Father Of the Blues

New York: Macmillan Company, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited By Arna Bontemps. Foreword by Abbe Niles. Attractive bookplate on front pastedown, slight rubbing on the boards, near fine in attractive very good dustwrapper with modest chips at and near the spine ends. The first edition in dust jacket is very scarce.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fourth printing. Edited by Anna Bontemps. Foreword by Anne Niles. Octavo. 317pp. Frontispiece, printed music in the text. A little foxing on the endpapers and topedge, boards a little rubbed, very good or better in very good dust jacket with some rubbing and very shallow chips at the spine… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Collier Books. Very Good Minus. 1970. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/8" x 7" PAPERBACK Collier book #06070. 4 pages of B&W photos. Foreword by Abbe Niles. Edited by Arna Bontemps. The autobiography of the man who created a totally new, entirely American music from the "sorrow songs" of his people. Wear at… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fourth printing. Edited by Anna Bontemps. Foreword by Anne Niles. Octavo. 317pp. Frontispiece, printed music in the text. Slight rubbing at some edges, very good or better in very good dust jacket with several small chips, and front panel partially split at spine fold. Inscribed by Handy and dated… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press. Very Good. 1969. Reprint. Paperback. 0306804212 . Clean and tight, with light toning of the pages and light shelfwear to the covers. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; Da Capo Paperback; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 340 pages .

New York: Macmillan , 1944. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is inscribed and dated by W. C. Handy in pen on the first page. The cover has a six in tear as well as a four inch tear in the cloth along both sides of the spine as wells as… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. xv, 317 pages. Scarce first printing. W. C. Handy (1873-1978) may not have been the actual "father of the blues," but he may have been the most successful early blues musician, composer, and publisher of blues sheet music. Handy's most famous compositions are "Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," and "Saint Louis Blues." … Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Like New.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. First Edition. 317 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Yellow cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing,… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 1969-01-01. Paperback. New.

The Jazz Book Club 1961. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; "W. C. Handy's blues--"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"--changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life n

Macmillan, 1951. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 6th printing. Chip to cloth at top of spine..

The Macmillan Co. Collectible - Good. NY: Macmillan 1941. 1st edition, stated 1st printing. Hardcover 8vo 317 pgs. B/w frontis and plates. Near very good in a fair dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped and worn, corners lightly worn. Toning to blue cloth in areas where jacket has some missing pieces. Toning to endpapers. Owner's name stamp at… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 0000-00-00. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Sidgwick and Jackson , 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are edge rubbed with knocked corners. The binding is secure. The pages are tanned with no inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Da Capo Press, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7900 8.5000 5.5000. Some Underling/ Highlighting throughout.\r\n

Da Capo Press, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7900 8.5000 5.5000.

New York: Macmillan, 1955. Seventh printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo, 317 pages, powder blue cloth, some punctures to rear free endpaper and final Index leaf, inked name on endpaper; dj edgeworn, reinforced with cellophane tape on verso. worn at head of spine, soiled on white rear panel.