Blame It on My Youth by Benny Green (4 results)

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 179 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over burgundy cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Some dents around edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning, with rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. 1st edition. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and stickers. Pictoral dust jacket well-kept in plastic sleeve, but slightly aged. Generous foxing to the page edges, but otherwise fine. Binding firm and all contents clear and bright throughout. A lovely copy.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. 0586028749 Softcover with pictorial card covers; some light chipping here and there to cover edges; lightfoxing outer page edges; small light stain on bottom of last 30 pages; bindin g good, cover good 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967, First Edition, First Printing with no other printings indicated. First novel by the gifted British jazz critic and saxophonist, depicts an aspiring young jazz musician in wartime London. Green's book, The Reluctant Art, published in 1962, is considered an important work of jazz criticism. In maroon cloth boards, small dent to top edge of top board at hinge, else, near fine, tight, clean, unmarked, in a like dust jacket, unclipped, lightly soiled at rear panel. Quite uncommon.