American Jazz Music
by Hobson, Wilder
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First edition, from 1939, but no statement of the printing. Book is crisp and clean, with sturdy binding and no wear to boards. Small bookplate on front pastedown page and signature of former owner on front free endpage. Unclipped dust jacket has light wear along edges and a thin rim of loss at top of spine but is basically intact and handsome in its protective Mylar sleeve. Hobson, a writer for Time, Fortune, Harper's Bazaar, and Newsweek, played the trombone and was the second American to write a major book on jazz. Photo illustrations 230 pp. Including index. May require additional postage for overseas shipments. .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76665
- Title
- American Jazz Music
- Author
- Hobson, Wilder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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