John Lee Hooker Preface (5 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.…

Condition: Good. First edition. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by Dunas at half-title with brief presentation inscription. 1st ed. Folio, approx 12 1/4 inches tall, 174pp, numerous reproductions of toned silver prints, in publisher's half vertically ribbed charcoal cloth and black cloth lettered in silver at spine (very slight lean just noticeable from bottom but not top, very good). Pictorial dust jacket (mild bumps at crown very good or better). Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to. Soft cover. 174 pp. Fine. The definitive book on the greatest blues musicians of our time - featuring more than 100 portraits and interviews with B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Honeyboy Edwards, and many more. "State of the Blues Traveling Exhibition Itinerary" laid in.…