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Cassell & Co., 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Second Edition. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters occasionally however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Short splits at joints with fraying.
Trumpeter's Tale: The Story of Young Louis Armstrong by Eaton, Jeannette - 1955
by Eaton, Jeannette
Trumpeter's Tale: The Story of Young Louis Armstrong
by Eaton, Jeannette
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- Hardcover
- first
New York.: William Morrow & Company., 1955. First edition. Dates match, title & copyright pages.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Minor sun-fade to spine.. Fax, Elton C (Illustrated by).. 1 191 p. Includes illustrations. Orange cloth over boards. Black spine titles. Black trumpet on cover center. Brown & white end paper steamboat scene. Pen&Ink artwork. Biography for youth of the great pioneering jazz musician and vocalist, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Born in a New Orleans slum, he formed his first quartet at age 13, when jazz music was also young and finding its way.
- Seller Independent bookstores (US)
- Illustrator Fax, Elton C (Illustrated by).
- Format/Binding Hard cover
- Book Condition Used - Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Minor sun-fade to spine.
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition. Dates match, title & copyright pages.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher William Morrow & Company.
- Place of Publication New York.
- Date Published 1955
- Keywords Elton C Fax, artist|Jazz pioneer|New Orleans|Satchmo|Trumpet player|Music Biography|Youth