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There are 200 books in this catalogue.
Remembering Bix. A Memoir of the Jazz Age.
Berton, Ralph.
Book Number: 67533
ISBN: 0491019513
Publisher: W H Allen, London 1974.
8vo. hardcover. 428pp. index, b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w with small tears at top of spine.
Price: $25.00


Treat it Gentle
Bechet, Sidney
Book Number: 67518
ISBN: 
Publisher: Cassell, London 1960.
8vo. hardcover. 245pp. index, b/w plates. Good+, some foxing, mainly to endpapers, cover lightly foxed. / Good d/w with some small tears.
Price: $45.00


Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers.
Stewart-Baxter, Derrick
Book Number: 67524
ISBN: 0289793256
Publisher: Studio Vista,, London, 1970
8vo. softcover. 112pp. index, b/w illus. Good, covers worn.
Price: $35.00


Lady Sings the Blues
Holiday, Billie (with William Dufty)
Book Number: 67520
ISBN: 
Publisher: Barrie Books, London 1958
8vo. hardcover. 226pp. b/w plates. Very good, top of spine faded, tiny penmark on fep. / no d/w.
Price: $20.00


Blacks, Whites, and Blues
Russell, Tony
Book Number: 67222
ISBN: 0812813200
Publisher: Stein & Day, New York 1970.
8vo. softcover. 112pp. index, b/w illus. Good, covers creased, some wear to cover corners.
Price: $12.00


Frontiers of Jazz
de Toledano, Ralph (editor)
Book Number: 67515
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Jazz Book Club, 1966
8vo. hardcover. 178pp. index. Very good+. / Very good d/w foxed on top front edge.
Price: $12.00


They All Played Ragtime. The True Story of an American Music.
Blesh, Rudi; Janis, Harriet
Book Number: 67522
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sidwick and Jackson, London, 1958.
8vo. hardcover. 338pp. + index. B/w plates. Good, tape marks on endpapers & d/w. Good+ d/w with small chips on corners.
Price: $15.00


The Story of Bing Crosby
Crosby, Ted, foreword by Bob Hope
Book Number: 67530
ISBN: 
Publisher: The World Publishing Co 1946.
8vo. hardcover. 239pp. b/w plates. Good, pages toned, tape marks on endpapers. / Good, worn d/w.
Price: $25.00


Count Basie and His Orchestra
Horricks, Raymond
Book Number: 67529
ISBN: 
Publisher: Gollancz, London, 1957.
8vo. hardcover. 320pp. b/w plates. Good. / no d/w.
Price: $8.00


Coleman Hawkins. Lings of Jazz 12
McCarthy, Albert J.
Book Number: 67528
ISBN: 
Publisher: Cassell, London 1963.
8vo. illustrated boards, hardcover. 90pp. b/w plates. Very good, light foxing, mainly to endpapers & prelims.
Price: $15.00


Ramsey Jr., Frederic & Smith, Charles Edward (editors)
Jazzmen
Book Number: 67523
ISBN: 
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1939.
8vo. hardcover. 360pp. index, b/w plates. Good, light crease on title-page, a little light foxing, insect damage to cover, spine foxed.
Price: $25.00


King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin and His Era
Berlin, Edward A.
Book Number: 67517
ISBN: 0195101081
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994.
8vo. softcover. 334pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, crease on cover at bottom front corner.
Price: $15.00


Movin' On Up
Jackson, Mahalia
Book Number: 67527
ISBN: 
Publisher: Avon Books, New York 1969.
8vo. softcover. 224pp. b/w illus. Good, page edges toned, cover creased & rubbed, large bookseller stamp on fep.
Price: $45.00


Jazz Parody. (Anthology of Jazz Fiction)
Harvey, Charles, (editor); Delaunay, Charles (foreword)
Book Number: 67513
ISBN: 
Publisher: Spearman Publishers / The American Jazz Society. London
8vo. hardcover. Good. / Fair d/w.
Price: $12.00


Louis Armstrong
Collier, James Lincoln
Book Number: 67521
ISBN: 0718124316
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London,, 1984
8vo. hardcover. 383pp. index. b/w plates. Good, pages toned. / Good d/w., creased on top edge.
Price: $15.00


Jack Teagarden: The Story Of A Jazz Maverick
Smith, J.D. & Guttridge, Len
Book Number: 67516
ISBN: 
Publisher: Cassell, London 1960.
8vo. hardcover. 208pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, foxing to edge of text-block and endpapers. / Good+ foxed, clipped d/w.
Price: $15.00


I Dream of Madonna: Women's Dreams of the Goddess of Pop
Turner, Kay
Book Number: 67490
ISBN: 0500015953
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1993.
Small 8vo. illustrated boards, hardcover. 128pp. colour illus. Very good.
Price: $10.00


Slim Dusty: Another Day, Another Town
Dusty, Slim; and McKean, Joy
Book Number: 67460
ISBN: 0732908558
Publisher: Sydney: Macmillan, 1996.
8vo. hardcover. 352pp. index. + b/w plates. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00


The World Atlas of Musical Instruments
Abrashev, Bozhidar and Vladimir Gadjev, Illustrations by Anton Radevsky
Book Number: 61610
ISBN: 9783848000517
Publisher: H. F. Ullman 2012
4to. Hardcover in d/w. 320pp. Near fine. Throughout human history, music has accompanied us in times of joy and in times of sorrow. This comprehensive encyclopedia is not only a reference work on musical instruments suitable for experts; it also explains the effects and expressive powers of the musical arts. The authors present the various methods of producing sound with great passion, vividly explaining how early musical inventions were scattered across the globe and how they evolved in various cultures. Clearly arranged, the structure of the book provides a quick overview of the history, symbolism, construction and playing technique of each of the instruments discussed. The World Atlas of Musical Instruments is an indispensable reference work for every professional musician and for interested amateurs.
Price: $22.00


Early Jazz Vol. 1 : Its Roots and Musical Development
Schuller, Gunther, A.
Book Number: 67237
ISBN: 0195040430
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, 1986.
8vo. softcover. 401pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, page edges toned.
Price: $15.00


The Picador Book of Blues and Jazz
Campbell, James (editor)
Book Number: 67201
ISBN: 0330327550
Publisher: Picador, London, 1995.
8vo. hardcover. 406pp. index. Very good, spne slightly slanted, light foxing to outer edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


Talking Jazz
Jones, Max
Book Number: 67200
ISBN: 0333434315
Publisher: MacMillan, 1987.
8vo. hardcover. 293pp. index., b/w plates. Good, page edges browned, foxing to endpapers. / Very good d/w with some foxing.
Price: $15.00


Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
Hasse, John Edward
Book Number: 67198
ISBN: 0671703870
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1993.
8vo. hardcover. 479pp. index. b/w illus. Very good./ Very good d/w.
Price: $30.00


Smoke on the Water. The Deep Purple Story.
Thompson, Dave.
Book Number: 67035
ISBN: 1550226185
Publisher: ECW Press, Toronto, 2004
8vo. softcover. 402pp. index, b/w plates. Very good.
Price: $20.00


The Charlie Parker Companion
Woideck, Carl
Book Number: 67034
ISBN: 0028647149
Publisher: Schirmer Books, New York 1998.
8vo. softcover. 294pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+, small foxing spot on edge.
Price: $25.00


The Louis Armstrong Companion
Berrett, Joshua
Book Number: 67033
ISBN: 002864669x
Publisher: Schirmer Books, New York 1999.
8vo. softcover. 299pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+.
Price: $15.00


PIANO TUNING: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs
Fischer, J. Cree
Book Number: 66751
ISBN: 0486232670
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York 1975.
8vo. softcover. 201pp. index, b/w illus. Good, foxing to page edges, cover creased.
Price: $10.00


Killing Time
Barnes, Jimmy
Book Number: 66639
ISBN: 9781460759486
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2020.
8vo. hardcover. 411pp. colour illus. Very good, outer edges toned. / Very good d/w creased on top edge.
Price: $12.00


The Piaf Legend
Bret, David
Book Number: 66384
ISBN: 0860515273
Publisher: Robson Books, London 1988.
8vo. hardcover. 188pp. b/w illus. Very good, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good d/w with faded spine.
Price: $12.00


Singabout songster. Number 1
Meredith, John; Scott, Alan; Bolton, Eric (editors)
Book Number: 66243
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Bush Music Club, Sydney 1968.
8vo. stapled wraps. 78pp. Good+, top corner bumped.
Price: $25.00


Soldiers Songs for the March, the Camp & the Barracks
Williams, Charles (edited by)
Book Number: 65375
ISBN: 
Publisher: George Routledge, UK. 1898.
Small 8vo. hardcover. 95pp. music score. Fair, tape marks and repairs to endpapers & hinges.
Price: $35.00


Duke Ellington in Person: An Intimate Memoir.
ELLINGTON, MERCER
Book Number: 47626
ISBN: 0091327504
Publisher: Hutchinson 1978
8vo hardcover 236pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00


Bluesy Jazz: Jazz Play Along Volume 35
no author stated
Book Number: 65090
ISBN: 0634079905
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, United States, 2004.
4to. stapled wraps. 52pp. Includes CD.
Price: $15.00


Chopin in Paris. The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer.
Szulc, Tad.
Book Number: 65050
ISBN: 0684824582
Publisher: Drew / Scribner, New York 1998.
8vo. hardcover. 444pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


Celebrated Violinists, Past and Present
Ehrlich, A.
Book Number: 64830
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Strad London, 1913. 3rd edition.
8vo. hardcover. 287pp. + publisher ads. Good+ solid copy with some foxing, mainly to prelims, several owner's names and inscriptions on fep., front pastedown & title page. A little wear to spine edges.
Price: $25.00


Pleasure and pain.
Amphlett, Chrissy
Book Number: 64791
ISBN: 0733619592
Publisher: Hodder 2005
8vo softcover 336pp. b/w illus. very good, light toning to page edges, light creases on cover.
Price: $20.00


Folies de Paris: The Rise and Fall of French Operetta
Harding, James
Book Number: 20095
ISBN: 
Publisher: London: Chappell and Company, 1979. First editio0n.
8vo. hardcover. 183pp. index. + b/w plates. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $10.00


Alternate Bing Crosby: The book of 'alternate' Bing Crosby Takes
Pugh, Colin
Book Number: 64519
ISBN: 
Publisher: Colin Pugh, UK 1988 2nd edition.
8vo. hardcover. 159pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine. / Very good+.
Price: $35.00


Conversations with Menuhin
Daniels, Robin
Book Number: 64070
ISBN: 0708819451
Publisher: Futura 1980.
8vo. softcover. 191pp. b/w ilus. Good, pages browned.
Price: $8.00


Total Guitar Tutor - includes CD
Burrows, Terry
Book Number: 63892
ISBN: 1858684862
Publisher: Carlton Publishing 1999.
4to softcover 256pp very good. The ultimate guide to playing, recording and performing every guitar style. Complete guitar course for beginner through to recording and stage performance. Progression lessons, tuning your guitar, complex chord sequence. Chord dictionary. Guide to techniques.
Price: $25.00


AC/DC : maximum rock & roll, Deluxe Edition.
Engleheart, Murray and Durieux, Arnaud
Book Number: 63778
ISBN: 9780732289645
Publisher: HarperCollins, Sydney, 2009.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 488pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good
Price: $18.00


How to Play. Tricks & Effects of the Mouth Organ
no author stated
Book Number: 63644
ISBN: 
Publisher: J. Albert & Sons, Sydney
8vo. stapled wraps. 18pp. Fair, bottom of spine split. Scarce.
Price: $35.00


National Anthems of the World
W.L. Reed and M.J. Bristow (editors)
Book Number: 63043
ISBN: 0304349259
Publisher: Cassell,, London., 1977.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 607pp. Good, ex-lib., stickers on fep, stamped on bottom edge / no d/w.
Price: $15.00


The John Lennon Letters
Edited and with and Introduction by Hunter Davies Foreword by Yoko Ono
Book Number: 62099
ISBN: 9780297866343
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2012
Large format 8vo. Hardcover in d/w. Near fine.
Price: $25.00


The John Lennon Letters
Edited and with and Introduction by Hunter Davies Foreword by Yoko Ono
Book Number: 62878
ISBN: 9780297866343
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2012
Large format 8vo. Hardcover in d/w. Very good, owner's inscription on fep. / Good+ creased d/w.
Price: $18.00


Molly Meldrum Presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia
Jenkins, Jeff
Book Number: 62877
ISBN: 9781921332111
Publisher: Wilkinson Publishing, Melbourne 2007.
Large square 8vo. softcover. 342pp. index, colour & b/w ilus. Near Fine.
Price: $45.00


Me and My Friends RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Woolliscroft, Tony, Foreword by Chad Smith
Book Number: 62865
ISBN: 9781741756579
Publisher: Arena Books Allen & Unwin 2008
4to. Softcover. 244pp. Near fine. Illustrated throughout with photo's by the bands official photographer. Focuses not only on amazing photography and unseen images but their personal stories behind each picture.
Price: $25.00


Tom Jones Close Up.
Ellis, Lucy & Bryony Sutherland
Book Number: 39839
ISBN: 
Publisher: London: Omnibus Press, 2000
8vo. hardcover. 390pp. index, + b/w plates. Very Good in good+ d/w.
Price: $12.00


Madonna - Unauthorized
Andersen, Christopher
Book Number: 59613
ISBN: 0671735322
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1991
8vo. Hardcover in unclipped d/w. Black cloth spine on mustard boards. 350pp. Very good in same d/w, slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Illustrated with b&w photos. Index
Price: $12.00


JO'K, the official Johnny O'Keefe story
Bryden-Brown, John
Book Number: 36217
ISBN: 0868240869
Publisher: Sydney Doubleday 1982
8vo softcover 183pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $15.00


Shout!: The Story of Johnny O'Keefe
Caswell, Robert
Book Number: 36193
ISBN: 086819140X
Publisher: Sydney Currency Press Pty Ltd 1986
8vo softcover 160pp, b/w illus. good. Discography: p. [158]-160.
Price: $12.00


Single Minded
Cliff Richard
Book Number: 5460
ISBN: 0340488093
Publisher: Hodder, London 1988.
8vo. hardcover. 141pp, plates. Autobiographical account of the singers recent career. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00


R.E.M. Fiction: An Alternative Biography
Buckley, David
Book Number: 31518
ISBN: 1852279273
Publisher: Virgin Publishing 2002
8vo hardcover 472pp index, b/w illus. near fine / very good+ d/w. A unique biography of one of the most influential rock bands of the last three decades. R.E.M. formed in the early 80s and sold almost no records for the first ten years of their existence, yet the media portrayal of them has been unquestioning. They shot to fame in the 1990s with their singles Out of Time and Automatic for the People selling over 25 million copies between them. They were heralded as the saviors of US rock. David Buckley reanalyzes this accepted view of them, taking a close look at their music and public persona and providing a compelling must-read for all rock fans. Definitive, informed reanalysis of the R.E.M. myth, drawing on interviews with many of the band's closest associates and friends By the author of the critically acclaimed David Bowie: Strange Fascination Includes previously unseen early photographs.
Price: $12.00


Off the Record. Life With and Without Johnny O'Keefe
Renate, Marianne
Book Number: 21924
ISBN: 0732909570
Publisher: Sydney: Macmillan, 1998
8vo. hardcover. 258pp. b/w illus. near fine. / near fine d/w.
Price: $12.00


Most people I know (think that I'm crazy)
Thorpe, Billy
Book Number: 62367
ISBN: 0732909678
Publisher: Sydney Pan Macmillan 1998
8vo softcover 426pp very good, light foxing.
Price: $15.00


Listen to This
Ross, Alex
Book Number: 61357
ISBN: 9780007364251
Publisher: Fourth Estate, United Kingdom, 2010.
8vo. softcover. 366pp. index. Very good.
Price: $15.00


Melodies magic memories
Job, Thelma
Book Number: 45841
ISBN: 0646418203
Publisher: Narellan, N.S.W. Parker Pattingson Publishing 2003
8vo softcover 236pp good, cover creased. Includes index. Signed by Author on title page.
Price: $25.00


Gene Autry''s Famous Cowboy Songs and Mountain Ballads. Book no. 2
Autry, Gene
Book Number: 33042
ISBN: 
Publisher: Chicago: M.M. Cole Publishing Co., 1934.
4to. softcover. 64pp. good+, pages browned.
Price: $22.00


Our Boys at the Dardanelles. Stirring War Song
McAnally, Robt. H.
Book Number: 60115
ISBN: 
Publisher: E. W. Cole, Melbourne
4to. wraps. 4pp. Music score and words. Good, Rear cover detatching from spine at top and bottom. Scarce Australian World War One music.
Price: $55.00


Judy Garland Album
Flanagan, Bud
Book Number: 33044
ISBN: 
Publisher: London, Francis, Day & Hunter 1939
4to. softcover. 32pp. b/w illus. very good.
Price: $25.00



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