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Gentleman of Jazz - A Life in Music
by LEWIS, Ramsey; Aaron Cohen
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€62.20
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Ashland, OR: Blackstone, 2023. Bound in bright white boards, stamped in gold in dust jacket with a picture of Mr. Lewis on the front panel. A brand new, unread first edition of this important book on the Jazz Pianist. Blurb on front panel by Barack Obama. 189 pp. Color and black and white photos.… Read more about this item Item Price
€62.20
All What Jazz - A Record Diary 1961-1971
by LARKIN, Philip
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- First American Edition
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- 1985
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- Paperback
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€61.26
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NY: FSG, 1985. Bound in tan glossy, illustrated wraps with an illustration of the author on the front panel with a pair of drumsticks. . This is the revised version of the first edition. It contains all of Larkin's reviews from 1961-1971 and a discography that is revised for American audiences. 288 pp. + discography.. First American Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€61.26
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development
by SCHULLER, Gunther
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€44.77
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NY: Oxford, 1968. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold and silver in matching dust jacket. Jacket shows some scuffing to extremes and a closed tear -- but shows well in mylar. Previous owner's neat signature atop the front end paper. 401 pp. that include and exteneded glossary and discography. . First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€44.77
The Golden Age of Jazz (Signed)
by GOTTLEIB, William F.
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- Used - Very Good +
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1979
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- Paperback
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- 9780671247300
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€42.41
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NY: Fireside, 1979. Bound in stiff, glossy illustrated wraps. Some yellowing to extremes. This copy is inscribed and signed to a fellow alumnus of Lehigh University. Tight, clean copy -- hundreds of black and white photos of the Giants of Jazz. 158 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.41
Dizzy: John Birks Gillespie in His 75th Year
by TANNER, Lee
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9781566403962
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€11.31
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California: Pomegranate, 1993. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine; is in fine condition as is the dustwrapper. 86 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 11" X 8 1/2". Item Price
€11.31
Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (MisicHound)
by HOLTJE, Steve,. Editor
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- Used - VG+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9781578590315
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€20.74
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Michigan: Visible Ink Press, 1998. Bound in decorated glossy wraps that house and includes a jazz CD in rear of volume. Pages show slight splaying and occasional wear to extremes. 1390 pgs. Great Reference work. . First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 9 1/2". Item Price
€20.74
Den Gyllene Cirkeln : Jazzen på 1960-talet
by Abrahamsson, Åke
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9789151839899
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€278.04
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Stockholm: Prisma, 2002. Bound in black boards, stamped in gold with matching illustrated dust jacket. This is a 216 pp. book of Jazz History in Stockholm in the 1960's. CD included in pocket at rear. Rare -- no copies on the internet or on OCLC. In terrific condition. Text mostly in Swedish, some English.… Read more about this item Item Price
€278.04
Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists
by Gourse, Leslie
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195086966
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€11.31
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U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1995. Bound in 3/4 blue boards with sage cloth spine with green lettering to spine. Dustwrapper shows minor wear to extremes. 273 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€11.31
Sidney Bechet
by Zammarchi, Fabrice
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9782850183058
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€44.77
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Paris: Filipacchi, 1989. Bound in white patterned boards, stamped in black with matching dust jacket. A great book on the Jazz musician with extensive discography. 147 pp. Loads of B&W pictures. Text in French. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€44.77
Jazz Man - the Amazing Story of Ronnie Scott and His Club
by FORDHAM, John
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€70.69
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London: Kyle Cathie, 1995. Bound in black glossy illustrated boards. This is the first Kyle Cathie printing (the original first edition was published nine years earlier). A scarce 198 pp. book on the life of the jazz musician. . First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€70.69
Combo, USA: Eight Lives in Jazz
by BLESH, Rudi
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- Used - VG++
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- VG++
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780801952500
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.08
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Radnor, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Chilton Book Company, 1971. Closed tear to top of front panel of dust jacket. Overall, a tight, clean copy in respectable dust jacket. 240 pp. Vignettes of 8 Jazz Musicians, including Armstrong, Bechet, Teagarden, Lester Young, et al.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. Item Price
€15.08
New York Notes: A Journal of Jazz, 1972-1975
by BALLIETT, Whitney
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- Used - Near Fine
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- VG++
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395242964
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€14.14
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Small store sticker on front flap of DW; 250pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++. Item Price
€14.14
Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920's
by DOUGLAS, Ann
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Third Printing
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374116200
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.08
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. Black and white plates; 606pp.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€15.08
Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel in Blues and Swing
by CROUCH, Stanley
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375409325
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€16.02
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Author's first novel; 546pp. The book had good review when published. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€16.02
Rubout at the Onyx
by JEFFERS, H. Paul
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- Used - Near Fine
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- VG++
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780899190464
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€13.20
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New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. Jazz mystery; 178pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++. Item Price
€13.20
Duke Ellington
by ULANOV, Barry
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- Used - VG+
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- No Jacket
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- Second Printing
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.08
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New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., 1946. Bound in black cloth, sans DW; black & white plates; previous owners name and date on ffep. and some pencil marginalia; 322pp.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Item Price
€15.08
The Story of Jazz
by HARRIS, Rex
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- Used - VG++
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- VG++
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- Reprint
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€16.49
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. "The Listener's Music Library"; foreword by Thomas K. Scherman; afterword and discography by Sheldon Meyer; 280pp. A tight, clean copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Item Price
€16.49
They All Came To See Me.*... *Willie Restum of Allentown, Pa., That is!
by RESTUM, Willie
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- Used - VG++
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- VG++
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€23.56
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Allentown, PA: ???, 1986. "As told to Paul Willistein"; Celebrity pictures from the '40s, '50s, and '60s; Black & white photos; sticker residue on back cover132pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€23.56
The Jazz Scene
by FOX, Charles
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- Used - VG++
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- VG++ Price-Clipped
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780600021193
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€16.96
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LONDON: Hamlyn, 1972. Illustrated with color and black & white photos by Valerie Wilmer; 127pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++ Price-Clipped. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€16.96
Frontiers of Jazz
by DE TOLEDANO, Ralph
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Later Printing
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€21.21
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London: Jazz Book Club, 1966. This is the Jazz Book Club ed. Seventeen articles on Jazz by Sartre, Jelly Roll Morton, Frank Norris, etc. An interesting collection.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€21.21
