Nicholson Tucker (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 30 pp. ; pictorial wrappers ; some spotting ; illustrated ; Contents: Mercury : Messenger of Beauty; Theosophical Convention and Summer School -- Results of nomination ballots -- Nominations for directors and statements of candidates -- Summer workshops at Theosophical camps ; G. Book.…

Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gilt titles on the front board are faded. Ink signature to the contents page. 80pp. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two charming anthologies, one written by an East Anglian G.P. and the other celebrating his experiences in the West Country count of Devon. Two charming anthologies from respected British poets Leonard Ley and A. Nicholson Tucker. A Pot Pourri of Verse (1929, privately printed by W. Heffer and Sons), and a signed Dart, Loveliest of Rivers, and other Devon Poems (1952, Arthur H. Stockwell).Pot Pourri is in the publisher's original blue cloth, while Dart is in the publisher's original brown paper boards. Dart contains Tucker's signed inscription on the front free end paper, and an interwar frontispiece of the poet.Originally from Exeter, Leonard Ley became a G.P. in East Anglia after studying at Pembroke College, Cambridge and serving in the First World War. A budding poet in his spare time, his abstract anthology A Pot Pourri of Verse demonstrates his love for language.Dart, Loveliest of Rivers is a celebration of the county of Devon and its glorious outdoors by Tucker. Wishing to communicate both his happy memories and the beauty of nature, the anthology often adopts a light-hearted tone. A personal anthology, Tucker also delves into his war experiences on the Macedonian Front and grief over lost friends. In the publisher's original blue cloth (Pot) and brown paper boards (Dart). Externally, smart, with the small odd mark to board extremities. Slight bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. Small scratches to bottom right of Dart and slight fading. Minor rubbing on front joint of Pot, near tail of spine. End papers of Pot are bright and generally clean, with very faint spotting. The small odd spot to end papers of Dart. Tucker's signed inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound, with marginal wear to hinge between leaves pp.22-23 of Pot. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a couple of small tidemarks to bottom of leaves pp.56-57 of Pot and the small odd spot to extremities of leaves of Dart, mostly to first leaves. Very Good. Unknown (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 14 volumes, 8vo, all bound in 'British Birds' standard binding of brown cloth with gilt red grouse design on the spine, a previous owner's neat signature is on the front free end papers of the volumes from 1946 - 1952 but a very good short run of this excellent journal.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 26 volume set. Nearly all volumes are as new or near fine. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Includes: 1. The jazz makers, Nat Shapiro, 1979;2. The world of Count Basie, Stanley Dance, Scribner's, 1980;3. The world of Duke Ellington, Stanley Dance, 1981;4. Django Reinhardt, Charles Delaunay, 1982;5. The Great jazz pianists, Leonard Lyons, 1983;6. Jazz masters of the '40s, Ira Gitler, Da Capo, 19847. The jazz years, Leonard Feather, 1987;8. Jazz matters; Douglas Ramsey; Arkansas, 1989;9. Rags and ragtime, David Jasen, Dover, 1989;10. Jazz masters of the 20s, Richard Hadlock, 1988;11. Jazz in its time, Martin Williams, 1989;12. The passion for jazz, Leonard Feather, 1990;13. Beneath the underdog, Charles Mingus, Vintage, 1991;14. More dialogues in swing, Fred Hall, Pathfinder, 1991;15. Big Noises Rock Guitar In the 1990S, Geoof Nicholson, 199116. We called it music : a generation of jazz, Eddie Condon, 1992;17. Jazz is, Nat Hentoff, Limelight, 1992;18. The Jazz Revolution, Kathy Ogren, Oxford, 1992;19. Jazz changes, Martin Williams, 1992;20. Notes and tones, Art Taylor, 1993;21. Reading jazz, David Meltzer, Mercury, 1993;22. The Duke Ellington reader, Mark Tucker, 1993 (crease on cover);23. The jazz tradition, Martin Williams, 1993;24. Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930, William Kenney, 1994;25. Ellington : the early years, Mark Tucker, Illinois, 1995;26. Jazz : the 1980s resurgence; Stuart Nicholson; DaCapo, 199527. Jazz singing; Will Friedwald; 1996.…