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First Edition, First Printing. Published by Mansell, 1984. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 193029
This is a very good book which will certainly become one of the essential works of reference for the jazz enthusiast. It covers the ragtime to swing period by way of 250 LPs, each of which is afforded full discographical information on dates, titles, and personnels...The quality of the writing is extemely high, as indeed one has a right to expect from authors of this calibre...Harrison, Fox, and Thacker have produced some beautifully composed essays on artistes such as Billie Holliday, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, etc...It is a book which needs to be dipped into frequently, a volume to keep close to one's record collection...It will increase immeasurably anyone's knowledge of, and appreciation for, jazz. The Gramophone
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Title: Essential Jazz Records
Publisher: Mansell
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Blacket Books (PBFA), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in laminated pictorial boards. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xii,595. This is a personal selection of the 250 best jazz records from the earliest roots of the music to the beginnings of the modern jazz era. Seller Inventory # 16846
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in laminated, illustrated boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Organized by style and artist. 8vo. 595 pp. Including index. Seller Inventory # 80911