[Paris: 1927]. Original silver-gelatin photographic print, 7" x 6". Mounted on thin board, 13" x 9-3/4", signed "A. Feny" on mount below image (see note). Dated in the subject's hand, "17/8/27 - Paris," and inscribed: "To the Beloved couple Grover [?] & Nettie hoping you will continue having success and..... More

Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [8],243pp. Spine a bit cocked, jacket extremities rubbed and a bit ragged with several short closed tears and subsequent creasing. Still, Very Good or better in Near Very Good jacket. "A Houghton Mifflin Fellowship..... More

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011. First Edition. First printing. Quarto; pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 129pp; illus. Presentation copy, inscribed on title page "For Nat - May this bok inspire you with even more respect for traditionsl jazz," signed by photographer Shannon Brinkman. Spot of moisture at base of..... More

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, [1905]. First Edition. Landmark collection of African-American spirituals, by the first musician of African descent to gain true eminence as a composer in the European classical style. Folio (31.5cm); publisher's green cloth-backed decorative card wrappers; [2],ix,[5],127pp.; chiefly sheet music. Spine ends, wrapper extremities rubbed and textblock..... More

[New York]: L.B. Fischer, [1945]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [4],219pp. Some minor chipping and one closed tear at top edge of upper jacket panel, light dust-soil, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. "A white music critic falls in love with..... More

New York: Commodore Music Shop, 1940. "Corrected and Reprinted" Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; 416pp. Cloth extremities rubbed with some brief exposure to corners, spine gilt quite dulled, minor white paint splatter to upper cover, some brief pencil checkmarks throughout text, contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown, else..... More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Thick octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in black decorative dust jacket; xi,[1],690pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, corners bumped, light soil to top textblock edge, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pink and blue cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; green publisher's topstain; 387pp. Tight, straight, and unmarked; a few spots of fading to top-stain, else a Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper by Tom Hachtman, unclipped (priced $10 on front flap); fresh and..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. Reissue of Handy's highly-regarded 1926 volume on the blues, containing lyrics and music to 53 songs inspired by the folk melodies heard up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Critical text by Abbe Niles, with illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. First printing of this..... More

New York: Random House, [1958]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth over boards, black pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; [12],243pp. Minor wear to jacket flap folds and spine ends, boards just a hint rubbed, else a Very Good or better copy. Novel about an African-American jazz saxophonist with..... More

[York, Pennsylvania: The Valencia Ballroom, 1939]. Quarto. Spiral-bound leatherette boards (hardcover); 94pp; illus. Trivial soil to covers, with front board very slightly bowed at fore edge; internally fresh, clean and unmarked; Near Fine. Promotional album for the storied Valencia Ballroom, a popular musical venue during the Swing Band era. Strategically..... More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. First Edition. Second volume in Schuller's monumental The History of Jazz, documenting the swing era. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black paper and blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver and metallic pink on spine; dustjacket; xviii,919,[7]pp. Textblock sagging, faint foxing to upper edge..... More

Northfield, MN: Carleton Jazz Club, Carleton College, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers (softcover); 103pp. Moderate external wear; bumps to corners; Very Good. Bulletin No. 1 of the Carleton Jazz Club, a discursive discography of jazz recordings on the (then relatively new) long-play format. More