Dave Venables (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Four volumes pub. 1949 to 1952. In cream or grey soft covers with black titles to spines and fronts. No dust jackets. The books are in good + condition. Generally there is minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the covers and the spines are tanned; vol. 1 is in poorer condition with creases to both front corners, minor damage to the head and tail of the spine and quite extensive light marking. The bindings are tight although there are minor tears adjacent to the staples to the end page of vol. 1. There is light bruising to the corners of volume 1 and a small spot to the title page, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. There is a small spot to the top edge and two spots to the fore edge of volume 2. The pages of vols. 3 and 4 are clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Booklets 1 -1975 (Second Revision 1975, 2 -1975 (First Revision), 3, 4, 5 -1975, 6 - 1976, 7 - 1979 (First Revision), 9 - 1979, 10, 11, 12 - 1978, 15 - 1979. Further issues 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87 to 115. Members list booklets from 80 - 83. Supplies list 4,5,6. Generally very good condition.

Tomos 1, 2, 3, 5. 8vo., cartulina de editor.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps, a terrific association, being John Godrich's own copy, given to me by John right after the publication of the first edition of Blues and Gospel Records 1902-1942, compiled by John and R M W Dixon (1963). In the time between the 1949 publication of Jazz Directory (which never made it beyond Volume Six, Kl-Lo) , Jazz Directory was the only blues (and jazz) discography in existence. This copy is filled with hundreds of John's hand-written entries, from corrections to additions, from matrix numbers to record numbers. The quantity of his entries is mind-boggling. The rear blanks are filled with additions, all in his hand. Occasionally, one finds tiny texts cut from printed sources, overlaying the original entry. The book itself has a spine partially reinforced by clear tape and is quite worn. It has short tears and a serious mended tear going across the entire rear wrap. My name stamp is on the first page and I have circled the matrix numbers for some items in my collection back in those early days. I had my own set of Volume two-six--Volume One was already very scarce, and those five volumes are also included in the sale.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 252 pages. 8.30x5.80x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.