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Visions of Jazz: The First Century
by Giddins, Gary
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195076753
- ISBN 13
- 9780195076752
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xii + 690 pp, full number line on verso, Introduction, 79 chapters, grouped into 8 Sections, index of names, index of songs and selected albums. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved, no exterior wear. Black cloth backed & blue papered boards. Unclipped DJ in acetate protector. 6.4" x 9.5" boards x 2.1" thick.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007819
- Title
- Visions of Jazz: The First Century
- Author
- Giddins, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195076753
- ISBN 13
- 9780195076752
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York Oxford
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Village Voice jazz columnist - critic and essayist
- Bookseller catalogs
- MUSIC;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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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