Genre & Subject / Music from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Blue Rider Press; Penguin Books, 2012. 502 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture (inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Neil Young has… Read more about this item

New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1997. Card (18 x 14 cm.) in near-fine condition, with minor wear. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. *** FREE SHIPPING FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CARD (price will be adjusted after checkout) *** . 1st. Very Good. Ephemera.

New York: Penguin Press, 2012. xvi, 474 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Where the Heart Beats is the story of the tremendous changes sweeping through American culture following the Second World War, a time when the arts in America broke… Read more about this item

New York: Cooper Square Press, 1999. 376 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear, age toning. "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll"--That was the rallying cry for a movement that changed American culture forever. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the West Coast was the epicenter of rock music. From… Read more about this item

Chicago and New Haven, CT: Museum of Contemporary Art; Yale University Press, 2007. Pictorial boards, 287 pages, illustrations (some colour); 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A fine copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The dynamic relationship between rock music and visual art crosses continents, generations, and cultures. Beginning with Andy… Read more about this item

New York: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2011. 91 pages, colour illustrations, map; 27 cm. Sale number 19226. Place of sale: New York. Date of sale: March 09, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. 138 lots. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021. xxi, 262 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Despite increasing popular attention to issues of diversity and under-representation in architecture, power and control within the profession remain in the hands of white men. Of all the creative forms, architecture remains the least accessible to the inhabitants of deprived urban neighborhoods.… Read more about this item

New York: Amulet Books, 2013. 177 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tail edge/front board bumped. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "This lyrical biography explores the life and art of Yoko Ono, from her childhood haiku to her avant-garde visual art and experimental music. An outcast throughout most of her… Read more about this item

Wien = Vienna: Bundesministerium fur Auswartige Angelegenheiten [199-] 104 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Text in German and English. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Cologne: Evergreen; Taschen, 1999. Cloth, 337 pages, illustrations (some colour); 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This volume offers a full history of the Gran Teatro in words and pictures, with stills from the great productions, set designs, elevations, stories of… Read more about this item

Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Altered image of the Empress Dowager of China, Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. 1st. Very Good.

New York: Phyllis Kind Gallery, 1989. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Painting of Elvis Presley titled "Don't Be Cruel," (1989) on front. Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. 1st. Fine.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2002. Cloth, vii, 324 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity approaches modern sexuality by way of music. Through the hidden or lost Stories of composers, scholars, patrons, performers,… Read more about this item

London and New York: Phaidon Press, 2011. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was arguably the central musical personality of the 20th century, whose innovative, uncompromising musical language opened up new possibilities for composers and influenced generations of musicians and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2010. 225 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "An analysis of Beethoven's seminal Ninth Symphony identifies it as a key cultural event that reflected major social upheavals, including the emergence of a dynamic Western world and changes in philosophical perspectives on individuality." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Montecito, CA: Hania Tallmadge, 2019. Cloth, 183 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. Cloth, 141 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2d. Book by Oscar Hammerstein 2d and Joseph Fields, based on the novel by C. Y. Lee. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning, edges lightly soiled. Publisher's prospectus (4 pages) inserted. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA: San Diego Museum of Art, 2001. 89 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Dancing on the edge: re-collecting the sixties, by Paul Prince; High societies: an introduction, by D. Scott Atkinson; Psychedelic rock posters: history, ideas, and art, by Sally Tomlinson; Colorplates; Annotated checklist, by Walter Medeiros.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.… Read more about this item

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1992. 375 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "Composer John Cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last half-century. He has defined - and continues… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1985. xviii, 146 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. First published, 1947. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.