Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First printing of the Revised and Expanded Edition. Quarto; cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 240pp; illus. Fine copy in a crisp, unworn dustwrapper. A much expanded and updated version of the Carawans' 1966 classic, included many new photographs by Ida Berman, Gary Hamilton, and others..... 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

Madras / New York: Hanuman Books, 1990. First Edition. First printing. 32mo (10cm); plain, unprinted card wrappers with pictorial dustjacket; 115pp. A fine copy in crisp dustwrapper, rear panel very lightly dusted, else Fine. A great copy of one of the harder-to-find Hanuman miniature series (of which this is no.36)..... More

Brisbane, CA: i.a.d. Publications, 1984. Single quarto issue. Staple-bound wrappers; pictorial card covers; 30pp. Light external soil and wear; Very Good or better. Single issue of this quarterly 'zine devoted to enthusiasts of the autoharp and traditional American music. More

N.p. by the author, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. Printed, staple-bound wrappers; 46pp. Limited to 100 copies, printed at the Hooiberg Printing Co., Epe, Netherlands. Inscribed below limitation statement: "For the promoter of good music & poetry - Izzy Young / Ted Grieder," undated. Mild external dusting, else Fine. Izzy Young..... More

New York: People's Artist's, 1956. Second Printing. Octavo. 26cm. Publisher's decorated card wraps with a red, white and blue design. 128pp. Light wear to extremities of wraps, some minor soiling to the paler portions of the covers, old ink price to top left of front wrap; internally clean, a little..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition. The pioneering musicologist and folklorist's penultimate book, chonicling his years of travel across the American landscape, collecting and recording the songs that Americans sing. His field recordings of work songs, cowboy songs, reels, ballads, and blues, was instrumental in preserving and popularizing..... More

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. Octavo. Green cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 251pp. Tight, Near Fine copy; remainder mark to bottom edge of text block. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, slightly toned at extremities but still sharp and unworn; Very Good Plus. Erratum slip included. Jazz novel; first book by..... More

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards; 210pp. Fine, unmarked copy. Issued simultaneously in wrappers; this is the somewhat less common hardcover edition. No jacket, perhaps as issued. More

Paris: Le Point, 1952. First Edition. Entire issue devoted to (mostly American) jazz, with articles by Hugues Panassie ("Le Jazz, musique vivant"), Madeleine Gautier ("Le Blues"); Big Bill Broonzy ("Lowland Blues"), others. Many full-page photographs featuring portraits of Don Byas, Zutty Singleton, Mezz Mezzrow, Louis Armstrong, and others; 10 photos..... More

Nashville: The McQuiddy Press, (1926). First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Nettie Spielman / with best wishes from / Geo. D. Hay, "Solemn Old Judge," dated 1933. Tight, Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Hay (1895-1968) started his career in print journalism but made his name as..... More

New York: Abrams, 2008. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. (oblong, thick- 24 cm x 16.5 x 4 cm) 744pp; illustrated; pictorial boards, decorated foreedge of textblock; Fine, lacking dustjacket, as issued. More