"Looking Up at Down": The Emergence of Blues Culture
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, (1989). Hardcover. First edition. 404pp. Staining on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing. More
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Crying for the Carolines
(London): Studio Vista, (1971). Softcover. First edition, wrappered issue. Octavo. 112pp. Illustrated from photographs. Printed wrappers with modest general wear and a bit of creasing on the front cover, a tight, very good copy. Excellent scholarly study of the blues tradition in the Carolinas and North Georgia. More
I'd Rather be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
New York: Da Capo Press, (1994). Softcover. First edition. Trade paperback. 385pp. Spine creased, near fine. Biography of Mississippi Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James. More
The Poetry of the Blues
New York: Oak Publications, (1963). Softcover. First edition. Photographs by Ann Charters. 111pp. Pictorial wrappers. Small pen notation with small stain on rear wrapper, edges worn, about very good. More
The Country Blues
New York: Rinehart & Company, (1959). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 288pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Owner name on front fly, a couple small soil marks at margin of one page, light foxing on boards, very good in a good only dust jacket with creases, scratches, and chips and..... More
Recording The Blues (The Blues Series)
New York: Stein And Day, (1970). Softcover. First American edition. Series edited by Paul Oliver. Trade paperback. 109pp., [3] Index. Some pages dog-eared, rubbing on wrappers, corners rubbed and creased, else very good. More
Blues from the Delta (Blues Paperbacks)
(London): Studio Vista, (1970). Softcover. First edition. Series edited by Paul Oliver. Trade paperback. 111pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. A small line on copyright page blocked out with small paper affixed over top, small price sticker on rear wrapper, modest edgewear, else a very good copy being from..... More
The Death of Rhythm & Blues
New York: Pantheon Books, (1988). Hardcover. First edition. 222pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
The Early Years of Rhythm & Blues: Focus Houston
Houston: Rice University Press, (1990). Hardcover. First edition. Slim quarto. 87pp. Edges a trifle foxed, still fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. More
The Songs of Joe Hill
[No place]: A People's Artists Publication, (1955). Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 46pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Just a touch of toning, overall fine. More
Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings: Two Compact Discs
(New York: CBS Records, Inc. / Columbia Records, 1990). Unbound. Quarto. Two CDs along with a 47-page stapled pamphlet with biographical notes, essays by Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and many photographs, housed in a pictorial clamshell box. CDs and pamphlet are in fine shape, the box is worn as..... More
Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 314pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Graham Hodges, prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects, particularly related to the African-American experience: "3/4/96. To Graham - New York comrade..... More
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson, 1911-1938
(London): Faber & Faber, (2016). Hardcover. First English-language edition. Oblong narrow quarto. 72pp. Tiny bit of wear at the bottom corners else fine in clothbacked pictorial boards, without jacket as issued. Graphic novel of Johnson's life, with a songbook at the end. More
The Story of the Blues
(London): Barrie & Jenkins, (1973). Softcover. Second printing. Quarto. 176pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Moderate edgewear, curling at edge of wraps, sunned spine, very good. More
Deep Blues
New York: The Viking Press, (1981). Hardcover. First edition. 310pp. Spotting on the board edges and a small stain on the top page edge thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine, creasing, and edgewear. More
Robert Johnson Lost and Found
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (2003). Hardcover. First edition. 142pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Been Here and Gone
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1960). Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 177pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Small tear at bottom margin of approximately the last 50 pages, very good in a roughly price-clipped, very good dust jacket with a couple short tears, and moderate edgewear. Examination "in text..... More
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly
(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). Hardcover. First edition. 333pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A few spots on the page edges else fine in a fine dust jacket. More
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