New York: 125th Street Apollo, 1940. Broadsheet handbill (14x22cm); halftone photographic illus. Light foxing, tiny crease to bottom right-hand edge, else Very Good.Handbill promoting the updated 1940 edition of Lew Leslie's musical review "Rhapsody in Black" at the 125th Street Apollo in Harlem, home of "America's Smartest Colored Shows!" The..... More

Washington DC: The New Classroom [Watershed Foundation], 1972. Set of two white cassette tapes housed in a white cardboard box. (18.5x11cm) Cover design by Hunter W. Jones printed in black on cover and spine. Blue paste-down on verso has original $7.95 price and lists contributors. Box toned with some edgewear..... More

Marburg: Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1776-1777. Two volumes in one; 12mo; contemporary gilt-tooled roan, gilt spine in five compartments, papier-peint pastedowns, housed in contemporary paper-covered slipcase; 106,[2]; 291,[5]pp.; music throughout text. General rubbing to margins, spine gilt rather dulled, contemporary ownership notes to front free endpaper verso, old paper repairs to..... More

Text on poster: XX Krakowski Festiwal Jazzowy // P[olskie] S[towarzyszenie] J[azzowe] with trumpet logo // DLA ELI [for Eli]. Date: 1975. Height x width: 84cm x 59cm (33” x 23.25”). Printing information: lower left corner: Drukarnia Narodowa, zam. 514/75. 2000. S-75-7768. Condition: No visual flaws.Mleczko made his reputation as a...... More

Anaheim, CA: Record Exchanger, 1973-1977. First Editions. Large octavos; stapled photo-illustrated wraps. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light wear to edges with a few splits and chips; bindings sound; Very Good. Issues include articles, photographs, interviews, auction records, and more. Run includes:#12 The Four Buddies#13 Flairs, Sun Records, Robins..... More

[New York]: [s.i.], 1961. Second printing. Large octavo. 265 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated wraps. Toning to edges; mild curling to corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good."Second Printing" stated on copyright page though with following notice printed on title page - "This preliminary printing is for..... More

Baltimore, MD: [1937]. Illustrated broadsheet (23x15cm) promoting Chick Webb and his N.B.C. Orchestra and featuring 20-year-old Ella Fitzgerald, who had begun singing with the band in 1935. Verso prints an "Open Letter to Dance Lovers of this City" promoting Webb's band for combining "hot stomp music and sweet melodies." Printed..... More

San Francisco: Bay Tone Records, [1960]. Photo-illustrated broadside (15.2x43.5cm) printed offset in red on white stock promoting the group's first single "Do You Remember." Vertical fold; crease with curling to top left-hand corner; Very Good overall.An offshoot of James Brown's The Famous Flames, this group was composed of members abruptly..... More

New York: Ear N.Y., 1975. First Edition. Tabloid format (42cm); self-wrappers, disbound as issued; [8]pp.; illus. Rather worn and toned with tears along old mail fold affecting text without loss of meaning, damp stain affecting upper cover; Good to Very Good only. Single issue of this uncommon newspaper devoted to..... More

New York: Changer Publications, Inc., 1950 - 1955. Broken run of 29 issues, majority from 1950 through 1952. Complete itemized list available upon request. Quartos (28cm); staple-bound pictorial paper wraps; black and white illustrations throughout; varying lengths but most roughly 50pp. Six magazines with Gene Deitch illustrated covers and nine with..... More

[Washington, DC]: The World of Folk Music / The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Social Security Administration, 1963. 12" x 12" [sleeve]. Double-sided 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record with paper label in original plain white paper sleeve. Sleeve toned and creased. Scratches to record; skips once on Dylan..... More

New York: [1970]. Green and black illustrative photocopied broadside printed only on recto (35x21cm). Edges lightly faded and minor spotting and creasing visible to verso, otherwise Near Fine. Cheetah Nightclub, in its second iteration on West 52nd St, was originally on 53rd in a three-story building which housed a huge dance..... More

Newburyport, MA: Hiram Tozer, Printer, 1836. Printed broadsheet (22x17cm) with text printed in two columns and decorative border. Old folds; chipped and creased with split to enter; likely trimmed based on comparison to other copies in OCLC at 18cm wide; Good only. Uncommon Independence Day celebration broadside for the Massachusetts..... More