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To Be or Not To Bop Memoirs by Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al - 1979

by Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al

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To Be or Not To Bop Memoirs by Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al - 1979
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To Be or Not To Bop Memoirs

by Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al

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Garden City , NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. Stated First Edition. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed witha ge. Binding is tight and secure. Boards are lightly scuffed/finger soiled with slight sunning to edges; slight bumping to head/heel of spine, rubbing to extremities. Outer page edges are dust soiled with some spotting. Unclipped ($14.95) DJ is sunned/finger soiled with several small stains. Shelfwear (chipping/light creasing to head/heel of spine, a few small nicks to edges, amd corners, rubbing to extremities). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
  • Bookseller after-words bookstore US (US)
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  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Jacket Condition Fair
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0385120524
  • ISBN 13 9780385120524
  • Publisher Doubleday & Company, Inc.
  • Place of Publication Garden City , NY
  • Date Published 1979
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
  • Keywords Dizzy Gillespie Music Biography Jazz Autobiography
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs

To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs

by Gillespie, Dizzy/ Fraser, Al

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NY: Doubleday & Company, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, orange boards with blue cloth spine, 551 pages. No dust jacket. The great trumpeter and composer's autobiography. Al Fraser interviewed Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Cab Callowy, Mary Lou Williams, Kenny Clarke, and others to assist in research for this book. Includes a Discography, Chronology, Index and numerous photos. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 383596
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To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs

by Gillespie, Dizzy : Fraser, Al

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Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Fair. 9x6x1. the jacket is much worn and torn. edge wear on the book. foxing and markings. a few inscriptions. all pages remain intact and legible. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs

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Doubleday. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. 1st edition, 1st printing. Ex-library copy with typical markings and stickers. Front free endpaper cut out. Light wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Light wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
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to Be, or not... to Bop: Memoirs

by Gillespie, Dizzy

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1979 First Printing. VGood+/VGood+. Book shows some soft bumping to spine ends and a small abrasion along top page edge that has ruffled the upper edge of the first few pages. Jacket shows light edge rubbing with a small tear at bottom spine edge. Not remainder marked or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.
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to BE, or not...to BOP: Memoirs

by Dizzy Gillespie (with Al Fraser)

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/fair. Autobiography of "jazz genius", John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Al Fraser interviewed Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Cab Callowy, Mary Lou Williams, Kenny Clarke, and others to assist in research for this book. Includes a Discography, Chronology, Index and numerous photos. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some spots on bottom edge of text block. Dust jacket has piece missing from head/tail of spine, chips, tears, creases and is price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 552 pp.
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TO BE OR NOT TO BOP: MEMOIRS OF DIZZY GILLESPIE;

by Gillespie, Dizzy (with Al Fraser)

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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979. First Edition. 1/4 Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Orange paper covered boards, corner straight, blue cloth covered spine with gold titles shows mild sunning/wear to head and tail of spine. Book body clean with several pages of b/w photos. White illustrated dust jacket shows mild sunnign around edges, spine lightly sunned with genlte chipping to the head and tail, price clipped, brodart protected.
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To be or Not to BOP. Memoirs - Dizzy Gillespie

by Gillespoe, Dizzy, with Al Fraser

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Doubleday, 1979. First edition . Hard Bound. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo. Charlotte Stone. Very clean unworn copy with bright dustjacket. Numerous B & W photos. Not price clipped.
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To BE or Not to BOP

by Gillespie, Dizzy; Al Fraser

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very good
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Hardcover
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first edition, hardcover. Blue cloth spine with stamped gilt lettering over square and sharp carnelian boards; text and photos unmarked and bright. Dust jacket with mild shelf wear, no tears/chips. Textblock edge has some toning. Unclipped DJ protected with mylar cover. 8vo, bookseller #4279.
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To Be or Not to Bop

by Gillespie, Dizzy

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Doubleday, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed " To Harold- Thanks A Lot!* - B_ Bop - Dizzy Gillespie '80"on the front paste-down. The dust jacket is edge worn..
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