1890s. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Albumen Proof Sheet of Female Performers. N. P. : N. P. , [1890s]. 4 3/8" x 5 5/8". Albumen photograph. An interesting series of small numbered photographs of what likely depict women stage performers. All but one of the women are shown in..... More
![Jazz] Lou Posey Presents the Saints and Sinners America's Greatest Jazz Band](/pictures/thumb/1832.JPG?v=1591118718)
Columbus, Ohio: [circa 1964]. 10” x 6½”. Single sheet, folded, making four pages. Near fine: bright and fresh, with a small patch of faint foxing on the back page. The Saints and Sinners first performed in 1960. According to Manfred Selchow in Ding! Ding! (Westoverledingen Germany, self published, 1998)... More
![Jazz]the Saints and Sinners in Europe](/pictures/thumb/1841.JPG?v=1591118721)
[germany? ]: 1968. 8¼” x 5¾”. Stapled wrappers. [8] pp. Near fine with a hairline crease to lower right corner. The Saints and Sinners first performed in 1960. According to Manfred Selchow in Ding! Ding! (Westoverledingen Germany, self published, 1998) , “Charles 'Red' Richards was offered the opportunity to lead..... More
![Jazz][California] Photo Album and Scrapbook of the Kern County Hot Jazz Society](/pictures/thumb/1617.JPG?v=1591118711)
Bakersfield, California: 1961. 12¾” x 12¼”. Embossed imitation leather over boards, disbound scrapbook. 36 pages with 70 mostly black and white photographs and around 40 items of ephemera either pasted or laid in. Photos measure from to 3½” x 3½” to 3¼” x 4¼” and about half are captioned; some..... More
Philadelphia, New York, And Baltimore: Fisher & Brother, (circa 1850s). Softcover. 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 4 1/2" x 2 7/8". Illustrated wrappers. Pp. [blank], [frontis], [title], [blank], 41, 66-121, 248, [2, table of contents]. An interesting book of songs with African American caricatures on its front and back covers..... More
![Selections of Plantation Songs As Sung by Donavin's Original Tennesseeans [Sic]. [Cover Title](/pictures/thumb/715.JPG?v=1591118658)
Delaware, O[hio]: Fleming & Benson, Printers, [circa 1880]. Ephemera. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 5 1/8” x 6 ¾”. Illustrated green wrappers. Pp. [8]. Good: wrappers moderately worn and dusted, lightly soiled; a few small edge chips. This scarce promotional brochure for John Wesley Donavin's Original Tennesseans features the music..... More
[los Angeles, California]: N. P., 1960. Ephemera. 4to 11" - 13" tall; [African-Americana][Music] 11¼” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [28]. Very good: lightly toned, corners a bit curled, two small paint splotches to front wrapper. Founded in the mid-late 1930s, the Wings Over Jordan Choir created the first independently produced..... More
Hampton Virginia: Hampton Institute Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 9 3/8” x 6 ¼”. Blue cloth, gilt. Xxvii, 236, ii, XIII pp. Near fine: minimal wear, gilt bright, corners with tiny bumps, infinitesimal patch of white paint on rear board, faint owner stamp of music publisher Theodore Presser..... More
New Orleans, Louisiana: [1970s]. [African-Americana][Jazz][New Orleans] . 8" x 10". Black and white photograph. Near fine. A promotional photograph for Louis Cottrell's Dixieland Band. Louis Cottrell, Jr. (1911-1978) was a jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who grew up around jazz performers in New Orleans. He performed around the country for..... More
![Jazz][African Americana] Dixieland all Star Six! Vic Dickenson](/pictures/thumb/1840.JPG?v=1591118720)
[boston]: 1950. 3¼” x 5½”. Advertising postcard (unused) printed one side on thin card stock. Very good minus with moderate wear and creasing. According to Manfred Selchow's Ding! Ding! (Self published, 1998) , this card advertises the first appearance of Vic Dickenson with his own band, after his prior band..... More
![Jazz][African Americana] VIC Dickenson and His Dixieland Stompers. Vic Dickenson](/pictures/thumb/1839.JPG?v=1591118720)
[boston]: 1950. 3 ¼” x 5 3/8”. Advertising card printed one side on thin card stock. Very good with moderate corner wear. According to Manfred Selchow's Ding! Ding! (Self published, 1998) , this card advertises the opening of Steve Connolly's New Rathskeller Room. He changed its name to “Jazz at..... More
![Jazz][African Americana] VIC Dickerson [Sic] and Guest Artists. Vic Dickenson](/pictures/thumb/1837.JPG?v=1591118720)
Newark, New Jersey: 1951. 9” x 5¾”. Handbill printed one side. Good: old folds, small chip and small closed tear, old tape along top edge. According to Manfred Selchow's Ding! Ding! (Self published, 1998) , it is unknown whether Dickenson actually performed this night, as his mother died that day..... More
Houston, Texas: The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, [1903]. Sheet Music; Sheet music. Six pages including front and back covers. Very good: bright cover, some surface losses to the coating on covers, a couple of jagged closed tears and some staining on the outer edge of back cover, not..... More