Music from Appledore Books, ABAA

Minneapolis, 2002. Decorative Boards. Fine. The uncommon deluxe limited edition of the 2002 stated 1st edition. limited to only 50 copies. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its blue boards, with bright gilt-design and titling along the front panel. Pasted-on genuine signatures of the author, Zachary Fjestad, and the editor/publisher, S.P. Fjestad, on the front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

Harvard University Press, 1990. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1990 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, six lectures, delivered at Harvard in 1988-89 as part of the "Charles Eliot Norton Lectures" series.

New York, 1965. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1965 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, edited by Edward Stein, translated from its original German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A crisp, sharp copy of the 1975 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one small piece of clear, inconspicuous tape along the top of the spine edge. Thick octavo, edited by Leonard Stein, translated from its… Read more about this item

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the endpapers) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening to the spine and along the edges. Octavo, 151 pgs. (From the title page: "A Green Philosopher's Peripeteia… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, 1969. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JOHN CAGE along a blank piece of paper tipped-in to the front pastedown. A solid copy to boot of the 1969 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Tight and VG in its white boards, with a bit of soiling to both panels and former owner name… Read more about this item

Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming Revell (Spire Christian Comics), 1977. Comic Books. Very Good +. SIGNED BY RENOWNED GOSPEL SINGER ANDRAE CROUCH (1942-2015) on the front cover. A bright copy to boot of the 1977 1st pressing of this uncommon Christian comic, part of the "Spire Christian Comics" series. Crisp and VG+ in its wonderful stapled wrappers, with light,… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Boards. Fine/Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2001 1st English language edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Edited and with an Introduction by Timothy Brennan, translated from its original Spanish by Alan West-Duran. Alejo Carpentier's early, seminal study of Cuban music, first published in 1946 in its native Spanish,… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1985. Cloth. Fine. The 1985 "Reprint Edition, with Additions". An all-but-pristine copy. Clean and Fine in its salmon-pink cloth. Quarto, 298 pgs. Charming and exhaustive.

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. A solid, very presentable copy of the uncommon 1927 1st edition, IN ITS SCARCE DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, bright, VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears and a touch of mild chipping at the tips. Quarto, compiled by Ethel Park Richardson, edited… Read more about this item

Union Bank, 1972. Paper. Very Good +. 90 separare business checks from infamous music producer Phil Spector (1939-2021). All spanning 1972-1973, all made out either to George Brand (Spector's estate manager and confidante until their falling-out) or to "Cash". All crisp and sharp, all typed, stamped and wildly signed by Spector himself. A nice piece of music ephemera… Read more about this item

Ephemera. Very Good. *****A DEEP, VARIED COLLECTION FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAN FRANCISCO ROCK, 1966-1971*****. Focused mostly on Chet Helms (and the Avalon Ballroom) and Bill Graham (and his Fillmore West). Includes over 90 handbills and flyers AND almost 50 posters from the period. The collection was accidentally built -- with no forethought behind it. It resulted… Read more about this item

Barcelona, Spain: Rock Comix, 1976. Stapled wrappers. Near Fine. Gaspar Fraga. A tribute in Spanish to Frank Zappa and his zaniness in this collection of comics, issued out of Barcelona and both written and illustrated by Gaspar Fraga. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Octavo, translations from English into Spanish (where needed) by… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1924 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-gray boards. And in a crisp, price-intact ($3.00), VG example of the pictorial dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels and a touch of light wear along the spine ends. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout, Introduction… Read more about this item

Springfield, Missouri: KWTO: The Dial, 1951. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A very impressive run of this post-War country music periodical, spanning March 1948 through December 1951. Consisting of 46 issues all told, the final 10 months of 1948 and the full runs of '49, '50 and '51. Issued monthly out of Springfield, Missouri and offering groundbreaking covereage… Read more about this item

London: W. Foulsham & Co, 1962. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A sharp copy of this 1962 "Who's Who of the Britsh Traditional Jazz Scene". Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light chipping at the spine ends. 12mo, crisp, first-rate black-and-white photos throughout.

Self-published. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. Kira Lynn Cain. Self-published story about legendary Western swing musician Spade Cooley by Donnelle Malnik (Cooley's daughter?). WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DONNELLE MALNIK at the front pastedown. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+, with light rubbing along the panels. Nicely illustrated as well by Kira Lynn Cain. Also includes a… Read more about this item

Bogota, Colombia: Biblioteca Banco Popular, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1991 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout, offering up a wide range of percussion and wind instruments, among others.

Germany, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 1st edition of Vol. 2 of this uncommon 4-volume compilation of Frank Zappa recordings (live recordings and bootlegs included). Clean and Near Fine in its printed blue wrappers. Quarto, heavily illustrated thruout with photos, wonderful doodlings in tribute to Zappa, etc.

Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1996. Cloth. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its dark cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling along the spine. Octavo, 28 crisp black-and-white plates complementing the text.