Popsie Randolph (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. The superb book behind our many proud "Popsie" photo exhibitions.As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.First published for Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday in 2015, this book is filled with sensationally rare photographs of Sinatra performing and hanging out in New York City during his earliest years as a professional singer. Photographer "PoPsie" Randolph was Broadway's most legendary lensman. He followed Sinatra everywhere. The resulting images add immensely to the timeless visual iconography of America's greatest singer. This copy is signed by Barry Singer, who contributed the book's Foreword. 4to (115 pages, profusely illustrated with black & white photographs). Signed.

HARDCOVER BLACK. Condition: PRISTINE. POPSIE (illustrator). FIRST ED. SIGNED AND INSCRIPTED BY MICHAEL RANDOLPH, FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING DATE PUBLISHED: 2015 EDITION: FIRST ED 155.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Gelatin silver print. 10" x 8". Fine. Stamp of photographer Popsie Russell with date of 1987 on verso. Image of Ed Sanders seated at a desk signing a contract, seated next to record exec Ahmet Ertegun, with Kupferberg, Weaver, and Bernard Stollman looking on approvingly. The Fugs signed with Stollman's ESP-Disk records in 1965, so this is a later generation print.

Vintage publicity photograph of recording supervisor Leonard Feather with pianists Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with cellist Oscar Pettiford and bassist Lloyd Trotman, produced to promote their record for Mercer Records. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of photographer William "Popsie" Randolph. Pettiford's performance marked one of the first appearances of cello in jazz. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased at the left corners.