Otis Ferguson Reader (December, Vol. 24, No. 1-2.)
December Pr, February 1983. Paper Back. Octavo. Previous reader's name written in ink half title page. Sticker residue front cover. [308 pages]. More
December Pr, February 1983. Paper Back. Octavo. Previous reader's name written in ink half title page. Sticker residue front cover. [308 pages]. More
Chicago Review Press, September 2022. Paper Back. Cash on Cash offers unprecedented insight into one of the most significant American cultural figures of the twentieth century. As an interviewee, Cash was an exemplary communicator to an astonishingly broad spectrum of people: always open and articulate, part friend, part spiritual authority..... More
Harper Perennial, February 2010. Paper Back. "Brilliant....This book is a perfect marriage--or should one say, duet--of subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates." -- Christopher Buckley, Forbes "This is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additional--and inestimable--merit of being..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2001. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. He was twenty-nine years old and had recorded just eighty sessions when he died on New Year's Day 1953. Yet those songs--"Hey Good Lookin'," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"-made Hank Williams the most influential country musician ever..... More
Thunder's Mouth Pr, May 1996. Paper Back. Profiles the life and career of one of the leaders of contemporary rock and roll music, noting the character of his stage performances and the inspirations for his songs. bottom edge stamped. More
Doubleday, January 1973. Cloth. {7' x 10 & 1/4'} In dustjacket with rubbing/soiling, edgewear, darkened edges & clipped flap. Plum colored cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Cobalt blue end pages. Dust stained top edge. [416 pages]. More
Little, Brown and Company, April 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - Crazy was one of his early classics - Willie only..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2016. Hardcover. They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), June 2010. Hardcover. The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go's will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute..... More
Dolphin Books, January 1982. First Thus. Soft Cover. {6' x 9 & 1/4'} Octavo with mild wear. Light soiling & creasing to cover. First paperback edition. [317 pages]. More
St. Martin's Press, October 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed..... More
Simon & Schuster, April 2002. Oversized Hardcover. Here, the editors of Rolling Stone magazine draw on their extensive archives to celebrate the life and career of one of the most talented, most respected and most admired musicians in rock 'n' roll. George Harrison's untimely death saddened millions of rock fans..... More
Perennial, September 1991. First Trade. Trade Paperback. Ronnie and the Ronnettes defined the 1960s girl group, and Phil Spector's wall of sound defined a rock era. Ronnie rose from Spanish Harlem to a dream come true, until she married dangerously eccentric Phil Spector, and the nightmare began. Rock & Roll's..... More
British Library, January 1995. Soft Cover. More
Straight Arrow Books, January 1972. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo with rubbing and moderate shelf wear. The first inside page has a non-authorial inscription. Else internal text without markings.First/first paperbound edition on Straight Arrow Books, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, John Lennon's Lennon Remembers, 1971, Bill Owens, Suburia, 1973, and..... More
Anchor Books, March 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Contemporary Books, July 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Doubleday, August 1986. Trade Paperback. From the jumping rock and blues joints of the 1950s to Woodstock and beyond, Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley? takes a close look at forty-seven musicians whose unique contributions to their thrilling era will never be forgotten. For as we sang their songs, we..... More
W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1969. Paper Back. Clean, sound with remainder mark bottom edge. More
Broadway, April 2005. Trade Paperback. At last! An A-to-Z reference guide for readers who want to learn the cryptic language of Rock Snobs, those arcana-obsessed people who speak of Rickenbacker guitars and Gram Parsons. We've all been there--trapped in a conversation with smarty-pants music fiends who natter on about the..... More
Da Capo Press, February 2002. Paper Back. What is it about Louisiana that breeds and attracts musicians? There are literally hundreds of them -- Dr. John, Harry Connick, Jr., Randy Newman, Trent Reznor, the Neville family, the Marsalis family -- all part of a tradition going back to Louis Armstrong..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 1999. Trade Paperback. Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous facsimiles and added many newly discovered..... More
Dover Publications Inc., June 1964. Trade Paperback. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} Previous owner's name inked first inside page. Dust stains/foxing. [209 pages plus 12 page list of Dover titles.]. More
Little Brown & Co (P), July 1995. Trade Paperback. More
Cambridge University Press, April 1996. Hardcover. Since its original publication in 1930, Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources has become recognized as one of the few seminal technical studies to be written by a twentieth-century composer. In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as a classic. For this new edition, David Nicholls..... More