Paymer Marvin E (15 results)

Ex-library with usual stamps and marks. Lacks front free endpaper. Pages slightly yellowed. Faint odour. Dust jacket a bit worn with edge wear, small sellotape repair, and ring stains on front panel. Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib hardback in dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Used: Like New. Used: Like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No flaws.

8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st ptg. 538pp. Maroon boards, golden lettering and graphics, unclipped jacket. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Slightest if any overall book shelf/timewear; moderate jacketwear, jacket edge and cornerwear. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Not Stated. The book has a few pencil markings on the third page.

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's cloth. No dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993. Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp. Sharp corners. Very large, heavy book - extra shipping at cost, may be required. Original two-tone cloth (brown spine / red sides). 8.5" wide by 11" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 35 photos of composers, singers, and reproductions of old sheet music covers. Part I of this HANDBOOK consists of 324 articles by various expert contributors. The essays are arranged into eight sections: 1) origin (Broadway, classical, film music, Harlem, etc.); 2) foreign influence (Africa, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Germany, etc.); 3) domestic influence (bebop, bluegrass, blues, country/western, folksong, Motown, ragtime, rockabilly, zydeco, etc.); 4) dissemination (Academy awards, ASCAP, Big Bands, cabaret, crossover, player piano, Top Forty, Your Hit Parade); 5) historical survey (depression years, gay nineties, golden age, roaring twenties, WWI, WWII, etc); 6) genre (bolero, boogie-woogie, bossa nova, calypso, doo-wop, funk, heavy metal, march, merengue, novelty song, protest song, Reggae, rock, samba, shoe tune, tango, etc), 7) song subject (age, beauty, humor, love, money, etc.), 8) style of music and lyrics (rhythm, harmony, improvisation, pickup, scat singing, slang, syncopation, vamp, waltz, etc). Part II gives info on 4,400 songs mentioned elsewhere in the volume, with details as to year of publication, composer, lyricist, type of song, etc. There are 15 tables, including ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST SONG; BMI AWARDS; CITIES IN SONG; GRAMMY AWARDS; SONGS INTRODUCED IN MUSICAL COMEDIES [and PLAYS; and OPERETTAS]; SONGS INTRODUCED IN REVUES; MAINSTREAM SINGERS AND THEIR SIGNATURE SONGS; etc. Extensive cross-references. Bibliographies. Finally there is a comprehensive Index of performers, composers, lyricists, songs, and entries. From the Preface: "FACTS BEHIND THE SONGS: A HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC FROM THE NINETIES TO THE 90'S is intended as an encyclopedic overview of a fascinating, if often neglected, body of work, twentieth-century popular song." Note on copyright page: "Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Publisher's cloth/No dust jacket. xxiii, 565pp. …

Cartonato. Con immagini a colori e in b/n n.t. e f.t. Numero di tavole: 0 pp.189 altezza 0 larghezza 0 Esemplare in condizioni molto buone.Copertina rigida con tracce di polvere, minimi segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli e piccola abrasione al piatto posteriore. Pagine lievemente ingiallite ai bordi.Testo in Lingua Italiana.…

First printing. 8vo. [x], 538 pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (101446).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Name crossed out front page else fine ; Garland Composer Resource Manuals, Vol. 26.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

[0-8240-5240-4] 1993. (4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. 564pp. Photographs, illustrations, tables, catalog of songs, bibliographies, index. Portrait of Popular Music--United States. (Music, Music).

Condition: Gut. Jahr: c1977. Einband: Leinen. Beschreibung: Mit Notenfaksimile als Frontispiz. Einbandecken gering bestoßen, Deckel gering fleckig. Innen sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: en. XIX, 99 S.