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ZUR HEIDE, Karl Gert.
Deep South Piano. 1970
£25
First edition. A title in the important "Blues Paperbacks" series edited by Paul Oliver.
Octavo. Original light card wraps. Numerous illustrations to the text. Wraps a little rubbed, else very good. Read more
ZUR HEIDE, Karl Gert.
Deep South Piano. 1970
£45
First edition. A title in the important "Blues Paperbacks" series edited by Paul Oliver, this example one of the extremely uncommon hardback issue.
Octavo. Original black boards in dust jacket. Numerous illustrations to the text. Very good, the jacket a little rubbed and with a few splits. Read more
WYMAN, Bill.
Rolling with the Stones. 2002
£125
First edition, first impression. Limited to 1400 copies signed by Bill Wyman.
Quarto. Original faux crocodile boards, titles to spine in black. With the pictorial slipcase. Fine in fine slipcase. Read more
WREN, Percival Christopher.
Beau Geste. 1926
£100
First film edition, first impression. Originally published in 1924, the novel was filmed for the first time in 1926. This companion volume features a dust jacket and plates from film...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board in dark blue. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 3 plates from film stills. A little rubbed at... Read more
WOOD, Ronnie.
Ronnie. 2007
£150
First edition, first impression. Signed by Wood "Ronnie 07" with a drawing of a guitar with some musical notes.
Large octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs. Spine bumped in fine dust jacket. Read more
WILLIAMS, Ralph Rex.
How to Build a Dance Band and make it pay. 1940
£250
First edition. Styled on the jacket, "Secrets, Hints, and Principles of how to build a Dance Band." Edited by the editor of Down Beat magazine, who on the jacket declares: "I have...
Octavo. Orignal red cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board. With the dust jacket. Musical notation to the text. Jacket clipped, and with some rubbing to the spine... Read more
WILDE, Larry.
The Great Comedians Talk About Comedy. 1968
£150
First Edition, First Printing. With chapters on Woody Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Shelley Berman, Joey Bishop, George Burns, Johnny Carson, Maurice Chevalier, Phyllis Diller,...
Octavo. Original yellow cloth-backed orange boards, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the frayed and rubbed dust jacket. Read more
(WHO, THE.) HALFIN, Ross.
Maximum Who. The Who in the Sixties. 2002
£1,250
First edition, first impression. Limited to 1500 copies. This is no. 244 of 250 deluxe copies signed by Ross Halfin. Additionally signed by Roger Daltrey. Together with the original...
Quarto. Original full blue leather, illustration to front cover of the Who logo and Mod target silkscreened in red, white, blue and black, titles to front cover in... Read more
WHITEHEAD, Peter.
Wholly Communion the film. 1966
£85
Second edition. From the library of Alan Ansen.
Octavo. Original black and white wrappers. Wrappers rubbed and creased, a very good copy. Read more
WHITE, Eric Walter.
Stravinsky's Sacrifice to Apollo. 1930
£150
First edition, first impression. Published May 1930 in an edition of 1000 copies.
Small octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt; with the green dust jacket lettered in black. Endpapers a little marked from jacket flaps, a very good... Read more
WEST, Jessamyn.
A Mirror for the Sky. 1948
£250
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For Agnes Farquar, with much affection – Jessamyn West".
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in black, pictorial endpapers, green top-stain. With the dust jacket. Slight fading to edges of boards and ends of... Read more
WEILL, Kurt.
Street Scene An American Opera. [1948]
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Inscribed on the title page by Weill "For Joe Littau, a merry Christmas and thanks for a beautiful job! Kurt." Littau was the conductor for Weill's...
Quarto. Original printed grey wrappers, spine repaired. Red cloth case. Tanning to spine, edges of wrappers, and textblock, as usual. A superb copy. Read more
(WARHOL, Andy.) COOPER, Michael.
Blinds & Shutters. 1990
£3,750
First edition, first impression. Limited to 5000 copies. This is no. 1160 signed by 11 of the contributors; Adam Cooper, Allen Jones, Bill Wyman, Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Eric...
Quarto. Original black morocco and yellow buckram, titles to front cover in black and yellow, titles to spine in yellow, all edges red. Housed in the publisher's... Read more
(WALLER, Thomas “Fats”) GRIEG, Edvard.
Norwegische Tänze für Pianoforte zu vier Händen von … c.1890
£1,500
Ownership inscription of Thomas "Fats" Waller to the upper wrap. Waller impressed early on with his keyboard skills, playing alongside his mother in the church where his father was a...
Quarto. Original printed card wraps, spine reinforced with linen. A little soiled, a few minor chops from the edge, but overall very good. Read more
WAGNER, Richard.
[The Ring of the Nibelung.] 1873–75
£3,750
First editions in English of the complete libretti to the Ring cycle, translated by Alfred Forman, individually printed for private circulation, the first three works in 1873, the...
4 works in one volume, octavo (211 × 133 mm). Dark red quarter morocco, marbled paper sides. Oval inkstamps of Edward Dannreuther to title or half-title of each... Read more
VIDOR, King.
A Tree is a Tree. 1953
£675
First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Vidor on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in red, white and green. With the pictorial dust jacket. Housed in grey cloth folding box. Illustrated. An excellent... Read more
VERMILYE, Jerry, & Mark Ricci.
The Films of Elizabeth Taylor. 1976
£250
First Edition. Inscribed 'To Jason / Best wishes / always / Elizabeth Taylor.'
Quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine in metalic pink. With the dust jacket. Spine bumped, dust jacket nicked and creased to edges Read more
TYLER, Parker.
The Three Faces of the Film. 1960
£50
First edition, first printing. Includes the bookplate of composer and filmmaker Albert Fine.
Quarto. Original black cloth, multi-coloured titles to spine, dust jacket. 12 photographic plates. Minor rubbing and browning to portions of price-clipped dust jacket,... Read more
TUCKER, Sophie.
Some of These Days. The Autobiography. 1945
£100
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To Elva from Sophie Tucker 10/15/60".
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in pink, pictorial endpapers, blue top-stain. With the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed, top-stain faded, contents a little... Read more
TRAILL, Sinclair & the Hon. Gerald Lascelles.
Just Jazz, and Just Jazz 2. 1957-8
£100
First editions. Attractive British jazz publications edited by the editor of the Jazz Journal and his colleague, the racing-driver son of the Earl of Harewood. Each volume contains a...
2 volumes octavo. Original blue and red cloth respectively, title gilt to spines. With the dust jackets. Frontispiece and 24 plates to each, illustrations to the text,... Read more
TOLLER, Ernst; Joseph Roth; Alfons Goldschmidt.
Das Moskauer Jüdische Akademische Theater. 1928
£150
First edition, first impression of a book on a German Jewish theatre troupe by the expressionist playwright Ernst Toller.
Octavo. Original black boards printed in brown and green, green top-stain. 24 black and white plates. Binding rubbed and faded, short cracks to spine, contents a bit... Read more
TIERSOT, Julien.
Chansons nègres recueillies, traduites et harmonisées. 1933
£1,000
First edition, four parts bound as one; I. Chansons des anciennes colonies françaises [Louisiana, Mauritius, and Haiti]: II. Chants de l'Afrique noire [Zululand, Dahomey,...
Large octavo (282 × 189 mm) Contemporary black quarter calf on marbled boards, title gilt to spine, original wraps bound in. A little rubbed, tail cap scuffed,... Read more
(THORNDIKE, Sybil) SPRIGGE, Elizabeth.
Sybil Thorndike Casson. 1971
£975
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by Thorndike on the front free endpaper, "To my darlings Laura & Joan with much love, Sybil", and below that by the author, "and warm...
Octavo. Original brown boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 22 plates from photographs. Head of spine bumped. An excellent... Read more
(THOMSON, Virgil) HOOVER, Kathleen and John Cage.
Virgil Thompson. His Life and Music. 1959
£275
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Virgil Thomson on the front free endpaper, "For Leland and Mary Hazard from old times loved ones, Virgil, Pittsburgh, May 12, 59". Leland...
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in green. With the dust jacket. 16 pages of illustrations from photographs. Spine titles a little dulled, lower corner... Read more
(THEATRE) WEBSTER, Benjamin (ed).
The Series of Dramatic Entertainments [1849]
£150
First edition. Featuring eight plays including The Merchant of Venice, Used Up, The Stranger, The Housekeeper, Hamlet, Box and Cox, Twice Killed, and Sweethearts & Wives.
Quarto. Original purple cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt with the Royal Arms, all edges gilt. Each play with a chromolithographic title page and tipped-in embossed... Read more
