New York: Gotham Books, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which celebrates hip-hop for what it is, but also defines what it is not, and that is a way for political change. Notes. 186 pp. ISBN: 9781592403745.

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover - A comprehensive and thoroughly researched account not just of the instruments of that the early Middle Ages, through the Crusades, the Hundred Years War and the Renaissance, but also of changes in the theory of music, its notation and of the musicians themselves from the earliest wandering musicians to the court era and to the first formal orchestras. Contains over 100 black and white illustrations and 15 in full color. Bibliography, index. 136 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Large square format. ISBN: 0-879510455.

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., (1880.). Hardcover - A massive reference originally published in 1852. 1004 pp plus a 45 pp. appendix with a separate title page: Appendix to Encyclopedia of Music, Containing events and information occurring since the main work was issued. 1875. Includes some scores and musical notations.

London: Dunce Directive. (1993). First edition - A 6,000-word essay exploring Morrissey and his place in late 20th century popular culture - under the headings of genius, sex and money. Introduction by John Peel. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-9522068-03.

New York & London: Marion Boyars (1994.). Described as an imaginary memoir, this is an interesting blend of fiction and fact, presented in the form of a monologue by the self-professed inventor of jazz: pianist, composer and lyricist extraordinary. Illustrated with photographs. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-7145-28978.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. Illustrated with photographs. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. Illustrated with photographs. Boldly INSCRIBED by Near on the front endpaper. "Jane, Peace to you" and dated in 1992. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the word "peace." Illustrated with photographs. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

New York: Minerva Press, (1975.). The definitive book on contemporary country blues, one which focuses on the songs rather than the musicians, although it includes a 16 page insert of wonderful photographs. While this includes chapters on the Setting of the Blues, their history, and a defintiion of the blues, as well as one on the blues as poetry, the majority of the book contains complete annotated lyrics to over 200 songs, some with scores. The author, a folklorist, recorded thousands of songs in Louisiana, especially at Anglola Prison and the Cajun country in the southwestern part of the state.Index xv, 464 pp. ISBN: 0-308-102363.

Oakland, CA: Regent Press, (2004.). SIGNED - SIGNED on the title page. A decade by decade survey - from Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, B. B, King and others in the 50's to Janet Jackson, Ice-T, Tracy Chapman and others in the 90's and Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Gil Scott-Heron, Prince, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix and dozens more in the intervening decades - by a songwriter and founder of two African American rock bands. 201 pp. ISBN: 1-587901056.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013). First edition - Biography of the jazz great which focuses on his early years in Kansas City. 334 pp.

Los Angeles: Archer, (2017). SIGNED first edition - "The language of music meets the language of business in this unorthodox examination of the influences and impact that creativity, improvisation, and collaboration have within an organization, using interviews with successful business people who also were (or still are) professional musicians." SIGNED on the title page. 203 pp plus final drawings. ISBN: 978-1941729243.

Cambridge, MA: Black Wolf Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by this singer-songwriter, filled with his journal entries, sketches, poetry and lyrics. "Ellis Paul is now a national folk star and to many the quintessential Boston songwriter literate, provocative, urbanely romantic."INSCRIBED on the title page "------- Glad you came!" and dated in 2004 in Charlotte, NC. Illustrated, 209 pp. ISBN: 0-9720270-09.

London: BBC Books, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An unparalleled selection of anecdotes, one-liners and reminiscences from the BBC Radio 2 series Jazz Score." Photographs in black and white. 160 pp. ISBN: 0-563363266.

Shaftesbury, Dorset. UK: Musical New Services Ltd. (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A revised and updated edition of this comprehensive and award-winning book on Flamenco, the author's first book originally published in 1962. Includes a look at the history of the dance, a section on flamenco guitar makers, appendices on the juerga, flamenco festivals, resources for learning flamenco and more. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 1985. At the time of publication, the author was the only non-Spaniard to be elected to the Catedra de Flamencologia of Jerez de la Frontera. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Glossary. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-946570027.

Dawlish, England: David & Charles, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Frank Howes. Memoirs covering 50 years of lives of the Radford sisters. In addition to the obvious joy they found in music of all kinds - from small village concerts to folk-dancing tours and especially with the Falmouth Opera Singers - this includes a lot of social history of England in the first half of the 20th century: World War I, their recalcitrant automobile, etc. 103 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2015). First edition - Published on the band's 50th anniversary, this book attempts to answer the question of why the Grateful Dead became one of the world's most legendary bands. Notes, sources. 353 pp.

Malabar, FL: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co, Inc. 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - An important survey of African American music, beginning with the slave era and going forward to tin pan, ragtime, gospel, blues and jazx. Includes short biographies of most major, and many minor, Black figures in music.

New York: Schirmer Books, (1999). First edition - The Library Journal calls this anthology of essays, articles, and book excerpts, "an important collection of commentary on perhaps the hardest to define of all rock groups." Includes pieces either about or by people not usually connected to the Grateful Dead, like George Plimpton, Miles Davis, and novelist Robert Stone, which illustrate how the Grateful Dead's influence on popular culture is in turn a result of the wide variety of influences absorbed by the band. Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, chronology, discography and index. xiv, 349 pp. ISBN: 0-02864896X.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second collection of essays by this critic and musician: among the topics are Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Thelonius Monk, Jimi Hendrix, Coltrane ,Ornette Coleman and Mingus, Cuban and Hawaiian music and more. 193 pgs including index. ISBN: 0-19-5098692.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. First edition - Discusses the history of the era when jazz, formerly 'musicians' music' suddenly became popular, including a look at the effect racism had on the music and performers. Includes the big bands led by Bennie Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and others, singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday and dozens of great players from Duke Ellington and Jack Teagarden to Lester Young and Django Reinhardt. Bibliography, recommended recordings, index. 148 pp. ISBN: 1-55591-2370.

Berlin and Leipzig: C. F. Peters n.d. [ca. 1880's]. Hardcover - Piano and vocal score (in German / Deutsch). Interesting inscription on the front endpaper - "For my greatly gifted friend and pupil, Raylyn Kinney - a cornerstone for her future library of musical rarities." and signed Homer Henley (1872-1939, San Franciso music critic - for the Argonaut) and dated Christmas 1932. 27.5 cm tall by 19.5 cm. 172 pp.

Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1870 (c 1868.). Hardcover - Novel based on the life of Mozart, includes author's introduction and a translator's note, explaining differences from German edition. 323 pp.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover first edition - A series of essays, ranging from the light-hearted to the more serious, on popular music - ranging from love songs, to songs of travel, barbershop quartets and more. Includes chapters on 'jazzmania,' primitive music, etc. 234 pp.

New York: Random House, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this noted composer and musician. In 1937, at age 13, he was one of the youngest students ever admitted in the State Academy of Music in Vienna, but in 1938 expelled the following year for being a Jew, and his parents sent him to Palestine. Photographs. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-394-555155.

San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Reggae scholar and Beat magazine founder Roger Steffens traces reggae's history and roots, in a chronological format, illustrated with striking photographs in both black and white and full color by reggae enthusiast Peter Simon (Carly's brother). Includes a foreword by Toots Hibbert and an introduction by Stephen Davis. It also includes a DVD specially made for this book compiling rare and previously unseen interviews with the greats of reggae music - including Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, and Toots Hibbert - and removable printed reproductions of items from Steffen's personal collection. Oversized format, illustrated throughout. A fascinating book. SIGNED on the half title page by Roger Steffens with "one" and a drawing of a heart. ISBN: 1933784237.