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New York: C.H. Ditson, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo, in dark brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Presumed first printing. 147 pp. (Part One) and 129 pp. (Part Two) and 88 pp. (Part Three) plus 5 page Compendium of the History of American Colleges Established Prior To the Year 1800. About very good, spine well… Read more about this item

New York: Regan Books/ Harper Collins, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition stated. Fine in fine dust jacket. hardcover. 269 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs (many previously unpublished) and reproductions. From one of the world's most controversial rock stars comes his shocking, confessional, and revealing life story. Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner)… Read more about this item

Hillsboro Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 211 pp. With illustrations by the author. Autobiography by the oldest of the von Trapp daughters of "Sound of Music" fame. Members of the Austrian nobility, the von Trappe family's musical gifts enabled them to escape the Nazi threat during World War II.

Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 363 pp. Foreword by Bruce Springsteen. Illustrated with photos. The story of the life and times of Clarence Clemons, the larger-than- life saxophone player of the legendary E Street Band. Filled with hilarious (and sometimes horrorfying) never-before-told stories about Clarnece's… Read more about this item

Iconic Entertainment, 2013. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Color illustrated softcovers (not issued in hardcover) Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Fred and Family/ the first printing of my book/ Henry Vaccaro/ 3-1-13". 156 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Long time friend of Johnny Cash shares his personal stories and photographs that span 30 years of… Read more about this item

New York: Gallery Books, 2011. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine (rem. mk. bot. edge) in fine dust jacket. First UK edition. Hardcover. 305 pp. Personal memoir of the guitarist from iconic rock band Kiss. He discusses his hard-partying lifestyle, solo career, and the rifts that ultimately led to the break-up of the band.

New York: Dey St.. /Morrow, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first printing. Fine, fresh, unread copy. Issued without dust jacket. Hardcover i n illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. 352 pp. plus illustrated acknowledgements. Illustrated with photographs, reproductions, bespoke images, and fan art, some appearing in print for the first time. 'Face It" upends the standard musical memoir… Read more about this item

New York: It Books, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Color illustrated hardcovers. In specially decorated slipcase. Both are fine and fresh. 431 pp. Profusely illustrated with photos including a collection of color images. Here, directly from Nikki, Vince, Tommy, and Mick is the unexpurgated version of the whole glorious, ofter scary, gut-wrenching story of onenof the world's most popular heavy… Read more about this item

Schirmer Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 444 pp. with index of song titles, general index, discography. Illustrated. The triumphant story of the African Amewrican experience on Broadway seen through the rediscovered life of a unique, lyric-writing genius, Andy Razaf. Born Andrea Razafkeriefo in… Read more about this item

New York: Harper, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First esdition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 385 pp. with index of names. Illustrated with photos. The eldest daughter of iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein offers this memoir of growing up in his household. The family's private world was peopled by such as the Kennedys, Mike… Read more about this item

Vale of Glamoran, UK: Aureus Publishing, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. a fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 318 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Not published in the U.S.The story of Jack Bruce (1943-2014, told here for the first time), the Scottish musician who was the main leading vocal singer and… Read more about this item

Toronto: Power Chord Press, 2009. first printing. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Signed and inscribed by the author: "To __, R U ready to read?! Martin Popoff". First printing. Softcover. 302 pp (w/ discography). An obscure biography of the rock band, Blue Oyster Cult. The band established themselves as a stadium rock band with the hits "Don't Fear the Reaper"… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Second printing. Hardcover. 359 pp (with bibliography & index). A revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most popular symphony ever written, and its four note opening, which has fascinated listeners for the last… Read more about this item

Toronto: Power Chord Press, 2014. First softcover printing. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine, the only significant flaw being the title page is a bit rippled. Signed and inscribed by the author: "To __, Check! Martin Popoff". First softcover printing. 260 pp (with discography). A chronicle of the Canadian rock band Max Webster, who developed a cult following in… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Second printing. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Second printing. Softcover. 191 pp (with sources). A chronicle of the classic 1960's rock group The Grateful Dead. Sourced from interviews with the band members themselves, with discussion of their lyrics and meanings. Flush with black & white and full-color photographs.

n. pl: privately printed, 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Illustrated stiff wrappers perfect bound with blue plastic fastener. No place, no date but circa 1978 from internal evidence. 75 pp. Illustrated with photos. Near fine. Rare, privately produced biography of Singer, songwriter and actor Dick Haymes (1918-1980). A native of Argentina though with an Irish mother and English father),… Read more about this item

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Softcover. Fine. Softcovers. 420 pp. Illustrated with photos. Fine. Autobiographical story of blues musician Rory Block, a wonderfully woven tapestry of prose, photos, and the poetry of the blues. A work that has been called "An intimate insight into the psyche of an iconic artist.

Dust-to-digital, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. New, still in publisher's original shrink wrap. Oversized color illustrated hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Collector Jim Linderman has arranged a storyboard of sorts that dramatizes the spirit of rock and roll in its early days. Wherever there was an urge to make electronic music, there was an uncredited photographer there ot snap an… Read more about this item

New York: Chappell & Co, 1918. sheet music. Very Good. Oriignal sheet music, 4 pp, folded. Front cover features World War I-era illustration of a soldier girl aiminga rifle at a heart in a bulklseye held by four soldiers. Very good, back cover (an advertisment for a different song) has some soiling. Wodehouse wrote a mumber of Broadway… Read more about this item

Regan Books/ Harper, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Fine, fresh copy though wth a rem. stripe top edge of text block, in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 285 pp. Profusely illustrated with black and hwite and color photos. Autobiography of Marvin Lee Aday, who as an overweight youngster was unflatteringly nicknamed "Meatloaf" by his alcoholic… Read more about this item