Penguin Books / a Pelican Book, October 1973. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with edgewear. Superficial vertical creasing along spine. Previous reader's name in blue ballpoint inside first page. [363 plus two pages of advertisements]. More
Penguin; Pelican, 1963. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with mild edgewear. Spine faded and slightly lightened. More
Alfred A. Knopf, October 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. National Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack. Previous dealer's large stamp on verso of cover panel. Previous reader's name written in ink on half title page. [307 pages]. More
W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1983. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. Previous reader's name written in ink on half title page. [237 pages0. More
A Signet Book / New American Library, July 1967. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Well worn mass market with scratches & creased spine. Previous readers' names on verso of front cover, also on first page of textblock. [299 pages plus five pages of advertisements and a list of Mentor titles then..... More
Flatiron Books, November 2015. Hardcover. The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! Intelligent and captivating. Don't miss it. - People Magazine One of the best celebrity memoirs of the year. -The Hollywood Reporter Rock Star. Composer and Lyricist. Feminist Icon. Survivor..... More
Little, Brown, February 2000. Trade Paperback. Hailed as a masterwork by the Wall Street Journal, Careless Loveis the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography. Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award Last..... More
Chicago Review Press, November 2016. Paper Back. Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews from the peak of Jimi Hendrix's career, 1966 to 1970, carefully selected by one of the world's leading Jimi Hendrix historians. In this book Hendrix recalls for reporters his heartbreaking childhood and his grueling nights..... More
Faber and Faber, January 1984. Paper Back. Quarto with moderate shelfwear. Creased front cover. [176 pages]. More
Hillsboro Press, December 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Ted Jarrett has been a central figure in Music City's thriving rhythm & blues scene since the 1950s, working as a hit songwriter, musician, producer, label chief, artist manager, talent scout, and disc jockey. You Can Make It If You Try provides..... More
St Martins Press, January 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto. {8 & 3/4' x 11'} In dustjacket with lightly edgeworn DJ, with tiny tears & pulling at top of spine. One inch closed tear top of edge of front jacket panel. Light foxing top edge and fore-edge of textblock. Dust stain..... More
Penguin Group, September 2006. Trade Paperback. A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life..... More
Harpercollins Pb, January 2000. Paper Back. This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas cotton farm to his early years at Sun Records. We read..... More
Viking, March 2015. Hardcover. Kirkus Best Books of 2015 selection forBiography Published in celebration of Holiday s centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer s extraordinary musical talent When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia s studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the..... More
Black Dog & Leventhal, May 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. This unique, photo-filled musical biography includes two CDs with nearly three hours of landmark performances by the great diva, accompanied by expert commentary. Here is a true artistic biography, focusing on Maria Callas's musical development, her influence, her critical reception--and the..... More
Lexington Books, February 2011. Paper Back. Hip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, 'inherited' from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, the Feminist Art movement, and 1980s and 1990s postmodern aesthetics. By comparing and contrasting the major motifs of the..... More
Hachette Books, November 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford--lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess--delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock and heavy metal, all in his enlightening, hilarious, and one-of-a-kind voice. Rob Halford has..... More
Chicago Review Press, August 2015. Trade Paperback. Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a strange and eventful life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than fifty interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and..... More
Chicago Review Press, November 2020. Hardcover. From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine," the irreverent opening line to Horses, her 1975 debut album, the punk movement had found its dissident intellectual voice. Yet outside the recording studio--Smith has released..... More
Chicago Review Press, April 2017. Paper Back. Bowie on Bowie presents some of the best interviews David Bowie has granted in his near five-decade career. Each featured interview traces a new step in his unique journey, successively freezing him in time in all of his various incarnations, from a young..... More
Fleming H Revell Co, January 1985. Paper Back. More
It Books, April 2011. Trade Paperback. In this candid autobiography, Cherie Currie--the original lead singer of '70s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways--powerfully recounts her years in the band, her friendship with guitarist Joan Jett, and her struggle with drugs. An intense, behind-the-scenes look at rock music in the gritty..... More
Hachette Books, October 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes. Kid Congo Powers has been described as a "legendary guitarist..... More
Little Brown & Co, September 1995. Trade Paperback. From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography..... More
