Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1991). First edition - An ethnomusicological study of the black 'spiritual entertainment' tradition in music, this is based on field recordings and interviews with dozens of local New York singers to tell the story of sacred quartet singing in New York City's African-American church community, as it evolved from 'a cappela' jubilee quartets in the 1920s to the exuberant gospel quartets of the 1950s and the smooth contemporary groups of the 1980s. It formed a symbolic bridge between the rural south and the realities of the urban north. A publication of the American Folklore Society. Photographs, notes at the end of each chapter, bibliography, index. xx, 268 pp. ISBN: 0-812213319.

New York: Broadway Books, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A definitive biography of this giant among jazz musicians - based on previously unexplored archives of Armstrong's writings. Photographs, discography, bibliography, endnotes, index. 564 pp. ISBN: 0-553-067680.

Boston: Little Brown, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the musician who towered over the world of jazz for 50 years. Illustrated with many photographs. Chronology, film list, index. Slightly oversized. 256 pages.

Boston: Little Brown, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the musician who towered over the world of jazz for 50 years. Illustrated with many photographs. Chronology, film list, index. Slightly oversized. 256 pages.

Boston: Little Brown, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the musician who towered over the world of jazz for 50 years. Illustrated with many photographs. Chronology, film list, index. Slightly oversized. 256 pages.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - "An original interpretration of the world's best loved light opera." Text by William Schwenck Gilbert. Notes by Isaac Asimov. New York: Doubleday, A comprehensive annotated reference to the comic operas of William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, including "The Sorcerer", "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of Penzance","Patience", "Iolanthe", "Princess Ida", "The Mikado", "Ruddigore", "The Yeomenof the Guard", "The Gondoliers", "Utopia, Limited", and "The Grand Duke" and more. Photographs. A massive and very heavy book. xiv, 1056 pp. . ISBN: 0-385239157.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition -

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1941. Hardcover first edition - Collects many ballads, arranged topically - from the shantyman's life to moniker songs, French Canadian songs, bunkhouse ballads, Paul Bunyan songs and more. Illustrated with drawings of Paul Bunyan by Gustave Hildebrand, who also provided the colored endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Perry Allen, an old time lumberjack. Appendix of tall tales from the North Woods, bibliography, index. 291 pp.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1941. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects many ballads, arranged topically - from the shantyman's life to moniker songs, French Canadian songs, bunkhouse ballads, Paul Bunyan songs and more. Illustrated with drawings of Paul Bunyan by Gustave Hildebrand, who also provided the colored endpapers. INSCRIBED on the first blank page "To the one who gave me the idea" and signed by the author with his initials. Frontispiece portrait of Perry Allen, an old time lumberjack. Appendix of tall tales from the North Woods, bibliography, index. 291 pp.

Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill and Co, (1975.). "An indispensable handbook for jazz today" - a comprehensive look at jazz history with chapters on jazz instruments, vocalists, combos, European jazz and more. Translated by Dan Morgenstern and Helmut and Barbara Bredigkeit Discography, index. xvi, 459 pp. ISBN: 0-882080288.

Delhi, NY: Birch Brook Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - ""Dear Dr. Bond: We have never met, but you may well have heard of me. My name is Maria Callas. I am an opera singer. I am tking the liberty of writing to you because a friend of mine who is your patient says you are a wonderful psychoanalyst." Thus begins this compelling, fictional autobiography of the great diva, whose brilliant talent and tumultuous relationships have stirred the imagination of music lovers throughout the world." Bibliography. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-913559-490.

New York: Harper Collins, (1989). First edition - Biography of the man "who introduced the likes of the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, and other ilk, to the world, and whose story, so far, has been untold." List of sources, index. xxii, 330 pp. ISBN: 0-060962046.

Port Chilkoot, Haines, AK: Archipelago, Chilkat Press; (1979). First edition - Songs are arranged topically and include subjects like logging and mining, oil slicks and politics, fisheries and the sea and more. Illustrated with printed sheet music, photographs by Nancy Ratner, drawings by John Svenson and a map. Preface by Governor Jay Hammond. Large format. Note: the cover has an error in the title and shows "PANHANDLER SONGBOOK." 100 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A reinterpretation and celebration of the tradition of black blues singers, the importance of blues not only as the roots of jazz but as a 'life-sustaining' vehicle for black women - focusing on Gertude "Ma" Rainey, 1886-1939; Bessie Smith, 1898?- 1937; and Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Includes a transcription of all the extant lyrics recorded by Rainey and Smith. SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, works consulted, index. xx, 427 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45005X.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Selected and edited by Pryor Dodge, with an introduction by Dan Morgenstern. Includes, among others, essays on topics such as Negro jazz as folk material for modern dance, and on figures like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bubber Miley and Nijinsky. Photographs, index. 368 pages. ISBN: 0-19-5071859.

New York: International Publishers, (1965). First edition - The author's first book, a study of folk songs concentrating on the freedom songs arising from the Civil Rights battles in the South and topical songs from folksingers and composers in the North. Includes Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and others. Notes. 127 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (2002). A book "based on three years of research, new documentary evidence, and interviews with 250 of Dylan's intimates" and at the time it was published it was the most complete and , authoritative biography of Bob Dylan in print. Includes any "insights of Dylan at work, from young upstart to grand old man of rock 'n' roll." (Orlando Sentinel) Illustrated with photographs. Includes bibliography, source notes, index. xvi, 527 pp. ISBN: 0-802138918.

Washington, D.C.: Music Educators National Conference. 1962. Hardcover first edition - A selection of papers written by Will Earhart dating from 1914, including his last writings, hitherto unpublished, with some personal reflections by disciples and pupils of this great man of music education. The cover shows "Teacher, Philosopher, Humanitarian" Bibliography. List of articles. 143 pp.

West Point, NY: Egner & Mayer, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this collection of military music edited by Egner, bandmaster U.S.M.A. and Mayer, organist and choirmaster, U.S.M.A. 43 songs with #1 Reveille on the front pastedown and #43 Taps on the rear pastedown. 62 pp.

New York: Da Capo Press, (2002.). The life of jazz great Ellington in his own words and those of the musicians who played with him. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Discography, chronology, index. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-306-810158.

New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An "interpretive biography" by Steed, an ordained minister who is a recognized authority on Ellington's Sacred Concerts. Part of a series of short biographies in the Lives & Legacies series, which focus on the spiritual growth of significant artists. Photographs, notes, chronology, index. 192 pp. ISBN: 9780824523510.

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology, signed by Steve Erickson at his essay 'Neil Young on a Good Day.' Also includes contributions from Jonathan Lethem, David Rakoff, Mike Doughty, Richard Meltzer, Sarah Vowell, William Gay, Ryan Malan, Monica Kendrick, Gilbert Garcia, Whitney Balliett and more. Introduction by Nick Hornby, Series editor Ben Schafer. List of other notable essays of the year 2000 and notes on the contributors. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-306-810662.

New York: Horizon Press, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes an overview of 20 years of jazz music and interviews or articles on 45 jazz musicians ranging from big bandsmen to combo leaders to vocalists, from the old masters to innovators. Included are Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Cleo Laine, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, Sarah Vaughan, Eubie Blake, Earl Hines, Donald Byrd, Barney Bigard, Herbie Hancock, Charles Lloyd, Yusef Lateef, Marian McPartland, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones and more. Introduction by Benny Carter, illustrated with 27 photographs. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-818012145.

New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday, (1994). A thoughtful work of musicology which includes profiles of all the important performers through 1994 as well as essays on the urban culture that generated Hip-Hop. Illustrated with photographs, and photo-collages by Jeremy Dawson at the beginning of each chapter and recommended listening at the end of each chapter. Notes, index. Square format. xxiii, 304 pp. ISBN: 0-38547119X.

New York: Citadel, (1948) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the place of jazz in world music - it's history from early blues, from New Orleans to be-bop, - and a look at the beauty of the music and the greatness of the people who made it. lllustrated with drawings by Jules Halfant. Second state binding of tan boards with black lettering in a second state dust jacket with beige background. Index. 278 pp.

Prescott, AZ: Hohm Press, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A very personal account of the history and significance of the blues music by the guitarist of the (almost) all women blues group, SHRI. 200 pgs, photographs, notes. SIGNED by the author on the half title page.

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, ca 1860. The work for which this German nobleman is best known; this opera was first preformed in Vienna in 1847. Although not as popular as it once was, it continues to be performed. This edition includes a synopsis of the story, the complete score and the words in three languages. Large soft-covered book, bound in a limp leatherette, 10 1/8 by 8 1/2 inches, 230 pages.

New York: Da Capo Press, (2015). First edition - Based on interviews with surviving band members and their friends and associates, this is the first definitive biography of the 1970s band Little Feat. Formed in 1969 by ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, it created music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, R&B, country, jazz, soul, and funk - including their signature outlaw trucker anthem 'Willin'. Bibliography, list of interviews. 256 pp.

New York: Vanguard, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - 'Novel of a jazzman' - set in New Orleans, Europe and elsewhere in the 1920's to 1950's. Dustjacket blurb by Louis Armstrong.