Tin Pan Alley (Routledge Popular Music Series)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, Boston and Henley, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. glossary of musical terms, sources and acknowledgements, some suggestions for further reading and listening and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and facsimiles of first page of music scores. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Photographic dust wrapper, showing Frank Sinatra at a microphone ( photograph has an orange overlay ), with black coloured background and silver and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and there are split to the top rear dust wrapper corner. Crumpling to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. " In Tin Pan Alley we see the beginnings of the pop world as we know it: commercial, constantly capturing, exploiting or even occasionally creating a public mood. The Alleymen were workers as much as artists." -- from the front fold over blurb. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and dust marks to the top book edge. Dust marks to the top paper edge and there are a few handling marks to the endpapers. A little rubbing to the dust wrapper panels has also occurred. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5] VI, [1] 154 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Music; ISBN: 0710009046. ISBN/EAN: 9780710009043. Inventory No: 0104356. . 9780710009043