NY: Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: vii, 151; 6 small portraits in text. An unusual biography in the form of lyrics to a long song. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page: "To Dorothy: with thanks for your support--Alexis Oct 89." 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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London: Harvill Press, 1996. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: x, 342 , index; 32pp illus from photographs. This biography of the harpsichord genius (1872-1948) was written by her great niece. Woodhouse's salon was a magnet to many of the important artists of her age--Picasso, Rodin, T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Owen, Ezra Pound, and others. Seen as a femme fatale who attracted passionate devotees of both sexes, including composer Ethel Smyth and novelist Radclyffe Hall, she was the first musician to play the harpsichord for audio recording (1920). 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp:(viii), 326, index; 8pp illus from photographs. Dregni's biography offers a definitive portrait of the great guitarist. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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NY: Ballantine Books, 1968. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 160pp; illustrated by movie stills throughout text. Stated first printing. 7" x 4.25". (more information)

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NY: CBS, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 35pp; text illus from photographs. Laid into this colorful presentation of Dylan's early career are ten pages of printed notes on individual songs that he wrote. 12" x 12". (more information)

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NY: Macmillan, 1971. 3rd printing. Original cloth. Fine/Very Good. Price-clipped dust jacket. pp: viii, 137. This is Dylan's first book, written in 1966 and published in 1971, delayed by his motorcycle accident and its aftermath. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Owl Book/Henry Holt, 2000. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. pp: xxii, 408, discography, notes and index; 24pp illus from photographs. The '60s historian and journalist based this biography on hundreds of interviews. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Franklin Watts, 1989. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. pp: xv, 335, discography, index; 32pp illus from photographs. Eliot crisscrossed the US six times, conducting interviews to produce this biography of Phil Ochs. This is the updated and expanded edition, published ten years after the first edition. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. Creases in paper covers from reading. pp: x, 316, discography, index; 48pp illus from photographs. Eliot crisscrossed the US six times, conducting interviews to produce this biography of Phil Ochs. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Crease in front paper cover. pp: x, 316, discography, index; 48pp illus from photographs. Eliot crisscrossed the US six times, conducting interviews to produce this biography of Phil Ochs. 8" x 5.25". (more information)

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: xv, 523, discography, bibliography; illus throughout from photographs. The jazz great comments on his performances, philosophy of life and music, tour journals, etc. 10.5" x 7.25". (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xii, 236, index; 26pp illus from photographs. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Philadelphia: Theo. Presser, 1896. Second Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Front free-endpaper removed. 301pp; portrait. Elson, editor of Boston's "Musical Herald," arranged more than 2,000 songs and composed some of his own. This book is his informal record of several vacations abroad in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and England, with much discussion of concerts, recitals and musicians. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: viii, 437, index; 8pp illus from photographs. This is an absorbing biography of the boy-wonder, jazz genius. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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NY: E.P. Dutton, 1902. First US Edition. Original cloth. Good. Binding cloth lightly rubbed. 200pp; 4 plates from portraits. Contains biographies of ten Scottish songstresses: Carolina, Baroness of Nairne; Joanna Baillie; Mrs. Alison Cockburn; and seven others. 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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NY: W.W. Norton, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 522pp, index; text illus from photographs, cd in envelope. This comprehensive biography of the King of Swing and the Swing Era includes an extensive bibliography. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. First paperback edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Illus from Photographs. (Copyright 1981) 251pp, index; 16pp illus from photographs. 8" x 5.25". (more information)

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New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1972. First Edition. Original c`loth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: xxii, 554; frontispiece, 68pp illus from photographs. This definitive, scholarly work traces the Glenn Miller band from the mid-1930s through the last show in 1942, ten days before Miller joined the Army Air Force. It includes the physical layout of the recording sessions and the broadcasts, a summary of the band's position in the "Down Beat" and "Metronome" polls, index of tunes, index of personnel, etc. 9.25" x 6.25". (more information)

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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1963. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. Lorin Thompson. pp: viii, 177; 8pp illus from photographs. The Ol' Pea Picker traces his life from childhood in Tennessee and wartime service through his career from dj to TV-show host. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Chelsea House, 1988. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 110pp, index; illus from photographs. This biography is a title in the series "Black Americans of Achievement." 9.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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NY: Chelsea House, 1996. 4th printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 126pp, index; illus from photographs. 9.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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NY: Stein and Day, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 224pp, index; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs. Biography of the songwriter who composed more than 3,000 songs. 9.5" x 6.5". (more information)

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Urbana: Univ of Illinois Press, 1989. First Edition. Original cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus from Photographs. pp: xii, 103; 8pp illus from photographs. As told to Robert Wolf. Foreword by Studs Terkel. Freeman recalls playing jazz in Chicago in the 1920s, especially "the wonderful clubs on the black South Side." 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus by the author. 72pp; illus throughout in color. Garcia calls this book "auto-apocrypha, full of my anecdotes" about his childhood in San Francisco in the 1940s. 9.25" x 8.5". (more information)

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NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 272pp, index; 8pp illus from photographs. This anecdotal biography is by Ellington's collaborator and friend. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 272pp w/index; 8pp illus from photographs. An anecdotal biography by Ellington's collaborator and friend. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: viii, 728, discography (1926-1940), filmography (1930-1974), extensive notes, bibliography, and index; 32pp illus from photographs. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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NY: Quick Fox, 1979. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xiv, 257; illus from photographs. This is a revised, expanded edition of "Buddy Holly: His Life and Music," first published in 1975. 10.25" x 7". (more information)

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Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xi, 468, index; 16pp illus from photographs. Moe Asch, son of the great Yiddish novelist, founded Folkways Records in 1948 and served as director for 40 years. This definitive biography describes his relations with the folk artists he recorded, (Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Ella Jenkins, and others), his influence on the folk revival of the early 1960s, his recording of songs used by the Civil Rights movement, etc. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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London: Quartet Books, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xvi, 208, discography, bibliography and index; 16pp illus from photographs. Biography of Count Basie's great vocalist who went solo in 1958, and died in 1984. 8.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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