Search Results: MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

All Yesterday's Parties: The Velvet Underground in Print 1966-1971, Heylin, Clinton (Ed). Published by Da Capo Press, Cambridge, 2005. 278pp., illustrated with photos and posters etc. Quarter black over yellow boards. In fine condition with very light shelf wear to unclipped jacket. pages, illustrations
All Yesterday's Parties, gathers for the first time, almost all the published writings contemporary with the band's existence and the most complete VU discography assembled to date, as well as a biographical overview by editor and author Clinton Heylin.

The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them, Silverman, Stephen M. Published by Black Dog & Leventhal, USA, 2019. First Edition. 432pp. with index; illustrated throughout. Blue boards eith white titles, illustrated endpapers. Both volume and unclipped jacket are as new without marks.The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them.

The Anthology Anthology: A Selection from 30 Years of CBC Radio's "Anthology" Weaver Robert (Editor). Foreword by Alice Munro. Published by Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1984. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 206 pages. Quarter brown cloth over rust boards, gilt spine titles; beige endpapers. Light rubbing to tail of spine and otherwise volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear and otherwise fine.Foreword by Alice Munro. "Every selection in this book made its first appearance on Anthology, and a list of the contributors reads like a Who's Who of Canadian literature: Alice Munro, W.P. Kinsella, Al Purdy, Margaret Atwood, Robert Fulford, Northrop Frye, Morley Callaghan and many others. This distinguished anthology, culled from hundreds of broadcasts, is a fitting tribute to the program which airs on CBC.".

Bernard Shaw, Three Volumes, Holroyd, Michael. Published by Chatto and Windus, London. Vols. 1-3; 1988, 1989 and 1991 respectively. First Editions. Volume 1 - 1856-1898, The Search For Love; Volume 2 -1898-1918, The Pursuit Of Power; Volume 3- 1918-1950, The Lure Of Fantasy. 8vo up to 9½" tall. viii+486pp, x+422pp, x+545pp with black and white plates and indexes. Black cloth with gilt facsimile Shaw signature front, spine titles in gilt on green, blue and purple labels, decorated endpapers. Each volume is in fine condition without markings, folds or tears; each jacket is unclipped and in like fine condition. A very collectible set of the highly acclaimed Holroyd biography of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). An Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, Shaw's influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than 60 plays during his lifetime and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

The Circus at the Edge of the Earth: Travels with the Great Wallenda Circus. Wilkins, Charles. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto. 1998. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 270 pages. Blue boards with silver spine titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket in fine, unmarked condition. "…. One of North Americas few remaining traveling circuses, The Great Wallenda Circus is run by the scion of a great …. 20th-century circus family, Rick Wallenda whose own high-wire career was ended by a crippling 40-foot fall in early 1996.... Charles Wilkins, followed the circus on a beleaguered month-long tour of central Canada, determined to find out why these performers choose such a difficult and dangerous life, and, to that end, skillfully elicits stories, both terrifying and enlightening…. The picture that emerges is one of an honorable profession peopled by dedicated, iconoclastic artists."

The Comics Before 1945, Walker, Brian. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2004. First Edition. Illustrated boards and endpapers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 336pp., color plates and illustrations throughout; bibliographical references, index. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear.

"Cartoonist and historian Brian Walker's comprehensive survey - illustrated with rare original art - is the most authoritative history of American newspaper comics currently in print. It documents the fascinating origins of the comics and, decade by decade, the major trends in the funnies business."

The Dracula Scrapbook, Haining, Peter. Published by Chancellor Press, London, 1992. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 160pp., illustrated with images of newspaper clippings, comics, movie posters, woodcuts, programs from plays, and photos. Illustrated laminated boards. Includes a detailed listing of Dracula films and a chronology of famous real-life cases of vampirism from around the world. Contents in fine, unread condition; boards have very light shelf wear. Since its publication in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" has been adapted for the cinema, dramatized for the stage and inspired a whole series of books and films on the Dracula theme. This success story is explored here, with fascinating revelations about how Stoker's novel came about, alongside details of the growth of the Dracula screen cult and interviews with the major film stars.

Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror, Twitchell, James B. Published by Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition. 385pp. with notes, bibliography and index. Quarter red cloth over red boards. Volume is in unread condition; jacket is clipped with rub to head of spine and toning inside flaps and rear panel.

James Twitchell traces our fascination with horror from the cave paintings at Lascaux to the "slasher" movies today.
Twitchell finds that three particular stories have had a special resonance in our culture: the bloodsucker (Dracula), the deformed creature (Frankenstein), and the transformation monster (The Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Why have these stories persisted to the point of becoming mythic and to the exclusion of others? Insightful, provocative, and entertaining; film buffs and scholars, literary critics and devotees of the Gothic novel will all welcome this study.

Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture. Levine, Joshua. Published by William Morrow. Softcover. 354 pages with photographic sections. In fine condition without marks, tears or folds. In 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now, Joshua Levine, the film's official historian, explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape.

Entertaining Canadians: Canada's International Stars 1900-1988, Gould, E. Published by Cappis Press Publishers Ltd, Victoria BC., 1988. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 324pp. with black and white photos. White cloth boards with black spine titles. In fine, unread condition; very light shelf wear to dustjacket. Profiles 500 prominent actors, writers, directors, producers, dancers, singers, composers etc.

The Etude Music Magazine December, 1932. Volume 50 Number 12. James Francis Cooke (Editor). Published by Theodore Presse, Lynchburg, VA. Stapled Paper Wraps. Cover art 'Window Shopping at the Music Store' by Ruth Collins Speers. In collectible condition with a tiny fold front lower corner, very light edge toning to pages and otherwise fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 73 pages with several period block and full-page advertisements; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. Aimed at all musicians, from the novice through the serious student to the professional, The Etude printed articles about both popular and more-involved musical subjects (history, literature, gossip, and politics etc.), write-in advice columns about musical pedagogy, and piano sheet music for all performer ability levels. This issue includes: The Art of Singing by Beniamino Gigi, The Art of Copying Music by Dr. Annie Patterson, an Interview with Menuhin Yehudi, a Master Lesson on the Carnival, Op. 9 of… Read More

The Flame: Poems and Selections From Notebooks, Cohen, Leonard. Edited By Robert Faggen and Alexandra Pleshoyano; Foreword By Adam Cohen. Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2018. First Edition. 288pp. with illustrations. Black boards with red spine titles. Both volume and jacket are in fine condition without markings, tears, or fold; appears unread. The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world. The Flame is a stunning collection of Leonard Cohen's last poems, selected and ordered by the author in the final months of his life. Featuring lyrics, prose pieces, and illustrations, the book also contains an extensive selection from Cohen's notebooks, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist and thinker.

Fritz Lang, Eisner, Lotte. Published by Da Capo Press, 1986. Softcover. 416pp. illustrated. Contents are in fine, unmarked condition; card covers have moderate shelf wear.
Director Fritz Lang's distinguished career included such films as Metropolis and M and Dr. Mabuse, You Only Live Once, The Woman in the Window, Scarlet Street, Ministry of Fear, Rancho Notorious, and The Big Heat. He is a key figure in the history of film noir, bringing to the screen a fatalist's vision of a menacing world of criminals, misfits, and helpless victims, and providing a distinctive visual look to every film he directed. This film-by-film study of Lang's oeuvre by one of the great film historians combines personal insight—Eisner and Lang had a long standing friendship—with deep historical understanding of Lang's roots in German culture and cinema.

From Coast to Coast: A Personal History of Radio in Canada, Stewart, Sandy. Published by CBC Enterprises, 1985. First Edition/First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". 191 pages with black and white illustrations. Crimson boards with gilt spine titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket in fine condition without marks, tears, folds etc. From the earliest days when radio stages resembled funeral parlours to the frenzied coverage of royal tours and wartime broadcasting, the author presents the major events in Canadian radio.

Gibson Guitars 100 Years of an American Icon, Carter, Walter. Published by Gibson Publishing, 1994. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 341pp. illustrated, index. Burgundy textured boards with gilt spine titles; endpapers illustrated with diagram of the Gibson guitar. Volume is in fine, unread condition; dustjacket has light top edge ruffling and is otherwise fine.
Chronicles 100 years of the companies that building Gibson guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Beautifully illustrated with countless pictures of guitars and the musicians who made them famous, this coffee-table edition is written by some of today's most prominent music writers, including the editor, Walter Carter, an expert on guitars; Roger H. Siminoff, author of technical guides for guitar, mandolin, and banjo construction; and country music author Michael McCall.

Good Rockin' Tonight, Twenty Years on the Road and on the Town with Elvis, Joe Esposito and Elena Oumano Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994. Third printing. Signed by author with photograph. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 272 pages including index and 16 pages of previously unseen black and white. Photos. Yellow cloth over red paper boards, red spine titles, red endpapers. Volume in pristine condition; unclipped dustjacket has very light shelf wear and otherwise fine. Author signed label to pastedown beneath colour photo of author, Dick and Mitch Drew and Red Robinson dated 1994 Taping Session Vancouver.
Joe Esposito was Elvis's closest confidant, best friend, and road manager. Good Rockin' Tonight tells the intimate story of life with the King, from their army days together until the end--when he found Elvis dead at Graceland--including the parties, women, concerts, tantrums, and comebacks.
A legendary pioneer and icon in Canadian broadcasting, Red Robinson was the first radio disc jockey in the… Read More

Gordie Brown In Caricature, Gordie Brown. Published by GB Enterprises, Las Vegas, 2007. Signed without dedication: Best Wishes, Gordie Brown, 2009. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 128pp. Card Covers. Contents in pristine condition; front cover is very lightly splayed. Gordie Brown is a Canadian born cartoonist, actor, musician, comedian, singer and impressionist. He became popular as an artist when he began working as a political cartoonist for the Ottawa Sunday Herald in Ontario, Canada. His celebrity caricatures have won much praise, and many have been presented to the celebrities themselves, including Rich Little, Paul Anka, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner. Gordie lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he is a popular entertainer.

Here's Looking at Us: Celebrating 50 Years of CBC TV, Cole, Stephen, McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Toronto, 2002. First Edition/First Printing. Black boards, silver spine titles, red endpapers. 4to up to 12" tall. 272 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout. Unclipped dustjacket has the lightest of top edge ruffle. Volume is pristine."This popular history of the shows, people and events that define the first half century of the network is told through the reminiscences, profiles and oral histories of more than a hundred on-air and behind-the-scenes personalities, including Norman Jewison, Robert Goulet, Don Harron, Juliette, Anne Murray, Norman Campbell, Don Chevrier, David Suzuki, Wendy Mesley, and Jonathan Torrens. Their stories are complemented by a wealth of archival photographs, memorabilia and illustrations – more than 350 in all, many previously unpublished. Both text and images provide snapshots of Canadian life past and present as viewed through the lenses of CBC-TV cameras filming docudramas,… Read More

The History of Mystery, Collins, Max Allan. Published by Collectors Press, Portland, 2001. 4to up to 12" tall; 196 pp. with 375-plus color illustrations (pulp fiction covers, comic strips, portraits, etc.), bibliography, index. Pictorial cloth boards; front dust jacket with die-cut circle for magnifying glass. In mint condition in mint unclipped jacket. A look at pop culture and how it integrated the mystery writing genre through dime novels, pulp fiction magazines, and radio, TV, and movies.

The Hollow Crown The Follies, Foibles And Faces Of the Kings And Queens Of England, Barton, John; Law, Joy. Published by The Dial Press, New York, 1971. Book Club edition, Red boards, leather spine with gilt titles, genealogy tables on endpapers. Over 100 illustrations, many in full color. Volume is in fine condition without marks, tears or folds. Bookplate on front pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket has light edge wear and scuffing; yellowing on inside. Originally composed as a stage anthology of prose, verse, and music by and about the kings and queens of England, ranging from the Normans to Queen Victoria. "Its dramatic effect was gained not through lavish stage props and scenery or by a complex production, but by offering a mixture of comedy, tragedy, farce and chronicle which ideally suited the talents of such distinguished actors and actresses as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Richardson. The present book is an elaboration of this basic theme with a rich collection of new material to… Read More