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Signed by W. C. Handy 1. HANDY, W. C. Unsung Americans Sung. (New York: Handy Brothers Music Co., 1944), quarto, boards in dust jacket. 236 pp. First Edition. Songs memorializing and celebrating along with brief biographical notes: Booker T. Washington, Dr. George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, et. al. Contributors include , "Doc" Charles L. Cooke, Spencer Odom, W. C. Handy, James P. Johnson, and many other African Americans who also deserve recognition. With a bibliography. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by African American Jazz orchestra leader, George Morrison, on the front pastedown, "To Katherine / Wishing you every success / Geo Morrison / 1.14.46". Also signed on the front endpaper by W. C. Handy and dated 1945. Water (?) stain along bottom 1/2" of back board. Publisher's promotional slip offering two other binding styles and pricing. Minor shelf wear to edges of jacket and scuffing along bottom edge of boards. Fragile binding solid at spine showing just the tiniest bit of weakness along top outer edge. (31312) $300.00 2. WITTKE, Carl. TAMBO AND BONES. A History of the American Minstrel Stage. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1930, octavo, original orange cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine, in original printed dust jacket. (x), (278)pp. First Edition. A nearly as new copy of this scarce history of Black American minstrels. Jacket is clean, bright and not price clipped. Top of jacket spine has a very tiny chip. (30753) $250.00

3. PANASSIE, Hugues. Le Jazz Hot. Introduction by and Preface by Eugene Marsan. : Editions R.-A. Corrêa, (1934), octavo, pictorial paper wrappers. 432 pp. First Edition. Frontispiece drawing by Roger Chastel. Illustrated with photographs. Text in French. The first of a dozen books written by Panassie on Hot Jazz. Wrappers with chipping along edges, front and back. Tape reinforcement to top and bottom of spine. (31293) $175.00

4. PANASSIE, Hugues. Hot Jazz. The Guide to . New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1936), octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. (xx), 363 pp. First American Edition. "The Complete, authoritative work on swing...its great performers, its great recordings, its great achievements." Translated by Lyle and Eleanor Dowling from "Le Jazz Hot". Several small chips around edge of jacket, not price clipped. A swing related newspaper clipping laid in which has offset at pp. 160/161. Faint erasure to front endpaper. (30882) $350.00 5. BOULTON, David. Jazz in Britain. : W. H. Allen, 1958, octavo, red boards in dust jacket. 206 pp. First Edition. Foreword by Chris Barber. This book falls into three parts: a general history, the British jazz scene at the time of publication, and finally a comprehensive catalogue of British jazz bands. Illustrated with photographs. a fine, clean copy in a fine dust jacket that is not price clipped. (31309) $35.00

6. BROONZY, William as told to Yannicj Bruynoghe. Big Bill Blues. (London): The Jazz Book Club, (1957), octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. 139 pp. Jazz Book Club edition. First published by Cassell in 1955, this edition was published for members of the Jazz Book Club only. Illustrated with photographs. The 8 pp. gathering containing the title page, Foreword, Contents and list of Illustrations is present but not bound in and without stab holes. Dust jacket design by Victor Reinganum. Minor chipping at top and bottom of jacket spine and at flap folds. (31303) $45.00

7. COURLANDER, Harold. Negro Folk Music U.S.A. New York: Press, 1963, octavo, orange cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 324 pp. First Edition. "The considerable acculturation between Negro and white folk music, and the effects Negro tunes and styles have had on popular music in the United States are all taken into account. The author examines thoroughly the influence of Negro musical tradition on jazz, and shows that they are completely separate developments although jazz as a popular art form developed out of folk style." (31310) $22.00 8. DEMEUSY, Bertrand, Otto Fluckinger, Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Kurt Mohr. compilers. Hot Lips Page. Basel, Switzerland: Jazz-Publicaitons, 1961, small octavo, printed wrappers stapled. 30 pp. First Edition. With Discography by Jorgen Grunnet-Jepsen and Kurt Mohr. Illustrated. One page addendum laid in. One entry in the discography annotated by Rolph Fairchild, best known as a writer of jazz liner notes and the author of the art Hodges discography. Edges of wrappers faded, else fine. (31315) $50.00

9. (ELLINGTON, Duke). de TRAZEGNIES, Jean. (Harlem Aristocrat of Jazz). Bruxelles: "Editions du Hot Club", (1946), octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (64)pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs.Presentation Copy, inscribed and signed by de Trazegnies on the half title" "To Al Otto. Sincerely Jean de Trazegnies 29.6.46." (in green ink). A fine, clean copy. A most attractive copy. This book is one of approximately 1,500 jazz, blues, and swing books we will be uploading. Stay tuned. (31263) $45.00

10. GOFFIN, Robert. Aux Frontieres du Jazz. Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, no date, circa 1938, small octavo, printed self-wrappers. (260) pp. Fourth Edition. Text in French. Preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. Illustrated with 60 photographs. "By 1923, he was a lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Brussels, and in 1928, he married Suzanne Lagrange. During this period, his focus shifted to the new American art form, jazz, and in 1932 he published what is considered the first serious book on the new genre, Aux Frontières du Jazz ('On the Frontiers of Jazz')." Wikipedia. Small chip at bottom of spine which has been creased from reading. Two glass rings on front wrapper, overall shelf wear but solid. (31295) $150.00 11. GOFFIN, Robert. La Nouvelle-Orléans Capitale du Jazz. New York: Éditions de la Maison Français, 1946, octavo, printed wrappers in printed dust jacket. (271) pp. First Edition. Text in French. Chip to front flap of jacket with has minor chipping along edge. Near fine. (31296) $85.00

12. HUGHES, Spike. Opening Bars. Beginning an Autobiography. London: Pilot Press Ltd, 1946, octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 382 pp. First Edition. Spike Hughes was a British musician, composer and arranger who spanned the worlds of and jazz. He has been called Britain's earliest jazz composer. This text covers not only jazz but opera, Max Reinhardt, Eric Gill, W. B. Yeats and his own experiences as a composer. Several large chips to dust jacket, front and back, which is price clipped. (31313) $75.00

13. JAMES, Burnett. Essays on Jazz. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, (1961), small octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. 205 pp. First Edition. Essays covering , , , Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington and more. White background of dust jacket slightly dust soiled. Jacket not price clipped and book very fine. (31299) $25.00 14. GERHARDI, William. Jazz and Jasper. The Story of Adams and Eva. London: Duckworth, (1929), octavo, purple cloth in dust jacket. 312pp. First Edition. "...a satire on this age of jazz bands and love." A very fine, clean copy, top edge dusty. Jacket has slight edge wear with bump to head of spine which is sunned. (31182) $175.00

15. HOBSON, Wilder. American Jazz Music. New York: Norton, (1939), octavo, bright blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (234)pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. A near fine, clean copy, top and bottom of spine bumped. Jacket price clipped and with wear to extremities especially at spine. (30872) $55.00

16. HOLMES, John Clellon. The Horn. New York: Random House, (1958), octavo, turquoise boards and black cloth in printed dust jacket. (xii), (244)pp. First Edition. "An authentic and powerful novel about the world of jazz." Book in very fine, clean condition. Jacket near fine with a few scuffs and bump to head of spine. Jacket is not price clipped. (31173) $75.00 17. JEPSEN, Jorgen Grunnet. A Discography of Count Basie 1951-1968. Copenhagen: Knudsen, (1969), octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (vi), (49)pp., stapled. First Edition. A very fine, clean copy. This book is one of approximately 1,500 jazz, blues, big band and swing books we will be uploading. Stay tuned. (31260) $20.00

18. KAUFMANN, Helen L. From Jehovah to Jazz. Music in America from Psalmody to the Present Day. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937, octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in printed dust jacket. (xiv), (306)pp. First Edition. Frontispiece. Illustrations by Alajalov. A fine, clean copy. Bright, clean jacket with slight shelf scuffs at edges. Jacket not price clipped. (31175) $75.00

19. LEONARD, Neil. Jazz and the White Americans. The Acceptance of a New Art Form. (London): The Jazz Book Club, (1964), small octavo, pale blue boards in dust jacket. (vi), 215 pp. Jazz Book Club edition. First published in 1962, this edition created for members of the Jazz Book Club only. Dust jacket design by Victor Reinganum. Very fine. (31302) $20.00

20. MALSON, Lucien. Histoirie du Jazz moderne. Paris: La Table Ronde, (1961), octavo, printed wrappers. (260), (ii) pp. First Edition. Text in French. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed on half-title. Near fine. (31297) $65.00 21. MARKS, Edward B. as told to Abbott J. Liebling. They All Sang from Tony Pastor to Rudy Vallee. New York: The Viking Press, 1934, octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 321 pp. First Edition. "A musical record of America through half a century, told in the lively memoirs of an old-timer who knew them all - the people who wrote our songs, the singers and performers, the places where they were heard from Bowery to Broadway, the minstrals, burlesque queens, vaudeville stars, musical showfolk, movie and radio singers - and all the songs they sang." Illustrated with over 200 photographs, playbills, song covers, words and music of famous songs, and the choruses of 47 popular favorites of which everyone knows the tunes but not the words. Dust jacket with chips to top and bottom of spine and small ones along edges. Water stain affecting fore-edge of the first 30 pages or so. Inner hinges also stained. (31304) $65.00 22. McCARTHY, Albert. Big Band Jazz. (New York): G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1974), large quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. (368) pp. First American Edition. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Includes a very detailed index. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. (31318) $45.00

23. (MORTON, Jelly Roll). JEPSEN, Jorgen Grunnet; Biographical Notes by Knud H. Ditlevsen. Discography of Jelly Roll Morton. Vol 1: Period 1922-29; Vol. 2: Period 1930-40. (Brande, Denmark): Debut Records, 1959, small octavo , printed wrappers, stapled. (18) leaves printed recto only ; 21 leaves printed recto only. First Editions. Heavily annotated by Rolph Fairchild best known as a writer of jazz album liner notes and the author of the art Hodges discography. Both parts signed on the Foreword page, "Rolph Fairchild - 1960 / Issued in U.S. Spring, 1960." Also initialed "R.F." on front wrappers. Fine. (31294) $185.00 24. (REINHARDT, Django). ABRAMS, Max. The Book of Django. Los Angeles: Max Abrams, 1973, quarto, printed wrappers with plastic comb binding. iii, 188 pp. . First Edition. Laid in is the 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of errata. Illustrated with photographs. Several short tears to edges of wrappers which are slightly sunned, else fine. (31298) $65.00

25. (REINHARDT, Django). DELAUNAY, Charles. . (London): The Jazz Book Club, (1963), small octavo, red boards. 247 pp. Jazz Book Club edition. Translated by Michael James. Originally published in 1961 by Cassell, this edition was issued in 1963 for members of the Jazz Book Club only. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine. (31300) $20.00

26. (RICH, Buddy). COOPER, Dave. Buddy Rich - A Lifetime of Music. No place: Dave Cooper, 1989, quarto, pictorial wrappers, stapled. 124 pp. First Edition. An expanded discography with biographical notes. Fine. (31291) $95.00 27. RUST, Brian. Brian Rust's Guide to Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, (1980), octavo, maroon cloth. x, (134)pp. First Edition. A very fine, clean copy. This book is one of approximately 1,500 jazz, blues, big band and swing books we will be uploading. Stay tuned. (31272) $45.00 28. SARGEANT, Winthrop. Jazz: Hot and Heavy. New York: E. P Dutton, 1946, octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. 287 pp. First printing of the Revised and Enlarged edition. A technical consideration of jazz as an art. Small chips to edges of jacket, back panel water spotted, not price clipped. Two water spots to top edge of text block. (31311) $25.00

29. SHAPIRO, Nat and Nat Hentoff, editors. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Story of JAZZ by the men who made it. New York: Rinehart & Company, (1955), octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 432 pp. First Edition. "As told by Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson...Louis Armstrong, Clarence Williams, Jelly Roll Morton...W. C. Handy, , Ethel Waters, , Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, , Dave Brubeck and many more. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket which is price clipped. (31314) $75.00

30. (SMITH, Bessie). MOORE, Carman. Somebody's Angel Child. The Story of Bessie Smith. New York: Thomas Y Crowell, no date, circa 1960, small octavo, yellow cloth in dust jacket. (x), (123) pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Small chip to top of jacket spine. Jacket not price clipped. (31301) $25.00 31. STEARNS, Marshall and Jean. Jazz Dance. The Story of American Vernacular Dance. New York: Macmillan, 1968, large octavo, blue and red cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 464 pp. First Edition. A wide-ranging history beginning with dance in Africa and the West Indies, Minstrel dances, carnivals, ballroom origins, followed by focus on the pioneers: King Rastus Brown, Bill Robinson, Frank Condos, Harland Dixon, John W. Bubbles and Fred Astaire. Contains a chapter on "The Class Acts" and another on "The Jitterbug". Illustrated. Ends with a bibliography and index. Front panel of jacket soiled, not price clipped. (31320) $40.00

32. (TEAGARDEN, Jack). SMITH, Jay D. and Len Guttridge. . The Story of a Jazz Maverick. London: Cassell, (1960), octavo, black boards in dust jacket. viii, 208 pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Minor shelfwear to jacket which is not price clipped. No tears or chipping. Book fine. (31308) $40.00

33. (TEAGARDEN, Jack). WATERS, Howard J/. Jr. Jack Teagarden's Music: His Career and Recordings. Stanhope, NJ: Walter C. Allen, September, 1960, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (x), 222 pp. First Edition. "Teagarden was an American jazz trombonist and singer. According to critic Scott Yannow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 1940s and 'one of the best jazz singers too'. Teagarden's early career was as a sideman with the likes of Paul Whiteman and lifelong friend Louis Armstrong." Wikipedia. A complete discography extensively illustrated with photographs. With addenda/errata laid in. Foreword by Paul Whiteman. Fine. (31305) $40.00 34. TERKEL, Studs. Giants of Jazz. New York: Crowell, (1957), octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (vi), (216) pp. First Edition. Chapters on Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, , and Dizzy Gillespie. Front endpaper has the small name and address rubber-stamp of jazz pianist, composer and music journalist, Leonard Feather. Jacket fine with one tiny chip at top of front panel and spine slightly sunned. (31319) $50.00

35. (TORME, Mel). HULME, George. Mel Torme. A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films. McFarland & Company, 2000, large octavo, brown cloth. viii, 190 pp. First Edition. A very fine, clean copy. (31317) $40.00

36. TRAILL, Sinclair and The Hon Gerald Lascelles, editors. Just Jazz. London: Peter Davies, (1957), octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xxvi, 230, 224 pp. discography of 1956 Jazz recordings. First Edition. Illustrated. With articles by Louis Armstrong, Benny Green, Berta Wood, and seven others. Complimentary slip laid in signed by Sinclair Traill. Chips along edges of jacket. (31277) $50.00

37. TREADWELL, Bill, editor. Big Book of Swing. (New York): Cambridge House, (1946), quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers, stapled. 130pp., stapled. First Edition. Well illustrated with photographs. A fine, clean copy. This book is one of approximately 1,500 jazz, blues, big band and swing books we will be uploading. Stay tuned. (31261) $25.00

38. (WARING, Fred). KIEFER, Peter T. The Fred Waring Discography. Greenwood Press, (1996) , octavo, brick red cloth. (x), (227) pp. First Edition. A very fine, clean copy. (31316) $30.00 39. WHITEMAN, Paul with Mary Margaret McBride. Jazz. New York: J. H. Sears, 1926, octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (vi), 298 pp. Second Printing. Whiteman's autobiography illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket with chip at bottom of spine and a small one at bottom of front flap fold. Jacket not price clipped. (31290) $120.00

40. WILLIS, George. Little Boy Blues. New York: Dutton, 1947, octavo, black boards in dust jacket. 223 pp. First Edition. "An intense, moving novel of the private life of a famous band leader." Minor shelf wear to jacket which is not price clipped and bottom edge of boards, near fine. (31307) $35.00

41. WOLSIEFFER, P. M., compiler. The Gem Songster. A Choice Selection of Famous Songs. The Most Popular Ballads, Patriotic, Comic and Favorite Negro Melodies. Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1892, octavo, printed wrappers. 186, (ii) pp. First Edition. Words and music complete. Very small chip at top of back wrapper. (31292) $95.00