Description

Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold. no dust-jacket as issued. 256 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich. A volume in the Da Capo Press reprint series “The Roots Of Jazz”, being an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1945 by A.S. Barnes and Company. Esquire’s second book published on jazz, compiling information on books and periodicals published. discographies, musicians and bands and much or on the contemporary jazz scene on the mid 1940’s. No previous ownership marks. Two small stamps from the Library of Congress, one on front free end-paper, the other on copyright page. Duplicate copy deaccessioned . A clean, square, and otherwise unmarked copy. Near fine.