Asman James (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 30 pages. Illustrated. (M15).

24pp in paper cover. Undated - probably 1946, but may be later. Pages lightly browned, with water-stains; cover worn & creased with rusty staples. 2 holes punched through, presumably for binding Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback magazine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo., illus stapled wrapps., edges sl. tanned. Plates. 20pp. Former owner's name on first p. Contributors: Irving L. Jacobs, Donald Day, Pat Harper, G. F. Gray Clarke, James Atman, K. G. F. Allsop, Tony Short, R. H. Norburn.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo., stapled wrapps., red/black with photo of Art Hodes & Mezz Mezzrow. Former owner's name on cover. 24pp, illus. w/ photo of J. C. Higgenbotham, Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet and sketch of Sidney Bechet by R. H. Norburn. Contributors: James Asman, Ken Sulsizer, Bill Kinnell, Donald Biggar, Leslie Partington, G. F. Gray Clarke, Pat Harper. Exceedingly rare publication from the 1940s, n.d.

Paper Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24pp. Photos. Diz Dizley covers. Size: Cr.8vo.

24pp in paper covers. Staples have rusted away, leaving staining & loose pages. Cover worn & faded. Picture on front cover of Art Hodes & Mezz Mezzrow Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback.

Paper Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 28pp. Photos. Diz Dizley covers. Size: Cr.8vo.

Wrappers as published. Condition: Good. Jazz Appreciation Society Booklet. ca 1945.

Wrappers as published. Condition: Good. Jazz Appreciation Society Booklet. ca 1945.

12mo. 24 pp. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Art Hodes, Mezz Mezzrow, J.G. Higginbotham, Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, w/ plate reproducing portrait sketch of Bechet playing (minor shelfwear, rubbing), VG copy, w/ mailing label for John H. Westwood, Stanmore, England on back cover. First edition of this scarce British Jazz enthusiast magazine, with articles on the origins and influence of African-American music on Jazz, as well as extended discussion of the discography of Clarence Williams, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Bennie Moten, Tiny Parham, The Louisiana Five, James Johnson, The Cobbbs, Jabbo Smith, and more. No copies in Worldcat.

Wrappers as published. Condition: Good. Jazz Appreciation Society Booklet. ca 1945.

Booklet. Condition: Fair. Booklet; staples rusty, pages creased (has been folded in half) in creased card covers. (No published date, assumed 1946.) ; 24 pages.

8vo. pp 20. Pamphlet. Magazine. Original publisher's stapled yellow covers, lettered black. No date, [1945]. Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. With various articles about world jazz by various authors including Bob Kreider, Stanley F. Dance, Donald Biggar, Mud Luft, J. V. Sullivan, James Asman & other authors. / Illustrated with 'B&W' photos & drawing. /// This is a 1st edition paperback/magazine in fair condition-the staples have gone, so the text pages are loose & printing paper beginning to 'brown'. (24 pages). There is no date of publication, but I suspect around the middle of the 1940's.

3 stapled paperbacks in paper covers - nos. 1 & 2 24pp, no. 3 28pp. All generally clean and tidy, with light wear, specifically: staples rusted on all; light foxing to no. 1 covers, rear covers on nos. 1-2 a bit faded; printer error smudge on p. 21 of no. 1; corners of no. 3 a bit bent. Used - Good. Good stapled paperbacks.

This serves as a guide to UK jazz clubs and includes a history of the NFJO (National Federation of Jazz Organizations) from 19481952. Illustrated with 'B&W' photos. /// This is a 'pocket' 1st edition paperback in good condition-the cover is creased & a faded. (100 pages).