william c handy (13 risultati)

Republication of the 1972 edition with critical text by Abbbe Niles and pictures by Miquel Covarrubias and revised by Jerry Silverman; sm. 4to; stiff pictorial wraps, 224 pages; b&w illustrations; a good, clean copy.

Softcover. 228 - 336 pp. Volume XLVII, Number 3 (July 1993): Baptism. Softcover. Very good condition; traces of wear on covers.

Condizione: Good. 1970. First Edition Thus. 333 pages. Pictorial paper covers. Black and white photographic plates. Light tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Hinges are lightly cracked and stained but covers remain firmly attached. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with mild scuffing overall. Spine has minor rolling and creasing.

Condizione: Very Good. Vintage piano sheet music in blue and white paper covers. 12'' x 9¾''. Contains 8 pages including the covers. Scored for the pianoforte and voice with lyrics. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHEET MUSIC.

Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. Later Printing. Good++ dated and inscribed on the ffep, the ffep is torn but the signature is uneffected, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. No Jacket. 6th printing. Chip to cloth at top of spine. Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condizione: Gut. Miguel Covarrubias (illustratore). 224 Seiten; Collier Books - 4th. 1979 : W. C. Handy - tb. Gr. 9V-HVHG-YIZF Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

Condizione: New.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Near fine. Signed by William C. Handy, the "Father of American Blues," a Souvenir Edition of the "St. Louis Blues" Piano Sheet Music. (illustratore). Souvenir Edition / First Edition. Large octavo, 8pp. Full piece measures approximately 9.25" x 12.25." Original pamphlet, bound at center with twine. Solid text block, faint along margins, otherwise a fine example. Inscribed by William C. Handy: "To Lionel A. Aucoin / with best wishes / from the composer / W.C. Handy / 2-13-1940." Housed in a custom presentation folder, blue cloth, title in gilt on black morocco label and on spine. William C. Handy (1873-1958) was a prolific African American trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and self-proclaimed "Father of American Blues." This pamphlet reproduces the music and lyrics of Handy's classic blues song, "St. Louis Blues," originally published in 1914. This Souvenir Edition was published 25 years after the original music publication, in tandem with the 1939 Paramount Pictures musical film "St. Louis Blues". The film was a Mississippi riverboat drama loosely based on Handy's song. The pamphlet features an illustration of Dorothy Lamour on the front cover, star of the "St. Louis Blues" film. Signed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the autobiography of one of the most influential songwriters in American history W.C. Handy. Edited by Arna Bontemps with a forward by Abbe Niles. Handy changed the course of American music by becoming one of the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of popularity. His timeless hits include "St. Louis Blues," "Memphis Blues" and "Aunt Hagar's Blues." An important work, scarce in the original dust jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in black; pp. xiv, [4], 317 with a frontispiece portrait and musical notation throughout. A very good copy in a very good, clipped dust jacket. Binding remains and sturdy, light toning to boards and spine, minor shelfwear to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers, else internally quite clean. Jacket remains bright with some general shelfwear and chipping, small closed tear to back panel, spine a touch toned. Corners clipped with the front flapped clipped along the edge. Protected in archival mylar.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1914 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 6 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 6 Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.

8 pp. 4to. Condizione: Fine. 8 pp. 4to. Inscribed on the preface page by the composer "Mr. Tony Lavelli/ William C. Handy/ 9/9/1951." Lavelli was a Yale graduate, NBA basketball player and a composer and accordionist. Accompanied with Lavelli's own sheet music Handy was a composer and musician and was known as the "Father of the Blues". Signed.

IF THOU DIDST LOVE (Titelseite eines Notendrucks, 1. S. gr. 4 to, Mittelfalte rückseitig geklebt), mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Datum, Unterschrift signiert To Mr. Segal / W.C. HANDY / 7-16-42 By Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc., 1587 Broadway, New York. (BEILAGE : Echtheitszertifikat eines amerikanischen Händlers.).