Wells Dicky Stanley Dance (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 122 pp. including Glossary and Index. Reduced from $34.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Crescendo Publishing Company, Boston, 1971, First U.S. Edition, First Printing with no further printings indicated. The great Basie sideman and trombonist's colourful recollections of his life in jazz. In red cloth boards, spine ends and front corners of boards gently bumped, previous owner's small book plate to front paste down, sticker residue to front endpaper. Otherwise near fine, tight, bright, clean, unmarked. In a good, unclipped dust jacket, slightly rubbed, moderate edge wear, spine ends chipped, top edge of rear panel is creased with two closed tears and slight paper loss. Nice copy, quite uncommon in this condition.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Night People: The Jazz Life of Dicky Wells This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: Good. JAZZ & BLUES & MUSIC HISTORY. This is a 'Ex-Library' copy. / Covers the formative years, the Harlem heyday, and the on- and offstage experiences of Wells, a premier trombonist who played in the big bands of Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and most notably, Count Basie. Wells intimately describes the perils of the jazz life, including racism encountered by black musicians in the South during the 1930s and 1940s, and the lure of alcohol. With 'B&W' photos & a foreword by Count Basie. /// This is a 'revised & expanded' 1st edition hardback with a 'laminated' covers in good condition-the title page has a library stamp mark to it & I suspect the front end-paper has had a label removed. (229 pages & 10 pages of introduction & 16 pages of photos). Originally published in 1971 as 'The Night People - Reminiscences Of A Jazzman'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition inscribed by Stanley Dance to front endpaper. Some bumping, wear to spine ends, corners. Crisp red leatherette binding with gilt lettering to spine. Pages clean and unmarked save some very minor age-toning to pages throughout, as is common. Very good dust jacket. Not price-clipped, though previous bookseller's price-sticker to front flap. Fading to spine, rear cover. Some general rubbing. Wear to spine ends, edges, folds. A nice, crisp copy inscribed by the respected 20th century British Jazz critic Stanley Dance. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. JAZZ & BLUES & MUSIC HISTORY. This is signed by the author, using his first name only. / A look at the authors life and the people he played music with, including Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Teddy Hill, Sy Oliver, Ray Charles, B.B. King & many others. Illustrated with 'B&W' photos & an introduction by Count Basie. /// This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket spine is faded & it has rubbed&creased & there is a chip to the edge of the 'D.J'. (122 pages & 6 pages of introduction).

Hard Back. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Book appears unread. Wrapper has a little light rubbing to edges, has been price clipped, slight fading to spine, and has been protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Count Basie. Fine in very good dust jacket with some small chips and tears. Inscribed by Wells: "To Helen, My Best, Dicky." A nice copy of this autobiography by the Basie trombonist.