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NY: W.W. Norton & Company. 1st printing with number 1 on copyright page. . VG. Hardcover. 1st. 1977.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. 1st printing. hardcover. Acceptable/FAIR. 7x1x10. Previous owner markings on flyleaf with pen - and bracketing and underlining passages. Dust jacket short tears and chips along top edges and lower spine. Foxing heavy at top, lighter along leading edges.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. Hardcover in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 264 pages. Select Discography and Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977-04. Hardcover. Good.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x9. First edition. Addenda slip laid in. Jacket lightly toned, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped. 1977 Hard Cover. 264 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. "Edward Kennedy Ellington, the Duke. As a musician, there has been no other artist quite like him. His expansive talent poured out more than five thousand compositions, from all-time pop songs like “Sophisticated Lady” and “Solitude” to major suites and musicals. Derek Jewell had admired Ellington for thirty years, knew him well in the later years of his life, talked with him and watched him at work in many environments. His story starts in turn-of-the-century Washington, when jazz was growing under the fingers of poolroom maestros, moves on to the hustling night life of Prohibition, and then develops into a portrait of Ellington the international celebrity,… Read More

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. hardcover in fine condition with near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Norton, 1977. 1st US. Hardcover. A Near FINE tight copy in a VG+ bright dj. Review copy with slip plus 2 glossy black and white photos of Duke.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

NY: Norton, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Biography of jazz pianist/composer Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974). Photos, index, discography. Review copy with slip laid in. Dust jacket has clip on lower corner of front flap, but price is at top.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x0. Minor shelf wear & toning on binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Price clipped dj lightly shelf worn. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. VG+. 1977. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket Dust jacket price clipped.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 264 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Norton, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Short tear to jacket. Previous owner blindstamp..

London: Elm Tree, 1977. Hb, 192pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in Good+ dj which has slight wear. Biography of the great jazz composer and musician.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Sphere Books Limited, 1978. First Paperbk? Edition. First Thus? Printing. fair. 18 cm, 302, wraps, illus., select discography and bibliography, index, long cut in front cover, covers worn, soiled, & corner creased Music critic, author, and broadcaster Derek Jewel has written a definitive life of the Ellington he knew so well.

Sphere '78 . pb, min rbs + wr to cvrs, pp brning o/w VG 200 gms.

Norton: Norton. 1977. First Edition. hardcover. 0393075125 . B022673; 264, illus with photos contents vg, g dj(sl edgewear),very clean ex-lib .

N.Y.: Norton, 1977. Hb, 264pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in Good dj which is price-clipped and with light edgewear. Biography of the legendary composer and jazz musician.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1980. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Mike McIver (Cover Design). 264 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimally or mildly shelf worn.

W W Norton & Co Inc. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.