Jones Max Compiler (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vintage (1947) 5x7" (approx) trade paperback original (no hardcover published); 1st edition/1st printing; A good copy due a worn & loosening, but still attached, cover. Interior in great shape. One page biographies & full page BW photos of hundreds of jazz musicians comprise this "history of jazz in pictures." Among the dozens included are Coleman Hawkins, The Bob Cats, Albert Ammons, Lionel Hampton, Mildred Bailey, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, The Lunceford Band, Lu Watters & the Yerba Buena Kings.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Unpaginated, [approx. 94pp]. Blue pictorial paper covers, stapled; illustrated throughout with approximately 42 black and white full page photographs. 12mo. Cover is slightly loose due to small tears at staples. Previous owners signature and date on verso of front cover. Internally there is a water stain at the top of the spine which is visible to varying degrees throughout. Pages are lightly age toned. Artists featured include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman and many more. Each has a full page photograph with a page of accompanying text. Various (photographers) (illustrator).…