Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 235 pages. Previous owner's address label on front endpaper. B/w illustration on frontispiece. Dark gray cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. A new edition of the correspondence between Max and Hedwig Born and Albert Einstein between 1916 and 1955, where everything from physics to politics, to music and their families was discussed. New Edition
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, light soiling to dust jacket. otherwise very nice condition. previous owner's signature on front paste-down. previous price sticker on upper rt corner of front cover. many black & white photos and reproductions of paintings. hardbound, 382 pgs.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Slight fading to spine, otherwise clean and tight copy.
Softcover. East Greenwich, Kentish Guards Rhode Island, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Softcover. Magazine format. Many black & white photographs and local advertising. Some areas of staining and abrasion to covers. Staple binding. "Schedule of Events" sheet laid-in. Good overall condition. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Middlebury, VT, Middlebury College Press, 2nd Printing, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 48 pages, with preface by Donald Davidson, notes by Helen Hartness Flanders, and illustrations by Arthur Healy. Light dust jacket edge wear and chip, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.
Hardcover. Camden, NJ, Victor Talking Machine Company, 8th, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Red illustrated cloth, black spine. Light wear to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Ward Lock & Co., Limited, reprint, no date, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 366 pages. "Being a Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional." Undated facsimile reprint of 1885 2nd edition. Red cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, gray dust jacket with brown illustration and titles, mylar protective covering to dust jacket, over 200 b&w illustrations by author, 6 b&w plates, including frontispiece and 3 fold-out panels with violin diagrams traced from originals. Light rubbing to covers, dust jacket spine faded, dust jacket edges lightly discolored with age, price-clipped, pages crisp and unmarked, neat binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
Softcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 690 pages. Softcover. Very light wear to covers, some bending to front, overall clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, St Martins Pr, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 247 pages, with illustrations, minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 532 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very light wear to jacket, two small scratches to upper jacket spine. Otherwise very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 513 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. From the front flap: "In When Hollywood Had A King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who transformed the entertainment industry--businessman, politician, tactician, and visionary Lew Wasserman.
Hardcover. Berkley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight wear to jacket, scuffing to back. Name of previous owner in pen in front end paper. Otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. US, DK Publishing, 1st american, 2006-09-04, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 360 pages. Extensive color and b&w photographs throughout. Embossed sticker from Country Music Hall of Fame on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 334 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor wear along the top edge, but is in generally good condition. Covers are bright and clean, as are interior pages. This book is a family portrait of singer-songwriters from the late '50's and early '60's. Previous owner inscribed their name on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33696
Softcover. Albany, University of the State of New York, Reprint, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 451 pages. Softcover. 3 pages of black & white photographs. Minor darkening to cover edges. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 612832
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 449 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography and illustrations throughout. Remainder dot present on the bottom edge. This book combines extensive fieldwork, archival research, interviews with living musicians, and first-person accounts with Gioia's own calm, argument-closing incantations to draw a line through a century of Delta blues. This engrossing narrative is flavored with insightful and vivid musical descriptions that ensure an understanding of not only the musicians, but the music itself. Clean copy. Record # 33777
Hardcover. Northamptonshire, UK, AirWair Limited, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Unpaginated, hardcover. Dust jacket has multiple closed tears and some edge wear. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a heavily illustrated social history of the Doc Martens boot, in the context of the pop music scene, from the '60s through the '90s. Clean copy. Record # 34119
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