New York: Random House, (1958). First edition. Head of spine bumped and previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges, minimal foxing to verso, and small closed tear to bottom back cover. Item #72505 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1965. First edition. "...from her 'debut' at the old Cotton Club in New York to her resounding triumphs on TV .... includes a candid discussion of her own responses to the issues of civil rights....and some marvelous anecdotes concerning the many celebrities she has known..... Item #71562 More
(New York: 1951). First edition. One page on Hughes' personal, printed letterhead watermarked "Old Edgeland Bond." Dated May 8, 1951, it reads in part, "Carl Van Vechten showed me copies of Swanson's 'IN TIME OF SILVER RAIN' and 'PIERROT' the other day, which I had not seen before. I'd love..... Item #56044 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1963). First edition. INSCRIBED by the trumpeter and bandleader on front free endpaper, "To Florence +/ Herb. White/ Best Wishes/ Max Kaminsky/ Feb. 5 1968" with doodle beneath. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos, most of which feature other jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Billie..... Item #72607 More
New York: Viking Press, 1930. First edition. Credited by music historian Elijah Wald with having “the first printed description of a Mississippi juke joint” (“The Blue Blues,” Oxford American, Issue 75, Winter 2011). INSCRIBED BY MILLEN on front endpaper, "Inscribed for/ my friend George Woodruff/ with sincere personal regards/ Gilmore..... Item #72040 More
![Item #71921 [Women's] COLLEGE SONGS; ["Book of Student Songs of Wilson College"]. Gertrude Hoyt...](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71921.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1660089344)
(DuBois, PA: Self-published, 1927). First edition. Over 50 songs compiled by Parry and Gray, "members of the class of 1925." Most are attributed to women from various years at the college and, as Parry and Gray note in their preface, were not approved by "the college board of censors, but..... Item #71921 More
New York: Brentano's Publishers, (1925). First edition. Riley, who wrote children's books in addition to plays, was perhaps best known for her lyrics to the song “Slumber Boat.” This copy of one-act plays written for adults is INSCRIBED BY RILEY on front endpaper (without recipient) "Slumber Boat [underlined]/ 'Sail, baby..... Item #72051 More
Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. Printed at the Janus Press. Number 218 of 300 copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, who translated the folk songs herein from the collections first made by Bartok and Kodaly (1906 and 1929, respectively). Illustrated with decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Stiff, unlettered, tan paperwraps, with..... Item #54275 More
(New York): Warner Books, (1995). First edition. INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING, "To Mike Baby -- Man did we have some fun / Wolfman Jack." Touch of faint soiling to page top edge, still bright and fine in fine dust jacket. Scarce signed. Item #52816 More