Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers
by Gourse, Leslie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688022413
- ISBN 13
- 9780688022419
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1984. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 366 pages. Signed and inscribed copy to David Chertok, noted collector of jazz on film from his private collection, by the author, dated 1984. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. As gospel singers and blues singers begat Louis Armstrong, so Armstrong gave rise to all jazz singers after him, or so Gourse's thesis goes. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy of this signed and inscribed association copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014110
- Title
- Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers
- Author
- Gourse, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688022413
- ISBN 13
- 9780688022419
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Louis Armstrong, Jazz, History
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Association Copy
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