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There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder [Includes Ukulele Arrangement.]

By: Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer

Price: $12.95

Publisher: New York, Irving Berlin Inc.: 1928

Seller ID: 008501

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

[Includes Ukulele Arrangement.] Jazz/Dance Band. Al Jolson's Big Hit in "The Singing Fool". Other Titles: I'm happy, so happy walking on air / There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder, and a sky of blue above. OCLC Number: 861463179. Ref: DAHR. From early "Talkie" film The Singing Fool.

Carefully handled, Clean with minor age-toning. Previous owner's name discretely on cover under rainbow.
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Jazz: Photographs of the Masters

By: Blumenthal, Bob; Johnson, Martin; Preiss, Cliff

Price: $19.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Artisan: 1995

Seller ID: 008017

ISBN: 1885183259

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. No flaws but gentle use. ------ In Jazz: Photographs of the Masters, internationally acclaimed photographer Jacques Lowe captures the character and spirit of 200 of the greatest jazz musicians who define the state of the art today. ------- Of all music, jazz best represents the diversity and dynamism of twentieth-century America, and this sumptuous volume of duotone portraits pays homage to the virtuosos who have created this extraordinarily rich music.
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Days in the Life: The Lost Beatles Archives

By: Buskin, Richard

Price: $19.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Star Pub: 1999

Seller ID: 007714

ISBN: 0966948122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is gently handled and has no flaws to note. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve and has light shelf handling. From a smoker's library, faint tobacco smell. ----- Historic photographs of the Beatles, lost until discovered in 1998 in the corner of an attic. The photographer had been a freelancer and the film found had previously unseen footage. Each photo is accompanied by explanatory text.
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Being Elvis: A Lonely Life

By: Connolly, Ray

Price: $16.95

Publisher: New York London, Liveright: 2017

Seller ID: 010694

ISBN: 1631492802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 8vo; 362 pages with index Illustrated --------- Ray Connolly's Being Elvis contains the authentic spontaneity and electricity that we all cherish as the essence of Elvis. Sprinkled not with mere rhinestones but with true gems of revelation, his new biography has finally found the sweet spot between the poles of lurid flash and scholarly abundance. [Preston Lauterbach, author of The Chitlin' Circuit and Beale Street Dynasty]
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A Manual of Music: Its History, Biography and Literature. A Complete History of Music, Illustrated w/ Chronological Charts, Incl. Biographies & Portraits of Eminent Composers with Characteristic Specimens from their Works, Carefully Analyzed and Explained.

By: Derthick, W. M. [Editor]

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Chicago, Manual Publishing Co: 1888

Seller ID: 008947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with slight beginnings of discoloration on rear board. Slight shelf lean. Includes A Dictionary of Technical and Proper Names with Definitions and Simplified Pronunciations. Illustrated with portraits of each artist. Folio; 628 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 36 cm.
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Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance

By: Dodge, Charles; Jerse, Thomas

Price: $60.00

Publisher: USA, Schirmer Books: 1985

Seller ID: 010633

ISBN: 002873100X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. ------ The authors offer clear, practical overviews of program languages, real-time synthesizers, digital filtering, artificial intelligence, and much more.
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The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution

By: Mitchell, James A.

Price: $12.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Seven Stories Press: 2013

Seller ID: 008158

ISBN: 1609804678

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

First Edition, First Printing. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. --- "James Mitchell carefully and lovingly has reconstructed an inspiring and poignant chapter both in John Lennon's odyssey and in the tangled flow of the American anti-war and other protest movements of the late nineteen sixties and early seventies. The Walrus and The Elephants is an indispensable window into an amazing time in American history and the history of rock and roll." - Danny Goldberg,
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The Harp of Renfrewshire : a Collection of Songs and Other Poetical Pieces (Many of Which Are Original) ; Accompanied with Notes, Explanatory, Critical, and Biographical, and a Short Essay on the Poets of Renfrewshire.

By: Motherwell, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paisley, Alex. Gardner: 1873

Seller ID: 006177

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of Scottish songs, local ballads, and poetry by poet and journalist Robert Motherwell. ---- Polished brown cloth over boards with paste-on spine title. Spine title darkened. Bindings very tight and Square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Bumped lower corners. 8 inches tall. vii, 494pp plus xxxiv, notes and index, and viii list of subscribers.
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Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy.

By: Nathan, Hans

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Norman, OK, Univ of Oklahoma Press: 1977

Seller ID: 010305

ISBN: 0806105402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The title only tells a part of this important story. It is both a biography of Dan Emmett and a study of the early period of American Blackface Minstrelsy. The additional material is an anthology of music, eight songs, eleven banjo tunes, thirteen walk-arounds, and some miscellaneous minstral-show gems. Also there are an additional seventeen songs and 12 more banjo tunes from the mid-19th century American popular stage.

First Edition, Second Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear. Only flaw is a hint of soiling on the lower text block edge. Dust Jacket pr...
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The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America (Blacks in the New World)

By: Peretti, Burton W.

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Urbana and Chicago, IL, University of Illinois Press: 1992

Seller ID: 006723

ISBN: 0252017080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve. --- Illustrated with B/W photos. --- Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and use of drugs. This book places jazz in its rich social context.
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Lost Chords: White Musicians and their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945

By: Sudhalter, Richard M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York; Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 010581

ISBN: 0195055853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Minor publishing flaw to one page lower text block. --------- Many jazz fans and critics and even some jazz musicians contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music; that even, with every white musician removed from the canon, the history and nature of jazz would remain unchanged. Now, with Lost Chords, musician-historian Richard M. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view
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The Garner: Songs and Hymns for Sunday-Schools, Prayer Meetings, Temperance, and Gospel Meetings ; Together with Elementary Instruction and Exercises for Music Classes

By: Sweney, John R.

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Philadelphia:, John J. Hood,: 1887

Seller ID: 004197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Cloth boards with paste on front and rear. Spine very worn. Binding firm Lower front hinge tender. Text clean with toning. Wear to corners.
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Fifth Edition, Completely Updated and Expanded

By: Thomson, David

Price: $39.95

Publisher: New York, Knopf Publishing Group: 2010

Seller ID: 010868

ISBN: 0307271749

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. ---------- David Thomson's New Biographical Dictionary of Film topped Sight & Sound magazine's 2010 poll of international critics and writers as the best film book of all time. Now in its fifth edition, updated, and with more than 130 new entries-from Judd Apatow to Lena Horne-the classic, beloved film book is better than ever.
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Category: MUSIC: History, Roots, Folk, Rock, Jazz

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