Jazz by Rex Harris (83 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. None Stated. 280 pp, the book is very clean and tight, dust jacket has light scuffing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Binding tight and square, Jacket has chipping and some small tears, Pages are clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. slight tanning to pages and scuffed front cover edges but in good sound condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" Red cloth with blind stamped front cover and decorative gold gilt on spine. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Edge wear and corner creasing; 1996 gift inscription - in blue ink - on first leaf. "A Pelican Book." First published 1952; Fifth edition 1957. Contents - Acknowledgements; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Fifth Edition; 1. The Roots of Jazz; 2. The Slave Code; 3. Formation of Classic Jazz; 4. Ragtime and Early White Jazz; 5. The Pioneer Jazzmen; 6. Exodus from New Orleans; 7. The Great Infividualists; 8. Piano Jazz; 9. The Influence of Europeand Orthodoxy in Arrangement; 10. American Commercial Exploitation; 11. The White School; 12. Jazz in England; 13. Renaissance; 14. The Influence of Jazz upon Modern Compoers; Chart Illustrating Origins and Development of Jazz; Appendix; Index.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Red hardcover with light-blue lettering and bars on spine; no jacket; BCE; 160 pages; 32 b&w photos. Very good condition: spine a little faded and a little of the blue rubbed off; very slight flaws otherwise. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Printing. Mass market paperback in good plus condition: spine tips taped; small sticker on front; straight and tight; address label inside; pages mildly toned; slight wear to cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened.…

Mass Market PaperBack. Condition: Fair. Fourth Edition, revised, 1956; Sound binding; Moderate wear to covers and spine w/ chipping/peeling to spine edges; Pages completely free of markings; A Fair to Good Minus copy, still quite presentable, despite cosmetic flaws.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over paper covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Heavy sunning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over.…

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. From the library of JI Packer with name embossed inside. Some visible wear and aging, text block clear and binding good. WR.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. grosset & dunlap, 1955. near fine little hardcover some edge wear. no Dj red cloth covers with blind stamp emblem on cover and bright gilt titles and decoration to spine clean and unmarked.

pock. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket.

18 x 11 cm, Broschur. Condition: Gut. 4., durchgesehene Anflage. 272 Seiten mit einer sw Kartenskizze. Reihe: Penguin Books; A 247. Exemplar außen angeschmutzt, Wasserfleck im Kopfschnitt, Papierbedingte Bräunung der Seiten; ziemlich guter Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 224pp, maps, soft cover, 8vo, pages tanned due to age o/w book in good condition, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1952.

Condition: Good. Boards have light fading. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. VG++. Reprint. "The Listener's Music Library"; foreword by Thomas K. Scherman; afterword and discography by Sheldon Meyer; 280pp. A tight, clean copy. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

mass market paperback. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 256 pages; good mass market paperback; slight scuff to cover; faint tan to spine area cover; tips bumped with chip or fray; few slight nicks to cover edges; tanning pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

imo. Condition: Very Good. bit av omslag saknas.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. H P Warrs "Bad Spirits" / Norman Baker "Fly-Fishing" / Ford Whitaker "Buffalo Fever" / Brian Glanville "The Goalkeeper Who Ate Cats" / Rex Harris "International Jazz Festival" / Charles Pittock "Arafura Incident" / Ian Balderstone "Motoring on Two Wheels" / Jack Cox "Camping in Comfort" (SL#19).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 256pp w index. Illustrated wrapper showing light soiling commensurate w age and handling. Small wear to head. Binding square and not creased. Duodecimo. Pelican Books No. A-417.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Penguin Books, 1952. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 12mo. 224pp. Ownership stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze, (a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex) on the half-title. Wrappers with light toning and soil, interior evenly toned, very good. Pelican A247.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 224pp. Mass market paperback. Pages lightly age-toned, book store label inside rear wrapper, near fine. History of jazz. A Pelican Book, A247.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (jazz, history and criticism, discography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback #A247 CONDITION: g used.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Paperback original (Pelican #A247), very good+ in original wraps. Light spine creases; a little darkening to edges of covers. "2/-" price on front cover; no names or other marking in or on the book. A tight, square copy. 0.