Wiley Alma A (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Cover shows minor wear, staining, and bumped corners. Pages are clean.

Condition: Good. B00085P95S [Autographed by the poet, Alma A. Wiley] No dust jacket present. Ships, well packaged and very quickly, from FL. The description is coming soon. The condition selected for the item is accurate and consistent with our other listings of the same general condition. If you have any questions or would like a detailed description of the item prior to our addition of such a description, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will get back to you as quickly as possible. Buy with confidence from us, as we have several thousand satisfied customers and your satisfaction is the goal we aim to achieve every time.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. No dust jacket. Cover soiled and rubbed. Pages browning with a few marks. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. ISBN 9780520029996, 9780520037199, 0520029992, 0520037197 OCLC 3289253 LCCN 75007193 LC ML3561.J3 S39 Dewey 785.420973 ; gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket ; Contents: Preface / Chadwick Hansen -- Introductions -- Introducing the Jazz Record 1943 / Art Hodes -- Jazz Record: the first year, 1944 / Art Hodes and Dale Curran -- Jazz Record remembered, 1973 / Art Hodes -- Part 1: Facts Of Life / Art Hodes -- Rainbow cafe -- Everybody's in the union -- Playing for kicks -- Wingy, Louis and me -- Liberty Inn drag -- Jam session -- Cops -- Taxi dance hall -- Big bands: 1 -- Big bands: 2 -- Making a record -- Enlightenment-through radio -- Blues for Bennie -- Blues for the dago -- Blues for Nick and tricky Sam -- Blues for 52nd street -- Part 2: Beginnings-Blues, Boogie-Woogie And Ragtime -- Cow cow and the boogie-woogie / Cow Cow Davenport -- Mama don't low no music / Cow Cow Davenport -- Blues in his heart / Jasper Wood -- Rag alley story / Rudi Blesh -- Little brother / Eurreal Montgomery -- Preserve genuine early ragtime / S Brunson Campbell -- They all had it / S Brunson Campbell -- Scott Joplin / R J Carew -- Baby, I done got wise / William "Big Bill" Broonzy -- Memories of Bessie Smith / Carl Van Vechten -- Bessie Smith / Art Hodes -- Really the blues / Milton (Mezz) Mezzrow -- I remember the queen /Zutty Singleton -- Part 3: New Orleans And All That Jazz -- New Orleans trumpeters / Cy Shain -- Jazz music of the gay '90s / John A Provenzano -- Mardi Gras, chic la pai / John A Provenzano -- Mr Armstrong and Mr Robbins / transcribed by Lorraine Lion -- When Armstrong came to New York / Kaiser Marshall -- King Oliver's last tour / Fred Moore -- King's nephew / Dave Nelson, as related to Danny Barker -- Mostly about Morton / Omer Simeon -- Oh, Mr Jelly / Charles Edward Smith -- Oh, play that thing / Warren "Baby" Dodds -- Forty-eight years on the string bass / Pops Foster -- Blues for Jimmy / Vincent McHugh -- Tribute to Joe Darensbourg / John Wittwer -- Once upon a time / Eddie Edwards -- Kid Ory / Alma Hubner -- Letter from Bunk / Bunk Johnson -- Jam session with Bunk / Lewis Eaton -- Play number nine / George Lewis -- New Orleans trombone / Jim Robinson -- Big eye Louis Nelson / Robert Goffin -- Part 4: Second Line -- Baby Dodds knew how / George Wettling -- Drummer from Chicago / Earl Wiley -- Drummer Danny / Bob Aurthur -- Kazoo come on / Jack Bland -- As I knew Eddie Lang / Jack Bland -- Idyll of the kings / Amy Lee -- Riverboat Jess / Mary Peart -- Barrelhouse Frank Melrose / Pete Daily -- Davenport piano / Floyd Bean -- Portrait of George Bruni(e)s / Amy Lee -- Modest George / Harvey Lebow -- Bud Freeman said it / Jasper L Wood -- Pee Wee's soul is music / Alma Hubner -- Rod Cless as I knew him / Ray Cless -- Muggsy Spanier / Alma Hubner -- Hear that ragtime band / Dale Curran -- Wild William / Bob Aurthur -- Talking about boze / Mary Peart -- Dixieland, twin city style / Paul (Doc) Evans -- Gentleman of jazz / Fats Baker -- Music is a business / Fats Baker -- Village tavern league / George Avakian -- Musicians are independent / G F Quittner -- Part 5: Lest We Forget -- Gram-o-phone days / Dale Curran -- Recording with Panassie / Mezz Mezzrow -- I'm a sweet Papa Pigment / Alsion Blair -- St Louis Jazzman / Ed Crowder and A F Niemoeller -- Drums on the Mississippi / Harry Dial -- Everybody loves Cecil / H B M -- Music is my business / Henry Goodwin -- Fats Waller and James P / James McGraw -- Trouping with Fats Waller / Gene Sedric -- You got to be original, man / Allan Morrison -- Sidney Bechet, musical father to Bob Wilber / Al Avakian -- Selections from the gutter / Art Hodes ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Signed by Author. Very Scarce. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has very slight shelfwear.faint soiling, paper label on spine has one corner up, spine ends softened. This book was awarded first prize in the National Poetry Contest of the National League of American Pen Women in 1934. The original bookstore brochure and order form is laid-in. It is inscribed: 'To You- Greetings from Florida, Alma A. Wiley'. The beautiful endpapers are notated in pencil with names of the poetry pieces in this collection. On the two blank pages after the table of contents, an unpublished poem is handwritten and signed by Alma A. Wiley, titled 'Spring in St. Petersburg'. Signed by Author.…