Shining Trumpets A History Of Jazz by Blesh, Rudi

Cassell & Co, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. 365 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Alfred A Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Cassell, 1958 Revised fourth enlarged edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 370 pp. plus appendices, illustrations, indexes. Tiny tear and minor wrinkling to the front endpaper, light soiling to edges. Jacket has some small tears and chipping. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Cassell & Co., [1958]. 8vo. xvi, 369, [1], lxvi pp. Numerous photo illusts. Black cloth, silver lettrng, w/ d.j. great photo cover art of assorted Jazz greats (mnr edgewear, rubbng), NF/VG-. Fourth edition, revised.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1949., 1949 pp. xvi, 365, (26)[Musical Examples], (xvii)[Index] + Plus numerous photographs. Inked ownership of Harry Emmitt Seyler. Bookseller's label. Small 4to. Original full decorated yellow cloth binding. Original dust jacket (small dampstain at top corner; slight chipping). Second printing. **PRICE JUST REDUCED. JAZZ 1 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1955. Third Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Spine, binding and contents all fine. Black boards and nice gilt title on spine. Dustcover quite worn on top edges and top corner, though protected by plastic sleeve. No inscription. Box 18

Hardcover. Very Good. Minor surface soiling else G+, 1st edn, photos, his first book, f/o name on ffep.

London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Dust jacket worn/damaged, pieces missing.

A.A. Knopf. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. (music, music history, jazz)