The Horn by Holmes, John Clellon - 1959 first edition

Thunder's Mouth Press, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Early (1953) Beat novel about a jazz musician.John Clellon Holmes reflects on the history of jazz in this classic novel. Edgar Pool is "The Horn," the hero, and the man who helps change the face of American music. He becomes the legend whose triumphant and tragic career is reconstructed through the memories of his friends and lovers.

Thunder's Mouth Pr, April 1988. Paper Back. Good. As new appearance, upper textblock slightly soiled, owner name present, marginalia in foreword.

Thunder's Mouth Pr, 1988 The best Beat Jazz novel ever written. VG. Unmarked.. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Thunder's Mouth Pr, 1988 The best Beat Jazz novel ever written. VG. Unmarked.. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

New York: Random House, (1958). Octavo, black cloth & green boards (hardcover), 243 pp. Very Good, with light wear to spine. Without dj, but with dj flaps laid-in. From dj flap: He was the greatest horn player of his generation, Edgar Pool was his name, but nobody called him that -- not if they knew anything at all about jazz. No, he was simply, eloquently, “The Horn” to everybody who’d ever heard him, or heard about him. And to the younger ones, musicians and disciples alike, he was almost a myth. Until the night Walden Blue came along. That’s the night the story begins -- early morning, really, in those blue hours just before dawn, the hours in which jazz musicians come into their own. The night-club doors are closed, the outlanders have all gone home; then the real “session” gets under way, when the men play out of their own love and need, for themselves and the few who really belong. “The Horn’s” music reflected his mood that morning; drunk, sardonic, bitter, he mocked… Read More

Avalon Publishing. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.. hospital stamp to title page. . Good. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING. 1970.

Paperback. Acceptable.