The Horn

New York: Random House, [1958]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth over boards, black pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; [12],243pp. Minor wear to jacket flap folds and spine ends, boards just a hint rubbed, else a Very Good or better copy. Novel about an African-American jazz saxophonist with "Close detail on how jazz is performed" (COAN, p.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1958. First printing. Hardcover, [octavo], halfbound black cloth and green boards, white and blue spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 243 pp. Very good book; good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, spine rubbed, joints worn, edge wear.

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Small stain on front cover, spine lightly tanned, very good. Advance Review Copy with publisher's card laid in. A novel of the greatest horn player in his generation in the American jazz world of the 1930s and '40s.

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition . First USA Edition. Fine Book in a Fine Dustjacket. A beautiful copy, without flaws. Holmes is credited with coining the phrase "The Beat Generation", and was a close friend of Jack Kerouac.

Escalera, 2011 In Spanish. Traduccion de Daniel Ortiz Penate. Rare edition. First Thus.. Soft cover. Fine.

USA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1982-10-31. paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Corners a little creased.

New York: Random House, 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-243. Bound in black half-cloth over green paper-covered boards, lettering stamped in blue and white on spine. Top edge dyed gray. One corner bumped. In the illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, that shows light edge-wear. Holmes' novel set in the after-hours world… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1958. First Edition. First edition. 8vo, Pp. 243. A very nice copy in very little worn dj. Scarce. A jazz novel by the author of GO. A close friend and Kerouac and Ginsberg, and charter member of the Beat generation.

The front and back covers are shiny and in great shape except for a crease at the top of the front cover and some waviness to the back cover. The spine looks unread. The pages are intact and tight with no writing or tears.

Random House: New York,, 1958 Two-color cloth: 8vo.,243pp.Tight. Rubbed d/j with shallow chipping, small but open tears, else V.Good in Good D/j. Author was a friend and 'soul-brother' to Jack Kerouc, Cassady, Ginsberg, William S, Burroughs and otheri and is credited to have been first to introduce the term 'The Beat Generation', (in the New York Times)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. black cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 243 pp front endpaper removed black ink marking on the copyright page Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. A good first edition in original jacket (book has some reading and shelf wear; price-clipped jacket has some surface wear and some old tape to edges).

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Nr Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Striking glossy black dust-jacket designed by Bernard Blatch, Some wear and creasing to edges, now safe in a clear protective cover. Book bound in black cloth with gilt titles, clean bright and square. Internally pages unmarked, appearing unused, just… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1959 unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, closed edges lightly foxed as are endpapers, name stamp to fep, at foot of half title is a small pen note about where this novel is mentioned in Holmes' autobiography, a jazz / beatnik novel dedicated to Kerouac, first UK issue. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1958). Octavo, black cloth & green boards (hardcover), 243 pp. Very Good, with light wear to spine. Without dj, but with dj flaps laid-in. From dj flap: He was the greatest horn player of his generation, Edgar Pool was his name, but nobody called him that -- not if they knew… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Printing. Hardcover.

NEW YORK NY: RANDOM HOUSE. F/VG+. 1958. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: AN AUTHENTIC AND POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT THE WORLD OF JAZZ. D.J. IS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH SOMESCATTERED LIGHT RUBBING OF THE REAR PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY.. Keywords: BEAT WRITER, COLEMAN HAWKINS, JAZZ, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2000. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0938410504. ISBN/EAN: 9780938410508. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:… Read more about this item

Andre Deutsch. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Wear and chipping to jacket edges. Yellowed . paper. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped jacket. Edgar Pool aka The Horn beat generation fiction. 300gms weight ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 246 pages .

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Dedicated to Jack Kerouac, ""who talked,"" this is an authentic and powerful novel about the world of jazz. Stated first printing with $3.75 on the flap. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is very good, clean and bright with a small 1/*"" spine corner chip and mild… Read more about this item