Giants Of Jazz

Jazz Book Club, 1966. Hardcover. Pages litely yellowed else a FINE tight copy in a Near FINE bright dj with a slightly sunned spine.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sketches by Robert Galster. Inscribed by Terkel on the front endpaper. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally soiled, moisture stain on the front flap and rear panel, chipped at the top edge of the rear panel. Orange cloth, rubbed, with black ink lettering and designs… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company [1957], 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. [8], 1-215, [1] pp. Orange cloth with a black decoration on the front board and black lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few full-page drawings of jazz icons. Signed on… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sketches by Robert Galster. Inscribed by Terkel on the front endpaper. Good, lacking the jacket. Orange cloth, lightly rubbed, with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, moisture stain at the top edge and extending onto… Read more about this item

New Press. New in New dust jacket. 2002. 1st Revised Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1565847695 . Book and DJ New with no notes, markings or other names. New DJ not price clipped ($22.95) ; Flat signed by Studs at title page. NOT inscribed. ; Robert Galster sketches; 214 pages; Signed by Author .

The famed Studs Terkel signed this beautiful revised edition of Giants of Jazz "To Carolyn." This edition is in impeccable condition; it looks as though Carolyn never even cracked the spine! This oral history of the Jazz greats is sure to thrill any music enthusiast! Pristine binding, clean pages- who could ask for anything more?

New York: The New Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sketches by Robert Galster. Revised and Updated by Studs Terkel with Milly Hawk Daniel. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.95). Quarter orange paper with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Terkel's history of jazz written for a younger audience, a focus… Read more about this item

New Press, The. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Jazz Book Club, 1966. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Nr Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Attractive illustrated blue and white dust-jacket, very light wear along the top edge. Book itself unmarked, appearing unused, as new. Original bill of sale (1966) and "Jazz Column No. 58 August 1966" inserted.

Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1975. Tenth Printing. 210 pages. Laminated illustrated dust jacket over green paper covered boards. Black and white photographic plates. Light tanning to pages, plates and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1957. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD+. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Corner damp stains on front & rear, one tape stain on endpaper; jacket has long front tear, some wear to spine ends; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages .

NY: THOMAS Y CROWELL CO, 1975. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. PHOTOS. SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK 13 JAZZ GREATS REPORTED AS ONLY MR TERKEL CAN BILLIE HOLLIDAY LOUIS ARMSTONG DUKE ELLINGTON AND MORE FULL NUMBER LINE ON THIS REVISED EDITION ONE TIP BUMPED OTHERWISE NEAR FINE JACKET… Read more about this item

New Press, 2002. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾

London: Jazz Book Club, 1966. Hb, 216pp. Good with clean contents in a Fair dj which has 1 cm loss to top of spine and edgewear to corners. Includes profiles of Louis Armstrong, Joe Oliver, Bessie Smith and Stan Kenton amongst others.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

New Press. Collectible - Very Good/Very Good. 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. (D466) .

New York: The New Press, 2002 A collection of pen portraits of America's jazz legends, with sketches by Robert Galster. Joe Oliver's favourite meal, Fats waller's 1932 rendezvous in Paris with the eminent organist Marcel Dupre, Dizzy Gillespie's trip as a child to the pawnshop to buy his first horn, and the origin of Billie Holiday's nickname. Other artists include… Read more about this item

Crowell, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: The Jazz Book Club by arrangement with the Crowell-Collier Press, 1966. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. sketches by Robert Galster. Firmly bound, orange cloth boards. No jacket, no writing inside.