Black Studies: Rap and the Academy
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1993). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Yellow wrappers. 103pp. Slight rubbing and a small spot on the front wrapper else near fine. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1993). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Yellow wrappers. 103pp. Slight rubbing and a small spot on the front wrapper else near fine. More
Wilmington, Delaware: City Council, 1989. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 221pp. Designed and illustrated by Bernard Ben Pearce. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown. America's history of black music and artists. More
New York: Gertrude Hoffmann, 1911. Softcover. Folio. String-tied printed wrappers with illustration by Leon Bakst. Small tear on the yapped wrappers, else about very good. Includes the printed glassine over-wrapper which has chips and tears. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Thick octavo. xvi, 615pp. Illustrated from photographs, and from drawings by Marta Becket. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with the yellow spine titling a tiny bit dulled. Also prints an annotated selection of recordings, compiled..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 1992. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
New York: Diploma, 1924 Institute of Musical Art / Press of G. Schirmer, Inc.), 1925. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto. 93pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and decoration on the front cover. A few small marks on rear boards. Clumsy repair at bottom corners of p.39-43. Still a bright, otherwise..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Second printing. 178pp. Very good ex-library copy with stamps, a pocket on the rear free endpaper, foxing on the page edges, and dust jacket affixed to the pastedowns. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. 224pp. Toning on the boards and some spotting on the page edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with toning, rubbing, and tiny tears. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Hardcover. First edition. 285pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and short tears on the spine ends. More
London: Macdonald, (1968). Hardcover. First English edition. Modest foxing on the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1966). Hardcover. First edition. 366pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and tiny tears. More
[Circa 1950]. Unbound. A collection of 19 large gelatin silver photographs with 17 of them measuring 13½" x 9" and two measuring 14" x 11". Each image has the stamp and/or signature of Lee Balterman on the verso. A few small creases or tears, mostly confined to the margins. Near..... More
(Whitemore Lake, Michigan): Alap Editions / Bamberger, (2000). Softcover. Second printing. 210pp. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Signed and Inscribed by Bamberger on the title page: "Writing this book led to a number of interesting encounters - just for example: I once helped Gary Lucas carry his dry-cleaning home...Ah, the literary..... More
Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1925. Softcover. First separate edition? Music by John Barnes Wells. Bi-folium with additional leaf laid in. Very faint owner's stamp, several small tears in the margins, four with modest tape repairs, good. Posthumously published sheet music.*OCLC* appears to locate no copies. Apparently not in *BAL*..... More
New York: Charisma Records, 1979. Unbound. Original 33 1/2 rpm vinyl record. Fine in a printed paper sleeve in a near fine pictorial cardboard sleeve with rubbing and edgewear. A promotional copy of the Gensis keyboardist and founding member, Tony Banks, solo album. More
RCA Victor, (no date-circa1935). Unbound. Musical effects by George Kleinsinger. As told by Paul Wing with Henri Rene and his orchestra. Very good scratched two records in a very good pictorial sleeve with worn edges. More
Candia, New Hampshire: John Le Bow, 2005. Softcover. First edition. Stitched wrappers illustrated by Baraka. Fine. One of 200 numbered letter press-printed copies Signed by Baraka. More
[Newark?]: Amiri Baraka, [1990?]. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. Stapled printed blue wrappers. About fine. Signed by Amiri Baraka inside the front wrap. One of an unknown number of copies produced by the Barakas. More
New York: Warner Brothers, 1971. Unbound. Original 33 1/2 rpm vinyl record. Fine promotional copy in a printed paper sleeve in a near fine gatefold pictorial cardboard sleeve with edgewear. More
Boston: Elite Guest Book, (1926-29). Hardcover. Guest Book. Unpaginated. With the rectos ruled in three columns, "Date; Date; Memoranda," and the versos ruled in two columns, "Name; Address." 12.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary dark green cloth boards, gilt title on the front board, all edges gilt. With "Tree Tops Rogers..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1958. Softcover. Revised edition. Tall octavo. Printed buff wrappers. Sticker shadow on front wrap, modest edgewear and age-toning, very good. More
(Toronto): Sound and Vision, (1990). Softcover. Reprint. Trade paperback. 146pp. Black and white illustrations. Fine. More
New York: Villard Books, 1987. Hardcover. Later printing. 294pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper. More