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Urban Blues
by Keil, Charles
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0226429601
- ISBN 13
- 9780226429601
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. No serious student of New World Negro music can ignore this book, nor can the sociologist who pretends to know & follow Negro American culture,'' said the journal Ethnomusicology about this book. In 231 pages + 8 pages of rare black-and-white photos in center of musical greats like B. B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, Al "T.N.T" Braggs, & Ray Charles. Originally published in 1966, this is the Sixth Printing from 1970. Trade paperback is in Good+ condition: completely clean & unmarked inside, with significant rubbing & edgewear, corner curling, to exterior. Binding strong & straight. exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & completely unmarked, corners crisp. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023392
- Title
- Urban Blues
- Author
- Keil, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226429601
- ISBN 13
- 9780226429601
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- black african american songwriters musicians singers bands jazz soul blues sociology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts: Theater/Dance/Music & Musicians; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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