Entertainment from Spafford Books

San Francisco: Mcsweeney's 978-1-936365-53-1 [978-1-936365-53-1] 2013. (hardcover) 345pp. Fine. 8vo. Byrne's celebration of the subject he has spent his life thinking about and an impasssioned argument about the power of music to liberate and affirm life. White covers (thick), titles debossed in black to front and spine. Fine copy, with black and white and full… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Fellowship for a Christian Social Order (F.C.S.O.) NONE [NONE] [00no date]. (Mass market paperback) 96pp. Very good. 8vo. Ivory (or buff), age-toned card wrappers, stapled. Lower spine lightly chipped. Song book first compiled for the Fellowship for a Christian Order, then published with the hope that it would also meet the needs of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Martin Popoff , Power Chord Press 978-0-9918963-4-9 [978-0-9918963-4-9] 2014. (Mass market paperback) 260pp. Near fine. 8vo. Short print run, so SCARCE. Max Webster, founded by Kim Mitchell, made 5 studio albums and 1 live album between the years 1976 and 1980. This title shares the name of the live album. Lots of black and… Read more about this item

New York Toronto: Oxford University Press NONE [NONE] 1964, 2nd edition. (hardcover) xxx, 636pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. 12mo. Practical reference book rich with ample, but concise information not only about music, but its structure, instruments, performance, and about composers, first published in 1952. Jacket is unclipped and near fine. There has… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 078-0-7710-8040-1 [078-0-7710-8040-1] 2012. (hardcover) 570pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Biography of Leonard Cohen. Black and white photographs. Fine / fine coppy..

Berkeley, California: Last Gasp 1989. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to, stapled. $2.50 cover price. Black and white cartoon. Adults only, satirical comic. 'Cherry Poptart', Nos. 1 & 2, is the name on the first 2 books of the run; the rest of run, Nos. 3-12, are called 'Cherry'. Not first printings, as they lack… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Last Gasp NONE [NONE] 1990. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to, stapled. $2.95 cover price. Black and white cartoon. Adults only, satirical comic. 'Cherry Poptart', Nos. 1 & 2, is the name on the first 2 books of the run; the rest of run, Nos. 3-12, are called 'Cherry'. Not first printings, as… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Last Gasp NONE [NONE] 1990. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to, stapled. $2.95 cover price. Black and white cartoon. Adults only, satirical comic. 'Cherry Poptart', Nos. 1 & 2, is the name on the first 2 books of the run; the rest of run, Nos. 3-12, are called 'Cherry'. Not first printings, as they… Read more about this item

Northampton, Ma: Tundra Publishing Ltd. NONE [NONE] 1992. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to., stapled. $2.95 US price sticker. Black and white cartoon. Adults only..

Berkeley, California: Last Gasp Comics NONE [NONE] 1987. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to, stapled. $2.95 cover price. Black and white cartoon. Adults only, satirical comic. 'Cherry Poptart', Nos. 1 & 2, is the name on the first 2 books of the run; the rest of run, Nos. 3-12, are called 'Cherry'. Not first printings,… Read more about this item

Berkeley, California: Last Gasp A.K.A. Yentzer & Gonif NONE [NONE] 1986. (Mass market paperback) NP. Fine. 4to, stapled. $2.50 cover price. Black and white cartoon. Adults only, satirical comic. 'Cherry Poptart', Nos. 1 & 2, is the name on the first 2 books of the run; the rest of run, Nos. 3-12, are called 'Cherry'.… Read more about this item

None Listed: Standard Brands Limited NONE [NONE] 1938. (hardcover) N/P. Very good, no dust jacket. 12mo. Solid and clean; covers slightly bowed with light wear. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs from the cast of the radio soap opera, 'One Man's Family'. A touch of soiling to the rear cover. A radio script in… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-2476-9] 1982. (Mass market paperback) 245+. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Yellow dust jacket, with black title to front and spine, illustrations to front panel. Black cloth, gilt title stamped to spine. Related ephemera laid in. Clean, tight, bright, solid copy, with black and white illustrations..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-2476-9] 1982. (Mass market paperback) 245+. Very good. 8vo. Yellow dust jacket, with black title to front and spine, illustrations to front panel. Black cloth, gilt title stamped to spine. There is a small square of residue from a price sticker to the front free endpaper, and some light markings… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Mass. London, England: Harvard University Press [0-674-01148-1] 2003. (Mass market paperback) xiv, 394pp. Very good. 8vo. The broad history of jazz, as well as American, history, from the mid-1950s through to the mid-1960s. Illustrated wrappers clean, tight, bright, with black and white photographs..

New York: Hill and Wang NONE [NONE] 1969. (Mass market paperback) 130+. Very good. 8vo. Jazz poetry. There is a name penned to the inside front cover; else is clean, crisp, tight and bright. American Century Series..

New York: Da Capo Press [0-306-80556-1] 1994. (Mass market paperback) 214pp. Very good. 8vo. Paperback edition, unabridged republication of Free Jazz, originally published in hardcover in 1974. Clean, tight, bright, solid copy..

London, UK: The Woburn Press [0 7130 0076 7] 1972. (hardcover) 191pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 4to. Pictorial boards. The cover has begun to separate at the front hinge, and there is a name penned to the front free endpaper; else is clean and bright. Illustrated by Peter R. Sellers, Harry SeCombe, and Spike… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion [1-56282-904-1] 1993, 1st edition. (hardcover) 384pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Folio. First edition, full number line. Jacket crisp and clean, is illustrated, loose, protective mylar. Illustrated boards, clean, tight, bright, solid. Definitive reference for hundreds of Disney creations, organized into three sections - shorts, television series and feature films,… Read more about this item

London Dublin: J. Powers/W. Powers [circa 1811]. (hardcover) Various. Very good, no dust jacket. Folio. Limp cloth, brown with gilt title stamped to the front. Irish music and scores. Pages are lightly age toned at edges, and light water stains intermittently throughout. Faintly starting at the front and rear hinges, otherwise clean and legible, and… Read more about this item