Dizzy. John Birks Gillespie in His 75th. Year.
by Tanner, Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 1566403960
- ISBN 13
- 9781566403962
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: Pomegranate Art Books.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal dents to lower edge. VG++* Jacket condition: Black & white photographic dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Small chip at top rear of jacket spine strip. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, absolutely minimal ageing to page margins. VG* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos throughout.* Pages: 86 pp. text. * Description: Oblong Quarto. Biography of jazz trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie, accompanied by numerous, high quality b&w photographs. Introduction by Jeff Kaliss. Essay by Gene Lees.* A NEAR FINE copy OF THE 1st/ 1st with only minor faults reducing it to VG.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 949
- Title
- Dizzy. John Birks Gillespie in His 75th. Year.
- Author
- Tanner, Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1566403960
- ISBN 13
- 9781566403962
- Publisher
- Pomegranate Communications Inc,US
- Place of Publication
- California USA. 86
- This edition first published
- January 1993
- Size
- 28.2 x 21.8 x 1.8 cm
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- Quarto
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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