Performing Arts: Theater/Dance/Music & Musicians from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Still the definitive biography of the tortured "legendary queen of rock,'' by a woman who worked closely with Joplin & her manager, Albert Grossman, until her death in Oct. 1970. In 398 pages + 8-page center section of rare black-and-white photos… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. First Hardcover Reprint, First Printing, from 1979 of this tribute to Edward Gorey's love of the dance, which originally appeared in serial form in "Ballet Review" & in hardcover from Simon & Schuster in 1966 (please see our listing… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Pomegranate, 2009. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. A screenplay that is "little known & never produced,'' featuring the first appearance of the Black Doll. Orig. published by Gotham in 1973, this is the First Printing of the 2009 posthumous reprint from Pomegranate, containing the original screenplay with a Foreword by Gotham's… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1988. First Edition Later Printing 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Davis, Lambert. An original tale from the late, great singer-songwriter, based on his immense knowledge of oceanic folklore & travels with his daughter & co-author, Savannah Jane, around the islands of the Caribbean when she was a very young girl. Illustrated… Read more about this item

London: Cambridge University Press, 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A critical examination of violence in both "high" & "popular" culture, including movies, books, theater, comics, & television. Topics like censorship, victimology, fascism, sadism, voyeurism, cultural imperialism, & the relationship between violence & political thought are addressed. As relevant today as when it… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Intimate memoir by the founder & editor of Rolling Stone across its storied career until the magazine was sold & he stepped down in 2019, chronicling his own & the magazine's role in documenting "the rock and roll era in the… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. No serious student of New World Negro music can ignore this book, nor can the sociologist who pretends to know & follow Negro American culture,'' said the journal Ethnomusicology about this book. In 231 pages + 8 pages of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1955. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. An Irreverent Escapade,'' the novel that inspired all the movies & stage plays. Orig. published in 1955, this is the 34th printing. Hardcover octavo has matte black cloth-covered boards lettered in silver to spine & blindstamped to… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Though the author cautions you to "burn this book after you read it,'' it is safe to say that no one every has. You've never seen anything quite like it. Orig. published in Tokyo in a limited edition in 1964, this is… Read more about this item

New York/Evanston/London: Harper & Row, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG-. Sendak, Maurice. Rosie from Brooklyn is back along with other of Sendak's favorite creatures & the Nutshell Kids, who have a magical day on their block set to the music of Carole King (whose lyrics follow the story). Book is based on the… Read more about this item

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1979. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Traces the origins & development of the aesthetic or interpretive dance movement in the United States from the late-19th-early-20th centuries, highlighting the contributions of several young women, most notably Ruth St. Denis &… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1955. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. An Irreverent Escapade,'' the novel that inspired all the movies & stage plays. A FIRST EDITION, Third printing, this hardcover has decorative pink/black/white decorative paper over boards, with a design that matches the DJ. Condition is Fair-Good: generally clean, binding straight… Read more about this item

Parker, Colorado: Paintbrush Press, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Scarce, small-press title which argues that "critics canonize Samuel Beckett's writings as works of genius whey they are [actually] records of atrophy brought about by Beckett's mental illness. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1990, in 203 pages + Glossary + Index, this trade… Read more about this item

Natick, Massachusetts: Neugebauer Press USA/Alphabet Press, 1983. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Iwasaki, Chihiro. Andersen's classic fairy tale, translated here by Anthea Bell, is brought to life for new generations with the stunningly delicate, yet powerful, watercolor illustrations of Japanese artist Chihiro Iwasaki. Orig. published in Japanese in 1968 as "Akai Kutsu,'' this is… Read more about this item

Davis, California: University of California, Davis, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. In an introduction to Vol. 1, co-editor Gail Hermann explains the purpose of the Festival of the Arts, noting that it was open to the entire UC Davis community. These two "Subway Exit" booklets contain the final winners of the literary… Read more about this item

Oakland, California: PM Press, 2023. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. A radical collection of writers, artists, activists, & visionaries [who], across essays & theory-fictions, artworks, & comics, say out loud "Love Live Black Metal's True Rainbow!" 439+ pages. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 2023, this hardcover (6" x 9") has shiny silver… Read more about this item

United States Postal Service, 1992. First Edition First Printing . No Binding. As New. Stutzman, Mark; Berkey, John. Issued by the United State Post Office as part of a pre-release promotion for its new Elvis stamp, a commemorative 29-cent issue in honor of singer/actor Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Out of many designs originally submitted, two made it into… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Freedomways Associates, Inc., 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Published quarterly by Freedomways Associates, Inc. from 1961-1985, this journal was one of the preeminent publications for African-American politics & culture during the years leading up to & traversing the civil rights movement in the US. It was founded by some of the most prominent figures… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Macmillan Pub Co, 1988. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Guaranteed gift-giving quality on this lavishly illustrated companion to the Warner Brothers documentary that came out the same year (1988), offering a unique view of the famed Beatle's life both with that band & with Yoko Ono afterwards. Oversized hardcover 4to (9" x… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2014. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Myers, Christopher. The first ever Black American soloist for the American Ballet Theatre offers this inspirational book for young girls so that they, too, can soar like a Firebird, Misty's signature role in Stravinsky's ballet of the same… Read more about this item