Description

Hardcover. olive green cloth in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 305 pages. Index. Introduction by Bing Crosby. Illustrated with numerous photographs. First edition, first printing with no additional printings listed on copyright page. The first biography of the Dorsey brothers as well as a lively history of the development of the big band era in American music. Previous owner’s stamp: Frontenac / John “Pete” Schmauch, / 45 Greenwood Street / Tamaqua, PA 18252. He was the founder of the Fronty-Ford Club and the book is from his private collection. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows moderate wear. Very good in a good+ dust-jacket.