Famous Negro Music Makers
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, jacket flaps glued to endpapers, jacket sunned and tattered.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good in Good dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, jacket flaps . glued to endpapers, jacket sunned and tattered.. 1955. Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Many pages of photos. The poet's short biographies of African American songwriters, composers, musicians, conductors, and singers, including Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Bill Robinson, Jelly Roll Morton, Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, and others. ; Famous Biographies for Young People; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 52612
- Title
- Famous Negro Music Makers
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, jacket flaps glued to endpapers, jacket sunned and tattered.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Tenth Printing
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- African American Music, Black Musicians, American Music History
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Music;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...