Plenum Press Publishing (31 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. 242 Pages Indexed. This De Capo Press paperback edition of Jazz and My Life In Jazz is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1965. Although born and raised in Massachusetts, trumpeter Max Kaminsky made his big splash in Chicago in the late 20s, and later New York, with such luminaries as Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, and Jimmy McPartland. In this book Kaminsky provides priceless recollections of these and other colleagues like Bix Beiderbecke ("I love the way he plays, but I can't stand the way he lives."); Pee Wee Russell (.".a shy, mournful-looking man, suffering the tortures of the extremely sensitive."); Tommy Dorsey ("Working with (him) was like cooking on a hot stove that might explode at any moment."); Billie Holiday (.".her haughtiness hid a shyness so vast that she spoke in practically a whisper."); Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Hot Lips Page, Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti, Dave Tough, and the others who changed American popular music forever. Kaminsky's brash, crackling prose captures the ecstasy of the music, the camaraderie and hostilities within the jazz world, and the fast life enjoyed by him and his friends.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine in very good clean condition. Stamp on FEP. Minor pen marks on pages 103, 104, 108, 112, 192, 200, 270, otherwise pages are clean and bright throughout. Light creases, small tears and chips along edges of dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket is sun faded. Used.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition: 1979. 427 + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Relevant newspaper article placed by previous owner included. Joseph del Gaudio (Cover Design); Grancel Fitz (Photo) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A Major Book Club Selection. 354 pp. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear and clean text. Binding is solid and tight. Dust jacket shows moderate wear and tear around places.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Strong Very Good with very light edge wear and a couple very tiny corner bumps. Science institute stamp on the top of the page edges and introductory page. Small name top right front cover. Taped label on spine bottom. Stamp on card pocket on back free. Interior is unmarked with clean white pages.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 1st Da Capo Press Edition: 1995. 287 + xix pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. FAN Graphics (Cover Design); Chuck Stewart (Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 325 pp. Flawless, fresh, sharp, tight copy and dj with crisp pages and clean text.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Copyright © 1973 by Carol Easton/This Da. 252 + xiv pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear. Joseph del Gaudio Design Group, Inc./Janet Johnson (Cover Design); Herman Leonard (Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 1st American Edition, 1977, by Da Capo P. 192 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in excellent condition: slight handling, slight tape residue on the front endpaper, slight pale spotting on the side page edges. The DJ is good with corner wear and a few edge tears, and is protected by a new, clear, removeable mylar cover. 247 unmarked pages. [1.2 lbs] 261 p. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex University Library (Aston in Birmingham) hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume two. Slight bumps and wear to the spine. Stamps and light marks on the page block and a few pages. Remains of jacket front flap taped to front pastedown. Label on FEP. Abrasions on rear pastedown. The closing index page is creased and torn; the main content is all clear. The binding is sound. CM. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex University Library (Aston in Birmingham) hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume one. Slight bumps and wear to the spine ends. Stamps and light marks on the page block and a few pages. Residue on front pastedown; label on FEP. A few creased page corners towards the end. Binding is sound; all content is clear. CM. Used.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/pub.1995/VG condition/332 pages - First text published which begins to describe the emotional and psychological landscape of the uninfected after a dozen years of plague. [KE419211]. Book.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Royal octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering inside of brown panels, xliv, 134 pp., principl plae-names and identities mentioned by Guarmani, glossary of Guarmani's Arabic words, principal tribal names, itinary, primcipal works quotes, index, fold-out map at the rear Translated from the Italian by Lady Capel-Cure. With Introduction and Notes by Douglas Carruthers. Reprints the London, The Argonaut Press, 1938 edition. Argonaut Press #10.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional dates, editions or printings identified. Hardback. No dust jacket. Fine if not new. Minor if not trivial rubbing to covers.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. 244 pp. Flawless book. There is no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Number line beginning with 1. Fine, if not new hardback in fine, if not new dust jacket ($28.95). Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. This Translation Copyright © Martin Seck. 416 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. John Gray (Photo of Fritz Lang); Joseph del Gaudio Design Group, Inc. (Cover Design); Culver Pictures (Photo of Peter Lorre in M (Cover Photo) (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Da Capo Paperback Edition. 249 + pp. Vol. II issue only! An excellent study or work or reading or research copy! Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external and overall wear and use. Copy with spotlessly clean text. Cut on front cover. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Joseph Del Gaudio (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An Unabridged Republication. 843 + xxx pp. Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external, but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Smooth covers. Mildly shelf worn. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Virginia Atkinson Design (Cover Design); Culver Pictures, Inc. (Cover Engraving) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Da Capo Press Edition: 1998. 476 + xviii + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Kathleen DiGrado (Cover Design); Abigayle Tarsches/Retna Ltd. (Cover Photo); M. Kristen Bearse (Book Design) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket/Not Issued. Copyright © 1971 by Louisiana State Univ. 208 + xiii pp. Flawless copy with gold lettering on front cover board and spine. No dust jacket. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Albert R. Crochet (Design) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition: 1978. 318 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimally shelf worn. Joseph Del Gaudio (Cover Design); Charles Stewart (Cover Photo) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. This Da Capo Paperback Edition Is An Una. 414 + xi pp. Solidly and tightly bound copy with minimal overall wear and use. Underlining and marginalia throughout text. Copy with crisp and bright pages. Creased and slightly indented spine. Notes and random scribble on first free front-end page. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Schubert: The Memorial Bust by Joseph Dialer (Frontispiece); K. Brooks (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright © 1989. 297 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Small stains on top and fore edge. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Ex-Private Library-Book belonging to Jeffrey Milarsky with all the typical. common, usual and standard signs (stamps, stickers, and envelopes, etc.). K. Brooks (Cover Design); Ray Lee Jackson (Cover Photo) (illustrator).…

Paperback. First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing. Binding shows the slightest lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 176pp. Trade Paperback. The short life of Jimi Hendrix (19421970)guitarist extraordinaire, charismatic performer, symbol of a generationhas already become the stuff of legend. Now, in an attempt to set the record straight, Jimi's friend and collaborator Mitch Mitchell, who was the Jimi Hendrix Experience's drummer, tells his story. No one knew Jimi through the whole periodfrom day one of the Experience to Hendrix's deathbetter than Mitch. Here he conjures up a lost era, with all its frustrations and breakthroughs, humor and tragediesfrom the tiny clubs of London's Soho to the legendary festivals of Monterey and Woodstock. It's an incredible saga, filled with outrageous stories and unlikely characters. Containing over 200 illustrations, including several photographs taken by Mitch himself, along with set lists and rare memorabilia from the author's archives, this is an indispensable book for both the committed fan and for anyone interested in the career of this extraordinary musician. …

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. 295 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover; slightly over 10" tall, 4to; x (10) + 307 pages including tables, figures (graphs, electromicrographs, and more), chapter references, and an index; inscribed and signed by editor Bob Jensen on blank front free end page; a green store sticker taped over with clear tape on spine base; corners bumped; light edgewear; NO highlighting; NO underlining; Editors: Robert G. Jensen, University of Connecticut, and Margaret C. Neville, University of Colorado School of Medicine; securely bound, nice tight copy.…

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. 239 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, collectible gem! A wonderful copy! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. No dust jacket.…