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The Observer's Book of Big Bands
by White, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0723215898
- ISBN 13
- 9780723215899
- Seller
-
Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Warne. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0723215898 . 192 pp. 87 b/w photos. Jacket tanned at edges, price clipped. Owner's name on inside front flap of jacket. Gold band with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York glued on from spine across the back. A look at the big band era, from its start to the 70's, with particular emphasis on the Swing era of the 30's and 40's.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Riverwash Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MUS0024
- Title
- The Observer's Book of Big Bands
- Author
- White, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0723215898
- ISBN 13
- 9780723215899
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 0723215898, Music, Big, Bands, Swing, Jazz
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
Riverwash Books
Biblio member since 2004
Prescott, Ontario
About Riverwash Books
Purveyors of gently used, out of print, and rare books.While based in Canada, we ship from both Canada and the US.
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- Edges
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- Good+
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- New
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