Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. First Edition. Handsome edition of the African American singer, actor, and social activist's memoir, in which he looks back on his entertainment career and his work as a civil rights activist. Limited Issue, one of 700 numbered copies signed by the author, this being..... More
Providence, RI: Axelrod Music Publications, Inc., 1944. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed wrappers; 4pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper. Modest external wear, some light toning, creasing, and faint splash marks to wrapper extremities, with faint sticker shadow to lower front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or..... More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1946. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); original printed wrappers; 3,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Trivial wear to extremities, a few faint scuffs to front wrapper; Near Fine. "On Whitman Avenue" was a Broadway musical based on a play..... More
New York: Marks Edition, 1947. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed card wrappers; 7,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front cover, above his printed name. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. A piano solo by Bowles, "written as a dance number for Anita Alvarez. First performance at Town Hall..... More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1943. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); orange wrappers, with text printed in green; 4pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper. Light wear to extremities, faint creases to upper corners of text, with a faint vertical stain toward left edge of front wrapper and an..... More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1947. First Edition. First Printing, with wrappers measuring 30.7cm x 23cm. Slim quarto (30.7cm); original printed wrappers; 9,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, faint foxing to wrappers, with some light erasure to upper left corner..... More
Providence, RI: Axelrod Music Publications, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); original printed wrappers; 4pp. Signed by Bowles beneath his printed name on the front wrapper. Tiny nick at mid-spine, subtle toning to wrappers, some offsetting to p.1 and 4, with two two small spots to front and rear..... More
New York: American Music Edition, 1958. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed wrappers, stapled; 12pp. Signed by Bowles on the title page, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some oxidation to staples; Near Fine. Miller E45a. More
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1946 [but 1947]. First Separate Edition. Slim quarto (30.25cm); original printed wrappers; 5,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some very faint foxing to front wrapper; Near Fine. A collaborative work between Bowles and Stein. The..... More
New York: Hargail Music Press, 1947. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Bifolium (31cm); printed wrappers; [4]pp. Some light wear, creasing, and toning to extremities, with a small, faint stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Very Good+. A collaborative work between Bowles and Williams, first performed at Town Hall..... More
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1973. First UK Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning musician's second book, a hefty volume collecting his lyrics from 1962-1971, arranged by album era. "This is the first time that all the lyrics of the legendary songwriter and folk singer have been collected in one volume. Besides the..... More
[Denver, CO]: Alekos Records / Wax Trax Records, 1981. The Beat poet's first shot a punk rock credibility, released a year before he appeared on The Clash's "Ghetto Defendant." Side A records his anti-Reagan poem "Birdbrain" backed by Mike Chapell's Denver-based band The Gluons, with the bands "Sue Your Parents"..... More
New York: Broadway Books, 2008. First Edition. The compelling memoir of hip-hop pioneer DJ Grandmaster Flash, a native of Barbados who moved to the South Bronx with his family in the late 1950's. Flash, along with his group The Furious Five (Cowboy, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Raheim, and Scorpio), pioneered..... More
San Francisco: The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine, 1992. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of this Bay Area fanzine, one which played a critical role in shaping the West Coast hip-hop scene. Founded by Bay Area DJ David Paul in 1991, The Bomb was published during a time when there were very few..... More
San Francisco: The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine, 1993. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of this Bay Area fanzine, one which played a critical role in shaping the West Coast hip-hop scene. Founded by Bay Area DJ David Paul in 1991, The Bomb was published during a time when there were very few..... More
Boston: South End Press, 1984. First Edition. An early, important account on the evolution of hip-hop music and culture, exploring its roots and various manifestations. Contents include background information on a number of seminal groups, with coverage of DJ-ing, MC-ing, graffiti and breakdancing. Complemented with superb black and white photographs..... More
New York: Punk Publications Inc., 1979. The final regular issue of John Holmstrom's seminal fanzine. Contents include material on The Clash, Rolling Stones, and Alice Cooper, along with a heavy representation of comic and photos. Quarto; illustrated wrappers, stapled; [38pp], plus fold-out centerfold; illus. A fresh, Fine copy... More
Palmerton, PA: Another Dimension, [1980]. First Edition. Fourth issue of this important, short-lived Patti Smith Group fanzine, running just six issues between 1980-81. While a substantial portion of contents were devoted to interviews, coverage of Smith's concerts, bootleg recordings, and published writing, there are significant chunks dedicated to her poetry..... More
Santa Monica: Bongo Productions for KCRW, 1983. An early issue of what was arguably the most influential and longest-running reggae publication produced in the U.S. 'Reggae Beat' was born as a photo-copied broadsheet in 1982. At the time, a handful of radio jocks were pushing the sounds of Jamaican reggae..... More
Santa Monica: Bongo Productions for KCRW, 1983. An early issue of what was arguably the most influential and longest-running reggae publication produced in the U.S. 'Reggae Beat' was born as a photo-copied broadsheet in 1982. At the time, a handful of radio jocks were pushing the sounds of Jamaican reggae..... More
London: S.i., 1977. First Edition. Fourth issue of Scottish writer and musician Sandy Robertson's Patti Smith fanzine, the name being derived from lyrics to Smith's song "Ain't It Strange." Alternately billed as "a rock n roll magazine for the modern world / teen aesthetes / young existentialists / the new..... More
London: S.i., 1977. First Edition. Fifth issue of Scottish writer and musician Sandy Robertson's Patti Smith fanzine, the name being derived from lyrics to Smith's song "Ain't It Strange." Alternately billed as "a rock n roll magazine for the modern world / teen aesthetes / young existentialists / the new..... More
New York: New York Rocker, 1980. First Edition. Contents include articles on Crib Death, Gang of Four, X, Rachel Sweet, and others, along with album reviews and coverage of the national scene. Front wrapper features a cover photo of X. Tabloid (37cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 52pp; illus. Some trivial wear..... More
New York: New York Rocker, 1981. First Edition. Contents include articles on Doug Sham, the Chipmunks, Blondie, Alan Vega, Johnny Thunders, and others, along with album reviews, and coverage of the UK scene. Front wrapper features a cover photo of Alan Vega and Johnny Thunders. Tabloid (37cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers;..... More
New York: New York Rocker, 1981. First Edition. Contents feature articles on Carlene Carter, Gang of Four, The Buzzcocks, Crib Death, and others, with album reviews and coverage of the local scene. Includes a helpful chart of New York clubs. Tabloid (37cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; 48pp; illus. Light wear to..... More