Edited Herbert Wise (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1944 Hardcover copy with age wear, no dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A 1971 Amsco Music Sales (U.K.) songbook presenting early James Taylor classics with arrangements for both piano and guitar, edited by Herbert Wise with guitar instruction by Happy Traum and piano by Leo Alfassy. Includes full transcriptions, chord diagrams, performance notes, and a substantial introductory essay, The Guitar of James Taylor. Contents include Sweet Baby James, Carolina in My Mind, Fire and Rain, Something in the Way She Moves, Steamroller, Country Road, Blossom, Oh Susanna, and many more. A notable piece of early 1970s singer-songwriter ephemera, issued at the peak of Taylor's first wave of popularity. Condition: Good only. Cover shows pronounced edgewear, rubbing, and surface abrasion typical of oversized softcover music folios from the period; creasing to lower front corner; moderate spine wear with rub-through at endpoints. Interior shows expected age toning to pages. Extensive pencil performance markings, chord fingerings, rhythmic cues, and instructional annotations throughout - a true working musician's copy, fully functional and appealing as a piece of lived musical provenance. Binding remains sound with no loose pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Reprint, 832pp, hardcover, 8vo, bound in maroon cloth, silver lettered, with pictorial dust jacket designed by STEIN - unclipped but with wear at extremities, book in very good condition, Hammond, Hammond & Co., London, 1972. * over 50 tales of terror and supernatural.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Chips and tears around the edges of the jacket. Clean boards, firm binding. Former owner's name on the front endpaper. Pages unmarked. Not ex-library, no stickers. Ships in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Stein (illustrator). Reprint hardback with dustjacket. DJ is a little chipped to edges at spine and very slightly faded to spine. Internally clean. Very good / good condition.