Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 323 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Upper spine cocked. Slight blemish and foxing to upper and side of text block. Otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1st, September 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages, b&w photographs. Light pen marking to three pages. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, American Folklore Society, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Part of the publications of The American Folklore Society - Bibliographical Series - Volume IV. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of famous Jazz singer. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. Berkley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 572 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Upper spine cocked, otherwise clean and tight copy.
hardcover. North Mankato, Minn., Creative Editions, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color screen printed illustrations throughout by Gary Kelley. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2nd printing, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages. Softcover. Full color examples of great blues album covers from the 1950's to 1970's. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. US, Louisiana State University Press, 2nd printing, 1993-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages, b&w photos. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on dedication page to the son of Eddie Jenkins. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, 1st edition, July 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 154 pages. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Da Capo Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very slight normal wear to edges of jacket. Remainder mark to bottom of text block. Clean and tight copy.
Softcover. Edinburgh, UK, Canongate, 2nd, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages. Softcover. Very light scuffing to covers, dented point to top of text block near spine. Old price stick on back cover. Otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Softcover published to accompany the exhibition Dangerous Curves - Art of the Guitar, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from November 5, 2000 to February 25, 2000. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Clean unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 536 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Mild fading to top and edges of jacket, slight normal wear.
Hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 688 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs. End paper wrinkle otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt decorations on dust jacket cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Softcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages. Softcover. Normal light wear to cover, otherwise clean and tight copy apart from previous owners name in title page.
Softcover. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages. Softcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Wrapper has tanning from age, otherwise very good. Pages and edges also have some tanning, but doesn't affect text. Small ink stain on pages 236 and 237. Binding tight. In very good shape.
Softcover. Chicago, IL, Lawrence Hill Books, Reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 754 pages. Softcover. Minor edge wear, otherwise clean and tight copy.
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