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Beale Street : Where the Blues Began
by Lee, George W.; Foreword by W.C. Handy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Robert O. Ballou, 1934. Book. Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tan-gray cloth hardcover with blue panel on spine with gilt lettering; no jacket; top edge of text block painted blue; 296 pages; b&w frontispiece photos. Good minus condition: spine quite toned; title on spine almost illegible; moderate general soiling to binding; straight; hinges strong; light soiling to a couple pages previous to title page..
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114241
- Title
- Beale Street : Where the Blues Began
- Author
- Lee, George W.; Foreword by W.C. Handy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert O. Ballou
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music / Dance;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
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Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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