Jazz Giants: A Visual Retrospective Compiled By K. Abe
by Abe, K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0823075362
- ISBN 13
- 9780823075362
- Seller
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Venice, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Billboard Publications, Inc., 1988. First American Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First U. S. Printing. Originally published in Japan in 1986. A singularly beautiful collection of photographic images of the jazz greats - Armstrong, Basie, Miles, Ellington, Holiday, Monk, Parker, Young, and many more. Photographs by Abe, Ray Avery, William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Bob Parent, Charles Stewart, and several others. The majority of the photographs are from the 1940s through the 1960s. Introduction by Nat Hentoff. Indexed. 280 pp. 359 illustrations, 52 in color. Mild soiling to free endpapers. Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Superb - the most interesting collection of classic jazz photography we have seen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002532
- Title
- Jazz Giants: A Visual Retrospective Compiled By K. Abe
- Author
- Abe, K
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0823075362
- ISBN 13
- 9780823075362
- Publisher
- Billboard Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Keywords
- K. Abe Jazz Giants Jazz Photography Jazz Portraits Ray Avery William Claxton William Gottlieb Bob Parent Charles Stewart Nat Hentoff
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Jazz;
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