Introduction William Ferris (14 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. State of the Blues is photographer Jeff Dunas's stirring tribute to the power of the blues, an American tradition that has its roots in the Mississippi Delta and branches that have spread around the world. One of the most vital early expressions of African-American culture, the blues makes poetry of sorrow and finds humor and bitter irony in the hardships of life. It tells of loves lost and regained, and of the fight for dignity in a world that judges people by the color of their skin. Alongside a series of intimate portraits of the greatest blues performers of our time--including B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Charlie Musselwhite, Clarence ?Gatemouth? Brown and many others--the book presents Dunas's timeless photographs of the landmarks and byways of the Blues Highway, a heritage trail through the American South that leads from New Orleans to Chicago, where the blues continues to thrive today.?The Blues is the roots of all music. It's the roots. Blues has been here since the world was born. Once there was women and men loving each other and breaking up, that's the blues.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24pp numerous articles celebrating the year. Red cover.

Republication of the 1972 edition with critical text by Abbbe Niles and pictures by Miquel Covarrubias and revised by Jerry Silverman; sm. 4to; stiff pictorial wraps, 224 pages; b&w illustrations; a good, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover, no jacket 1887. Wear to covers and spine. Roughcut pages discolured with age. Text clean and tight. Chip to top of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is in Fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is also As New, fresh and bright. Luminous full-page portraits of blues players throughout. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition of Jeff Dunas's photos that launched at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1998. Large 4to. 233 pp. Including index. A beautiful copy. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Trade Paperback Edition. Assumed First Edition, First Printing. Signed, without inscription, by all contibutors (14 signatures) and dated 9.06.05. New unread As New book without dust jacket as issued. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with Delivery Confirmation. NO remainder mark, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT price clipped, NOT a Book Club Edition, NOT an Ex-Lib. Signed.

SIGNED. Near fine glossy pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photographs of musicians from the field. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by the author in Oxford, MS in 1992.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Photographer signed first edition first printing large format hardcover in jacket in as new condition. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Signed by Photographer.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 136 pages. 12.25x12.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Lyons Press, 2007. Hard cover, first edition; signed and inscribed by Jim McGuire. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with slight scuffing to covers. Rear pastedown endpaper was not properly glued down and has fold on upper corner. Light smudge on fore-edges of pages. 636 pages with indices. An excellent reference work for material on the Blues.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (2007). Square 4to. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by McGuire on f.f.e.p. Faint sun fading along top edges of covers. Light bumping to extremities of covers and d.j. Light scraping to middle top edge of page 65/66 and 2 parallel, vertical markings across page 66. Mild scraping to fore corners of faintly rubbed d.j. VG/VG. INSCRIBED.