Nelson Press imprint: 3 books

Blesh published They All Played Ragtime as first major scholarly work on ragtime music in 1950, which sparked a ragtime revival. He founded Circle Records in 1946, which recorded new material from aging early jazz musicians as well as the Library of Congress recordings of Jelly Roll Morton. He sparked...

This text details a number of Houdini's famous tricks and techniques, offering comprehensive explanations of how the master escape artist achieved some of his most baffling and impressive tricks. Complete with detailed descriptions of the feats and information on the man behind them, this is a text...

A guide for all people wishing to handle a gun correctly. Chapters include equipment, marksmanship, target shooting, practical shooting, rifle ranges and joining a rifle club. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...