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Portland, OR: Reptilicus Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 316. Illustrated with 100 vintage concert posters and over 400 photographs, many never before published. Laminated cardstock wraps with white Portland city scene and outlined gray title to black front cover; black title to white spine. Light edgewear to covers; laminate is peeling at fore and bottom-edges of front. Light thumbing to corners. No read crease to spine. Interior, clean and unmarked. An in-depth history of Portland's first punk scene, exploring the origins of Poison Idea, Dead Moon, the Wipers and the Neo Boys, as well as Sado-Nation, Smegma, Ice-9, Cleavers, StiphNoyds, Pell Mell, and many others. Special sections on local fanzines and art, detailed show calendars for each year, and a wealth of contemporaneous memos, budgets, membership logs, and press reprints.

Germany, 1701. Loose Sheets. Good. Ten Individual original pages of an early 18th century printing of an Antiphonarium which became the standard version for Catholic families in Germany (accompanied by a photo-copy of the cover page of the original complete volume with handwritten note about original owner). These pages appear to be from a copy owned or used by Josephus Annegarm who was a professor of church history, theologian and popular writer. His UNIVERSAL HISTORY (in 8 volumes - 1827) was written primarily for Catholic youth and became a standard work for Catholic families in Germany. An Antiphonary, Antiphonal, "Antiphony" or Antiphoner (Latin antiphonarium, antiphonarius, antiphonarius liber, antiphonale; Greek 'antíphonon, antiphon, antiphone, anthem) is one of the liturgical books intended for use in choro (i. e. in the liturgical choir), and originally characterized, as its name implies, by the assignment to it principally of the antiphons used in various parts of the Roman liturgy. In… Read More

New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" x 6." pp. 159. Publisher's cloth beige boards with red and black image. Clean, but moderately sunned boards. Binding sound. Minor wear to extremities and top and bottom of spine. Ex-Libris stamp removed from front paste down. Interior pages clean and unmarked with numerous illustrations in red. Very clean copy. Collection of lyrical ballads from well-known authors, including William Makepeace Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, set to pictures by Blanche McManus.

London, England: John Lane, 1912. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Vernon Hill. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 9 in., pp. xii, 103. Illustrated with twenty-five tissue-guarded engravings. Publisher's "Review Copy with John Lanes Compliments" embossed to top right corner of title page. Edition limited to 500 copies. Contemporary light gray cloth boards with gilt title and elaborate candleabra and elf design to front, with and gilt title to spine. Untrimmed edges. Rubbing to extremities; shelf-fraying to spine caps. Fingerprint size orange stains to boards and spine; tidelines to rear board. Soiling to spine. Corners bumped. Blue candleabra design to front and rear pastedowns. Light foxing to tissue-guards. Interior pages and engravings are clear and bright. Traditional poetic ballads selected by R.P. Chope, who writes the preface, adorned with the fantastical art of Vernon Hill. Vernon Hill (1887-1972), born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, was a sculptor, lithographer, illustrator and draughtsman. He… Read More

Praha: Cin, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Plus. Written in Czech. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 238. Illustrated with woodcuts, drawings, and photographs. Black textured cloth boards; red cloth oval to center of front board with initials "P.B." and a smoking gecko to the front. Black title on red cloth to spine. Very light shelfwear to board edges. Light age-toning to interior pages. Previous owner's address sticker to rear pastedown. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket, with a couple closed tears to dustjacket edges and a chip to top of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. The title translates: "Bezru uv Hlas: Memorial to the Singer of Silesian Songs." Text contains lyrics and musical notation. Contains intaglio photographs and reproductions of works of art by Josef Kubí ek, Ferdiš Duša, Vilém Wünsche, Jan Zrzavý, and others.

New York: Oak Publications, 1973. Softcover. Good. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 8.4 in., pp. 430. Rubbing to extremities. Spine creases, thumbing. Unmarked interior. A lot of song-filled evenings amongst friends, left in this well-used book! Over 1000 folk songs with guitar chords. "Irwin Silber prospered as a writer, left-wing organizer, and book editor, but his greatest claim to fame originates from his editorial duties at Sing Out during the 1950s and 1960s. He, like Gordon Friesen and Sis Cunningham of Broadside magazine, became an important broker behind the scenes of the American folk revival. Silber was born on October 17, 1925 in New York City and attended public school in Manhattan. A committed ideologue from the get-go, he had joined the American Student Union, the Young Communist League, and the American Youth for Democracy before his 18th birthday. At Brooklyn College, he formed the American Folksay Group, and remained active in N.Y.C. folksinging circles following graduation in 1945. Two years… Read More

Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Quarto. Off white and mustard yellow boards 9 1/2 inches x 7 3/4 inches. Top edge a little shelf-dusty,and some darkening (sunning?) to top edge of boards, but all in all, very tight and clean. 543 pp., including index. "...The book is organized like an encyclopedia, with about 200 entries in alphabetical order. They include biographies of musicians from every period of Hawaiian musical history -- from Henry Berger, David Kalakaua, Queen Lili'uokalani, and others of their time, to the great names of the first half of the twentieth century, and on to the performers and composers of today's Hawaiian renaissance..." "There are major articles on chant, slack key, steel guitar, ukelele, himeni, Hawaiian orchestras, falsetto, humor in Hawaiian music, radio, television, and the recording industry...Much of the material is new or original...Some myths are dispelled, long-standing controversies discussed, if not… Read More

Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Virginia Lee Burton. Quarto, 11.3 in. x 9.2 in., pp. 123. Silver chain-mail design over black cloth boards and spine with red-framed silver title to front. Red title to spine. Front corners nudged. Illustrated endpapers. Tidy university library de-ascension stamp to front free endpaper. Rubbing to dustjacket edges, with larger chips to top/bottom of spine and corners. Light sunning to top edge of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. A Caldecott Honor Book (1948). By the author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.4 in., pp. 152. Illustrated throughout with color cartoon characters. Black paper boards over pink spine. Gilt Pogo figure to front, and gilt title with purple song notes decorating spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Illustrated yellow and green endpapers. Unmarked interior. Spine and hinges tight. Several tiny closed tears and chips to edges of dustjacket. Sunning to dustjacket spine. Small ink notation to front flap of dustjacket, but original price of $3.95 present. Sharp copy. SIng-along with Pogo and the gang - ! Most songs written by Walt Kelly with music by Norman Monath.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good in like Dustjacket. Quarto. 11 1/4 in. x 9 in. Handsome dark blue cloth-over-boards, with inset rectangular title label to front board, lettered in green. Light rubbing to extremities, and bumped corners. Essentially a mid-1930's spreadsheet of handy, easily retrievable reference points on composers and their works and lives, arranged historically. 13 large, multi-paneled foldout sheets with tabulated information. Simple green dustjacket of thick card stock, printed in black. Edgewear and several closed tears to dustjacket, with one 1.5 in. x 3 in. chip missing from bottom of dustjacket; only the publisher's full name (Harcourt & Brace) is missing, and at that, only partially; the dustjacket has done a creditable job in protecting this lovely (if a bit quirky) quick reference for those who need to know and don't want to take the deep, slow dive into more "analog" research. 104 composers, covering the period A.D. 995 through time of… Read More

London: Cherry Red Books, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Color illustrated wraps. Octavo. Fine copy. 269 pages, index. Twelve pages of photos. "The complete telling of the Apple story, culled from exclusive interviews with the recording artists, staff, and business associates who helped make Apple a fascinating chapter in the history of both The Beatles and pop music in general." [Rear wrap].

Hollywood, CA: Warner Bros. Records Inc, 1979. First Editions. Hardcover. Near FIne. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.5 in. Eight magazines bound together in black cloth boards with a pronounced whote "WAX" to front board. White title ("Waxpaper, Volume Four/1979") to spine. Light rubbing to exterior boards: thus, boards are in "Very Good" condition The eight bound magazines themselves are in "Near Fine" condition. Waxpaper was an innovative magazine out of Los Angeles which covered the music industry -- issued by Warner Brothers, and known for its interviews and feature article on musical artists and/or trendmakers, and general coverage of cultural trends. Editions are: Volume 4, No. 1: February 12, 1979 (Manfred Eicher interview, ZZ Top) Volume 4, No. 2: February 9, 1979 (George Harrison, Disco) Volume 4, No. 3: March 2, 1979 (Van Halen, Rickie Lee Jones) Volume 4, No. 4: April 6, 1979 (Emmy Lou Harris, The Roches) Volume 4, No. 5: May 4, 1979 (Thin Lizzy, Airto Moreira) Volume 4, No. 6: June 8, 1979 (Mark… Read More

Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Color illustraterd wraps, octavo. Very light wear to wraps, interior clean, binding tight. 1,542 entries with full descriptions. Numerous illustrations. 431 pages.