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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
HOW TO BUILD A DANCE BAND, AND MAKE IT PAY.; Edited by Glenn Burrs by Williams, Ralph Rex - 1940
by Williams, Ralph Rex
HOW TO BUILD A DANCE BAND, AND MAKE IT PAY.; Edited by Glenn Burrs
by Williams, Ralph Rex
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Chicago: Down Beat, 1940. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. pp: xv, 188; seating diagrams. 7.25" x 5" This scarce how-to book was published by Down Beat at the height of the big band era. Chapters include: Organizing Dance Bands and Radio Orchestras; The Best Way to Get a Job with an Orchestra; Rhythm and Tempo (Two-in-a-Bar, Swing, Jam, Shuffle, &c.) ; Arrangers and Arrangements; Dance Music; Broadcasting; Style and Musical Design; etc.
- Bookseller R & A Petrilla (US)
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Down Beat
- Place of Publication Chicago
- Date Published 1940
- Keywords big band era; swing bands
SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)
by Bird, Brian
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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$25.00
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OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster
by Oh Boys...sheet music
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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NY: Firth, Pond, 1851. 20th Edition. Decorative Wraps. Very Good. 6pp; embellished cover title; spine reinforced. Contains words and music to four verses and a chorus. 13" x 10.25" In part: "Oh! carry me 'long; Der's no more trouble for me: I's gwine to roam In a happy home Where all de niggas am free...." First published in 1851.
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Die Melodien der Troubadours
by Beck, Dr Johann Baptist
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- good
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Strasbourg: Karl J Trubner, 1908. No dustwrapper. Ex library copy which has been re-bound in dark blue boards with gilt titles on spine and with new endpapers. Two small labels at bottom of spine, card pocket and ink stamp inside front board, another label and ink stamps on f/ep and another stamp on what would have been the original title page. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this German language book (full title is "Die Melodien der Troubadours, Nach dem gesamten handschriftlichen Material zum erstenmal bearbeitet und herausgegeben, nebst einer Untersuchung uber die Entwickelung der Notenschrift (bis um 1250) und das rhythmisch-metrische Prinzip der mittelalterlich") dealing with the music and songs of the Mediaeval Troubadours. 202pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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LAWSON PIANOS, THE PERFECTION OF PIANOS -- THE LAWSON CARNATION, THE PERFECTION OF PINKS:; Lawson signifieds perfection in Pianos as well as perfection in Pinks
by Lawson, Thomas W.
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- first
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- Original edition
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Bronx, NY: Lawson & Co, 1908. Original edition. Fine. Large trade card, printed by American Lithographic Co. of NYC. Carnation painted from life by Paul de Longpre in 1907. 9" x 6.75" "Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, paid $30,000 for the original plant of this 'Perfect Pink'. The perfection of artistic result attained in Lawson Pianos and Player Pianos is equally marvelous....
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SIGNED POSTER: THE LEGENDARY LIONEL HAMPTON!! WITH HIS SWINGING BIG 18-PIECE ORCHESTRA:; Appearing at The Blue Note, Nov. 21, 22 & 23 ... 131 West 3rd Street, New York
by Hampton, Lionel Leo (1908-2002)
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- first
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- Original edition
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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$200.00
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1986. Original edition. Framed. Very Good. Broadside, printed in black and white. Large photo of Hampton in tux, posed over his vibraphone. Laid into a black, plastic frame, glazed. Image, 22" x 17". Frame, 25" x 18.5" Inscribed in blue ink, upper left: "Good-Luck / To Andy Scotty / Lionel / Hampton.
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$200.00
SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)
by Bird, Brian
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good +
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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$25.00
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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
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OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster
by Oh Boys...sheet music
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- very good
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- Used - Very Good
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- 20th Edition
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- Unknown
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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NY: Firth, Pond, 1851. 20th Edition. Decorative Wraps. Very Good. 6pp; embellished cover title; spine reinforced. Contains words and music to four verses and a chorus. 13" x 10.25" In part: "Oh! carry me 'long; Der's no more trouble for me: I's gwine to roam In a happy home Where all de niggas am free...." First published in 1851.
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LAWSON PIANOS, THE PERFECTION OF PIANOS -- THE LAWSON CARNATION, THE PERFECTION OF PINKS:; Lawson signifieds perfection in Pianos as well as perfection in Pinks
by Lawson, Thomas W.
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Original edition
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- Unknown
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Bronx, NY: Lawson & Co, 1908. Original edition. Fine. Large trade card, printed by American Lithographic Co. of NYC. Carnation painted from life by Paul de Longpre in 1907. 9" x 6.75" "Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, paid $30,000 for the original plant of this 'Perfect Pink'. The perfection of artistic result attained in Lawson Pianos and Player Pianos is equally marvelous....
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Giuseppe Concone : Fifty Lessons in Singing : Op. 9 for Medium Voice
by Benda, Dr. L.
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Loveland, Colorado, United States
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Oliver Ditson Company, 1906. Poor condition Softcover Quarto, 1906, 1st edition. This book is absolutely falling apart, but since none of the text is compromised except for pencil marks, and it seems complete, I am offering it for sale.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Poor. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.
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SIGNED POSTER: THE LEGENDARY LIONEL HAMPTON!! WITH HIS SWINGING BIG 18-PIECE ORCHESTRA:; Appearing at The Blue Note, Nov. 21, 22 & 23 ... 131 West 3rd Street, New York
by Hampton, Lionel Leo (1908-2002)
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- very good
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Original edition
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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$200.00
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1986. Original edition. Framed. Very Good. Broadside, printed in black and white. Large photo of Hampton in tux, posed over his vibraphone. Laid into a black, plastic frame, glazed. Image, 22" x 17". Frame, 25" x 18.5" Inscribed in blue ink, upper left: "Good-Luck / To Andy Scotty / Lionel / Hampton.
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$200.00
Trial by Jury
by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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69 pp. + ads. Plate 17453. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 8.5 x 11 in. Front cover reattached with Japan paper, some wear to spine and edges, yet very good. Likely a printing from 1992-, given the 62 W. 45th St. address on the wraps. Printed in England. Trial by Jury is a one-act comic opera that could be considered a seminal venture in their partnership. It premiered at the Royalty Theatre in London in March, 1875.
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PIOBAIREACHD AND ITS INTERPRETATION: CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPE
by MacNEILL, SEUMAS & FRANK RICHARDSON
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- ISBN 13
- 9780859764407
- ISBN 10
- 0859764400
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 130. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. The author, an acknowledged authority on the subject, describes the structure and history of Piobaireachd. A very good copy with moderate edge wear on the covers and some fading of the colour on the rear panel.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
by Nijinsky, Romola
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780671411237
- ISBN 10
- 0671411233
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)
by Bird, Brian
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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$25.00
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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
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$25.00
The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score: New Edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones
by W. S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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272 pp. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Illustrated wraps, near fine, only the slightest wear covers. Full score. New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. Official Premiere: December 31, 1879, Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, New York, USA; London Premiere: April 3, 1880, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Comique, Arthur Sullivan, conductor.
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train
by Barry; Dowley, Tim Dunnage
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780859362597
- ISBN 10
- 0859362590
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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$32.00
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Turnbridge Wells: Midas Books; New York: Hippocrene Books, [1982], First Edition, 8vo, [11] 176pp [2], photos on 2 plates. Hardcover, red cloth covered boards with dust jacket. Very Good + condition. Pages are unmarked with slight toning and slight foxing to top page edges. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato
by Scott, Cyril
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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Pasadena, California, United States
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$30.00
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London: The Theosophical Publishing House Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. X, 245 Pp. First Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt, With Blindstamped Border On Front Cover. Lightly Used, Pinpoint Fray At Each Of Two Lower Tips, But Spine Frayed Across Top Down To Edge Of Page Block, 1/2" Fray Along Top Spine Edges And Bottom Rear Spine Edge, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Very Light Foxing To Endpapers, Title Page, And To Edges Of The Page Block. Quite Scarce In The Trade.
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The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera
by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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137 pp. Vocal score, a slight tilt to spine, light wear to wraps, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in. "New Edition." An original modern comic opera in two acts, words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan. G&S's third production. Based on a story, The Elixir of Love, that Gilbert published in 1876 in The Graphic.
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OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster
by Oh Boys...sheet music
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- very good
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- Used - Very Good
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- 20th Edition
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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NY: Firth, Pond, 1851. 20th Edition. Decorative Wraps. Very Good. 6pp; embellished cover title; spine reinforced. Contains words and music to four verses and a chorus. 13" x 10.25" In part: "Oh! carry me 'long; Der's no more trouble for me: I's gwine to roam In a happy home Where all de niggas am free...." First published in 1851.
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$40.00
Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition
by W. W. Whitney
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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D. W. Crist, Alliance, OH, 1902. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 182 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Heavy shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Music; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001390. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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