Such Sweet Thunder; Forty-Nine Pieces on Jazz
by Balliett, Whitney
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Indianapolis, New York, Kansa City: The Bobbs-Merrill Company/Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. NONE [NONE] 1966, 1st printing. (hardcover) 366+. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Jacket shows light wear, closed tears at upper and lower edges, and faint rubbing. Olive green cloth, silver titles stamped to front and spine. There is a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, bright, tight, and well-bound. Includes 49 selections from the 70-odd pieces written by the author on jazz between 1962 and the time of publication for the New Yorker..
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- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126985
- Title
- Such Sweet Thunder; Forty-Nine Pieces on Jazz
- Author
- Balliett, Whitney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company/Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. NONE
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, New York, Kansa City
- Keywords
- Music History, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History, The New Yorker
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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