The Jazz People of New Orleans
by Friedlander, Lee; Balliett, Whitney
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0679416382
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416388
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1992. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Photographic tribute to the music makers of New Orleans, LA, lovingly captured in this collection of 94 images taken between 1957 & 1974. Details on the photos, their subjects, & the New Orleans jazz scene are provided in an Afterword, "Mecca, LA" by Whitney Balliett. , "America's foremost writer on jazz." Orig. published in Britain in 1992, this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Printing, from that same year. Oblong hardcover has vivid red cloth-coverd boards with embossed lettering to front/gilt to spine. Condition is truly Fine: only flaw is green remainder mark on bottom outside page edges. Otherwise, completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. The DJ is downgraded to VG+ due to a small chip at heel of spine & very minor other edgewear; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017274
- Title
- The Jazz People of New Orleans
- Author
- Friedlander, Lee; Balliett, Whitney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679416382
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416388
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- JAZZ MUSIC BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA PHOTO PHOTOGRAPH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana-Regional History; Performing Arts: Theater/Dance/Music & Musicians; Photography-Photo Essays;
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