The unpredictable past; explorations in American cultural history
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Hardcover. xii, 372p., later printing, dj. With chapters on Garvey, jazz, Frank Capra, and much more. More
Cat.No: 72211
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Hardcover. xii, 372p., later printing, dj. With chapters on Garvey, jazz, Frank Capra, and much more. More
Cat.No: 72211
Guangzhou: the author, 1998. [56p.], wraps, text mostly in Chinese with some lyrics in English. These are Lin's pieces selected from among the various hymns which originally appeared in the 1947 edition of Kuang ye ren sheng. They have been supplemented with several Lin wrote while in a Chinese prison..... More
Cat.No: 155909
New York: Chappell & Co., Inc., 1942. Sheet_music. [7p., of music notation, 4 numbered], 9x12 inches; minor edgewear, small pencil notation on front cover, else in very good condition. One copy found in OCLC as of 4/22. More
Cat.No: 282124
Bronx, NY: Sam Liptzin, 1961. 63p., staplebound booklet, covers worn and chipped at corners, no loss of text. Inscribed inside front cover in Yiddish by Liptzin, who wrote a humor column in Yiddish for the Morgen Freiheit. Lyrics in Yiddish and a couple in English, with musical notation for a...... More
Cat.No: 210930
New York: Melrose Music Corp. 1948. Sheet_music. Single large folio leaf printed and folded to make a typical two-page sheet music spread with monochrome cover illustration and a terminal page advertisement for other 1948 efforts (none so durable as this). Item very slightly edgeworn with some light creasings along its..... More
Cat.No: 229388
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Hardcover. xxii, 388p., illustrated in b&w photography, many rare portrait and site images, limited examples of music notation. Hardbound in pale grey cloth boards gilt, lacks the dj and is a bit food-soiled without and within. The first thirty leaves or so are..... More
Cat.No: 134882
Boston: Silver, Burdett y Compañía, 1921. Hardcover. vi, 138p., 7x10 inches, first edition in yellow cloth-backed green decorated boards, corners edgeworn and slightly bumped, gift inscription. This collection of musical arrangements focuses primarily on Puerto Rico and on children's songs, and includes a section of general songs as well as..... More
Cat.No: 32056
Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1996. xiv, 128p., first edition laminated boards; p.7 bears a bracketed comment in ink, an else clean copy, entirely sound. Everyday Communication: case studies of behavior in context; other volumes expound the "Linguistic performance of auctioneers and sportscasters," and "Confrontation talk / talk radio"..... More
Cat.No: 176439
Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1996. Paperback. xiv, 128p., wraps, very good condition. Everyday Communication: case studies of behavior in context. More
Cat.No: 294746
San Francisco / San Jose: Journeys into Language / Laughing Bear Press, 1983. Paperback. 76p., reproduced from typed mss, first edition in photo-portrait glossy white 8.5x6.5 inch wraps; nice clean copy inscribed and signed by author on titlepage. Lurie is from Seattle, lives in San Francisco; he characterizes these as..... More
Cat.No: 224943
San Francisco / San Jose: Journeys into Language / Laughing Bear Press, 1983. Paperback. 76p., 6.75x8.5 inches, signed and dated 2017, very good first edition trade paperback in white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 226897
Paris: L. Labbé, n.d. Sheet_music. Four-panel sheet music, with lyrics in French and transliterated Russian, cover design depicting two sailors (a French and a Russian) flourishing crossed flags. Rear panel lightly soiled. Horizontal crease not evident from front. OCLC lists a holding as 1891, but this example has no date..... More
Cat.No: 205564
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Hardcover. xvii, 399, x p., first edition, very good in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 163488
New York: the Foundation, 1969. Paperback. 97p., illustrated with a few b&w photoportraits and facsimiles, printed recto-only on standard leaves, a thick fascicle fastened with large effective staples (amateur work, but quite sound), much thumbed and edgeworn with dust-soil and an inked cross-out on front cover, a fair-only copy. Evidently..... More
Cat.No: 293592
Washington DC: Labor Heritage Foundation, 1989. Pamphlet. [18p.] staplebound pamphlet, old publisher's price label on front cover, interior unmarked. New twists on Cristmas carols, dedicated to miners of the UMWA. Sample titles: We the Daughters of Mother Jones; Arrest those union gentlemen; I'm dreaming of a fair contract. More
Cat.No: 291444
Oakland: PM Press, 2018. Paperback. xi + 515p., trade paperback, illus., very good condition. Vast anthology of hobo creativity. More
Cat.No: 228128
Madrid: Coleccion Austral, 2002. Mass Market Paperback. 262p., illustrated with a few b&w period photos and some music notation. Pocket edition, paperbound, paperstock is faintly toned but unmarked and unmarred, no signs of handling. More
Cat.No: 227827
Tehran: Ketab-Khaneh Danesh, 1951. Paperback. 192p. paperback, some closed tears to spine panel, minor adhesions to cover, otherwise very good. Each song is accompanied by Romanized transliteration. The translation is only into Persian, not English. Mokri was Director of Rural and Nomadic Tribes Education. More
Cat.No: 295841
[Wilkes-Barre, PA?]: Gerry Montana, [ca. 1940?]. Pamphlet. 14 pages, wrappers illustrated with a portrait of Gerry Montana, smudge on the front cover but otherwise Good. A collection of country song lyrics and verses assembled or composed by Gerry Montana. Montana was a female country music vocalist and led the group..... More
Cat.No: 292702
Belmont, Western Australia: Roger Limpid Productions, 1985. Paperback. 152p., wraps; slightly sunned spine, faintly handled wraps, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 290212
n.p. n.d. Pamphlet. 8.5x11 inch sheet dittoed in purplish ink, text both sides, very good. Possibly produced for distribution at events featuring the writer and artist, who was involved in the Royal Chicano Air Force and countless other projects, and was poet laureate of Sacramento. On the striking farmworkers. Composition..... More
Cat.No: 202299
n.p. n.d. Pamphlet. Two versions of the corrido, each two 8.5x11 inch sheets, dittoed in purplish ink, stapled together at upper left corner, very good. Possibly produced for distribution at events featuring the writer and artist, who was involved in the Royal Chicano Air Force and countless other projects, and..... More
Cat.No: 202298
New York: Southern Music Publishing Co., 1940. 4p., 9.25x12.25 inches, sheet music, lyrics in Spanish, very good in red wraps illustrated with stills from the movies, faint stamp on cover. Tengo Fe en Ti , distributed by RKO, was aimed at both US and Latin American Hispanic audiences. Rosita Moreno..... More
Cat.No: 116717
Oakland: PM Press & The Charles H. Kerr Library, 2014. Paperback. 80p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition. Lyrics and music. More
Cat.No: 185499
n.p. Self-published by the compiler, 2003. Paperback. Two volumes, 180p. each, 6x10 inches, lyrics, anecdotes, notes, sources, b&w images, very good handmade book in spiral-bound wraps of red and black vinyl with 3M 220 sandpaper endpapers and front covers. Promotional book for the compiler, the Brazilian writer, editor and artist..... More
Cat.No: 192741