Benny, King Of Swing
by Baron, Stanley Introduction By
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
€28.28€14.14
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1979. A pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's own archives. 212 illustrations. Benny Goodman is one of those rare personalities who has become a legend in his own time. His name and his clarinet will always be associated with the big band era. Black boards with gilt to spine and large artistic lettering in gilt to front board. Jacket front cartoon by Al Hirschfeld, rear panel photo by Theo Westenberger. Small bruise to lower edge of front board. Rear board shows crease to lower front corner. Lower front corners of DJ chipped. A very clean attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A616
- Title
- Benny, King Of Swing
- Author
- Baron, Stanley Introduction By
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Benny Goodman Big Band Era Swing Music Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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