The Sound I Saw

New York: Phaidon, 2001. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A stunning selection of Decarava's black and white photographs of the jazz scene. Includes 196 tritone illustrations. A clean and tight very near fine copy in black cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by DeCarava just below his brief text. An excellent copy of… Read more about this item

New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem / Abrams, 1983 Scarce First Edition First Printing of this legendary collection as published by the Studio Museum of Harlem, no markings, NOT ex-lib, no spine creases, photo-illustrated burgundy wraps are rubbed with edge wear & chipping to spine tail, crease to bottom front corner, contents Fine, an overall VG copy of the… Read more about this item

New York: Phaidon, 2001. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations, black cloth with silver type, slightly scuffed d.w. (New York: Phaidon Press, 2001). First Edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Inscribed on the verso of the title page.<br/> <br/>

New York: Phaidon, 2001. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. SIGNED by the photographer, Roy Decarava, on the verso of the title page and briefly inscribed. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated thoughout with reproductions of Roy Decarava's black & white photographs of America's most beloved and well known jazz musicians from the… Read more about this item

London: Phaidon,, 2001. First edition, first impression. Inscribed by DeCarava to civil rights attorney Elizabeth Fink on the verso of the title page: "To Liz, Roy DeCarava". Presenting numerous photographs by DeCarava together with his own poetry, The Sound I Saw originated back in the 1960s when the photographer first designed, wrote, and hand-bound a mock-up of the book.… Read more about this item

New York: The Studio Museum of Harlem, 1983. 84pp. Pictorial wraps. Black and White photographs throughout. Author inscription "Nov. 16, 1985 to Marian Rubin best Wishes Roy DeCarava" on the title page. Except for a couple of creases andcurling on the front panel, a near fine, unmarked copy. "Roy DeCarava’s the sound i saw is the pictorial equivalent of jazz.… Read more about this item

New York: Phaidon Press, 2003. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good/very good. Tall paperbound quarto. Thick unpaginated volume of black and white photographs. Second printing from 2003. A very good copy in very good paper dustwrapper. Some inevitable waviness to the paper due to the size and weight of this volume. DeCarava's poetry and photos. Tribute to Jazz music.… Read more about this item

Phaidon Press, 2001-09-13. Hardcover. Very Good. Jacket is scuffed ownership stamp to introduction page. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Phaidon Press, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. Decarava inscribed to previous owner and signed large format jacketed softcover. Tight and unmarked. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Phaidon Press, 2001-09-13. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x1x13. Text is LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears to text. Book and Dust Jacket have minor wear.

New York: Phaidon Press. Very Good+. 2003. Softcover. 0714843318 . Roy Decarava (1919 - 2009), a life-long New Yorker, was an important American artist and photographer who published only five books. This book profiles jazz artists of the 1960's, and most were never published prior to this oversize book. Nearly every page has contains a single… Read more about this item

Phaidon 2001. folio; black illustrated light card covers, white lettering on spine, unpaginated but 212pp, illus, VG (mod. rubbing to covers, with sl. surface loss; sl. soiling to page edges; fr. gutter shaky) in d/w VG- (sl. rubbing & superficial scratches; sl. rubbing to edges, particulalry spine with some creasing and tiny closed tears)

Phaidon Inc Ltd. Used - Acceptable. The Sound I Saw

Studio Museum in Harlem. Very Good. 1983. Paperback. B0006E9MTU Square 4to, 84 pp, VG in moderately worn pictorial wraps. 60 full-page b&w photographs, including some iconic images. Includes an exhibition checklist and chronology. Scarce and important. .

Phaidon 2001 . Folio, black cloth boards, silver lettering and blind stamp rule to boards and spine, black eps, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE (very slight rubbing to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (moderate chafing to front and back)

[New York: Phaidon, 2003]., 2003. folio. unpaginated. profusely illus. in b/w. (many full-page). wrs. dw. Reprint.. Hardcover.

Phaidon Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Phaidon Press, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Good. 1.0236 13.2283 10.5512.

Phaidon Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New.

Phaidon Press, 2003-10-01. paperback. Used: Good.