. Inside the card reads, "Be my Valentine!" below which Dylan has written, "Love, Love, Money, Booze, I'd swap ‘em all to be with youse, Love Love me Bob." In Chronicles, Dylan describes meeting Rotolo in 1961, when she was only seventeen: She was the most erotic thing I'd ever seen…Cupid's arrow had whirled by my ears before, but this time it hit me in the heart and dragged me overboard…meeting her was like stepping into the tales of 1001 Arabian nights. She had a smile that could light up a street full of people and was extremely lively, had a particular type of voluptuousness—a Rodin sculpture come to life..." Provenance: Suze Rotolo's personal archive. Sold at auction by Suze Rotolo, Christie's New York, December 2006.  [Book #99599]. (read more)

Eagon, Angelo.
Catalog of Published Concert Music by American Composers: Second Edition with Second Supplement to Second Edition - Two Volumes (Hardcover, Review Copy).
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1969. Hardcover. Second Edition, Near Fine in rust cloth-covered boards in two volumes, with no dust jackets. REVIEW copy with publisher's materials and Library of Congress catalog cards laid in. Second Edition and Second Supplement to the Second Edition. Small owner stamp to the top corner of the front flyleaf with light rubbing to the extremities. [Book #81179]. (read more)

Earle, Steve.
Doghouse Roses (Signed First Edition).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED by the Steve Earle on the title page. The author and iconic songwriter's first book, a collection of stories. [Book #79034]. (read more)

Eisler, Hanns.
Sinn und Form: Beitrage zur Literatur - Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Akademie der Kunste (First Edition).
Berlin: Rutten & Loening, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in cream wrappers with a red wraparound band,in Good condition only. Band is complete, but is torn in a few places. Text in German. [Book #84048]. (read more)

[Ellington, Duke] Gleason, Ralph J. (author); Studs Terkel (foreword).
Celebrating the Duke: and Louis, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy and Other Heroes (First Edition).
Boston: Atlantic / Little Brown, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in an about Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. An unread copy. Photo-illustrated throughout. [Book #106417]. (read more)

Ely, Sally Frothingham.
A Singer's Story (First Edition).
Stanford, CA: The University Press, ca 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in blue cloth with gilt signature stamp to the front board. Light rubbing and soil to the boards and extremities with bumping to the corners, else a Fine clean copy. [Book #81206]. (read more)

Fahey, John.
An Archive of Ephemera Belonging to John Fahey.
N.p., 1979-1987. An archive of ephemera belonging to musician John Fahey, including five contracts (one signed by Fahey, the rest by agents, all from 1986-87), three checks (all signed by Fahey, one made out to "Lucky's," all from 1979), a sheet of Takoma Records stickers (each with the label's dragon moniker, Santa Monica address and phone), and a two-color (orange and red) Takoma Records Christmas card. Takoma Records was the label established by Fahey primarily to release his own recordings (though it released many other legendary records, such as Leo Kottke's "6-and-12 String Guitar"), and the ephemeral items noted above were presumably printed prior to 1979, when Fahey sold the label to Chrysalis Records. Born in 1939 and passing away in 2001 after decades of alcohol abuse, Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as American Primitive, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of his art. Fahey himself borrowed from the folk and blues traditions of America but incorporated classical, Brazilian, Indian and abstract music into his eclectic oeuvre, with recordings that were at first very austere and traditionalist, but became increasingly experimental over time. An interesting collection of ephemera from one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of the twentieth century. [Book #102125]. (read more)

Farrar, Geraldine.
The Autobiography of Geraldine Farrar: Sweet Compulsion (Hardcover).
New York: Da Capo, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, Fine and unread in turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the front board and spine and no dust jacket, as issued. Facsimile edition, first published in New York by the Greystone Press in 1938. [Book #84184]. (read more)

Fernett, Gene.
A Thousand Golden Horns: The Exciting Age of America's Greatest Dance Bands - A Pictorial History of Famous Dance Bands and Their Leaders (First Edition).
Midland, MI: The Pendell Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a bright, Very Good+, price-clipped dust jacket. A very sharp copy in white cloth with gilt titles, in an equally sharp but lightly rubbed jacket with a few tiny closed tears and a bit of creasing at the extremities. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 171 pages. [Book #98810]. (read more)

Freeman, Bud.
You Don't Look Like a Musician (First Edition).
Detroit, MI: Balamp Publishing, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Tenor saxophonist Freeman's memoirs, sold principally by mail when published in 1974. This copy includes the original purchase invoice, along with a publishers flier advertising rates to libraries, etc. A collection of anecdotes, followed by a similar collection in 1976 ("If You Know of a Better Life, Please Tell Me") and an autobiography ("Crazyeology") written with Robert Wolf and published in 1979. A pristine copy. [Book #113201]. (read more)