Toby Byron Editors (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Dutton edition, 1991, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread in Very Good condition; despite slight remainder stripe hidden underneath, a quite presentable & intact volume; lavishly illustrated mini-biographies of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Bessie Smith, T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Big Joe Turner, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Professor Longhair & Chuck Berry by leading blues authorities.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo (super). Blue quarter-cloth, burgundy boards, copper lettered spine, 253pp, fully illustrated in B&W, remainder mark on bottom edge, light bruise on bottom rear corner.Near Fine in Near Fine, unclipped d/w, lightly sunned. Biographies of famous Blues legends like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Bessie Smith, T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Big Joe Turner, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Professor Longhair and Chuck Berry.…

Wraps. Condition: Good. Blue and red illustrated wraps. 11 ¼ by 8 ¼ inches. 30 pp., including covers. Printed in various color inks. Black and white photos throughout. First issue of this zine devoted to rock music, founded while in high school by noted novelist and music journalist, Michael Goldberg, with Toby Byron. Drawing on local connections, this issue features a lengthy interview, with photos, with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, as well as pieces on Clover, Flying Circus, The Who, etc. GOOD condition, ex-library with stamping to the front cover. HA in ink at the top left corner. Moderate toning. Minor soiling, wrinkling and scuffing.…